Originally Posted by jsm273

Day 1. Gotta get it right!

Originally Posted by kenton

It's happened!!! The day I've been dreaming about has arrived. I knew I'd be moon-walking, body-popping my way through today but what I'm feeling, it's so much more than sheer happiness. I feel like I can do anything. I feel like I could walk out my front door and go climb a mountain with no ropes or anything. I'm not going to do that. That would be crazy. I'd die for sure. And there's no mountains in London anyway. But the point is, I never thought I'd stay sober for a year and by doing something I never thought I'd do, for the first time in my life I'm really starting to believe in myself. Anything seems possible.

It feels amazing knowing that I beat my AV every day for a year. I've shown my AV that I'm the boss of me, I call the shots and I'm so much stronger than I thought I was. That doesn't mean my AV has gone away. It will be with me forever, lurking around, waiting for me to get too complacent. I know that no matter how hard I work rebuilding my life, if I start drinking again, it will all come crashing down fast. But you know what? I don't mind having my AV following me around through this life like a bad tempered shadow. Having my AV means I get to check in here every day with you lovely lot. If I didn't have my AV, I wouldn't know any of you. And meeting you guys has been the very best part of this last year.

I wish my year of sobriety had given me actual superpowers so I could fly round the world today and congratulate all my fellow milestoners in person (11 months Canadian Koala!!!) and say thank you to each and every one of you. Sadly, I don't seem to be able to fly. Maybe that happens after 2 years? I don't know, I'll have to wait and see. But please know that I can't begin to thank each of you enough. What happens here is a team effort. We celebrate each other's successes and support each other when we're down. It's a beautiful thing to be part of and I wouldn't have got my year and be feeling like this today if it wasn't for all of you. Thank you. I owe you all so much. Thank you.
And Pebbles.... I'm loving the avatar

Love you all so much. 24 more hours for me please xxx

Originally Posted by PhoenixJ

Congrats to all celebrating a milestone.
Which is everyone who takes the time to read or share.
I like writing 'congrats' be-c I always get the bloody spelling wnrog.

Originally Posted by kenton

Thank you so much Jo Jo!! Might seem stupid to some but one year means the absolute world to me. I feel like I've finally done something to make my dad proud. Shame he's not alive to see it but somehow I feel that he knows. I spent many, many years feeling very very sad. I'm really enjoying feeling happy at last xxxx

Originally Posted by tomls

Koala, you are one bad mammer jammer with a puter! Congratulations kenton!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Susiegirl

Congratulations to all milestoners ! I'm in awe of you all !

Only on Day 3 but I'm in for another 24. 0915hrs in the UK here X

Originally Posted by Sunflowerlife

Here for 24 more

Can't wait to drop my 3 year old off this morning- that may sound awful but the non stop whining since 6:30 am is just insane! I am trying to learn more tolerance and patience but man, this one is so tough.

Can't wait to celebrate 6 months tomorrow. It's the first time I am really looking forward to seeing a number.

Congrats to all the milestoners today! And love to all my sober friends...

Originally Posted by SaturatedSeize

Good Morning friends.

7:50am, in for 24 more hours of wonderful sobriety.

Feeling forlorn and downtrodden today. For no real specific reason. Does anybody just wake up from a good nights sleep and want to yell and scream at everything and everybody? This isn't even a sobriety thing, my moods are so crazy sometimes and not rational, even before sobriety.

My poor cat today, she just wanted a few pats on the head and I yelled at her and threw a book at her. I just want to turn all the lights off in my office, close the door, and disappear into the nothing.

I need to find the will to actually work today, I'm so far behind in what needs to be done and I just can't face the day. Ugh.

Stay safe all, have a wonderful day.

Originally Posted by venuscat

♥ This is a list of everyone who posted their commitment to stay sober in the last 24 hours:
10 EDT ~ 9.59 pm EDT.

It is awesome to have every single one of you here with us! ♥

1newcreation
abcowboy
aussieblue
Babs1234
badgerden
bandicoot2
BarbieKen
Bobbieka
Canadian Koala
Cascabel
ChloeRose63
Coldfusion
DaneK
Dee74
Delilah1
Donnyb
Downthepath
Dreamcatcher17
Endoftheday
erfra7
FormerBeerLover
gatorman
Gilmer
Goat
goose333
Hats
Hevyn
Jack16
jenuk
joandmelandhan
jsm273
Kaneda8888
kenton
Kris47
lilymaz
Lostmyoffswitch
lyddie
martina12
Neoo
nmd
Pebbles666
PhoenixJ
Quincy
quitter62
RedBerryJuniper
Sandytoes1
SaturatedSeize
shortstop81
SoberLeigh
Sunflowerlife
Susiegirl
Tgirl
TheadoreThiamin
theVman31
tomls
tootsl1
vanaprastha
venuscat
Vinificent
Weev1l
wiscsober
yukonm
Zanna
zeppodog
Onward together! ♥

Originally Posted by venuscat

♥ This is a list of everyone who posted their commitment to stay sober in the last 24 hours:
10 EDT ~ 9.59 pm EDT.

It is awesome to have every single one of you here with us! ♥

1newcreation
abcowboy
aussieblue
Babs1234
badgerden
bandicoot2
BarbieKen
Bobbieka
Canadian Koala
Cascabel
ChloeRose63
Coldfusion
DaneK
Dee74
Delilah1
Donnyb
Downthepath
Dreamcatcher17
Endoftheday
erfra7
FormerBeerLover
gatorman
Gilmer
Goat
goose333
Hats
Hevyn
Jack16
jenuk
joandmelandhan
jsm273
Kaneda8888
kenton
Kris47
lilymaz
Lostmyoffswitch
lyddie
martina12
Neoo
nmd
Pebbles666
PhoenixJ
Quincy
quitter62
RedBerryJuniper
Sandytoes1
SaturatedSeize
shortstop81
SoberLeigh
Sunflowerlife
Susiegirl
Tgirl
TheadoreThiamin
theVman31
tomls
tootsl1
vanaprastha
venuscat
Vinificent
Weev1l
wiscsober
yukonm
Zanna
zeppodog
Onward together! ♥

Originally Posted by venuscat