Vall

Dear gilbert hi,

I am pleased that things turned out better than you thought they would. Just shows that when you try your best and work hard at something it usually pays off.

Good luck with your DWI!

Paul84

Pleased that court worked out well for you.

I only came back on the forum here today but when I posted 5 years ago I was in a mess. I'd been arrested a few times and in court and it took me going to prison to sort out my problems. Going to prison or getting arrested can be a good thing if you face up to the problems we have. I'm 27 now and thankfully life is much better for me now

MIRecovery

Regardless of your thoughts on AA I would recommend regular attendance and getting an attendance slip signed so you can show it to the judge for the DWI and who knows you just might like it

Dee74

I'm glad things turned out ok gilbert

D

Hevyn

Happy for you, gilbert. It's a shame we turn our lives into such a complicated mess (I got 3 dwi's) but I know you're ready to put it all behind you, and never return to those days of misery.

gilbert

Thank you all for your kind words I know right now I am not out yet but I will keep staying clean and sober I will not go back wards and I am looking forward. I now have to wait and see what happeneds with the DWI charge. Thank you all so much I am happy that I found this place for the first time I do not feel alone anymore thank you all.

gilbert

I am well on my way to 8 weeks sober and I am loving life sober now my goal is to start working out and just stay in shape. I'm off to get ready to visit another lawyer. Life is beautiful.

gilbert

I haven't been on her for a while I have been busy in getting my life back on track I have been working out discovering religion and finding myself things are going swell. I have been dealing with the urge to drink "one last time" which I remind myself that I want to stay sober. Also me and my ex-girlfriend have been talking and I find myself being open with her which is going good. I'm not looking to get into anything because I am not ready for it. I love her with all my heart when I was drinking I was bad but now I want to make it up for her. Also I got a letter in the mail stating I'm going to be without a DL for two years which in all honesty I'm okay with because I do enjoy being driven around.

gilbert

I hope everyone is doing fine... As for me I'm doing good I'm sober now for three months and going strong I have started working out and I have noticed my mood swings have gone down. Today I was getting the meat ready for a cook I am having with my family. I decided I would grill for them since they have been behind me 100% it feels great. I have notice that I have money since I stopped drinking so I'm buying things I have always wanted and then I'm going to save up I don't know for what yet... I also had a very bad day on Thursday when I found out that the call center I work at was laying off over two hundred people for the department I use to work for. I was lucky enough to keep my job and I was moved to another department within the company which I would have to start over and work my way up again. I felt very bad because other people that were let go have families they support apartments they have to pay for and I was thinking why was I so lucky... I'm thankful for my job but I felt terrible for everyone else. People I had worked with for over two years were out of a job I felt like sinking back to getting drunk but I did not I came home and wrote in my journal and I wok up and just stared at the ceiling thinking... Well over all I have been hanging in staying sober I wish you all the best

topspin

Congrats on moving forward the last 90 days !

I had the same experience. Not having to spend money every day on alcohol really adds up !?!

Starting to work out again really worked wonders for me too.

Good on you gilbert

gilbert

I wish everyone a happy and safe Christmas as for me I have been sober now for over four months and they have been a roller coaster ride with up's and down's and I have been tested. I am proud to say with the help of people around me and people on this site I am getting by. Everything is falling onto place and I am getting better. Thanks to everyone on here for everything I mean it. Everyone here has been in my prayers since I decided to get sober and clean. Thank you

Dee74

merry xmas Gilbert

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gilbert

How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes
I struggle to find any truth in your lies
And now my heart stumbles on things I don't know
My weakness I feel I must finally show

Lend me your hand and we'll conquer them all
But lend me your heart and I'll just let you fall
Lend me your eyes I can change what you see
But your soul you must keep, totally free
Har har, har har
har har, har har

awake my soul...
awake my soul...

gilbert

How fickle my heart and how woozy my eyes
I struggle to find any truth in your lies
And now my heart stumbles on things I don't know
My weakness I feel I must finally show
Har har, har har
har har, har har

gilbert

In these bodies we will live,
in these bodies we will die
Where you invest your love,
you invest your life

In these bodies we will live,
in these bodies we will die
Where you invest your love,
you invest your life

awake my soul...
awake my soul...
awake my soul...
For you were made to meet your maker

gilbert

awake my soul...
awake my soul...
awake my soul...
For you were made to meet your maker
You were made to meet your maker

gilbert

I really enjoy this song so much

Delilah1

Welcome! You will find a ton of support on this site.

gilbert

This year started off bad when me and my girl friend broke up but normally I would get drunk and drink away my sorrows but now I feel like I've grown and now I just write in my journal and write how I feel and spend my nights looking at the stars I'm bummed out but I know it is for the best she wasn't the one and looking back I know this but I can only look forward and take life one day at a time

gilbert

It's funny I feel alone some nights and I go on my roof to look at the stars and I when I lay back and look at the night sky I wonder if there is anyone out there for me. I guess I am just venting it's like I just want someone I can hold while I go to sleep and know that they'll be there when I wake. I guess it's me being lame