1/2 year today
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1/2 year today
Today marks the 6 months milestone for me and I feel like giving back something for all the help, support, understanding and compassion I received on here. Thank you for giving me new hope, strength and motivation in moments of weakness and doubt. Thank you for sharing and making me see myself clearer. Thank you for listening and sharing your experience and wisdom with me.
6 months ago several therapists told me I had to stop drinking for at least half a year so I could tackle my traumas and work on them. By that time I was still sure my drinking wasn't really a problem, I was sure I wasn't an alcoholic and just "had to drink" because of my other issues. I was in denial about the amounts I drank, about the reasons I drank and about the addiction. I thought half a year without alcohol was just impossible. To me it sounded like someone suggesting I grow wings and fly to the moon. Total insanity. And now I made it.
There are no words that can describe how grateful I am to be where I am today. I feel like I have left the hell that my life had become and now am starting to build the life I want, deserve and always dreamt of. It's still just the very beginning of that and a lot of work left to do. But at least now I can work on it, and I want it. I want life, health, happiness. Not self destruction, misery and hopelessness.
I am finally getting to know myself, learning to live instead of just existing.
If you read this and thinking about quitting, please give sobriety a chance! The first week is the hardest and then the weeks are starting to add up, then the months. And at half a year, being sober will feel normal, good and right. I know it sounds insane and I couldn't believe it but it's true and so worth it.
A huge thank you to all the lovely souls on here, you guys and girls are true heros to me. What you did for me is beyond amazing! THANK YOU!
6 months ago several therapists told me I had to stop drinking for at least half a year so I could tackle my traumas and work on them. By that time I was still sure my drinking wasn't really a problem, I was sure I wasn't an alcoholic and just "had to drink" because of my other issues. I was in denial about the amounts I drank, about the reasons I drank and about the addiction. I thought half a year without alcohol was just impossible. To me it sounded like someone suggesting I grow wings and fly to the moon. Total insanity. And now I made it.
There are no words that can describe how grateful I am to be where I am today. I feel like I have left the hell that my life had become and now am starting to build the life I want, deserve and always dreamt of. It's still just the very beginning of that and a lot of work left to do. But at least now I can work on it, and I want it. I want life, health, happiness. Not self destruction, misery and hopelessness.
I am finally getting to know myself, learning to live instead of just existing.
If you read this and thinking about quitting, please give sobriety a chance! The first week is the hardest and then the weeks are starting to add up, then the months. And at half a year, being sober will feel normal, good and right. I know it sounds insane and I couldn't believe it but it's true and so worth it.
A huge thank you to all the lovely souls on here, you guys and girls are true heros to me. What you did for me is beyond amazing! THANK YOU!
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That's brilliant Kevlar! You should be very proud of your achievement.
You posted something encouraging to me at a key moment sometime ago and wanted to thank you for that too. [I have exactly three months today and credit the kindness of people here as a key part of making that possible.]
Well done.
You posted something encouraging to me at a key moment sometime ago and wanted to thank you for that too. [I have exactly three months today and credit the kindness of people here as a key part of making that possible.]
Well done.
Keep going, it just gets better. 
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