One year.
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Join Date: Nov 2014
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One year.
Hello everyone.
Sorry I've been MIA for a while, but I've been super busy and working hard to build the life I spent years putting off with drinking. I literally study, work, exercise, eat, and sleep. That's it.
I'm also one year sober today. Not sure how to feel about it. I'm happy and proud for sure. But I can't celebrate because I don't have time LOL. What I can say is I remember thinking that this was an impossible task. Wondering "How will I ever make it to a year and beyond?" In the throes of alcoholism, it truly seemed like an insurmountable thing to accomplish. A year without my precious alcohol felt like it would be an eternity.
But here I am.
Just want to say how important SR has been to getting here. Thank you all for always welcoming me back when I've come crawling back from the shadows. And to all to are struggling and feel as I once felt about your ability to get and stay sober: if I can do it, so can you.
I hope to be able to get back to posting regularly again soon.
Stay well everyone.
Sorry I've been MIA for a while, but I've been super busy and working hard to build the life I spent years putting off with drinking. I literally study, work, exercise, eat, and sleep. That's it.
I'm also one year sober today. Not sure how to feel about it. I'm happy and proud for sure. But I can't celebrate because I don't have time LOL. What I can say is I remember thinking that this was an impossible task. Wondering "How will I ever make it to a year and beyond?" In the throes of alcoholism, it truly seemed like an insurmountable thing to accomplish. A year without my precious alcohol felt like it would be an eternity.
But here I am.
Just want to say how important SR has been to getting here. Thank you all for always welcoming me back when I've come crawling back from the shadows. And to all to are struggling and feel as I once felt about your ability to get and stay sober: if I can do it, so can you.
I hope to be able to get back to posting regularly again soon.
Stay well everyone.
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Congratulations on your one-year anniversary. In my own journey of recovery, I repeatedly stayed sober for a year or more only to relapse again later. What I ultimately discovered is that there is a type of alcoholic for whom only complete submission to the recovery program of Alcoholics Anonymous can provide the needed Power to stay clean and sober for good and all. Of course, I have no way of knowing whether you are an alcoholic at all, much less the type I'm describing -- but my message here is simply to keep an open mind about the possibility that you might be that type. In terms of the specifics of your post, one of the things I've learned is true for alcoholics like me is that my recovery must be the central foundation of my life. If I take anything else, whether that be career, family, relationships, etc., and place it at the center of my life while believing I can stay sober while pushing my recovery off to the side, then I will lose the very thing I thought I had to put at the center. In other words, if I get too busy to keep my recovery my #1 priority, then I'll lose it. Feel free to PM me if you ever want to chat more about any of that.
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