5 months today
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5 months today
Every single aspect of my life is better than it was when I was a drunk. Each and every single aspect, the mornings, the nights. The lack of fear and maximally reduced anxiety. The confidence and pride. Every single thing is better, more whole, infused with a simple peace, full of possibility.
Words work for me in helping me get sober. My original mantra of "no one is coming to save me" served me very well. It used to scare up these feelings of necessity and action. Now I see how are each the enemy that we need to love. If I can truly take care of myself, with respect and wisdom and encouragement, then I can take care of the rest of my life and my world and those who need and deserve me to be the best man I can be.
I recently posted about dealing with big life issues in early in sobriety. As the old saying goes, time and tide wait for no man. And it's not a matter of whether or not to set sail - we are already launched.
I wasted enough of my life drunk, planning to quit, pretending to quit, being a drunk again.
I am forever grateful to SR for the support and wisdom. To those of you struggling with the decision of when or how to quit - just know the other side provides all the fun, all the joy, the excitement, the pleasure, the real value, the true experiences of what this world might provide. It takes work and some pain and discipline. But it is a better life, in every single way.
Words work for me in helping me get sober. My original mantra of "no one is coming to save me" served me very well. It used to scare up these feelings of necessity and action. Now I see how are each the enemy that we need to love. If I can truly take care of myself, with respect and wisdom and encouragement, then I can take care of the rest of my life and my world and those who need and deserve me to be the best man I can be.
I recently posted about dealing with big life issues in early in sobriety. As the old saying goes, time and tide wait for no man. And it's not a matter of whether or not to set sail - we are already launched.
I wasted enough of my life drunk, planning to quit, pretending to quit, being a drunk again.
I am forever grateful to SR for the support and wisdom. To those of you struggling with the decision of when or how to quit - just know the other side provides all the fun, all the joy, the excitement, the pleasure, the real value, the true experiences of what this world might provide. It takes work and some pain and discipline. But it is a better life, in every single way.
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Awesome job Less! You are resonsible for my most favorite thread ever and followed your journey, thanks for sharing it with us xx
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I was just behind you until my relapse last Saturday, but I am back again, and here to stay.
Love your post, it reminds me of the mantra I told myself every day of the first 4 and a half months of my recovery. 'It's time to be the best man I can be", in every facet of life. Relationships, work, health, charity, taking care of myself and others, I can only do this sober. I can't do any of it drunk, any of it all.
Love your post, it reminds me of the mantra I told myself every day of the first 4 and a half months of my recovery. 'It's time to be the best man I can be", in every facet of life. Relationships, work, health, charity, taking care of myself and others, I can only do this sober. I can't do any of it drunk, any of it all.
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Congratulations on five months, Less! You're absolutely correct that living sober makes every single aspect of life better; the horror and insanity of alcoholism destroys everything and leaves us bereft of hope, health and basic dignity. You're an inspiration--thank you!
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Congratulations. I feel exactly like you. I am a week away from 5 months sober and I could have written your post. I could cry today with relief, now knowing how much better life is without that poison. To think I never used to believe I could live without alcohol!!! Thank you for sharing and good luck on your continued journey of sobriety!! X x
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Thanks so much to everyone here. SR has been a huge and utterly essential aspect of my sobriety.
I hope that I can be an example of someone who struggled, mightily at times, for years, made so many horrible mistakes, got by by the skin of his teeth and still, somehow, found a way to get straight. Lord knows you don't have to look too deep into my old posts to see that.
I hope that I can be an example of someone who struggled, mightily at times, for years, made so many horrible mistakes, got by by the skin of his teeth and still, somehow, found a way to get straight. Lord knows you don't have to look too deep into my old posts to see that.
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