Picking up my NEW car!!!!!

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12-17-2012, 07:25 AM

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Elisabeth888

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Picking up my NEW car!!!!!

This would not be happening if I was not sober.

I haven't driven in two years. My license was suspended for one year but it took me another year to get my crap together.

I am so excited and nervous. I can't drive it until I get the interlock and my provisional license. A friend from AA is going to drive it home with me.

SO EXCITED!!!!

12-17-2012, 07:30 AM

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Impurrfect

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((Elisabeth)) - YIPPEE!! What kind of car are you getting? We want pictures, you know

I know when I got my car, some time after being in recovery, it was pretty darned amazing. A car was something I just took for granted, all those years...now it's one of the things on my gratitude list

Hugs and prayers,

Amy

12-17-2012, 08:12 AM

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Kevah

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Yay!! That's wonderful!!! Hope you enjoy your new freedom

12-17-2012, 08:58 AM

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artsoul

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That's wonderful, Elizabeth! I'm sure it feels like forever - So happy for you!

12-17-2012, 09:33 AM

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Congrats! One of my good AA friends in recovery had such an alcoholic solution. 6 DUI's so the solution was not to quit drinking it was to quit driving. Did not drive for 12 years but continued to drink. He has been sober for 4+ years and for the first time has an unrestricted license.

Things get better when we get sober

12-17-2012, 09:38 AM

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Natom

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Oh wow congratulations Elisabeth. I lost my first and only car through my addiction and have been itching to get back behind the wheel of my own since I entered recovery. I have driven company vans and the like but never my own. I hope you enjoy it. When you sort your license out.....roadtrip!!!!

Natom.

12-17-2012, 09:40 AM

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Veritas1

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Congratulations!

This is it right?

12-17-2012, 09:44 AM

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renaldo

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Impurrfect

You betcha. How in the world I managed to drive under the influence thousands of times without getting in an accident is one for the history books. I never gave a second thought to getting behind the wheel, changing the oil or any of that. Now I look at that car and say to myself I will never drink and drive again.

The last DUI cost me plenty and it was my third. I've learned my lesson.

12-17-2012, 09:58 AM

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Drugssucks

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That's great Elisabeth!!

12-17-2012, 09:59 AM

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anew

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Congratulations and drive safely!

12-17-2012, 02:23 PM

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Dee74

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congratulations Elizabeth

12-17-2012, 02:27 PM

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dragon12

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Congratulations Elizabeth. What a fantastic reward for staying sober. Well done!

12-17-2012, 02:34 PM

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YAY!!!!!

Enjoy Elizabeth!!!!!!

12-17-2012, 02:56 PM

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Elisabeth888

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Thanks everybody!

I am sort of exhausted after that process. It is safe in my garage. I am allowed to drive in my driveway, so I have parked the car several times in my garage

It will feel real when I get my license!