how many times did it take you to stay sober
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Location: Upstate NY
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Originally Posted by sunshinescooby 
I highly doubt there are many people that just woke up one day and said.. that's it, no more drinking and they did it without faltering.
Once I started to have pains in my liver and I had to quit, I quit on my first try. Been over a year now.
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: WA
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Twice. On March 19 2001, I got terribly sick and ended up in detox then rehab and stayed sober for 5 years. I relapsed and it wasn t bad at all I could take it or leave it until this past holiday season when for 3 weeks I couldn t stop and the only time I was not drinking was when I had to work. It was recovery or suicide so I had my last drink on Jan 19 and officially entered recovery on the 20th. So far so good.
Ps: re reading your post I see now that you asked people with over a year. Oops! Anyway it's over for me I am a non drinker and will do whatever it takes not to pick up a drink again, no half measures, no reservations and no desire to drink or cravings here.
I am in my forties and in total I drank heavily (alcoholically) for about 2 years of my life. From 1999 to March 2001 and then those three awful weeks this winter.
Ps: re reading your post I see now that you asked people with over a year. Oops! Anyway it's over for me I am a non drinker and will do whatever it takes not to pick up a drink again, no half measures, no reservations and no desire to drink or cravings here.
I am in my forties and in total I drank heavily (alcoholically) for about 2 years of my life. From 1999 to March 2001 and then those three awful weeks this winter.
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Baton Rouge, La.
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1 Time. 8-11-90 is my first
full sober day in a 28 day rehab
stay. 22 yrs. of continuous
sobriety which is a many one
days at a time added together
to get me where I am today.
I was taught a program of recovery
and learned how to not drink with
incorporating the tools and knowledge
of a recovery program consisting to
steps and principle set down for us.
This was the solution to my addiction
and a way of life that continues to help
me live on lifes terms and enjoy the
gifts of a sober life each day.
Each new day is a journey. Being sober
helps me enjoy that journey.
full sober day in a 28 day rehab
stay. 22 yrs. of continuous
sobriety which is a many one
days at a time added together
to get me where I am today.
I was taught a program of recovery
and learned how to not drink with
incorporating the tools and knowledge
of a recovery program consisting to
steps and principle set down for us.
This was the solution to my addiction
and a way of life that continues to help
me live on lifes terms and enjoy the
gifts of a sober life each day.
Each new day is a journey. Being sober
helps me enjoy that journey.
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Surrey, BC
Posts: 3,282
I tried numerous times to quit, but deep down I think I wasn't ready to and didn't really want to. In the back of my mind there was always "just one more time to say goodbye". I didn't really put much effort into stopping. Not wanting to go to meetings, not wanting to reach out to anyone.
I think I just eventually just got fed up with myself. A common saying around here is that you have to want to be sober more than you want to be drunk. I eventually reached that point. I just didn't want to be drunk anymore.
I think I just eventually just got fed up with myself. A common saying around here is that you have to want to be sober more than you want to be drunk. I eventually reached that point. I just didn't want to be drunk anymore.
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Center of Mass
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Countless time. I used every drug to try to get away from alcohol. Some legal, some illegal, some quasi-legal, some from the deepest regions of the Amazon rainforest. It was a long drawn out process of trying to cure my own chronic depression. Finally I discovered that the issue was the alcohol and resolving some of the bad messages I was receiving from my brain. How many times? 30 years I guess.
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: London
Posts: 1,384
Every time I woke up head pounding and heart racing I swore this was it I am done. This went on for years , so much time wasted. It was an incident involving my family that really woke me up and I said from that day I am done, no going back . Liberated.
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