Running the race with no anchor
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Running the race with no anchor
Good morning SR! Today I have ran across three guys I work with that are very hungover today.
Seeing this made me so grateful for just not having to live that way anymore. I know there are a ton of these type of posts in this forum but just thought I'd share what a miracle it is that we are getting saved from that lifestyle.
I think sometimes in recovery we feel like things should be going better for us, or we should have all of our problems figured out, or we aren't getting back what we lost fast enough. The truth is we have been given such a gift.
The gift of being able to be who we are suppose to be all of the time - not just some of the time.
How soon we forget the true miracle of just not drinking and being hungover. I hope I never lose sight of this simple gift. I would have given everything I had to get what has been freely given to me over the past 4 months. That's the beauty of recovery. You can't buy it, you have to earn it. Quitting drinking has been the hardest and most rewarding thing I've ever done.
I hope we all stay grateful for finally being able to run this race of life without all of the dead weight holding us back!
Just thought I'd share what bouncing around in this head of mine.
Happy Friday everyone!!!!
Seeing this made me so grateful for just not having to live that way anymore. I know there are a ton of these type of posts in this forum but just thought I'd share what a miracle it is that we are getting saved from that lifestyle.
I think sometimes in recovery we feel like things should be going better for us, or we should have all of our problems figured out, or we aren't getting back what we lost fast enough. The truth is we have been given such a gift.
The gift of being able to be who we are suppose to be all of the time - not just some of the time.
How soon we forget the true miracle of just not drinking and being hungover. I hope I never lose sight of this simple gift. I would have given everything I had to get what has been freely given to me over the past 4 months. That's the beauty of recovery. You can't buy it, you have to earn it. Quitting drinking has been the hardest and most rewarding thing I've ever done.
I hope we all stay grateful for finally being able to run this race of life without all of the dead weight holding us back!
Just thought I'd share what bouncing around in this head of mine.
Happy Friday everyone!!!!
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Great Post Reggie!
Life may not be perfect but I sure am grateful for what I have and who I am today. I'll never forget the insanity and the hard work it took to get sober. To me, there are no more mountains to climb, only little hills. I can surely get over them sober and with the help of my HP.
Life may not be perfect but I sure am grateful for what I have and who I am today. I'll never forget the insanity and the hard work it took to get sober. To me, there are no more mountains to climb, only little hills. I can surely get over them sober and with the help of my HP.
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I give thanks to the wonder of sober living every AM&PM over in the gratitude threads...it's like brushing my teeth.
i have NOT forgotten the horrible mornings of hungover, nauseated and generally feeling craptastic. I would not trade feeling normal and a restful sleep for a bottle of wine again.
i have NOT forgotten the horrible mornings of hungover, nauseated and generally feeling craptastic. I would not trade feeling normal and a restful sleep for a bottle of wine again.
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Great thoughts. I just read a little excerpt yesterday with the same connection. Thank your HP for the little miracles. If you are so buy searching for huge miracles in your life you will miss all the little ones. Like waking up, getting to work safely , enjoying family time, getting home from work safely, being functional, having the capabilities to preform daily tasks, etc etc..... Happy Friday...snowing today, isn't that wonderful?! UGH
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Originally Posted by opivotal 
Great Post Reggie!
Life may not be perfect but I sure am grateful for what I have and who I am today. I'll never forget the insanity and the hard work it took to get sober. To me, there are no more mountains to climb, only little hills. I can surely get over them sober and with the help of my HP.
Life may not be perfect but I sure am grateful for what I have and who I am today. I'll never forget the insanity and the hard work it took to get sober. To me, there are no more mountains to climb, only little hills. I can surely get over them sober and with the help of my HP.
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Yes, it is wonderful to experience life all the time, not just sometimes as you said, and to find me again......
Thanks for a great post, as usual!
Thanks for a great post, as usual!
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.* ~e.e. cummings
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I identify w that!
Originally Posted by Fandy
i have NOT forgotten the horrible mornings of hungover, nauseated and generally feeling craptastic. I would not trade feeling normal and a restful sleep for a bottle of wine again.
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you will....
you will feel better in time...i have a personal question for you...are you under doctors care? detoxing can be dangerous as well as scary...i am no doc...but i know i almost died years ago from detoxing in an old friends basement...it was freaking scary...well anyways i am here for you
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Originally Posted by jessiecat777
you will feel better in time...i have a personal question for you...are you under doctors care? detoxing can be dangerous as well as scary...i am no doc...but i know i almost died years ago from detoxing in an old friends basement...it was freaking scary...well anyways i am here for you
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Hey flatsix, welcome to SR. Hope you are through your detox, because you most certainly can die from alcohol withdrawals.
Reggie - Thank you for the reminder of the blessings of sobriety. Being present all the time ain't easy but it is so much better. Tomorrow will be 12 weeks for me.
I never want to forget that night on my birthday. I blacked out on my third glass of wine. Yeah, they were big glasses but still...Blacked out completely and came to in jail. I had attacked the cab driver that had been called to take me home. Not violent nor never have been, yet I was that night. No memory at all of any of it. 12 weeks later all the ramifications of that night resolved. No drinking inbetween. I hope I never forget the pain of the past and always remain grateful for the gift of sobriety.
Reggie - Thank you for the reminder of the blessings of sobriety. Being present all the time ain't easy but it is so much better. Tomorrow will be 12 weeks for me.
I never want to forget that night on my birthday. I blacked out on my third glass of wine. Yeah, they were big glasses but still...Blacked out completely and came to in jail. I had attacked the cab driver that had been called to take me home. Not violent nor never have been, yet I was that night. No memory at all of any of it. 12 weeks later all the ramifications of that night resolved. No drinking inbetween. I hope I never forget the pain of the past and always remain grateful for the gift of sobriety.
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