Is it a Blessing to be Sober?
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Is it a Blessing to be Sober?
Good morning all,
I have an app on my phone called I am Sober, and it lets the user (no pun intended there...) make pledges, and review their days. It popped up this morning to make my pledge for day fifty-six. I cannot believe that it has been nearly eight weeks since I went to the hospital, and emerged a sober person.
This morning, I received a text from an old high school friend that read "yo, we're still up partying from _____'s bday yesterday!" My stomach turned. My gut probably shook in fear. Yikes. It's people like that, and situations like he's describing that I'm phasing out of my life. He's one of the friends that I've had for the longest, but it makes me physically and mentally, and probably emotionally ill when I hear from him anymore.
We are so blessed to be sober, to anyone else reading this that has any amount of days, hours, or minutes sober. To think of drinking again makes me physically ill, and for that I'm thankful.
To me, being sober is a blessing! Thanks all for being on this page, and sharing your thoughts and wellness <3
I hope you all have a beautiful day!
I have an app on my phone called I am Sober, and it lets the user (no pun intended there...) make pledges, and review their days. It popped up this morning to make my pledge for day fifty-six. I cannot believe that it has been nearly eight weeks since I went to the hospital, and emerged a sober person.
This morning, I received a text from an old high school friend that read "yo, we're still up partying from _____'s bday yesterday!" My stomach turned. My gut probably shook in fear. Yikes. It's people like that, and situations like he's describing that I'm phasing out of my life. He's one of the friends that I've had for the longest, but it makes me physically and mentally, and probably emotionally ill when I hear from him anymore.
We are so blessed to be sober, to anyone else reading this that has any amount of days, hours, or minutes sober. To think of drinking again makes me physically ill, and for that I'm thankful.
To me, being sober is a blessing! Thanks all for being on this page, and sharing your thoughts and wellness <3
I hope you all have a beautiful day!
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I'm certainly grateful to be sober as the alternative would be chaos and misery. Congratulations on 8 weeks. The text from your friend is a timely reminder of a life you no longer want to live. It seems to have reinforced your committment to staying sober.
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Is it a blessing to be sober?
I'll ask my two uncles who never achieved sobriety the next time I visit the cemetery. They both died a few years older than I am now (56).
Or I could ask their three brothers who did achieve sobriety. They all lived far into their 80s, enjoying their grandchildren and even a few great grandchildren.
Congrats on 8 weeks!
I'll ask my two uncles who never achieved sobriety the next time I visit the cemetery. They both died a few years older than I am now (56).
Or I could ask their three brothers who did achieve sobriety. They all lived far into their 80s, enjoying their grandchildren and even a few great grandchildren.
Congrats on 8 weeks!
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Definitely, but I also like to a knowledge that it is a hard-earned personal achievement. Congrats and thanks for sharing the app. I love to use technology for nearly everything, so downloaded I Am Sober and will play around with it. Enjoy your journey! 
saoutchik
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I don't know for certain but I am 95% sure I would be dead by now had I carried on drinking the amount I was. I would now be a dead drunk so it is definitely a blessing. It is a blessing for my self esteem too.
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It's been a great blessing to me for the last 11 yrs. Being sober means that anything is possible because I'm awake and alert and can react appropriately. Every morning I say a prayer of thanks that I woke up sober - indeed, that I woke up at all.
Being sober means that anything is possible because I'm awake and alert and can react appropriately. Every morning I say a prayer of thanks that I woke up sober - indeed, that I woke up at all. 
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There are so many words to express the feeling one has when he reaches sobriety. Blessing is one. Some call it a miracle. For me, it was a stunned joy, a feeling of disbelief that this could be happening. I could be sober for a day or two, but that was never joyous. It was me climbing the walls, edgy, and upset. It's when the cravings abate that this peak experience hits, whatever name you give it. Eventually, the excitement fades and just becomes a normal part of your awareness. But it always remains there, and you can examine it in it's less euphoric state as it remains a quiet part of your experience. It's still there in me many years later, but I still cherish the now quiet satisfaction of its presence and feel a lot of gratitude for what it brings to me.
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received this text this morning from my daughter
https://ibb.co/BNCvYVW
Put me down in the BLESSING camp.
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Originally Posted by Nonsensical 
received this text this morning from my daughter
https://ibb.co/BNCvYVW
Put me down in the BLESSING camp.
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