Back again...but maybe hope this time?
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Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 102
Back again...but maybe hope this time?
Just thought I’d pop in and say hi!
I’ve been on here on and off for almost 4 years. My pattern is pretty predictable really. I appear after a bad relapse/binge vowing to get sober, stay sober for anywhere from 10-50 days then disappear into drinking again.
This time I’m back 103 days sober on my 35th birthday. I’ve never made it to 90 days and definitely never into triple digits. I’m hopeful this is finally it for me, but all I can say for sure is I didn’t drink today and I won’t drink tomorrow.
Hope all of you are well and I appreciate all the support over the years.
I’ve been on here on and off for almost 4 years. My pattern is pretty predictable really. I appear after a bad relapse/binge vowing to get sober, stay sober for anywhere from 10-50 days then disappear into drinking again.
This time I’m back 103 days sober on my 35th birthday. I’ve never made it to 90 days and definitely never into triple digits. I’m hopeful this is finally it for me, but all I can say for sure is I didn’t drink today and I won’t drink tomorrow.
Hope all of you are well and I appreciate all the support over the years.
Blue Belt
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Soberville, USA
Posts: 4,174
Congrats! Happy Bday!
I quit once at 30 for 9 months or so.
It was so easy, I thought, that I relapsed for the next 20 years.
I didn't have SR to help me, no internet in the 90's. I didn't realize I was an addict for life.
Any decision to drink is a relapse that will cause all the guilt and cravings to ramp up to insane levels all over again.
I've read it a million times here.
Enjoy the rest of your life super clean and clear. Your mind and body will thank and reward you with extra witt and energy well into and past your golden years.
Remember booze is an insidious neurotoxin that alters our ability to have fun, sleep well, defeat sickness, and be strong. It is a gov't sanctioned otc euphoria inducing drug. They tax it cradle to grave. Don't believe the hype.
Thanks.
I quit once at 30 for 9 months or so.
It was so easy, I thought, that I relapsed for the next 20 years.
I didn't have SR to help me, no internet in the 90's. I didn't realize I was an addict for life.
Any decision to drink is a relapse that will cause all the guilt and cravings to ramp up to insane levels all over again.
I've read it a million times here.
Enjoy the rest of your life super clean and clear. Your mind and body will thank and reward you with extra witt and energy well into and past your golden years.
Remember booze is an insidious neurotoxin that alters our ability to have fun, sleep well, defeat sickness, and be strong. It is a gov't sanctioned otc euphoria inducing drug. They tax it cradle to grave. Don't believe the hype.
Thanks.
Member
Join Date: Dec 2019
Posts: 2,426
That is so awesome hills. Triple digit days is a stretch of sobriety, that is for sure!! So much healing has taken place.
You are so wise to get sober at such a young age. I drank another 20 years when I was your age. Trust me, I've run the experiment and the results are devastating.
So great that you have your best years ahead of you, sober, healthy and with a calm and peaceful mind.
You are so wise to get sober at such a young age. I drank another 20 years when I was your age. Trust me, I've run the experiment and the results are devastating.
So great that you have your best years ahead of you, sober, healthy and with a calm and peaceful mind.
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Join Date: May 2021
Location: Upper Chichester, Pennsylvania
Posts: 121
Glad you’re back
Congratulations on that impressive amount of sober days !
I think if you were to post here on a regular weekly basis it would do wonders to help you to keep up the good work.
I think I see a pattern here of you posting only when you’re ready to try for sobriety. But this forum is for everyone who has a problem with drink whether they’re drinking or ready to commit to sobriety.
Trust me you are in a much, much better position than I was t your age. I was an active drinker into my fifties and above and now that I’m older my past is nothing but regret and remorse for the damage I’ve done to myself and others and my daily life is riddled with health problems.
I think if you were to post here on a regular weekly basis it would do wonders to help you to keep up the good work.
I think I see a pattern here of you posting only when you’re ready to try for sobriety. But this forum is for everyone who has a problem with drink whether they’re drinking or ready to commit to sobriety.
Trust me you are in a much, much better position than I was t your age. I was an active drinker into my fifties and above and now that I’m older my past is nothing but regret and remorse for the damage I’ve done to myself and others and my daily life is riddled with health problems.
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Join Date: May 2021
Posts: 177
That is awesome news and an inspiration to me. I've never done more than ninety days but this time, at day 31 so far, I'm really going for the long haul. Like some of the other posters here I'm older, in my early 50s, and its time for this to end once and for all. Keep it up!
Welcome back!!
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