My new skin
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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My new skin
Happy friday!
53 days sober for me today! yay
I am really starting to accept my alcoholism. I am not choking on saying "hi my name is Maureen and I'm an alcoholic" so much anymore at meetings. It still isn't rolling off my tongue nicely yet but I'm not choking!! I'm sure that will come with time. I guess the denial is starting to recede. I feel very confident and grateful for my new sober life and everything in it. I am also starting to feel more comfortable in my new skin and I am happy about that. In the first few weeks of sobriety I was really questioning everything but I feel myself starting to surrender. It is a freeing feeling. Life is good.
Have a super weekend everybody.
Namaste
53 days sober for me today! yay
I am really starting to accept my alcoholism. I am not choking on saying "hi my name is Maureen and I'm an alcoholic" so much anymore at meetings. It still isn't rolling off my tongue nicely yet but I'm not choking!! I'm sure that will come with time. I guess the denial is starting to recede. I feel very confident and grateful for my new sober life and everything in it. I am also starting to feel more comfortable in my new skin and I am happy about that. In the first few weeks of sobriety I was really questioning everything but I feel myself starting to surrender. It is a freeing feeling. Life is good.
Have a super weekend everybody.
Namaste
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Fredericksburg, Va.
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It took me some time as well to start feeling comfortable in my own skin sober, but as I took the steps it came and I will say it is awesome!!! Congrats on your growth and your time sober.
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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Congrats on the 53 days Acer!! It took me a while to get used to saying that also but now that I realize that it really helped me to accept the fact that I was indeed an alcoholic and just give it up.
The big surprise for me was that the craving, desires and need for alcohol went away. Life is so much better without the booze!
The big surprise for me was that the craving, desires and need for alcohol went away. Life is so much better without the booze!
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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Congratulations Acer on your 50+ days. First time I came into rooms it was very hard to say Hi my name is Donna and I am an alcoholic, went back out and added drugs to my story. I was so happy to get back into rooms this time I now add alcoholic/addict to my name and have no problem doing it, because I proved to myself that it is exactly what I am. Keep coming back
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: San Francisco, CA
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Congrats. It took me awhile to feel comfortable in my sober skin but once it started happening it couldn't be beat. Your post title reminded me though how your actual skin starts to look so much better and the compliments just start rolling in on how damn good you look even by people who don't know what is different. Maybe looks shouldn't be a motivating factor but not gonna lie they certainly help a little bit in the beginning.
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