2 Alcohol-free Years
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2 Alcohol-free Years
Exactly 2 years ago from this very moment I was sitting in a jail cell, having just been arrested for my second DUI. I was desperately trying to figure out a way to keep the arrest from my fiancee (at the time we had been together 6.5 years). Joke was on me; when she woke up and I wasn't home she immediately got online and searched the local jails. When I was bailed out by a friend, I had a voicemail on my phone from my fiancee, telling me we were done.
When I got home from jail, I almost cracked a beer. But my fiancee was home and I realized I couldn't let her see me drinking, so I created this whole plan to drive somewhere and drink the beers, so she wouldn't see me. It was then that the light bulb went off. I'm pretty sure I heard God say inside my head, "Hey Dummy! That's what you just got arrested for!" (or something to that effect) So I prayed for God to help me stop drinking, I poured out the beers, and I went to 4 AA meetings. That night, I found this site. And I've been alcohol-free ever since.
I fully believe that my "moment of clarity" was, in fact, Divine Intervention. It's my belief that God saved me that day. I re-discovered God as my Higher Power through the AA program, and since I turned my life over to Him, it's been nothing but blessed.
Fast forward 2 years: 2 weeks from today I will be marrying my fiancee (the one that almost left me....more than once), 2 weeks after that we will be closing our first home purchase, and 3 months after that we will welcome our daughter, our first child, into this world. My life is more complicated than I ever could've imagined, but I now have tools to deal with it, rather than running and retreating to my bottle. My life has become immeasurably better since I stopped drinking, and I thank God for helping me stop drinking, and for the blessings He has bestowed upon me these last 2 years.
I drank a lot. Didn't matter what time of day, or what I had planned, or what I may have committed to doing. I didn't care. All I wanted was the booze. And if I could turn things around and climb out of the hole I was in, so can you. I promise.
When I got home from jail, I almost cracked a beer. But my fiancee was home and I realized I couldn't let her see me drinking, so I created this whole plan to drive somewhere and drink the beers, so she wouldn't see me. It was then that the light bulb went off. I'm pretty sure I heard God say inside my head, "Hey Dummy! That's what you just got arrested for!" (or something to that effect) So I prayed for God to help me stop drinking, I poured out the beers, and I went to 4 AA meetings. That night, I found this site. And I've been alcohol-free ever since.
I fully believe that my "moment of clarity" was, in fact, Divine Intervention. It's my belief that God saved me that day. I re-discovered God as my Higher Power through the AA program, and since I turned my life over to Him, it's been nothing but blessed.
Fast forward 2 years: 2 weeks from today I will be marrying my fiancee (the one that almost left me....more than once), 2 weeks after that we will be closing our first home purchase, and 3 months after that we will welcome our daughter, our first child, into this world. My life is more complicated than I ever could've imagined, but I now have tools to deal with it, rather than running and retreating to my bottle. My life has become immeasurably better since I stopped drinking, and I thank God for helping me stop drinking, and for the blessings He has bestowed upon me these last 2 years.
I drank a lot. Didn't matter what time of day, or what I had planned, or what I may have committed to doing. I didn't care. All I wanted was the booze. And if I could turn things around and climb out of the hole I was in, so can you. I promise.
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I'm grinning, Snarf! What a great post! Congratulations on everything: your sobriety, wedding, house, kids - WOW......!!!
I know what you mean about life being complicated, but I'm so grateful that we're sober today and can feel good about meeting the challenges ahead. All the best to you and thanks for sharing your milestone! Yay!!!!!!!
I know what you mean about life being complicated, but I'm so grateful that we're sober today and can feel good about meeting the challenges ahead. All the best to you and thanks for sharing your milestone! Yay!!!!!!!
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Awesome Snarf! I am curious about what you mentioned about your fiancee searching online for local jails and finding out where you were. How could she know you were in jail for a DUI by just 'googling' it?
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Originally Posted by Jitterbugg 
Awesome Snarf! I am curious about what you mentioned about your fiancee searching online for local jails and finding out where you were. How could she know you were in jail for a DUI by just 'googling' it?
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