Two Years
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Join Date: Dec 2019
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Two Years
I became sober and started living my life 2 years ago today. My life is peaceful and quiet now. Far from perfect, but peaceful. Occasionally I look back at the 30-year drinking void and the wreckage I left in my wake. But now, I can move through those feelings and get back to living today the very best I can rather than wallowing in the past. The ability to right-size feelings and put them in their proper place is one of the most precious gifts sobriety and health have given me.
I am up early drinking coffee this Sunday morning and that is still my favorite time of day. I crave my early mornings and they are a gift. I never had a single early morning I enjoyed during my drinking years. Not one in over 30 years.
This SR community was one of the main means of support I used to get sober. My first year sober I was on SR nearly every day. You all gave so much to me and the Mods were all more than patient with me as I learned to talk again and communicate without a drunken flamethrower lit and at the ready.
I am still on SR some but not as much as I should be. As I have done for so much of my life, I take more than I give. Something I will always need to work on.
For anyone struggling, this life is worth the work and effort. Your sober life will not be perfect. But it will be so much more quiet, calm and peaceful and that alone is worth it.
I am up early drinking coffee this Sunday morning and that is still my favorite time of day. I crave my early mornings and they are a gift. I never had a single early morning I enjoyed during my drinking years. Not one in over 30 years.
This SR community was one of the main means of support I used to get sober. My first year sober I was on SR nearly every day. You all gave so much to me and the Mods were all more than patient with me as I learned to talk again and communicate without a drunken flamethrower lit and at the ready.
I am still on SR some but not as much as I should be. As I have done for so much of my life, I take more than I give. Something I will always need to work on.
For anyone struggling, this life is worth the work and effort. Your sober life will not be perfect. But it will be so much more quiet, calm and peaceful and that alone is worth it.
Life Goes On
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Posts: 6,069
Thanks, Surrendered. Your sobriety is a gift to me, even though we will likely never meet. Each pebble we throw sends ripples, whether we know it or not. I'm glad yours reached me today. 
Congratulations to you and all who love you on reaching this place of calm.
O
Congratulations to you and all who love you on reaching this place of calm.
O
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Dancing in the Light
Posts: 61,497
Surrendered, congratulations on 2 years of recovery.
I think you give a lot to our SR members, and your post today is a good example of that. Sometimes we take and sometimes we give.
I think you give a lot to our SR members, and your post today is a good example of that. Sometimes we take and sometimes we give.
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Join Date: May 2018
Location: Where I’ve longed to be all my life…..here, now.
Posts: 7,337
Surrendered, wonderfully said about “right sizing feelings”! What a wonderful key to success, in addition to all,of us here on SR.
Obladi, I’m copying your worlds ditto.
Im a big believer in the ripples. When we abuse ourselves, it hurts all of us. When we take care of ourselves, it helps and touches all of us.
MAGNIFICANT on two years! 🤓❤️
Obladi, I’m copying your worlds ditto.
Im a big believer in the ripples. When we abuse ourselves, it hurts all of us. When we take care of ourselves, it helps and touches all of us.
MAGNIFICANT on two years! 🤓❤️
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: NSW - Australia
Posts: 14,584
My friend, Surrendered.
I woke this morning, poured coffee, and thought of you. Was about to PM you to congratulate you on 2 great years. Thought I'd missed it by a few days.
Was also going to thank you for your response to my post on my very close call with the demon. It made perfect sense to me, and I made it out alive. Am still feeling the gratitude for not acting on the impulse to escape. "Right sized feelings."
You give to many here Surrendered. Don't ever forget that truth. You've got heart.
Huge congratulations Surrendered.
- Steely 🐸 xxx
I woke this morning, poured coffee, and thought of you. Was about to PM you to congratulate you on 2 great years. Thought I'd missed it by a few days.
Was also going to thank you for your response to my post on my very close call with the demon. It made perfect sense to me, and I made it out alive. Am still feeling the gratitude for not acting on the impulse to escape. "Right sized feelings."
You give to many here Surrendered. Don't ever forget that truth. You've got heart.
Huge congratulations Surrendered.
- Steely 🐸 xxx
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 51,560
Perfect post - thank you so much. Congrats on your 2 yrs. free.
I still fight the 'what might have been' thoughts. I drank 30 yrs. too. I try not to ruin the life I have today by wallowing around in the past.
Very proud of you, Surrendered - you're a miracle.
I still fight the 'what might have been' thoughts. I drank 30 yrs. too. I try not to ruin the life I have today by wallowing around in the past.
Very proud of you, Surrendered - you're a miracle.
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