6 months Sober for Popeye!!!
Thank you all so much.
When I stopped drinking it was hard to imagine how long six months without a drink is. It seemed so far away and unreachable. I'd watched others reach the landmark and thought "One day, maybe I can say that too, but I doubt it." I really needed to get a handle on this thing and find a way to get a degree of control. I was in a complete mess.
Well, with a lot of support from some wonderful people here and some good, old fashioned determination, I made it, and it's a good feeling. I have made a lot of real lifestyle changes and tried to develop and improve some other areas of my life, and re-evaluate some deeply entrenched attitudes that were hindering my progress. I feel that I am still starting out along my chosen path and that in the big scheme of things, six months isn't a long time, but sometimes it felt like it. I remember at the beginning how every single day was a battle but how as time goes by, they start flowing along more and more peacefully. There is no way that I'm going to risk falling back into the pit that I dug for myself. I'm aware of the dangers and I refuse to go back to where I don't belong.
Everyone here has my deepest respect for having the guts to address their own problem and by sharing the good times aswell as the bad, help others along the way.
To anyone just starting out I would like to tell you that I was here for a couple of years before learning to balance the right tools and attitudes that make it possible for me to begin to sort out my drinking problem, so never give up. You can find a way. I know that I could not have got where I am on my own. I owe MWO and it's members a huge debt of gratitude.
Once again, thank you.
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Thank you all so much.
When I stopped drinking it was hard to imagine how long six months without a drink is. It seemed so far away and unreachable. I'd watched others reach the landmark and thought "One day, maybe I can say that too, but I doubt it." I really needed to get a handle on this thing and find a way to get a degree of control. I was in a complete mess.
Well, with a lot of support from some wonderful people here and some good, old fashioned determination, I made it, and it's a good feeling. I have made a lot of real lifestyle changes and tried to develop and improve some other areas of my life, and re-evaluate some deeply entrenched attitudes that were hindering my progress. I feel that I am still starting out along my chosen path and that in the big scheme of things, six months isn't a long time, but sometimes it felt like it. I remember at the beginning how every single day was a battle but how as time goes by, they start flowing along more and more peacefully. There is no way that I'm going to risk falling back into the pit that I dug for myself. I'm aware of the dangers and I refuse to go back to where I don't belong.
Everyone here has my deepest respect for having the guts to address their own problem and by sharing the good times aswell as the bad, help others along the way.
To anyone just starting out I would like to tell you that I was here for a couple of years before learning to balance the right tools and attitudes that make it possible for me to begin to sort out my drinking problem, so never give up. You can find a way. I know that I could not have got where I am on my own. I owe MWO and it's members a huge debt of gratitude.
Once again, thank you.
:h
Way to go Popeye ! IAD.
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