74 weeks ..
everything is already ok
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia
Posts: 19,793
74 weeks ..
518 days or 17 Months clean and sober.
Wow 74 weeks seems such a lot compared to 17 Months or 518 days
How my mind works, how it can flit from place to place.
17 Months+ ago, my mind was not flitting anywhere it was in the depths of my active disease. I came too on Saturday 21st May 2005 with a viscous hangover, I had peed the bed again, I could not remember all that had happened last night and the room moved on its own as I tried to stand up. So I crawled across the wooden floor and put kettle on and cried as I tried to make a coffee. That was the day I quit drinking came to SR and started going to AA and NA.
It has not always been easy and is currently very trying as I face life on lifes terms but I grow because I do this. The program I use is simple and I try to keep it simple too. I talk to my HP a lot, go to meetings, they help keep me sane and on track as well as give me the oppurtunity to share with others. I read AA/NA literature every day and I have a sponsor.
I enjoy not peeing and pooing myself, I enjoy knowing that I am an addict and that the remedy is to not pick up the first drug or drink for one day.
From that, after 17 Months, I have a life again and much of it is new, all of it is fantastic. I have more friends than I ever had, I am no longer that creature cringing on the floor in the corner with a bottle in my fist, I have great work and currently have a few good job offers as I need to change jobs, my financial situation is not only under control but I have bit into a the monster credit card debt I bought into and have paid all other debts.
My relationship with my 20 year old daughter is magic again, she phones me for advice and comes to see me for no particular reason at all, we used to be inseperable when she was young and we have that closeness again. My relationship with others is also good, I have to work on myself constantly and remember not to take over but to only do my HP's will for me.
I am a "work in progress" and probably will be until I die at a very old age I hope
Take heart if your on your first few days or just looking at quitting, its very much possible to quit and to build a good strong life.
The best time for me is always the mornings, I love them and its so good to wake up feeling alive and free able to hear see and smell everything and ready for whatever the day brings.
Kevin
Wow 74 weeks seems such a lot compared to 17 Months or 518 days
How my mind works, how it can flit from place to place.
17 Months+ ago, my mind was not flitting anywhere it was in the depths of my active disease. I came too on Saturday 21st May 2005 with a viscous hangover, I had peed the bed again, I could not remember all that had happened last night and the room moved on its own as I tried to stand up. So I crawled across the wooden floor and put kettle on and cried as I tried to make a coffee. That was the day I quit drinking came to SR and started going to AA and NA.
It has not always been easy and is currently very trying as I face life on lifes terms but I grow because I do this. The program I use is simple and I try to keep it simple too. I talk to my HP a lot, go to meetings, they help keep me sane and on track as well as give me the oppurtunity to share with others. I read AA/NA literature every day and I have a sponsor.
I enjoy not peeing and pooing myself, I enjoy knowing that I am an addict and that the remedy is to not pick up the first drug or drink for one day.
From that, after 17 Months, I have a life again and much of it is new, all of it is fantastic. I have more friends than I ever had, I am no longer that creature cringing on the floor in the corner with a bottle in my fist, I have great work and currently have a few good job offers as I need to change jobs, my financial situation is not only under control but I have bit into a the monster credit card debt I bought into and have paid all other debts.
My relationship with my 20 year old daughter is magic again, she phones me for advice and comes to see me for no particular reason at all, we used to be inseperable when she was young and we have that closeness again. My relationship with others is also good, I have to work on myself constantly and remember not to take over but to only do my HP's will for me.
I am a "work in progress" and probably will be until I die at a very old age I hope
Take heart if your on your first few days or just looking at quitting, its very much possible to quit and to build a good strong life.
The best time for me is always the mornings, I love them and its so good to wake up feeling alive and free able to hear see and smell everything and ready for whatever the day brings.
Kevin
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Baton Rouge, La.
Posts: 15,237
Way to go Kev....u r an inspiration to the many newcomers as well as folks like me here in SR and in recovery. I too am still a work in progress as i continue on in my quest to be happy joyous and free in sobriety. 2 thumbs up for u buddy. : )
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Kevin, your post brought tears to my eyes.
I am so very happy for you and how you have turned things around in your life. Your good humour and positive attitude are such an inspiration. I love the way you share gratitude with all of us at SR.
Thank you!
I am so very happy for you and how you have turned things around in your life. Your good humour and positive attitude are such an inspiration. I love the way you share gratitude with all of us at SR.
Thank you!
on down your recovery road Kevin!
everything is already ok
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Melbourne Victoria Australia
Posts: 19,793
Thanks Midas
Thanks j'ade it feels magic as does many aspects of my day and life.
I try to remember that my life a gift and that I live on borrowed time, my HP's time not mine.
Kevin
Thanks j'ade it feels magic as does many aspects of my day and life.
I try to remember that my life a gift and that I live on borrowed time, my HP's time not mine.
Kevin
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