Live recovery and the material materialises
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Live recovery and the material materialises
Look after your mental health, live your recovery program, and the material will materialise.
I’m now in a position materially which I’d have never dreamed of. I never set out this goal, rather I just made sure I lived recovery daily and had/have total faith in the process.
Things work out if you do the right thing.
Grateful to be sober 🙏
I’m now in a position materially which I’d have never dreamed of. I never set out this goal, rather I just made sure I lived recovery daily and had/have total faith in the process.
Things work out if you do the right thing.
Grateful to be sober 🙏
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I love this! I was having a similar thought about my own life recently.
my life is so normal now and not just me planning how I’m going to have my next drink, culminating with so many problems.I have a life that many would envy as I certainly did a year ago. Home is stable, family is happy, healthy... doesn’t get much better. Funny how all it took was not drinking. I achieved so little during my drinking years and in my 1 year sober I have achieved and gained so much.
my life is so normal now and not just me planning how I’m going to have my next drink, culminating with so many problems.I have a life that many would envy as I certainly did a year ago. Home is stable, family is happy, healthy... doesn’t get much better. Funny how all it took was not drinking. I achieved so little during my drinking years and in my 1 year sober I have achieved and gained so much.
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Originally Posted by brighterday1234 
Look after your mental health, live your recovery program, and the material will materialise.
I’m now in a position materially which I’d have never dreamed of. I never set out this goal, rather I just made sure I lived recovery daily and had/have total faith in the process.
Things work out if you do the right thing.
Grateful to be sober 🙏
I’m now in a position materially which I’d have never dreamed of. I never set out this goal, rather I just made sure I lived recovery daily and had/have total faith in the process.
Things work out if you do the right thing.
Grateful to be sober 🙏
Here's to a sober day!!
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Agreed! I was always in credit card debt despite having a great paying job. I had savings in my 401k but had sub-zero for a down payment and lived in a 1 bedroom in the bar / party area of town. I was afraid to quit a job I loathed. It's all changed. Wasn't easy but it also wasn't as bad as I feared.
Giving up is NOT an option.
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I paid off my credit card debt today. I am debt free other than my mortgage now. That would not have happened if I were still drinking. I have been clawing my way to a better credit rating for several years now by paying on time, every month. At 57, I'm finally feeling like a responsible adult. 
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My experience is very different, and I respectfully remind posters in this thread that we should always be wary of generalising. I was materially/financially well-off during most of my drinking years. Plenty of money to do the things I liked (which included drinking wine in fancy restaurants, for example). And when I got sober before, my financial status didn't improve. It just didn't.
Now I have very little but am glad to be sober nevertheless.
Now I have very little but am glad to be sober nevertheless.
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