Six months sober
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Six months sober
It’s true; I have six months today (thanks Least for the shout out)! With support from here, outpatient rehab, AA and SMART (I found I could feel comfortable with both in the end), I have felt sobriety becoming me and can barely remember the pain of drinking, except remembering that it WAS pain. I was credited at this celebration of recovery thing at the rehab place this week, which was kind of awkward but kind of cool! At my AA home group there are a few of us with similar times, like I know there are here (Callas, SoberRican, Sohard, GrayJ, Kinzoku and 5329guy spring to mind – keep it up guys 
) and I think it’s so important to have that camaraderie after what feels at the time so lonely and like such a loss – a grief almost – of letting go of the bottle. And just making connections in recovery in general, and letting friends and family see your progress, is all pretty damn rewarding.
It’s a really emotional journey as it becomes less about the booze and more about you getting better – recovering – and though some days can be really tough, there are many more days when it’s just really easy, and plenty of days with real, natural highs thrown in to boot. Your AV loses its power with time as you prove to yourself that you can do life without the booze and see that the good times come automatically, so anyone new, stick with it! It gets easier
) and I think it’s so important to have that camaraderie after what feels at the time so lonely and like such a loss – a grief almost – of letting go of the bottle. And just making connections in recovery in general, and letting friends and family see your progress, is all pretty damn rewarding.It’s a really emotional journey as it becomes less about the booze and more about you getting better – recovering – and though some days can be really tough, there are many more days when it’s just really easy, and plenty of days with real, natural highs thrown in to boot. Your AV loses its power with time as you prove to yourself that you can do life without the booze and see that the good times come automatically, so anyone new, stick with it! It gets easier
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Tetrax - This is great news. When I look at your 2016 SR forum join date I realize that like many of us the path to sobriety has not been easy. I also have less than a year of sobriety because I fell on my face last winter. And you can see I joined this forum a few years ago too.
It reminds me of a woman at my AA home group who picked up a 30 day chip. She said to the group that it took her six months of trying to get her first 30 day chip. I talked to her after the meeting and thanked her for her honesty.
It reminds me of a woman at my AA home group who picked up a 30 day chip. She said to the group that it took her six months of trying to get her first 30 day chip. I talked to her after the meeting and thanked her for her honesty.
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Originally Posted by Tetrax 
It’s a really emotional journey as it becomes less about the booze and more about you getting better – recovering – and though some days can be really tough, there are many more days when it’s just really easy, and plenty of days with real, natural highs thrown in to boot.
So proud of you. It keeps getting better, in every way, because it IS about a life of all around recovery. We learn to deal with...everything.
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Tetrax, I'm really proud of you. It seems like just yesterday I was yelling at you about that bottle of booze you insisted on keeping with you while you visited family 
Really really glad that you've come this far. Six months is half a year! Keep going, you're doing great.
Really really glad that you've come this far. Six months is half a year! Keep going, you're doing great.
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