6 Months or Half a Year
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6 Months or Half a Year
As of today, I have been clean and sober for 6 months. I have no regrets about my decision to quit drinking. In fact, it is probably one of the best decisions I ever made in my life!
My intent was to go to my first AA meeting, but instead I had to do some overtime for work. So it was all pretty uneventful. To mark the occasion, I bought myself a little package of chewy sour candies. I ate a few, then sat in my yard and read when my work was done.
I take comfort and joy in different things now. Whereas I used to enjoy my yard with a bottle of wine, I enjoy it now with a glass of iced tea and a book. I cook to de-stress - all aspects from planning a meal, to purchasing the goods, to the actual preparation of the food. I enjoy going to bed at a decent hour, and getting up at an even more decent hour. I take comfort in routine instead of chaos.
It took the better part of 6 months to settle into the new routines and change my way of thinking. For anyone who is just starting out their journey - keep at it. Trust that the days will get better, because they do. In the beginning 6 months looked like a lifetime away. Now, it feels like it went so fast, yet at the same time, I feel like I was never in the chaos of that old life.
The day I quit drinking I remember looking in the mirror and hating what I had become. Now I look in the mirror and I see the benefits of all my hard work. Every day I love myself more and more. One day I may even love myself totally.
I'm glad I did it, and I am even happier that I keep doing it. Apart from working the 12 steps, my next goal is to stop counting months and just count the years.
My next milestone: 1 Year. On January 15, 2011 we'll see how well I did.
My intent was to go to my first AA meeting, but instead I had to do some overtime for work. So it was all pretty uneventful. To mark the occasion, I bought myself a little package of chewy sour candies. I ate a few, then sat in my yard and read when my work was done.
I take comfort and joy in different things now. Whereas I used to enjoy my yard with a bottle of wine, I enjoy it now with a glass of iced tea and a book. I cook to de-stress - all aspects from planning a meal, to purchasing the goods, to the actual preparation of the food. I enjoy going to bed at a decent hour, and getting up at an even more decent hour. I take comfort in routine instead of chaos.
It took the better part of 6 months to settle into the new routines and change my way of thinking. For anyone who is just starting out their journey - keep at it. Trust that the days will get better, because they do. In the beginning 6 months looked like a lifetime away. Now, it feels like it went so fast, yet at the same time, I feel like I was never in the chaos of that old life.
The day I quit drinking I remember looking in the mirror and hating what I had become. Now I look in the mirror and I see the benefits of all my hard work. Every day I love myself more and more. One day I may even love myself totally.
I'm glad I did it, and I am even happier that I keep doing it. Apart from working the 12 steps, my next goal is to stop counting months and just count the years.
My next milestone: 1 Year. On January 15, 2011 we'll see how well I did.
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I take comfort in routine instead of chaos
I so agree with this.
Someone else here put it like this: 'my life is predictable, not boring.' Same here. I like a sense of order, inside and out. Now that the inside is more orderly, seems like the outside is too.Congrats on your six months!
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Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Omega!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A huge congratulations to you!!
What a wonderful and uplifting post!! I completely identify with you and am coming up to my 6 months in the next couple of weeks :-) Looking forward to you hitting the 1 year milestone :-)
Big hugs,
Almath
A huge congratulations to you!!
What a wonderful and uplifting post!! I completely identify with you and am coming up to my 6 months in the next couple of weeks :-) Looking forward to you hitting the 1 year milestone :-)
Big hugs,
Almath
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