Eleven months sober tomorrow!!!
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: SF Bay area, CA
Posts: 99,780
Eleven months sober tomorrow!!!
I'm so excited, delighted, and happy happy happy that I'll wake up tomorrow morning with 11 months sober!! I suppose I 'should' wait til then but am so happy I just have to celebrate today!
I will celebrate by cleaning my house today, because I can! Because staying sober has given me energy and ambition I'd thought was lost forever... but it's back and my life is going so well. It's not perfect by any means, but I am able now to live life on life's terms, to either take what life throws at me or get out of the way.
Eleven months ago I was so sick I wanted to die just to stop feeling so bad. I was sick and tired of always being sick and tired and useless. But thanks to my wonderful addiction counselor and the caring supportive people here I was able to stay sober one day at a time and do some much needed 'work' on myself. My attitude is completely different than it used to be, more positive, more happy, more accepting.
I like what another member said recently: I'm always going to be an alcoholic but I don't always have to be a drunk. ANd like someone else said, I know I have another drunk left in me but I don't know if I have any more recovery... And I don't want to find out...
I am happier than I'd ever thought possible and more responsible than I've been in a long time, not just for my obligations, but responsible for my own happiness. I am no longer just existing between bottles of wine, but am finally living, really living, and enjoying what life brings.
I was a chronic relapser, never could seem to stay sober for too long without giving in to the escape of the bottle. But I finally 'got it' and am now a happy non-drinker. So if you're just starting out, or starting over, don't give up!! Sobriety IS possible and so rewarding.
I love you all more than I can express. THank you for being there to support and encourage me. You believed in me when I didn't believe in myself and I will always be grateful for that.
I will celebrate by cleaning my house today, because I can! Because staying sober has given me energy and ambition I'd thought was lost forever... but it's back and my life is going so well. It's not perfect by any means, but I am able now to live life on life's terms, to either take what life throws at me or get out of the way. Eleven months ago I was so sick I wanted to die just to stop feeling so bad. I was sick and tired of always being sick and tired and useless. But thanks to my wonderful addiction counselor and the caring supportive people here I was able to stay sober one day at a time and do some much needed 'work' on myself. My attitude is completely different than it used to be, more positive, more happy, more accepting.
I like what another member said recently: I'm always going to be an alcoholic but I don't always have to be a drunk. ANd like someone else said, I know I have another drunk left in me but I don't know if I have any more recovery... And I don't want to find out...
I am happier than I'd ever thought possible and more responsible than I've been in a long time, not just for my obligations, but responsible for my own happiness.
I am no longer just existing between bottles of wine, but am finally living, really living, and enjoying what life brings.I was a chronic relapser, never could seem to stay sober for too long without giving in to the escape of the bottle. But I finally 'got it' and am now a happy non-drinker. So if you're just starting out, or starting over, don't give up!! Sobriety IS possible and so rewarding.
I love you all more than I can express. THank you for being there to support and encourage me. You believed in me when I didn't believe in myself and I will always be grateful for that.
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: The Mitten, USA
Posts: 1,641
I remember the first time I came to this site you and I were both in the same boat and counting all our sobrieties in days and weeks (if we got lucky.)
So I am particularly happy and proud to give you my fullest congratulations!
So I am particularly happy and proud to give you my fullest congratulations!
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: massachusetts
Posts: 2,216
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great going honey! I'll add another quote to yours: My worst day sober is still better than my best day drunk! Isn't it just amazing how much can change, IF we start by taking responsibility for ourselves? Another quote I like: If you can't change the situation, change your attitude about it. What I pick up, in your posts, is a change in ATTITUDE. Your life is still your life, but the way you are looking at it has changed dramatically. And look at the result: You are happy and and peace.
Wonderful!
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great going honey! I'll add another quote to yours: My worst day sober is still better than my best day drunk! Isn't it just amazing how much can change, IF we start by taking responsibility for ourselves? Another quote I like: If you can't change the situation, change your attitude about it. What I pick up, in your posts, is a change in ATTITUDE. Your life is still your life, but the way you are looking at it has changed dramatically. And look at the result: You are happy and and peace.
Wonderful!
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: peterborough Cambs U.K
Posts: 172
fantastic! wow eleven months its gone so quickly,i've just read that back it sort of sounds silly but you know what i mean,
congrats on nearly a years sobriety i so want to get to a year also,
congrats on nearly a years sobriety i so want to get to a year also,
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