Today is My Sobriety Birthday
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Join Date: May 2012
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congratulations, DG.
it's an odd thing, the year-forgetting. it is like that with me and smoking...i think i probably quit 14 years ago, but it might be 13 or 15...and it was a very big deal to finally get that, and i do remember the day-date.
keep going
it's an odd thing, the year-forgetting. it is like that with me and smoking...i think i probably quit 14 years ago, but it might be 13 or 15...and it was a very big deal to finally get that, and i do remember the day-date.
keep going
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Congratulations, DriGuy and thank you for the hope and inspiration! You are proof that the demon alcohol can be defeated. SR has been a vital part of my own recovery. I had 15 years sobriety in 2005, but got complacent, thought I'd got it figured and could handle drinking--needless to say, big mistake. It took me to some dark and nearly fatal places
, but after a number of starts and stops I now have 3 years as of Dec 23, and will never go back. Happy Sobriety Birthday to you!
, but after a number of starts and stops I now have 3 years as of Dec 23, and will never go back. Happy Sobriety Birthday to you!
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Originally Posted by Verdantia 
Congratulations, DriGuy and thank you for the hope and inspiration! You are proof that the demon alcohol can be defeated. SR has been a vital part of my own recovery. I had 15 years sobriety in 2005, but got complacent, thought I'd got it figured and could handle drinking--needless to say, big mistake. It took me to some dark and nearly fatal places
, but after a number of starts and stops I now have 3 years as of Dec 23, and will never go back. Happy Sobriety Birthday to you!
, but after a number of starts and stops I now have 3 years as of Dec 23, and will never go back. Happy Sobriety Birthday to you!
But even if I got it in my head that I could handle drinking, I could ask myself, "For what purpose?" There are lots of non alcoholics who don't drink, seem to be making no sacrifice whatever, and just go about life happily sober. I'm doing that right now. I don't see what I could gain from drinking, even if I COULD drink like a normie. As per another recent thread, I don't play my old drinking tapes much anymore, but I will never forget them or the sorry state I was in.
Congratulations and don't falter again. I don't think you will. You sound like that experiment taught you something important. None of us asked to be alcoholics. We just discovered that we were. It's just a hand we were dealt, but it is possible to live as happily as those non alcoholics who seem to be living enjoyable and productive lives without alcohol.
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