One year sober birthday :)
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One year sober birthday :)
Today marks one year since I quit drinking (and smoking). I was really looking forward to this day as I saw it as the day I decided to start living, through choice rather than accident of birth, but now it's here I feel like it's just another day. When I got to other milestones I felt like I had accomplished something or got through something, now I am just sober, and that's pretty cool in itself. I still have the odd moment where drinking is the first thing I think of but they are rarer now, and I still have a lot of personal improvements to make, but things seem to keep getting better day by day, just like they did at the beginning. Maybe that's what being sober is all about, that you start moving forwards gradually rather than just stagnating.
Thank you everyone at SR for getting me sober and keeping me that way
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Thank you everyone at SR for getting me sober and keeping me that way
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Congratulations! And good point about moving forward... I've been thinking lately about this. When I was a kid everyone always said I acted old for my age... the last few years everyone tends to think I'm younger than I am. I kind of hit the pause button at 23 when I started drinking heavily, I guess.
Good on you for making progress in your life and keeping strong!
Good on you for making progress in your life and keeping strong!
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Congratulations!!! I'm well into my second year but I remember when the idea of going one year without drinking seemed impossible. I liked what you said about things continuing to get better every day like in the beginning. I also like my "moments of clarity" that are about something besides the obvious "drinking will kill me" of my drinking years. Have fun and enjoy your hangover shame free day!
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