240 Days Sober!!!
Keep it up. 
Dyl71
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Winnipeg, Canada
Posts: 88
Thanks everyone.
My first try at sobriety in 2014 lasted 3+ months...I used the old excuse of family stress when I relapsed.
I tried again in the summer of 2015, and here I am at 8 months. I just got tired of withdrawal symptoms like the shakes, nausea, irregular heartbeat, screwed up digestive system and hypertension. Yes, even with no meds I drank.
I just made a choice that day to stop. Failure wasn't an option, and half-assed attempts without a clear plan of action simply led to a no-win situation.
I'm with my mom in the ER right now. She's a dialysis patient 3x a week, but we're here on here day off because she's caught bronchitis and her lungs are full of fluid. She also takes a lot of painkillers and anti-anxiety meds (all prescribed even though her kidneys can't process them).
8 months ago, I would've used my mom's deteriorating health and my dad's bladder cancer as an excuse for my drinking and depressed and hopeless state of being. No more.
Drinking the booze was the problem, not my parent's predicament. Now sober, I can be a help, not a hinderance.
I don't post on here all that often, but I check in and read all the time.
Love you guys!
My first try at sobriety in 2014 lasted 3+ months...I used the old excuse of family stress when I relapsed.
I tried again in the summer of 2015, and here I am at 8 months. I just got tired of withdrawal symptoms like the shakes, nausea, irregular heartbeat, screwed up digestive system and hypertension. Yes, even with no meds I drank.
I just made a choice that day to stop. Failure wasn't an option, and half-assed attempts without a clear plan of action simply led to a no-win situation.
I'm with my mom in the ER right now. She's a dialysis patient 3x a week, but we're here on here day off because she's caught bronchitis and her lungs are full of fluid. She also takes a lot of painkillers and anti-anxiety meds (all prescribed even though her kidneys can't process them).
8 months ago, I would've used my mom's deteriorating health and my dad's bladder cancer as an excuse for my drinking and depressed and hopeless state of being. No more.
Drinking the booze was the problem, not my parent's predicament. Now sober, I can be a help, not a hinderance.
I don't post on here all that often, but I check in and read all the time.
Love you guys!
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