checkin in....woot!
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checkin in....woot!
i have a countdown timer on my computer for retirement. it can also count up and i put my quit date in it a long time ago. i had to check it to see how much time i had in.
2 years, 7 months, & 12 days. or.
136 weekends. or.
955 days. or.
22,928 hours. or.
1,375,733 minutes.
i'm not here to brag by any means. but when i quit there were times i fought the urges by minutes and hours. then days. then weeks. then months.
i have been so blessed to quit. my poison of choice was to hammer vodka.
my life is infinitely better and i never lost a job over my drinking. 1 dui about 10 years ago but my drinking was killing me. my doctor told me so.
i was in the same place that any new person to this board is in now. but you can do it. i did it by accessing this wonderful site. i check in occasionally but rarely post any more. truth be told i never posted that much when quitting but read it all the time.
my family life is so much better it cannot be measured. more money. more energy and that's rare when you hit 52. the energy starts going away.
it's amazing how much better shape my brain is in. i was doing a pretty difficult job while drinking but could handle it. i'm so much better now.
and i look back on things i was doing and wonder how in the heck i thought that was okay. and it was nothing egregious but looking back on it with clear eyes i know i wasted 10 good years of my life. i can't get them back but i can make these ones going forward as good as possible for me and everyone around me.
i still use tobacco and probably my caffeine intake is too high but i had a checkup last december and everyone of my numbers were great. including all of my liver functions. when i quit my liver felt like a board in my abdomen. it was one of the things that scared me.
i'm sorry this is so long but i like to check in occasionally. i want to thank all of the regulars that are still here helping out any newb like i was. thank you for saving lives because that is what you're doing. ya'll ROCK.
i want to encourage anyone that has taken the step to quit....and you have or you wouldn't have ended up here. google doesn't make you click on the link it gives you when you type in 'how to quit drinking'
you made an active choice and i hope and pray life turns out as well for you as it has for me.
david.
2 years, 7 months, & 12 days. or.
136 weekends. or.
955 days. or.
22,928 hours. or.
1,375,733 minutes.
i'm not here to brag by any means. but when i quit there were times i fought the urges by minutes and hours. then days. then weeks. then months.
i have been so blessed to quit. my poison of choice was to hammer vodka.
my life is infinitely better and i never lost a job over my drinking. 1 dui about 10 years ago but my drinking was killing me. my doctor told me so.
i was in the same place that any new person to this board is in now. but you can do it. i did it by accessing this wonderful site. i check in occasionally but rarely post any more. truth be told i never posted that much when quitting but read it all the time.
my family life is so much better it cannot be measured. more money. more energy and that's rare when you hit 52. the energy starts going away.
it's amazing how much better shape my brain is in. i was doing a pretty difficult job while drinking but could handle it. i'm so much better now.
and i look back on things i was doing and wonder how in the heck i thought that was okay. and it was nothing egregious but looking back on it with clear eyes i know i wasted 10 good years of my life. i can't get them back but i can make these ones going forward as good as possible for me and everyone around me.
i still use tobacco and probably my caffeine intake is too high but i had a checkup last december and everyone of my numbers were great. including all of my liver functions. when i quit my liver felt like a board in my abdomen. it was one of the things that scared me.
i'm sorry this is so long but i like to check in occasionally. i want to thank all of the regulars that are still here helping out any newb like i was. thank you for saving lives because that is what you're doing. ya'll ROCK.
i want to encourage anyone that has taken the step to quit....and you have or you wouldn't have ended up here. google doesn't make you click on the link it gives you when you type in 'how to quit drinking'
you made an active choice and i hope and pray life turns out as well for you as it has for me.
david.
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Thank you so much for that inspiring post. I'm only on Day 5. Dealing with some heavy cravings, and also trying to come to terms with grief for my mother who passed away three weeks ago. I want to be in the same position as you 2yrs 7mths and 7days from now!!
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Wow! Thanks, David.
I just turned 49, when I had 7 months, in March. I now have 8. So, I'm guessing I must be your age when you quit.
You have NO idea how helpful and inspiring your post is to me. It's awesome. I thank you for it, and congratulate you on your sobriety, and your pending retirement.
Mind if I ask where to get that countdown/countup timer? I'd love to have the same on my computer, since I spend 90% of my time there.
Thanks again!
I just turned 49, when I had 7 months, in March. I now have 8. So, I'm guessing I must be your age when you quit.
You have NO idea how helpful and inspiring your post is to me. It's awesome. I thank you for it, and congratulate you on your sobriety, and your pending retirement.
Mind if I ask where to get that countdown/countup timer? I'd love to have the same on my computer, since I spend 90% of my time there.
Thanks again!
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Terrific..!!!! Just a note 
... With one year
older than you, belly button birthday wise,
I have to say, I am quite young. You should
have seen me last month dig
a trench from
our backyard to the front to replace a drain
pipe.
And with a many 1 days @ a time to get me
where I am today, 21 yrs sober, I still push
lawn mower
, edge, weedeat, each week.
The longer Ive stayed sober, Ive have become
extremely grateful for my health, mind, body
and soul.
My recovery way of life is none short of AWESOME.
You will see it too each day that passes in ur
own recovery.
... With one yearolder than you, belly button birthday wise,
I have to say, I am quite young. You should
have seen me last month dig
a trench fromour backyard to the front to replace a drain
pipe.
And with a many 1 days @ a time to get me
where I am today, 21 yrs sober, I still push
lawn mower
, edge, weedeat, each week. The longer Ive stayed sober, Ive have become
extremely grateful for my health, mind, body
and soul.
My recovery way of life is none short of AWESOME.
You will see it too each day that passes in ur
own recovery.
bona fido dog-lover
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Location: SF Bay area, CA
Posts: 99,760
David, always good to see you again.
I also appreciate your post for the positive message. I used to think I was hopeless, I was wrong. And my life is so much better sober I can't express it, only to say I'll never go back to that way of life.
I also appreciate your post for the positive message. I used to think I was hopeless, I was wrong. And my life is so much better sober I can't express it, only to say I'll never go back to that way of life. 
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Originally Posted by Dee74 
good to see you again AFM - and thanks for your post
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god i love your quote. I've read everything vonnegut has written. he knows me better than i know myself.
i swear i catch myself telling myself how great things are.
and it can be something as simple as getting off work...hearing a song i love with my car windows down on the way home and realizing just how good life can be. and I'm not rich. just a very content person.
and there's no way i could explain it to anyone unless they've quit like i have. they may appreciate that moment in their own way but unless they've faced that grip that alcohol can have on you and know that at 2 1/2 years i don't really even think of it any more i don't think they can 'get it' like i am at that moment.
doesn't make be better than them...just different. i wish i could have given myself a preview of this when i was struggling early on.
sorry for rambling. it's hard to put in words. unless you're vonnegut. lol.
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Originally Posted by least
David, always good to see you again. I also appreciate your post for the positive message. I used to think I was hopeless, I was wrong. And my life is so much better sober I can't express it, only to say I'll never go back to that way of life.
I also appreciate your post for the positive message. I used to think I was hopeless, I was wrong. And my life is so much better sober I can't express it, only to say I'll never go back to that way of life. it is very hard to express how good it gets. i haven't hit the lotto. still go to a job every day. still owe money. but i certainly plan on never going back to the way it was.
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it's hard to put in words. unless you're vonnegut. lol.
it is amazing for me to see people recover from this stuff tho - like new green buds on a old tree stump...
there's always hope - thanks for sharing yours man
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