60 days today
60 days today 
...not falling down them
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 1,200
Originally Posted by thesun 
Well done, what changes have you noticed? Physically/mentally?
Physically: I have more energy. I don't groan when I hit the top of the stairs like I was for awhile there.
I'm clean. My clothes are clean. I get dressed almost every day and go out in my car which is inspected, insured and has gas in it. Sometimes I still lounge around in my jammie sweats but I don't LIVE in them like I used to.
I have an appetite for real food. I eat pretty healthy and remember to take my vitamins most of the time. My skin is not dry and flaky like it was at the end of my drinking. My teeth are newly cleaned and I brush them daily with my new spin brush.
Nails are trimmed and I even painted my toenails the other day. I no longer get that feeling of being a raw nerve ready to jump out of my skin if I don't get to the beer store and back right NOW.
Also, I feel useful having 2 service commitments in AA. Greeter on Mondays in the sticks and coffee maker on Thursdays in the city.
Mentally: I can read and concentrate. My mind isn't constantly in a state of either too drunk or too anxious to focus. I am not worried about the future. I accept certain people in my life without having to get wasted over it. I feel good waking up knowing there were no drunk dialings or facebook stuff.
Still have some cranky times too, I'm still myself. Lol. But calmer and happier.
The last two months flew by!
Thanks everyone, it means a lot.
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Southeast, USA
Posts: 631
Congratulations! Your postings have always been inspiring to me. When I first joined SR, we were fairly close in sobriety dates ( I think you were about 10 days or so ahead of me). Your posts always were encouraging and real. I slipped but now have 12 days in again, and in a year we won't seem so far apart. I am doing like you and just taking care of myself again, which feels great. Those little things add up to something BIG. So happy for you, stairs! Hugs!
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