Because I am sober, today I am free to: ?
 

I was thinking about how leaving addiction behind, is an act that sets us FREE in so many ways.

So for this thread, just begin with: Today, I am free to _____________?

Today, I am free to start this thread!! :supernan

Today I am free to speak to someone in person without my mouth full of cough drops, gum, and/or breath spray in an attempt to hide the booze smell from the night before. Nor do I need to be slamming eye drops in my eyes to cover the bloodshot glossiness they keep getting from my hangover. :c031:

EQ...this could be a very long list for me, because I feel free to do anything I set my heart to, in sobriety. In addiction, I was paralyzed by depression, fear, and anxiety. I am a new man now. So, because I am sober, I am free to be the person I am meant to be, in every possible way.

Thanks.

leave the house w/out being paranoid. Make plans and follow through! wake up feeling awesome!!

Not feel guilty or ashamed!

Be proud of myself!

The best one for me right now, SMILE!!!!

roosta

Swim.....like a fish!

Begin to become the woman I'm meant to be and the mother that my children will be proud of!!! "

....move about the country...

Oh....that isn't right?

I am free to by who I was before I was 17 =)

Today, I am free to change.

I am free from the prison of pain & depression.

today I am free to wake up and remember everything that happened last night and not be nervous that all my friends might hate me now because of what I did or said :c031:

"I am free from the prison of pain & depression" - I will second Purplecatlover on that.

And I am free to help others, where I have been.

Drink. But I only have that choice so long as I don't.

I am free from a massive amount of self-inflected suffering.

because i'm an AA'r

i have to say,

today i'm free from the "Bondage" of self

and it's way less exausting!

A couple of weeks ago i was free to drive 1100 miles across the country to visit my family and back again. Pretty sweet.

Today I am free to sit and enjoy sober time to myself, to really hear the music playing in the background. To really feel the blanket laying over my legs. To really see these pictures with clear vision. And if I stand, I will not stumble. And if I kiss my love, it won't be because alcohol told me to. I am free today!

I'm free to enjoy the beautiful summer weather!

Free to not let the tiny things in daily life get the best of me. Everything I say and do is so much more positive. Setting the tone for the day the minute I get up because I dont feel like horse crap.

Just because your sober does not mean your addiction is behind you. Most people I seen that had a drug and/or alcohol would most likely have other addictions that were not as bad but was not healthy.