SereniTee

Very beautifully written, congratulations AWOL

jmf7dd

Happy 6 months to you! That's awesome. I love your letter. Gave me inspiration to ponder on.

hearnerules

Wow thats a great story. Thanks!

lildawg

What a cool post. So much of what you said could have come out of my own mouth. Congratulations on your six months. Especially this:

It really was a nightmare, wasn't it? What you've said here resonated so deeply with me that I'm going to write it on a slip of paper and take it out and look at it every time I try to romanticize my years of being a practicing alcoholic.

Keep on keeping on with your sobriety.

BrokenChains

Wow, I loved that! It was so beautiful. Congratulations on your 6 months!

WakeUp

Great post, I can really relate. Good job on six months, that's a big milestone.

SASA

this is beautiful. Congratulations on 6 month. I hope I will have 6 month at some time....

AWOL

Sure Clifty... you're welcome. And yes, lildawg, it's exactlly as you say. It took a long time for me to realize that this "romance" with alcohol was delusional. Alcohol created the fantasy that it was the life and soul of the party, until it eventually dawned on me that i was dancing in the dark with a potential killer. The most amazing thing about stopping drinking are the insights I've gained about how deeply I was hooked on an absolute delusion.

Kitey

What a Post !!!! Brilliant and so True!

chassey7

congratulations!!!!

cokat

Thank you for sharing and congrats. One day that will be me.

lildawg

I agree with you. When I drank, I didn't realize that, for quite a few hours a day, I was so drunk that I was non-functioning. Then, when I quit, I had all this time. I spent a lot of it thinking and realizing things about myself--mostly I thought of the reasons I had let it go that far with the alcohol. Knowing the facets of my personality that drove me to become an alcoholic have helped me stay quit.

I'm still on the first cup of coffee, so if I sound a bit blurry, that's why.