Sasha4

I just wanted to say hi to my beloved family here at SR.

Life is going okay and I will be 7 years sober in Feb 2019.
I don't miss drinking at all.

I work full time.
I have my daughter.

I wish I had more friends, but perhaps thats because I have a full time job and I am a single mum.
I often feel isolated and lonely.
I have started a relationship, but I am very wary and protective of my home and my daughter, so I am not sure how long he will put up with that sadly.

Anyway, life is still better than when I drank and to me that is all that matters.

I think about you all often even though I might not be here that frequently.

I wish you all the best xx

Hawkeye13

Hi Sasha!

Tarpaulin

Hi Sasha! Thank you for being here. I’m only 3 weeks sober and love learning from inspirational people like you. Well done on 7 years! X

CRRHCC

This is great news! So what motivated you to stop?

least

Congrats on your sober time!

Hevyn

It's great to see your upbeat & encouraging post, Sasha. 7 yrs. coming up - that's wonderful.

Dee74

Its really great to hear from you Sasha - I'm really pleased things are going well, and I hope they get even better for you in the future

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PhoenixJ

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saoutchik

Good to see you Sasha, congratulations on 6 years 7 months.

I hope things continue to go well for you.

Sasha4

I realised drinking made me unhappy.
Alcohol made the people I loved unhappy.

I tried for years to find the right label for my drinking - binge drinker, heavy drinker, alcoholic, problem drinker etc etc.

In the end I realised that it didn't really matter what label I was, it mattered more that I dealt with the unhappiness problem, and the solution to that was stopping drinking.

I am glad I am not still debating labels and definitions nearly 7 years on.

I wish you the best cc