60 years of sobriety
let it grow!
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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60 years of sobriety
my daughter is again working her program after a relapse. it's her 23rd bday in a few days. when she is in her 80's, she'll have SIXTY years of recovery. she laughed about that today on the phone. i think that sounds great..
do we know who has the longest sobriety/clean time on sr?
blessings, k
do we know who has the longest sobriety/clean time on sr?
blessings, k
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My dearest 2 legged friend, (we think we were twins in an earlier life, lol) that moved here from Illinois and now lives with me, has over 35 years sober and clean (2-2-72) and I am coming up on 26years (6-7-81) so we have 61 years in this house, rofl.
Our home is very peaceful and serene and no chaos, we both love it very much.
I believe Sybil C. in Los Angeles is still with us, although now is bedridden, and she was the first lady in L.A. to get sober in 1942, so that is 65 years.
Here at SR I am not sure, but I think it might be Music, I believe he has 30 years or will have 30 years in September.
Love and hugs,
Our home is very peaceful and serene and no chaos, we both love it very much.
I believe Sybil C. in Los Angeles is still with us, although now is bedridden, and she was the first lady in L.A. to get sober in 1942, so that is 65 years.
Here at SR I am not sure, but I think it might be Music, I believe he has 30 years or will have 30 years in September.
Love and hugs,
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Join Date: Apr 2007
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K glad your daughter is back up again. She's blessed to have you as a father, i know that....
wow in 60 years, i'll be 82 wow......man the world will be very different then, y'all will be like 100 and we will be telling jokes about old times.....lol
glad, karim
wow in 60 years, i'll be 82 wow......man the world will be very different then, y'all will be like 100 and we will be telling jokes about old times.....lol
glad, karim
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lol. sorry.... sure didn't know. can't see gender here.lol.....well a mother is even better....lol.... i can relate to that more...cuz i got a special relation with mine....
if you are around we'll make a party then....
if you are around we'll make a party then....
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Well, I Suppose a Little "Numbers Game" Stuff Won't Hurt . . .
Although I'm reminded of the wisdom of one of my sponsors (33+ years) who noted, "Congratulating an alcoholic for not drinking is like congratulating a guy with bleeding hemorrhoids for not riding a horse."
It was (and still is) his little way of reminding everyone of the humility that's a powerful recovery tool . . .
The longest I knew was Ray B. of Tuscon who spoke at an International Convention when he had over 50 years and left us a few years ago . . . A real gentleman, and a real friend of mine . . . The last time I cried was when I found out he'd passed away . . .
The "spiritual adviser" of my home group (he's an agnostic) has 47 years; I was newly sober at his 20th . . . I have a friend in Washington State with about the same length of time, and she's still sponsoring people (more than I am) and attending regular meetings . . .
I fully don't intend to drink again, but I still stick with the day-at-a-time wisdom that helped mitigate the terror I felt when I first got sober (I'd quit for four months and then went on what has been, so far, my last drunk; it lasted four months as well).
Relapse though, as Terry Gorski notes, is a process that doesn't begin with the first drink, that's the end of it. The beginning often starts with the decision, "I'm never going to drink again."
There's a set-up in that one . . . If I decide I'm not drinking again, then I don't have go to those derned meetings, check in with a sponsor who might hurt my feelings, or waste my precious time helping another drunk who probably doesn't want to get sober anyway . . .
Anyway, y'all remember old-timers are still only a drink away from a drunk, same as the newbie . . .
It was (and still is) his little way of reminding everyone of the humility that's a powerful recovery tool . . .
The longest I knew was Ray B. of Tuscon who spoke at an International Convention when he had over 50 years and left us a few years ago . . . A real gentleman, and a real friend of mine . . . The last time I cried was when I found out he'd passed away . . .
The "spiritual adviser" of my home group (he's an agnostic) has 47 years; I was newly sober at his 20th . . . I have a friend in Washington State with about the same length of time, and she's still sponsoring people (more than I am) and attending regular meetings . . .
I fully don't intend to drink again, but I still stick with the day-at-a-time wisdom that helped mitigate the terror I felt when I first got sober (I'd quit for four months and then went on what has been, so far, my last drunk; it lasted four months as well).
Relapse though, as Terry Gorski notes, is a process that doesn't begin with the first drink, that's the end of it. The beginning often starts with the decision, "I'm never going to drink again."
There's a set-up in that one . . . If I decide I'm not drinking again, then I don't have go to those derned meetings, check in with a sponsor who might hurt my feelings, or waste my precious time helping another drunk who probably doesn't want to get sober anyway . . .
Anyway, y'all remember old-timers are still only a drink away from a drunk, same as the newbie . . .
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