What happened to the time????? ONE YEAR TODAY !!!
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What happened to the time????? ONE YEAR TODAY !!!
Wow..................... I cannot believe I have one year sober!! Actually,...I recieved the token yesterday at my home group meeting, but, I NEVER thought I could ever envision a life without alcohol. I went a WHOLE year. I couldnt even go an hour before. I am very proud of myself. I dont mean to sit here and break my arm patting myself on the back, but, I just WANT everyone who may be skeptical that they can do it ( and subsiquently, that they SHOULD try or not) that it CAN be done. The compulsion even lifted like a month into it too !! I got a new job,.....family trusts me again,.....Im moving back out in my own apartment soon,....and Im getting my license back after 8 years!!!!!!!!!!!!! (probably) The promises DO happen!! Im living proof. They say the first year is a gift. It is. That doesnt mean its EASY. It means that it feels like the BEST gift you have EVER recieved in your life,...because you WORKED VERY HARD FOR IT!!! Now,...all I have to do is not drink today,..like I did yesterday.....keep on keeping on. Thanks for listening!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
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Wow! One Year!
Congratulations on one year!! The miracles are appearing in your life and that is a truly amazing thing. It is good to see those promises coming true. I'm glad that these blessings are happening in your life. Keep on keeping on. Just for today.
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Congratulations on One Year!
And thanks for posting, for letting the rest of us know that, yes, it can be done. So very nice to know that getting one year of sobriety is not a pipe dream, but an attainable reality!
And thanks for posting, for letting the rest of us know that, yes, it can be done. So very nice to know that getting one year of sobriety is not a pipe dream, but an attainable reality!
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Hip Hip Hooray Earlybird
Your One Year / 365 is a gift well won!!!!
Yes you make me feel like I can too - I am soo grateful for sober friends like you who pull me through as tonight again I was craving....but now I am sooo happy to have won another day -
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Thank you all !!!!!!!!!!!!!! ........
Thanks to all you,.....SO MUCH,....I truely believe THIS site has had alot to do with my sobriety. I attribute all things in my life alittle bit to my staying sober, and this place is NO different. I went into my weekend with one year sobriety and my parents couldnt be more proud. I live with them and have for the past year. Im int the process of apartment hunting again. My parents went to Florida for two weeks and left me home there alone. Thats something that they would NEVER have done until now. What a gesture to show me how much they trust me again. And it means so much to me. I am so proud of myself. But I do know that this only means that now I have to up my meetings,...do more service work,....maybe even sponsor someone. I refuse to let a "pink cloud" over-take me....and Ive heard the best way is to do MORE just to make sure you dont start to "coast". I want this SOOO much and its really working. I think back to one year ago,...and back then I couldnt even envision a life without drinking all day everyday. I couldnt fathom ANYTHING being fun without booze. Even though the drinking had stopped being a party years ago. Thats the PURE INSANITY of this disease.....it destroys us (sometimes all the way up to the edge of deaths door) and we STILL crave it. We still romanticize it. Its really scary. I cant believe that I pushed through the pain, cravings, and compulsion. It works. The times when you think you will NEVER live to see a life without wanting to drink is the time when you need to abstain the most........the promises are JUST around the corner..........remember,........dont leave 5 minutes before the miracle happens....GOD BLESS...
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How wonderful to hear your story! I too have this site to thank for part of my recovery. Alot of going what was suggested, praying, going to meetings, moving into a Sober Living and not hanging around people who use are some of the tools. I am slowly healing, but of course will never be healed of addiction. I have almost 6 months now and can't believe it. I plan on stucking around because my life depends on it. Randa
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way to go!!!!
congratulations and Happy Birthday!!!! Sobriety,yes, it truly is a concept and a gift. I so believe in the promises, they too are coming true for me. Keeping it simple, letting go, acceptance and surrender. Keep up the good fight!!! Happy apartment hunting!!!! :bravo :loons
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(((((((((EarlyBird))))))))))
Reading your posts here
my FIRE.
:hoo I second that!
Is it true the earlybird catches the worm?
Keep on keeping on, and keep on
Passing It On
the wonderful way you do.
Reading your posts here
my FIRE.:hoo I second that!
Is it true the earlybird catches the worm?
Keep on keeping on, and keep on
Passing It On
the wonderful way you do.
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