All the things I've lost
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Originally Posted by Buggirl 
The biggest thing for me was loosing myself!
my entire Identity Revolved around Drinking.
there was Nothing left untouched by it..
i got so wrapped up in that bottle that it was hard
to see where it ended and "I" began.
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Originally Posted by Fly N Buy
Lost a lot while intoxicated - in sobriety I am pleased to post the most important thing I lost is the reflection of my despair in my loved ones eyes. Hope I never, ever find it again 
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Since getting and staying sober I have regained their trust and respect. 
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I wasted too many years being half there with my daughter who died of cancer last year. What I wouldn't do to get back that time but she is gone and I'm left with only sadness and regret for those wasted days
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I have lost everything on this thread and more It has depressed me reading through it to be honest.
I once lost a good friend's 4 month old puppy who I was babysitting. I got so drunk that I forgot that he was there and I passed out on the sofa in a slumber as usual. When I woke up I felt confused and guilty and decided to take him for a midnight walk to make amends. I Left with him but came back without him somehow.
He did turn up a week or so later at an RSPCA in the next town and my friend had to pay a sum of money towards the costs of the RSPCA collecting and homing him.
Let's try to think more in terms of what we have gained/are gaining guys hey?
I once lost a good friend's 4 month old puppy who I was babysitting. I got so drunk that I forgot that he was there and I passed out on the sofa in a slumber as usual. When I woke up I felt confused and guilty and decided to take him for a midnight walk to make amends. I Left with him but came back without him somehow.
He did turn up a week or so later at an RSPCA in the next town and my friend had to pay a sum of money towards the costs of the RSPCA collecting and homing him.
Let's try to think more in terms of what we have gained/are gaining guys hey?
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Originally Posted by Fabat50
I have lost everything on this thread and more It has depressed me reading through it to be honest.
I once lost a good friend's 4 month old puppy who I was babysitting. I got so drunk that I forgot that he was there and I passed out on the sofa in a slumber as usual. When I woke up I felt confused and guilty and decided to take him for a midnight walk to make amends. I Left with him but came back without him somehow.
He did turn up a week or so later at an RSPCA in the next town and my friend had to pay a sum of money towards the costs of the RSPCA collecting and homing him.
Let's try to think more in terms of what we have gained/are gaining guys hey?
I once lost a good friend's 4 month old puppy who I was babysitting. I got so drunk that I forgot that he was there and I passed out on the sofa in a slumber as usual. When I woke up I felt confused and guilty and decided to take him for a midnight walk to make amends. I Left with him but came back without him somehow.
He did turn up a week or so later at an RSPCA in the next town and my friend had to pay a sum of money towards the costs of the RSPCA collecting and homing him.
Let's try to think more in terms of what we have gained/are gaining guys hey?
Your right too, we should focus on what we have gained not lost.
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Originally Posted by Carlotta
Self respect was the main thing I lost and I gained it back in sobriety.
My XABF was not so lucky though, he lost his life: he committed suicide by jumping under a subway train.
My XABF was not so lucky though, he lost his life: he committed suicide by jumping under a subway train.
You can have reasons, or you can have results, but you can't have both.
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Acute things: Two marriages and my beauty. (I was a looker before this.) And health.
More importantly: Three decades of my life. Not manifesting my full potential, 'cuz I'm actually pretty talented.
But still more important is to look ahead and not back. I think of the opportunities I'll gain, rather than what I lost. Some things I lost cannot be regained, and those things are not worth thinking about. I go for the future!!
More importantly: Three decades of my life. Not manifesting my full potential, 'cuz I'm actually pretty talented.
But still more important is to look ahead and not back. I think of the opportunities I'll gain, rather than what I lost. Some things I lost cannot be regained, and those things are not worth thinking about. I go for the future!!
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I lost my potential as a human being, I used to think I was "functioning" but that was merely living life on autopilot, going through the motions, coasting through life.
Sobriety raised the bar as to what I could I be, a friend, a brother, a son, a work colleague, a human being!!
Sobriety raised the bar as to what I could I be, a friend, a brother, a son, a work colleague, a human being!!
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