I hit the 8 year mark yesterday!
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I hit the 8 year mark yesterday!
Normally excitement/anticipation builds up in my mind for about two weeks before; this time it did too but I got busy yesterday and missed it. But the 4th was my 8th year anniversary of sobriety! As usual I want to thank all the folks here, past and present, that helped me get the ball rolling and keep it going. The old saying goes it isn't always easy but it's always worth it, and it's a chestnut because it's true. I have little doubt that I'd be dead now if I hadn't stopped. It's been quite a journey and I've learned about drinking and sobriety and about life and death along the way. I am an atheist and as the old joke goes, the hardest thing about being an atheist is feeling thankful and having no one to thank!
But I think it's harder to always be angry and to have no one to blame. Now, I still get angry about the state of the world but for the most part I have found a pretty healthy measure of peace.
AVRT says meetings are a part of addiction, not recovery. AVRT saved my life but I disagree with that part. The support you all give help to prop up my resolve in weak moments and remind me why I quit to begin with. And being here hopefully I can give back in some small way to the place where I was saved. So here's to all of you on this journey to sobriety with me!
Here's to the ones we lost along the way and the ones that are still struggling. 
Every day on the green side of the lawn is beautiful, and you're never truly lost so long as you have hope. Hope is what Sober Recovery is all about!
But I think it's harder to always be angry and to have no one to blame. Now, I still get angry about the state of the world but for the most part I have found a pretty healthy measure of peace.AVRT says meetings are a part of addiction, not recovery. AVRT saved my life but I disagree with that part. The support you all give help to prop up my resolve in weak moments and remind me why I quit to begin with. And being here hopefully I can give back in some small way to the place where I was saved. So here's to all of you on this journey to sobriety with me!
Here's to the ones we lost along the way and the ones that are still struggling. Every day on the green side of the lawn is beautiful, and you're never truly lost so long as you have hope. Hope is what Sober Recovery is all about! 
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Originally Posted by MythOfSisyphus 
Thanks, Anna! Is it weird that it simultaneously seems like a lifetime but also it feels like it was only yesterday that I found SR?
How fabulous, Myth. I'm so happy for your miraculous recovery.
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Originally Posted by Surrendered19
8 years!!! What an awesome accomplishment!!! So great that you show us the way towards long term sobriety. What is your one tip???
I guess in the way of something concrete I'd say this: Be selfish. Put your sobriety before anyone and anything. After all, if someone was drowning what would make more sense- throwing them a life preserver or jumping in with them? Be selfish in the short term because if you drown you're no good to anyone else. Be ready to make painful sacrifices. It felt like I had tons of friends when I drank but what I really had were accomplices, drinking buddies. Many of those relationships evaporated when I quit drinking and looking back it was for the best. Don't let anyone drag you down or tell you to give in.
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Congratulations MythOfSisyphus!!! 8 years in an incredible achievement and your post is inspirational!
I too would have been dead by now had I not found SR so your post really resonated with me. Thank you.
I too would have been dead by now had I not found SR so your post really resonated with me. Thank you.
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Good stuff Myth. Proud to be walking the sober path with you (albeit a few steps behind 
). You were a part of the community here who got me sober. I hope you can add that to all the good things that your own sobriety has brought to the world. Thank you.
). You were a part of the community here who got me sober. I hope you can add that to all the good things that your own sobriety has brought to the world. Thank you.
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