bigsombrero

I am living and working abroad, and also renting a house: thus I needed to get some kind of legal permission to do all these things. This means I needed to visit the "abogado" here in town today. I went this morning with nothing in my hands but my ID and a vague meeting address ("the yellow building across from the church"). Foreign country, foreign language, I went by myself...and all went great! I also managed to get in a full day's work as well.

Not in a million years could I have managed to accomplish this task while drinking. As an active alcoholic, I could barely manage to leave the house to take out the trash. People often say "sobriety is its own reward", and I think this is what they're talking about. Thanks everyone for the support, it's great to be a member of the SR community and be able to share victories large and small! Whether it's Day 1 or Day 1001, I hope you all can set your own goals, make your own changes, and stay patient. Good things really do happen when you forge ahead on a new path and put sobriety first.

Dee74

great post BigS - and glad you got it all sorted

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Ruby2

I hope the abogado steered you in the right direction. It is so nice that you can do that, no worries. Things most people take for granted. Yay!

dwtbd

Great post, love the image of "as active" and not , both are the one under the big hat , very inspirational , you rock
Wish you well

Trouble1234

Good post !! Where are you ??? Donde estas?

Nuudawn

Look at you living the grand sober adventure Love it.

least

I too stayed home while drinking. Only going out to get more wine. Now that I'm no longer drinking I am free to do anything I want. And I do it better.

bigsombrero

Somewhere south of Mexico but north of Colombia, high in the mountains surrounded by volcanoes and some of the best tasting coffee you'll ever find

Olive1

Well done, BigS!
You are an inspiration!

Verte

Thanks for such an uplifting post BigS Glad to read that things are going well in paradise.

Croissant

Hi Big S. Congratulations!

I'm in a similar situation and almost each day I pinch myself and think, wow, did I just do that?

I tried to do the same thing and run my own business 5 years ago and ended up at home smoking and drinking cask wine all day.