4 Years
Catch and Release
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Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Crazy Canuck
Posts: 441
4 Years
Hello Good People of SR. I’ve been meaning to write an update for awhile, so here goes. As of Feb. 28 I’ve been 4 years sober…woooo hoooo. For the most part, it has been a really good journey and I am so grateful for this 2nd chance.
2018 was a really amazing year for me. I had a dream of taking to the road with a camping trailer and I did it! I spent 37 days doing a solo trip across Canada last July. It was a wonderful experience and something I would never have been able to do if I had of been drinking.
2019 is shaping up to be a very challenging year. I had been in a short relationship (for the first time since I’d separated) but ended it in Feb. My “ex” didn’t take it very well and has been making my life difficult. I’ve had to stop going to places that I love because I do not want to have any more contact with him. I am also moving in a couple of months to another province and once again starting an entirely new life. I’ve been really anxious and unsettled for the past month due to these events and coupled with this long, long, cold winter, I’ve been finding it difficult. The one thing I’ve not done though is drink, because I made a promise ....
‘ “I will never drink again and I will never change my mind, no matter what.”
Although this move is stressful and the task seems daunting (packing up belongings, hauling them 3000 km, setting up a new place, making new friends) I am treating it as another adventure and chapter in my ever unfolding life. Reaching for booze to help with stress is not an option. I know I reach for donuts and cake way too much, but that has never made me drunk dial someone in the middle of the night.
I know I can handle what life throws because I have a sober mind and body. I have plans for the future – I’m making my dreams come true.
So to all you newbies or those struggling for Day 1 – keep trying. A sober life has riches. Reach for them.
CF
2018 was a really amazing year for me. I had a dream of taking to the road with a camping trailer and I did it! I spent 37 days doing a solo trip across Canada last July. It was a wonderful experience and something I would never have been able to do if I had of been drinking.
2019 is shaping up to be a very challenging year. I had been in a short relationship (for the first time since I’d separated) but ended it in Feb. My “ex” didn’t take it very well and has been making my life difficult. I’ve had to stop going to places that I love because I do not want to have any more contact with him. I am also moving in a couple of months to another province and once again starting an entirely new life. I’ve been really anxious and unsettled for the past month due to these events and coupled with this long, long, cold winter, I’ve been finding it difficult. The one thing I’ve not done though is drink, because I made a promise ....
‘ “I will never drink again and I will never change my mind, no matter what.”
Although this move is stressful and the task seems daunting (packing up belongings, hauling them 3000 km, setting up a new place, making new friends) I am treating it as another adventure and chapter in my ever unfolding life. Reaching for booze to help with stress is not an option. I know I reach for donuts and cake way too much, but that has never made me drunk dial someone in the middle of the night.
I know I can handle what life throws because I have a sober mind and body. I have plans for the future – I’m making my dreams come true.
So to all you newbies or those struggling for Day 1 – keep trying. A sober life has riches. Reach for them.
CF
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