It Gets Better
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Originally Posted by fishkiller 
Awesome thread!
You hear 1 or 2 people say something and it's like" ok".
You hear a whole group of people say the same thing through the course of years and its like " this ain't no bullsht!"
Thanks for the thread and the bump!
This is added to my list to go back to when needed
You hear 1 or 2 people say something and it's like" ok".
You hear a whole group of people say the same thing through the course of years and its like " this ain't no bullsht!"
Thanks for the thread and the bump!
This is added to my list to go back to when needed
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Originally Posted by Kjma
Is there a way to bookmark entries?
when you want to look at it again go to user cp near top of page and go down to list subscriptions.
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Always wanted to know how to do that....(bookmark)
But that's more than 3 words.
Onya' fishkiller.
I'm an angler too. Haven't been out for a long time, but now sober I intend so. I'll have to look at their poor little eyes sober. I always follow my dads rule that whatever I catch I have to eat, and return the tiddlers back to the sea. Onya' dad.
But that's more than 3 words.
Onya' fishkiller.
I'm an angler too. Haven't been out for a long time, but now sober I intend so. I'll have to look at their poor little eyes sober. I always follow my dads rule that whatever I catch I have to eat, and return the tiddlers back to the sea. Onya' dad.
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Originally Posted by saoutchik
Good to see you Venecia! Congratulations on 6 and a half years!
Thanks for the bookmark explanation fishkiller, that's a good idea.
Thanks for the bookmark explanation fishkiller, that's a good idea.
I actually have my settings so any thread I post in is automatically added to my subscriptions.
I figure if it caught my interest I would want to follow it.
I'm gonna break one rule of this thread.
I'm only 24 days sober but I can already say,
It gets better!
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I’d like to join the chorus here. I thought year 2 was pretty good, but now in my 3rd year my recovery is doing better still and is running on all 4 cylinders. It really does get better.
And a big shoutout to the SR community! Thank you so much!
And a big shoutout to the SR community! Thank you so much!
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Does it get better?
OH YES! It gets SO MUCH BETTER!
835 days
2 years, 3 months, 13 days
27 months, 13 days
119 weeks and 2 days
20,040 hours
1,202,400 minutes
72,144,000 seconds
My "beginning of the end" began on Nov 3rd 2017... I was stopped and arrested (DUI). Spent the night in jail and was scared to death. Some of you may be like, "oh hell", "dang", or "he got what he deserved. You are ALL right!
That was the best thing that had happened to me n a very long time. That officer treated me with respect that night. He saved my life and likely than of others. I DESERVED EVERYTHING I GOT!
That night as I was being transported to the jail, the officer told me that this was just a blip on the radar of life. I told him then that this "blip" was huge and was my turning point.
AND IT WAS
I have been totally sober since that day. Not one sip of alcohol and I cannot tell you how I feel today. I smile again. My family is happy again. My Hubby is happy again. My life is so much better, in every possible facet.
So, just know that everything starts with a Day 1... NEVER FORGET THAT.. You do it for YOU and just stay the course and have faith in yourself. Make this YOUR decision and not one that a spouse, friend, family member, or anyone else made for you!! MAKE IT YOURS!!!!
Once you make the decision to succeed your own, then you will find out just how hard it is to have to face the repercussions of failure when you answer to only yourself.
If you are a girl or a guy, straight or gay, I send you the biggest hug of all time today. YOU GOT THIS!!!!!!!
835 days
2 years, 3 months, 13 days
27 months, 13 days
119 weeks and 2 days
20,040 hours
1,202,400 minutes
72,144,000 seconds
My "beginning of the end" began on Nov 3rd 2017... I was stopped and arrested (DUI). Spent the night in jail and was scared to death. Some of you may be like, "oh hell", "dang", or "he got what he deserved. You are ALL right!
That was the best thing that had happened to me n a very long time. That officer treated me with respect that night. He saved my life and likely than of others. I DESERVED EVERYTHING I GOT!
That night as I was being transported to the jail, the officer told me that this was just a blip on the radar of life. I told him then that this "blip" was huge and was my turning point.
AND IT WAS
I have been totally sober since that day. Not one sip of alcohol and I cannot tell you how I feel today. I smile again. My family is happy again. My Hubby is happy again. My life is so much better, in every possible facet.
So, just know that everything starts with a Day 1... NEVER FORGET THAT.. You do it for YOU and just stay the course and have faith in yourself. Make this YOUR decision and not one that a spouse, friend, family member, or anyone else made for you!! MAKE IT YOURS!!!!
Once you make the decision to succeed your own, then you will find out just how hard it is to have to face the repercussions of failure when you answer to only yourself.
If you are a girl or a guy, straight or gay, I send you the biggest hug of all time today. YOU GOT THIS!!!!!!!
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As someone who is gay, and recently 6 months sober - it DOES get better!!!!!!!!!! You are so right how that message correlates in so many ways - it's really for anyone struggling, regardless of what the struggle is ������
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Thanks for bumping, Sao
It does get better. I’m nearly nine months, and I didn’t get here perfectly. At 14 months, feeling GREAT in 2019 I confused abstinence with control. BIG mistake.
I am clear headed. I remember the evening before, the movies, the sex, the conversations. I love myself. I’m not obsessed anymore about alcohol. Sure, I’m early days, the thoughts creep in, and I boot them out right away. Getting so much easier on the daily.
The graph line of ‘it gets better’ is not perfectly linear, just like life, just like the wind speed and direction. That’s okay.
I was sooooo sick over the weekend. 🧻🚽🤢🤮. Really. Horribly Sick. But I was poisoned by food, not literally by poison. You know how good that felt? AMAZING……
It gets better…..
And I love my new occupation, my days are brighter, it’s like I’m on vacation, every single day, every every single day….🎼🎼🎼
It does get better. I’m nearly nine months, and I didn’t get here perfectly. At 14 months, feeling GREAT in 2019 I confused abstinence with control. BIG mistake.
I am clear headed. I remember the evening before, the movies, the sex, the conversations. I love myself. I’m not obsessed anymore about alcohol. Sure, I’m early days, the thoughts creep in, and I boot them out right away. Getting so much easier on the daily.
The graph line of ‘it gets better’ is not perfectly linear, just like life, just like the wind speed and direction. That’s okay.
I was sooooo sick over the weekend. 🧻🚽🤢🤮. Really. Horribly Sick. But I was poisoned by food, not literally by poison. You know how good that felt? AMAZING……
It gets better…..
And I love my new occupation, my days are brighter, it’s like I’m on vacation, every single day, every every single day….🎼🎼🎼
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Great bump Sao!
I forgot all about this thread but as soon as I saw my posts it all came back.
I was just starting out. A couple weeks in.
To think of where I was at the time of those posts and where I am now is unbelievable.
It Really Does Get Better, MUCH BETTER!
I forgot all about this thread but as soon as I saw my posts it all came back.
I was just starting out. A couple weeks in.
To think of where I was at the time of those posts and where I am now is unbelievable.
It Really Does Get Better, MUCH BETTER!
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Thank you to Sao, my friend, for bumping this.
I wrote this when I was 2 years, 4 months sober. Later this summer, I'll have my 9th anniversary of sobriety. I'm so grateful!
It Gets Better.
I wrote this when I was 2 years, 4 months sober. Later this summer, I'll have my 9th anniversary of sobriety. I'm so grateful!
It Gets Better.
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