A Very Dark day but there is light..
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Georgia
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Very inspiring to see discover your sobriety journey. Your story was a good reminder to me how grateful I was to be sober during my son's last surgery that was similar to your daughter's. It was a scary time for sure. Congratulations on your ongoing sobriety!
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Join Date: Aug 2013
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Congrats DarkDays!!
When I came to SR 2 yrs ago as Purplecatlover, DarkDays' post inspired me to quit, also. I slipped back in March but he has stayed the course...strong & steady.
Thank you for sharing yourself with SR & our Class of 2012.
Your strength, determination & tenacity is admirable.
You are ULTRA COOL in my book DarkDays!
When I came to SR 2 yrs ago as Purplecatlover, DarkDays' post inspired me to quit, also. I slipped back in March but he has stayed the course...strong & steady.
Thank you for sharing yourself with SR & our Class of 2012.
Your strength, determination & tenacity is admirable.
You are ULTRA COOL in my book DarkDays!
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Loughton, Essex, England
Posts: 638
Originally Posted by DarkDays 
2 years stone cold sober 
Ty you al at SR for helping me along the way.
I am a different person now at least I feel I am, still learning how to deal with raw real feelings, also feel different about lots of people in my life some better some worse but I suppose when you are "Yourself" you are going to look at people differently.
Still cannot believe it is 2 whole years since I walked back from the hospital swearing I would never drink again , feel its the greatest thing I have done for myself.
Ty you all, sober is very cool.
Ty you al at SR for helping me along the way.
I am a different person now at least I feel I am, still learning how to deal with raw real feelings, also feel different about lots of people in my life some better some worse but I suppose when you are "Yourself" you are going to look at people differently.
Still cannot believe it is 2 whole years since I walked back from the hospital swearing I would never drink again , feel its the greatest thing I have done for myself.
Ty you all, sober is very cool.
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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Was it really a year ago I last posted on this thread ����
Tomorrow morning it will be 3 whole years since that walk home from the hospital and 3 whole years stone cold sober.
I love who I am now , I still sometimes have thought issues etc but thee are dealt with much easier now .
Thank you to all who post on sober recovery . You guys / gals are have being my mainstay in getting to this point. 30 years of hangovers ,booze filled incidents , family rows all over the day I decidedc I was done with. It .
Getting fit has also helped me think straight .
Thank you all !!
Tomorrow morning it will be 3 whole years since that walk home from the hospital and 3 whole years stone cold sober.
I love who I am now , I still sometimes have thought issues etc but thee are dealt with much easier now .
Thank you to all who post on sober recovery . You guys / gals are have being my mainstay in getting to this point. 30 years of hangovers ,booze filled incidents , family rows all over the day I decidedc I was done with. It .
Getting fit has also helped me think straight .
Thank you all !!
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: New Orleans, LA
Posts: 985
Knowing that I am there to support those I love (or even to save a stranger) because I am sober and capable is one of the things I love most about this lifestyle. Your original story is a perfect illustration of that...
I can be counted on. No matter what else might be imperfect about me as a human being, I can be counted on...
Congratulations DD!! You have done an extraordinary thing, and made the world a better place by being in it and staying present!
I can be counted on. No matter what else might be imperfect about me as a human being, I can be counted on...
Congratulations DD!! You have done an extraordinary thing, and made the world a better place by being in it and staying present!
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Join Date: Oct 2011
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Day 1422 ))
How can this be , lol !
Not seeking attention by posting on this thread , but kind of want to keep it updated , may give a bit of hope to anyone starting out .
All I can say now is I love being sober , everything is better I really mean everything . I love the time I have even if doing nothing , being bored sober is better than being bored drunk or hungover .
The liberation from the whole trap of drinking and recovering and repeating the process over and over is worth its weight in pure gold.
Think I have had an effect on friends , because a couple have stopped and a few have cut right down , think I have been preaching too much
Oh , and I run now and I run a lot , weight loss is great and I have been told I look years younger , cool !
That morning walking back from hospital , seems 20 years ago .
))How can this be , lol !
Not seeking attention by posting on this thread , but kind of want to keep it updated , may give a bit of hope to anyone starting out .
All I can say now is I love being sober , everything is better I really mean everything . I love the time I have even if doing nothing , being bored sober is better than being bored drunk or hungover .
The liberation from the whole trap of drinking and recovering and repeating the process over and over is worth its weight in pure gold.
Think I have had an effect on friends , because a couple have stopped and a few have cut right down , think I have been preaching too much
Oh , and I run now and I run a lot , weight loss is great and I have been told I look years younger , cool !
That morning walking back from hospital , seems 20 years ago .
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Join Date: Nov 2014
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Just read the thread. Nice story and great commitment. Shows it can be done when we really finally make that deep commitment to stop once and for all. I am sure you will never drink again but come back once a year to let us know thats still the case if you can.....
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