It's my BIRTHDAY! And I'm SOBER!
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Happy Birthday ChaoticSunshine - here's to many more!!!!!
Congrats on 2 weeks - I hit my two weeks last Friday and like you, it was the longest I've went in two years. However, you are much much younger than me. Good on you for realizing the need to quit while you are still so young!!!
Congrats on 2 weeks - I hit my two weeks last Friday and like you, it was the longest I've went in two years. However, you are much much younger than me. Good on you for realizing the need to quit while you are still so young!!!
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It's my BIRTHDAY! And I'm SOBER!
Hi guys!
First, let me say how grateful I am to have this forum. I was a closet drinker, so no one knew that I had a problem. This is the only support system that I have because I don't really feel the need to tell anyone in my life and worry them/have them feel responsible for looking out for me.
Second, I'm not a big birthday celebration type, but being sober today is a big deal for me. It's day 14, which marks the longest time I've not had alcohol in about 2 years. But, if I think back to about a month ago, my plans would have been to load up at the store and drink all day, eat whatever I want, and not really care much about the outside world...because it's my special day.
Now I can look at that plan and say that that's not fun at all. Bingeing on food and alcohol isn't any kind of a celebration, and it being my birthday doesn't mean I can exhibit reckless behavior.
I am SO happy to finally be in a good place! I'm 26 today, and I have many, many healthy years ahead of me.
Thanks everyone!
-CS
First, let me say how grateful I am to have this forum. I was a closet drinker, so no one knew that I had a problem. This is the only support system that I have because I don't really feel the need to tell anyone in my life and worry them/have them feel responsible for looking out for me.
Second, I'm not a big birthday celebration type, but being sober today is a big deal for me. It's day 14, which marks the longest time I've not had alcohol in about 2 years. But, if I think back to about a month ago, my plans would have been to load up at the store and drink all day, eat whatever I want, and not really care much about the outside world...because it's my special day.
Now I can look at that plan and say that that's not fun at all. Bingeing on food and alcohol isn't any kind of a celebration, and it being my birthday doesn't mean I can exhibit reckless behavior.
I am SO happy to finally be in a good place! I'm 26 today, and I have many, many healthy years ahead of me.
Thanks everyone!
-CS
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Originally Posted by TorontoGuy28 
Happy Birthday CS !
Are you attending meetings in your area ?
Are you attending meetings in your area ?
I am not attending a meeting today. I've been meeting hopping trying to find one that I feel comfortable in that isn't too far away. Most people in the meetings I've been to are significantly older than me, and have/had a far worse progression of alcohol abuse. In a way they're good because I can see a 50 year old who has lost 30 years of their life, their family, job, house, and car and know that that's not what I want to happen to me, but there's a little bit of a disconnect
But, I have this site!!
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