Four years of sobriety today
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Four years of sobriety today
Today is my fourth soberversary! It's been a great four years. I wish I would have stopped drinking much earlier, but I wasn't ready until I was ready (on February 3, 2016). Nothing dramatic happened that day, it was just another weekday. No selfies with my last drink, I don't even remember what type of beer it was. After that I somehow stayed sober for three days in a row and looked for help, literally by searching "three days in a row." One site came up that I joined for about a day and a half that wasn't a good fit. They were AA oriented and I wasn't given much encouragement. I found SR about Feb 6 or 7, and everything changed for me. I read and read and learned that I wasn't alone. Before I came here I literally felt like I was the only person going through what I was going through. I was grateful to learn that my out of control drinking wasn't a moral or ethical failure, but that I was simply put, a pretty garden variety alcoholic and more importantly, that there was hope for me.
I couldn't have done this without everyone here, Dee, heyvn, venuscat, and everyone else who does so much work here.
Dave in particular reached out to me and we have become friends in real life. I wouldn't have been about to make it this far without him.
Thanks everyone.
I couldn't have done this without everyone here, Dee, heyvn, venuscat, and everyone else who does so much work here.
Dave in particular reached out to me and we have become friends in real life. I wouldn't have been about to make it this far without him.
Thanks everyone.
Thank you for your message of hope. 
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Least, I left you out of my shout out. Thanks to you too!
Message of hope, indeed. If I can stay sober, anyone can. I have stayed focused, read and posted a lot, and internalized what I have learned on SR. I think that makes a lot of difference.
Message of hope, indeed. If I can stay sober, anyone can. I have stayed focused, read and posted a lot, and internalized what I have learned on SR. I think that makes a lot of difference.
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Congratulations on 4 years. Seemed impossible at one time, right? And here you are. But at some point, you saw it coming. It still seems surprising though, doesn't it? 4 years, and it turned out that not drinking wasn't the catastrophe you thought it would be.
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