7 months today suckas
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7 months today suckas
So today I've completed seven months without a drink. Yay!
I'm super excited for my 40th birthday, only 2 weeks away. I'm also amazed that drinking is not even remotely on my mind. Not all that long ago there was NO WAY I could envision a sober birthday. Now it seems like not a big deal at all.
I'm really looking forward to my one year sobriety celebration. I can't believe it actually seems obtainable, vs. 7 months ago it seemed like an eternity away and totally impossible.
Thanks to SR and it's members, who I think about fondly, and often.
I'm super excited for my 40th birthday, only 2 weeks away. I'm also amazed that drinking is not even remotely on my mind. Not all that long ago there was NO WAY I could envision a sober birthday. Now it seems like not a big deal at all.
I'm really looking forward to my one year sobriety celebration. I can't believe it actually seems obtainable, vs. 7 months ago it seemed like an eternity away and totally impossible.
Thanks to SR and it's members, who I think about fondly, and often.
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Wow! I'm impressed! Great news. Just what I needed to read. Sometimes it seems so overwhelming to just have a couple of weeks sober when others are celebrating months and years. Just the idea that you are gives the rest of us encouragement and hope, thanks!
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Originally Posted by serious 
great job...
just think back to day 7. feel a bit different?
i bet your life is infinitely better now 
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Originally Posted by NoFireWater
Wow! I'm impressed! Great news. Just what I needed to read. Sometimes it seems so overwhelming to just have a couple of weeks sober when others are celebrating months and years. Just the idea that you are gives the rest of us encouragement and hope, thanks!
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Originally Posted by RobbyRobot
Way Super Awesome!!
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WTG! It sure does feel a whole lot better ..
Early on we think of making it sober one minute at a time, sure does make the time crawl by, but a stage we all must make it through.
I made it through a job yesterday that would have left 'the old me' drinking like a mad man afterward, it was amazing to not feel that urge even with the beer stores all around.
Early on we think of making it sober one minute at a time, sure does make the time crawl by, but a stage we all must make it through.
I made it through a job yesterday that would have left 'the old me' drinking like a mad man afterward, it was amazing to not feel that urge even with the beer stores all around.
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Originally Posted by Lost3000
Thanks everybody!!! Yep, I was in class of Jan. It's kinda nice to see "Class of Aug." and know how far I've come!
Congrats girl, I celebrated my first sober B day last year at 40 also. And Sept 3 rd 41. Time just flies.
Keep going and growing , And stay on the beam
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You know, a lot of people who get sober have ruined families, lost their homes and jobs. I didn't do that (although I hurt my marriage a lot). When I quit, I was so depressed. And really lonely. I wanted friends, real friends.
Today at the mtg, when I got my chip, I was overwhelmed at how loud the applause was. They really care! And afterwards, one of my new girlfriends invited me to her "girls night in" event! I was flattered!
So when they say that things get better, they really do. My life has gotten better. I say that because for awhile there, I thought, "hmmm, nothing's really changed." But looking back, it really has changed.
So after the mtg, while walking back with some girlfriends from the program to our respective offices, I spot two of my old drinking pals coming out of my regular bar. I know they saw me. But they both tried to look busy with whatever, and pretended to not know me when we walked past.
I told my friends who they were. They all expressed the same sentiment - it happened to all of them too.
I felt a mixture of sadness (that they are still drinking), regret (that I didn't get out sooner), triumph (that I made it out), happiness (that I AM out), wishfulness (that maybe someday they will get out), and relief (that I don't ever have to be there again).
Today at the mtg, when I got my chip, I was overwhelmed at how loud the applause was. They really care! And afterwards, one of my new girlfriends invited me to her "girls night in" event! I was flattered!
So when they say that things get better, they really do. My life has gotten better. I say that because for awhile there, I thought, "hmmm, nothing's really changed." But looking back, it really has changed.
So after the mtg, while walking back with some girlfriends from the program to our respective offices, I spot two of my old drinking pals coming out of my regular bar. I know they saw me. But they both tried to look busy with whatever, and pretended to not know me when we walked past.
I told my friends who they were. They all expressed the same sentiment - it happened to all of them too.
I felt a mixture of sadness (that they are still drinking), regret (that I didn't get out sooner), triumph (that I made it out), happiness (that I AM out), wishfulness (that maybe someday they will get out), and relief (that I don't ever have to be there again).
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