Three weeks
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Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Missoula, Montana
Posts: 164
Three weeks
I'm marking three weeks of not drinking today.
Don't miss it. Don't want it.
The longer I am sober, the more I am beginning to see I am a real person, who can handle her emotions on her own. I did come from an abusive, long-term marriage. It did color my view of myself and the world. But drinking, while I thought it eased my tension, made things worse. It masked my inability to handle the situation and the stress and to take the easier route (which was to self destruct) as opposed to the harder route for me - which would have been to leave.
I guess I'm not an incredibly bright one because I balanced this for a long, long time.
But I read your stories, and I am stronger. I read, and go to movies and walks and try to make new friends and I am slowly starting to not miss the vision of a family I had (which was all kinds of messed up) and to realize I just saved myself, and my kids.
So - here's to a life time of being sober. Nothing too hard that I can't make it with faith and support.
Thanks
Don't miss it. Don't want it.
The longer I am sober, the more I am beginning to see I am a real person, who can handle her emotions on her own. I did come from an abusive, long-term marriage. It did color my view of myself and the world. But drinking, while I thought it eased my tension, made things worse. It masked my inability to handle the situation and the stress and to take the easier route (which was to self destruct) as opposed to the harder route for me - which would have been to leave.
I guess I'm not an incredibly bright one because I balanced this for a long, long time.
But I read your stories, and I am stronger. I read, and go to movies and walks and try to make new friends and I am slowly starting to not miss the vision of a family I had (which was all kinds of messed up) and to realize I just saved myself, and my kids.
So - here's to a life time of being sober. Nothing too hard that I can't make it with faith and support.
Thanks
under new management
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Posts: 2,339
Way to go and well done on 3 weeks, ckoures!!
I feel like the further I get from my last drink, the closer I am coming to my authentic self.
"I just saved myself, and my kids."
This statement is gold, ckoures.
I feel like the further I get from my last drink, the closer I am coming to my authentic self.
"I just saved myself, and my kids."
This statement is gold, ckoures.
Ghosts31
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Chicago, illinois
Posts: 40
Well done on three weeks! ... It's amazing how much clearer and how much brighter the world seems when we're not thinking about the next drink or the drinks of the night before... Adversity even seems so much easier to handle.
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