One year sober
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One year sober
Well, here I am, one year sober. The crazy thing is that the old AV is, in some form still there, only it is like a faint whisper, way back on the darkness, not much life, very little power. I don't fight it, but I still need to be aware of it.
I could not have come this far without SR, especially in the early weeks when I basically lived here.
So,let's get living! Sober life is so much better, and worth the fight. And, yea, it's a fight, but one that we can win when we put our minds to it. You are stronger than you think.
ONWARD!
-Malcolm
I could not have come this far without SR, especially in the early weeks when I basically lived here.
So,let's get living! Sober life is so much better, and worth the fight. And, yea, it's a fight, but one that we can win when we put our minds to it. You are stronger than you think.
ONWARD!
-Malcolm
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Congratulations!
You know, people really fight that thought of drinking. I look at it as just a thought (like you do) - it's like any other thought that comes up randomly. For instance, I often have a memory of something from 20 years ago. It could be anything random, like a blouse I used to own, or a friend's birthday who I haven't seen for 15 years.
Thoughts come and go all day long and they have no power. Of course I'm going to remember drinking and the feelings I got surrounding it. It is part of me. I also have thoughts of crazy behavior that I would never in my life do again - like skinny dipping in a public place; things that are not necessarily related to drinking. Though, full disclosure, that skinny dipping episode? Totally related to drinking.
The desire to have the drinking thoughts completely disappear someday may or may not be realistic. I don't fight them. They come and go. Like waves on the beach.
You know, people really fight that thought of drinking. I look at it as just a thought (like you do) - it's like any other thought that comes up randomly. For instance, I often have a memory of something from 20 years ago. It could be anything random, like a blouse I used to own, or a friend's birthday who I haven't seen for 15 years.
Thoughts come and go all day long and they have no power. Of course I'm going to remember drinking and the feelings I got surrounding it. It is part of me. I also have thoughts of crazy behavior that I would never in my life do again - like skinny dipping in a public place; things that are not necessarily related to drinking. Though, full disclosure, that skinny dipping episode? Totally related to drinking.
The desire to have the drinking thoughts completely disappear someday may or may not be realistic. I don't fight them. They come and go. Like waves on the beach.
Well done on 1 Year sober this is amazing
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