7 Months
Faith and reason
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: London
Posts: 941
7 Months
I'm 7 months sober today, thanks to SR, AA and my higher power.
Whatever your method of recovery is, whether it's AA, SMART, AVRT, therapy, anything and everything else or just SR, stay close to it and put your all into your recovery. I couldn't stay sober until I committed myself fully to my recovery tools. But once I did...well, the results over the past 7 months have blown my mind:
*I'm so much less angry and resentful
*Instead of stewing in my negative feelings or drinking on them, I can now recognize them, acknowledge and accept that they're there and then work through them
*Instead of beating myself up over mistakes or being in denial over them, I try my best to learn from them
* I have more love and compassion for myself, and therefore others.
*I've been able to reach out for specialist help for other issues I have, such as depression, anxiety and trauma. Just stopping drinking will help you reduce the depression and anxiety anyway. Alcohol is a depressant.
*Although I still like my own company, in sobriety I've discovered that I like hanging out with other people a lot more than I thought I did.
*I see much more of my family
*The shame is gradually melting away
*And now for the shallow part - since getting sober, I've lost a ton of weight and have had the wherewithal and funds to get my teeth sorted out and my hair done. My skin is better and people keep saying that I'm "glowing" and have a "sparkle" in my eyes.
*Part of the reason I've lost weight and look better is because I'm now able to exercise regularly and eat healthily, instead of living off hangover food and being unable to physically move for most of the day because of the hangovers.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone. I'll be hanging out on the sober weekend thread. Pop in and say hi, regardless of whether you have decades of sobriety or aren't yet on day 1.
If anyone hasn't said it to you in a while, I love you.
Whatever your method of recovery is, whether it's AA, SMART, AVRT, therapy, anything and everything else or just SR, stay close to it and put your all into your recovery. I couldn't stay sober until I committed myself fully to my recovery tools. But once I did...well, the results over the past 7 months have blown my mind:
*I'm so much less angry and resentful
*Instead of stewing in my negative feelings or drinking on them, I can now recognize them, acknowledge and accept that they're there and then work through them
*Instead of beating myself up over mistakes or being in denial over them, I try my best to learn from them
* I have more love and compassion for myself, and therefore others.
*I've been able to reach out for specialist help for other issues I have, such as depression, anxiety and trauma. Just stopping drinking will help you reduce the depression and anxiety anyway. Alcohol is a depressant.
*Although I still like my own company, in sobriety I've discovered that I like hanging out with other people a lot more than I thought I did.
*I see much more of my family
*The shame is gradually melting away
*And now for the shallow part - since getting sober, I've lost a ton of weight and have had the wherewithal and funds to get my teeth sorted out and my hair done. My skin is better and people keep saying that I'm "glowing" and have a "sparkle" in my eyes.
*Part of the reason I've lost weight and look better is because I'm now able to exercise regularly and eat healthily, instead of living off hangover food and being unable to physically move for most of the day because of the hangovers.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone. I'll be hanging out on the sober weekend thread. Pop in and say hi, regardless of whether you have decades of sobriety or aren't yet on day 1.
If anyone hasn't said it to you in a while, I love you.
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Colorado
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Good for you Louise-
I got braces put on a year ago and am about to be rocking hair extensions...So, I love the shallow stuff.
At first I saw things as a "reward to myself" for staying sober. Now I just see it as being kind to myself and treating myself as I deserve to be treated.
So, happy for you,
Jess
I got braces put on a year ago and am about to be rocking hair extensions...So, I love the shallow stuff.
At first I saw things as a "reward to myself" for staying sober. Now I just see it as being kind to myself and treating myself as I deserve to be treated.So, happy for you,
Jess
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