stairs

Maintaining sobriety every day teaches me that it's okay to be weepy.

Xune

...although it's free, you have to safe guard it.

EternalQ

Maintaining sobriety everyday teaches me that having a rewarding life doesn't just "happen" to a select group of "lucky" people.

It happens by and large to those who work at it, every day.

EternalQ

Maintaining sobriety everyday teaches me that I am going to have to tolerate feeling my feelings and pain as I am doing right now. What doesn't make us drink makes us stronger, right? Gosh I hope so cause this hurts.

EternalQ

Maintaining sobriety everyday teaches me that I must maintain my life everyday to avoid going backwards.

EternalQ

Teaches me that I need to care for myself physically in other ways also.

stairs

Maintaining sobriety every day teaches me that:
even though sometimes it seems like nothing's happening, when something does happen, I can rise to the occasion effortlessly without the need to hide, mask, or divert from any signs of boozing it up.

stairs

Maintaining sobriety every day teaches me that:

I really was an obnoxious buffoon and there's no two ways about it. It's nice to know I am now obnoxious by choice and not by default.

EternalQ

Maintaining sobriety each day teaches me that, if I do my part, the Universe will do theirs. But I have to give them something to work with and meet them halfway.

ovrock

for now, i'm just happy to feel normal.... i
'm effin loving it

EternalQ

Maintaining. Sobriety teaches me that if I can make and sustain this change, then I can make other key changes also... as long as I persist with patience and dogged determination.

EternalQ

Maintaining sobriety everyday teaches me that I can be strong without a drink.

YoungAndClean

Maintaining sobriety everyday teaches me that I can live well so long as Im sober.

nigey1

If I keep maintaining sobriety as my primary goal then most other things seem to fall in behind.

EternalQ

Maintaining sobriety everyday teaches me that I can feel my feelings
and not be so afraid that I have to numb then before I even know what they are.

karilynn27

maintaining sobriety teaches me that if I lay my head down at the end of a rough day and I'm sober then I have accomplished what I thought impossible a year ago

EternalQ

Maintaining sobriety every day teaches me to look at everyone and everything the way it is and not the way I wish it was.
And that, teaches me to change things, rather then hide.
And that teaches me more is in my control then I thought.
And that teaches me to have courage.

YouRmySunshine

Maintaining sobriety every day teaches me I am capable of much greater things than I ever knew possible when I was drinking every day.

deeker

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I realize in sobriety that my peace is priceless and I am not willing to give it up for anything. So if you need to be right, you be right! You need to be first , be first. You wanna talk about me go ahead talk about me. You want my purse? It's yours. It's just not all that important to me as my peace of mind. You can take anything away from me today but my peace of mind cuz I protect it fiercely. I don't need to be right today, it's just not that important. And when you taste peace you will not be willing to give it up either.

karilynn27

has taught me to listen