Over 3 years sober now, man does time fly!!
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Over 3 years sober now, man does time fly!!
Over 3 years sober (02/17/2014) 
And while I'm at it, a belated Merry Christmas, Happy New Years, and new American president to all
Time just FLIES by, or so it seems
And while I'm at it, a belated Merry Christmas, Happy New Years, and new American president to all
Time just FLIES by, or so it seems
Congrats!
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I would say the two biggest "highlights" from the last 3 years are:
- Lost almost 100 lbs, I was a mess health-wise in early 2014 (thanks in large part to my heavy beer/alcohol consumption) and tipped the scales at 265-270 lbs, I was weighing myself the other day and I'm down to a much more healthy 167 lbs. I can see my jaw-line again. And by beer belly? Gone! Guys, LISTEN to the "low carb" people, it WORKS, and alcohol is a particularly BAD form of carbohydrates to be ingesting on a regular basis. Alcohol is bad news bears for your body.
- I stabilized my financial situation considerably, and finally managed to pay off some $30k+ in student loans last year. I still carry a small credit card balance to boost my credit, but the worst (student loans) is behind me and will never threaten me again. I can't tell you how relieved I feel to see "Paid in Full" when I log into my student loan home page. My new philosophy going forward is to avoid new debts as much as possible, with the exception of "profitable" debts such as a mortgage for example. I'll certainly never take out a student loan ever again, live and learn
Of course, staying the course and NOT relapsing is a "highlight" in and of itself
- Lost almost 100 lbs, I was a mess health-wise in early 2014 (thanks in large part to my heavy beer/alcohol consumption) and tipped the scales at 265-270 lbs, I was weighing myself the other day and I'm down to a much more healthy 167 lbs. I can see my jaw-line again. And by beer belly? Gone!
Guys, LISTEN to the "low carb" people, it WORKS, and alcohol is a particularly BAD form of carbohydrates to be ingesting on a regular basis. Alcohol is bad news bears for your body.- I stabilized my financial situation considerably, and finally managed to pay off some $30k+ in student loans last year. I still carry a small credit card balance to boost my credit, but the worst (student loans) is behind me and will never threaten me again. I can't tell you how relieved I feel to see "Paid in Full" when I log into my student loan home page. My new philosophy going forward is to avoid new debts as much as possible, with the exception of "profitable" debts such as a mortgage for example. I'll certainly never take out a student loan ever again, live and learn
Of course, staying the course and NOT relapsing is a "highlight" in and of itself
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Just FYI I didn't use AA or any "program" either. I just decided enough was enough and quit on my own, this forum was quite helpful of course. The forum was particularly helpful in explaining the "whys" of how I was feeling, and reading other people's success stories was tremendously helpful and encouraging
I was in a bad way, in a dark place in Jan/Feb 2014, looking back I am soooooo glad I quit (for myself, for my family, etc)
I was in a bad way, in a dark place in Jan/Feb 2014, looking back I am soooooo glad I quit (for myself, for my family, etc)
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Just a quick side-note for the mods, I'm not sure "what" it is, but the forums seems to randomly crash a lot or return "page not found" type errors. I had actually meant to post this last weekend, but the forum simply would not load the "Post New Thread" page. Finally today, by chance, my post seemed to "go through" 
I was wondering if anyone else has experienced these strange "HTTP page not found" errors. I even tried posting from my phone, but it didn't work from there either.
I was wondering if anyone else has experienced these strange "HTTP page not found" errors. I even tried posting from my phone, but it didn't work from there either.
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Originally Posted by FreeOwl 
CONGRATULATIONS GRUBBY!!!
Me too, by the way.... and MAN, it's fantatic, right??
Me too, by the way.... and MAN, it's fantatic, right??
With any luck, that was the first and LAST time I ever go through that "withdrawal" hell. I went like 2 weeks with no sleep and that's NOT a fun experience or even something I would wish on my worst enemy! That's the kind of thing you can die from!!
Here's to (yet another) quiet, un-eventful, alcohol-free Friday at home
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