One Year
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Lowcountry
Posts: 2,762
Artsoul,
Great Time a' Day !!! Already One Year has flown by !?!
( heartfelt ) Congratulations !
You're always a wonderful example of what makes SR the magical place it is
(((hugs)))
...this Spring feels soooo, so different !?!
Can't thank you enough
TS
Great Time a' Day !!! Already One Year has flown by !?!
( heartfelt ) Congratulations !
You're always a wonderful example of what makes SR the magical place it is
(((hugs)))
...this Spring feels soooo, so different !?!
Can't thank you enough
TS
Member
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: California
Posts: 624
Congratulations, Artsoul! One year is amazing. I'm so proud of you and happy you are now the person you wanted to be.
Your posts are inspiring, uplifting and so, so helpful. Thanks for all your help - for me, personally, you have given me more support than you could ever know. Thank you so very much.
Your posts are inspiring, uplifting and so, so helpful. Thanks for all your help - for me, personally, you have given me more support than you could ever know. Thank you so very much.
Proud Neonephalist
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: North Coast BC Canada
Posts: 1,141
artsoul,
I just did the math;
365 (days in a year) X 24 (hours in a day) = 8,760 (hours in a year)
8,760 X 108,000 (Km per hour orbital speed of the Earth around the Sun) = 946,080,000
DUDE...YOU'VE BEEN SOBER FOR NEARLY A BILLION KILOMETRES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Murray
I just did the math;
365 (days in a year) X 24 (hours in a day) = 8,760 (hours in a year)
8,760 X 108,000 (Km per hour orbital speed of the Earth around the Sun) = 946,080,000
DUDE...YOU'VE BEEN SOBER FOR NEARLY A BILLION KILOMETRES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Murray
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 7,910
thanks to EVERYbody for your support - it keeps me going!
Clashman - I think this forum has been the biggest help for me this time around. The other two times I've gotten sober over the past 20 years, I used AA (did 90 in 90, did the steps twice,etc.)....... So I had the tools all along. I just decided that after years (4 or 5) of sobriety and changing circumstances in my life, I could moderate my drinking.
So...... now that I went back to drinking twice after being sober, I'm 100% convinced that it wasn't the circumstances at all, nor willpower, or even awareness. I'm convinced. And THAT is probably what's gotten me through this year...... I just couldn't find a way to deny it anymore!!
Coming here once a day helps me remember where I've been and gives me hope and inspiration to get where I want to go. I'm also seeing a psychiatrist for ongoing depression, getting a physical, and have also been diagnosed with ADHD. So it was really really important for me to address my mental/emotional issues in a healthy way (with the help of professionals).
So I guess that's really 3 answers to your question: 1) Fully accepting my alcoholism and the ramifications of that 2)Getting daily input/support 3)dealing with the mental/emotional part
Now I'm getting back into spirituality again, which will be a fourth component.
Don't know if that answers your question, but that's the whole ball of wax! OH....... and I just didn't drink NO MATTER WHAT!
Clashman - I think this forum has been the biggest help for me this time around. The other two times I've gotten sober over the past 20 years, I used AA (did 90 in 90, did the steps twice,etc.)....... So I had the tools all along. I just decided that after years (4 or 5) of sobriety and changing circumstances in my life, I could moderate my drinking.
So...... now that I went back to drinking twice after being sober, I'm 100% convinced that it wasn't the circumstances at all, nor willpower, or even awareness. I'm convinced. And THAT is probably what's gotten me through this year...... I just couldn't find a way to deny it anymore!!
Coming here once a day helps me remember where I've been and gives me hope and inspiration to get where I want to go. I'm also seeing a psychiatrist for ongoing depression, getting a physical, and have also been diagnosed with ADHD. So it was really really important for me to address my mental/emotional issues in a healthy way (with the help of professionals).
So I guess that's really 3 answers to your question: 1) Fully accepting my alcoholism and the ramifications of that 2)Getting daily input/support 3)dealing with the mental/emotional part
Now I'm getting back into spirituality again, which will be a fourth component.
Don't know if that answers your question, but that's the whole ball of wax! OH....... and I just didn't drink NO MATTER WHAT!
Resting Easy
Join Date: May 2011
Location: USA
Posts: 99
Thank you for that artsoul. I agree this forum is very helpful. It has many of the same benefits as an AA meeting but lets me search around more easily for the inspiration I need and the stories that reinforce that the program works. It is really helping me to stick to it. I have the tools and know how to work the program, but this forum is a real blessing. I know I need a new sponsor and have someone to contact who was recommended a while back...so that's the next step for me. I moved for work and lost touch with my other sponsor. Like you, I am convinced even after months of sobriety, I have to work the program. So, thanks again. I appreciate it.
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