8 months, yesterday
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8 months, yesterday
Made my 8 month milestone yesterday. Am so happy I gave up the deadly John Barleycorn, no friend of mine.
For all those struggling with the idea of "forever" you will find that place where "forever" is exactly what you have wanted, and have been seeking all this time. It's the best.
It's also great to remember where I put my spectacles. 😂
For all those struggling with the idea of "forever" you will find that place where "forever" is exactly what you have wanted, and have been seeking all this time. It's the best.
It's also great to remember where I put my spectacles. 😂
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Thank you everyone.
Yes, Hodd, I did mean the idea of stopping "forever". Didn't express myself very well.
I never forget "day at a time" though. Imperative at the start, and I'm still at the beginning of my life journey.
When I look back on my decades of drinking, wiping myself out, escaping myself, I can hardly believe I did these things to myself.
I think "guilt" and psychological pain had much to do with it, but now find the "working through" in sober mind far more gratifying and rewarding. I'm growing up. No more shame because I'm doing right by myself. And come to think of it, everyone else around me.
I have come to know in this sober mind of mine that alcohol, as used by myself, was the biggest con in the book. I didn't know this at the time and have forgiven myself at last. Still learning.
Believe me when I say sobriety is such a better way to live. And it is not loss, but liberation.
Yes, Hodd, I did mean the idea of stopping "forever". Didn't express myself very well.
I never forget "day at a time" though. Imperative at the start, and I'm still at the beginning of my life journey.
When I look back on my decades of drinking, wiping myself out, escaping myself, I can hardly believe I did these things to myself.
I think "guilt" and psychological pain had much to do with it, but now find the "working through" in sober mind far more gratifying and rewarding. I'm growing up. No more shame because I'm doing right by myself. And come to think of it, everyone else around me.
I have come to know in this sober mind of mine that alcohol, as used by myself, was the biggest con in the book. I didn't know this at the time and have forgiven myself at last. Still learning.
Believe me when I say sobriety is such a better way to live. And it is not loss, but liberation.
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Thank you Sammy, and Missy.
Congratulations on your 8 months Sammy. December 2019 was our year. And yes, it feels great. Oh, to wake sober each and every day. And more to come for you too, Missy. 💜
Congratulations on your 8 months Sammy. December 2019 was our year. And yes, it feels great. Oh, to wake sober each and every day. And more to come for you too, Missy. 💜
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