The fight of my life
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Join Date: Apr 2016
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The fight of my life
I haven't been on here much lately. I have been staying very busy trying to finish projects around the house which I had a real problem doing when I was drinking and drugging all the time. I was thinking the other day about how I am in the fight of my life for my life for the rest of my life. I know through countless experiences that once I ease up on this thing I could be back right where I left off almost instantly! And I don't know if I have another quit left in me. I know that I couldn't have done it without the convenience and fellowship of SR. And for that I am eternally grateful. I love all you guys! Tom
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Thanks for checking in tomls, glad to hear you are still sober. I don't think it has to be a "fight" for life - I firmly believe it's possible to find peace with our addition and live a fulfilling life. One of my children has a severe allergy to nuts. In many ways I look to the way he handles his allergy as an inspiration for me with my addiction to alcohol. He doesn't obsess about his inability to moderate his consumption of peanuts, or lament that he can't eat peanut butter cookies with his friends at parties. Neither does he view his life as somehow worse because of it - he just accepts that can't eat peanuts and doesn't eat them. The immediate consequences are severe if he were to eat peanuts too - much more severe than if I took a sip of alcohol in the short term. But yet he lives a quite normal life and does not spend much time even thinking about it other than checking food labels and making sure he has an epic-pen on hand.
So for me, I have a lot of life struggles...we all do. But none of them are because I don't drink alcohol.
So for me, I have a lot of life struggles...we all do. But none of them are because I don't drink alcohol.
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The idea of being one drink or drug away can be overwhelming at first. However, "just for today" is enough for me, and today is the only day I can choose to do anything anyway.
Never forget your last drink, or chances are you haven't had it yet.
Never forget your last drink, or chances are you haven't had it yet.
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