20 months...
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20 months...
20 months sober today. I think it's important to always to try to appreciate the value of that time. On reflection then from where I was 20 months ago coming off a 3 day bender, unemployed, no driving license, no decent relationships, no sense of hope, on the verge of being homeless, doubting realistically whether staying sober was realistically possible for somebody like myself, then it's a real achievement.
I wasn't going to post this but then again I think it's definately important for me to remain grateful for that time and also remember where I've come from and where a drink would take me to again. Also I know that when I was just starting out then seeing people celebrate on SR their milestones really inspired me to believe that it is possible.
I'm off to university now and that in itself is purely thanks to my recovery, it's easy for me to lose perspective and see the achievement in me being there, what with mixing with lots of 18 year old people who ain't really seen the realities of how f*cked up you can end up in this life. But it's all good and I'm laying the foundations for a positive future 'one day at a time' and every day sober is something to be proud of. Not to mention the fact that I'm achieving at the highest level too in my assignments and exams which has by far exceeded my expectations and has proved what I am capable of and always was capable of, in some ways it always made my active days worse as I crashed down from somebody who had it all to somebody who seemingly lost it all...
Anyway grateful to be 20 months sober today and thanks to SR for allowing me to share my sobriety.
Peace
I wasn't going to post this but then again I think it's definately important for me to remain grateful for that time and also remember where I've come from and where a drink would take me to again. Also I know that when I was just starting out then seeing people celebrate on SR their milestones really inspired me to believe that it is possible.
I'm off to university now and that in itself is purely thanks to my recovery, it's easy for me to lose perspective and see the achievement in me being there, what with mixing with lots of 18 year old people who ain't really seen the realities of how f*cked up you can end up in this life. But it's all good and I'm laying the foundations for a positive future 'one day at a time' and every day sober is something to be proud of. Not to mention the fact that I'm achieving at the highest level too in my assignments and exams which has by far exceeded my expectations and has proved what I am capable of and always was capable of, in some ways it always made my active days worse as I crashed down from somebody who had it all to somebody who seemingly lost it all...
Anyway grateful to be 20 months sober today and thanks to SR for allowing me to share my sobriety.
Peace
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YIPPEE for 20 months - congrats NEO! 
You got that right....... I remember how good it felt to be 2 weeks sober and thinking that maybe I actually do this.....
You've been through a lot, and you have a great way of communicating it. I just know your experience is going to help people along the way (as it already does at SR). Enjoy your sober day!
every day sober is something to be proud of
You've been through a lot, and you have a great way of communicating it. I just know your experience is going to help people along the way (as it already does at SR). Enjoy your sober day!
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Congratulations.
And I think it's great that you posted your feelings because there are so many newcomers who just don't think its possible. Always an incentive to try when you know it can be succeeded. Thanx.
And I think it's great that you posted your feelings because there are so many newcomers who just don't think its possible. Always an incentive to try when you know it can be succeeded. Thanx.
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Congrats Neo. I quit on Feb. 18 after a 30 year (give or take a few months of white knuckle abstinence now and then) drinking career. This time, for the first time in my life, I actually do not want to drink and am enjoying being sober even while facing some pretty big personal issues. You are one of the people on this board who have inspired me. I hope to be celebrating 20 months in about 19 months and 12 days.
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