picked up my 2 month chip tonight
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picked up my 2 month chip tonight
i am proud of myself, but this is tempered by sadness.
two of my friends in AA have picked up this week. tonight, someone made a house call on one of them as she wasn't responding to any attempts to contact her. thankfully, although in a bad way, she is alive. there was a very real fear that she wouldn't be.
i must never get complacent. i must never forget how far down the rabbit hole i went. i can't forget the pain of not seeing my daughter, of knowing how much i hurt my husband. i mustn't ever forget the day i decided i couldn't live any more.
all of us are fighting this fight together. please, please - when you think it can't go on, remember that someone, somewhere cares whether you live or die.
it's out there waiting, for all of us. i feel hope for the first time in many years. you can have that too. it doesn't matter how you find that hope - the method isn't important. just know that you can find it, if you look deep enough inside yourself.
be well.
two of my friends in AA have picked up this week. tonight, someone made a house call on one of them as she wasn't responding to any attempts to contact her. thankfully, although in a bad way, she is alive. there was a very real fear that she wouldn't be.
i must never get complacent. i must never forget how far down the rabbit hole i went. i can't forget the pain of not seeing my daughter, of knowing how much i hurt my husband. i mustn't ever forget the day i decided i couldn't live any more.
all of us are fighting this fight together. please, please - when you think it can't go on, remember that someone, somewhere cares whether you live or die.
it's out there waiting, for all of us. i feel hope for the first time in many years. you can have that too. it doesn't matter how you find that hope - the method isn't important. just know that you can find it, if you look deep enough inside yourself.
be well.
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Originally Posted by ReadyAtLast 
Many congratulations on 2 months 
I also hope there are improvements for you in your family situation.
I also hope there are improvements for you in your family situation.
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Someone somewhere will be encouraged by your two months. People notice these things, they notice the change in you. It'll help your fellow alcoholic, it'll help you and those around you.
Well done on two months!
Well done on two months!
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I'm so happy for you Ippochick, as I have been following your journey for awhile. This is a significant achievement. But, you are so correct, getting complacent is what does us in.
I'm sorry you went through that with your AA friend. I had a friend in AA pick up a couple of months ago and although she has come back in and out of the rooms a couple times since then, the spiral seems to be going progressively downwards. After nearly 14 years sober. Scares the sh!t out of me but also makes me realize exactly what you are saying: this thing will take us all the way down if we let it. No matter how much time you have accumulated.
So glad for you and happy that you're posting again regularly. Missed having you around these parts
I'm sorry you went through that with your AA friend. I had a friend in AA pick up a couple of months ago and although she has come back in and out of the rooms a couple times since then, the spiral seems to be going progressively downwards. After nearly 14 years sober. Scares the sh!t out of me but also makes me realize exactly what you are saying: this thing will take us all the way down if we let it. No matter how much time you have accumulated.
So glad for you and happy that you're posting again regularly. Missed having you around these parts
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