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5 months tomorrow! I don't get on here as much as I used too. I am pretty busy these days. I attend AA meetings 3-4 times a week. I do the gym 3 - 4 times a week. I am trying to make new friends in recovery. People are starting to remember me and I am even having breakfast with a girl that has 3 years sober and is around my age. I am working thru the steps (at a turtles pace). I do speak with my sponsor every day even if it is just a text. I am growing to love her more and more every day! I just finished reading all of the big book. I also pray every single day. I also see a counselor once a week and work full time. Needless to say I am doing everything to the best of my ability to stay sober. I have dreamed of being sober for a long time but the thing that helped me the most was truly realizing I can never drink normally and taking the action EVERY day to help stay sober. Now some days I need a break from activities but I can still read about sobriety, or pray, or call my sponsor. The longest I ever stayed sober was 28 days so this has been a blessing.
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Thank you everyone. I wanted to post this because I wanted to be sober for a long time but when I actually surrendered and took actual steps to stay sober every day before I knew it I have 5 months. Still have a lot of work to do but for today I can do it. Anyone struggling can know it's possible with the right tools and determination
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Originally Posted by Linz805 
Thanks Mattq2! So happy your doing well! Let's keep it going. I feel good
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Originally Posted by Mattq2
Very happy for you Linz. I always think about you when I near a milestone. I don't know about you but the person I was 5 months ago almost feels like a stranger now
you are right, I deal with life in a different way. It's crazy how everything warranted a drink but I navigate so much differently now. I'm not letting my guard down though. It can come back to get me at any moment. I drive past liquor stores and don't even notice them anymore. At thanksgiving I forgot people had beers in their hand. Sometimes I think was it really that bad, maybe maybe not but i don't want to find out ... for the millionth time
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Originally Posted by Linz805
I was hoping to hear from you you are right, I deal with life in a different way. It's crazy how everything warranted a drink but I navigate so much differently now. I'm not letting my guard down though. It can come back to get me at any moment. I drive past liquor stores and don't even notice them anymore. At thanksgiving I forgot people had beers in their hand. Sometimes I think was it really that bad, maybe maybe not but i don't want to find out ... for the millionth time
you are right, I deal with life in a different way. It's crazy how everything warranted a drink but I navigate so much differently now. I'm not letting my guard down though. It can come back to get me at any moment. I drive past liquor stores and don't even notice them anymore. At thanksgiving I forgot people had beers in their hand. Sometimes I think was it really that bad, maybe maybe not but i don't want to find out ... for the millionth time
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