7 months today

[red67]

Today marked the 7 month af free date for me. I love these milestones! My life has the become much more manageable and most days i am not even thinking about alcohol. I had a rough patch a couple of weeks ago and had VERY strong urges, but i came here and posted about it and with your help i got thru it. A therapist told me a couple of years ago that it takes about 2 years for an alcoholics brain to fully repair itself. I thought that sounded crazy at the time. But i do notice major differences in my thinking just from one month ago. In the first few months of my sobriety my thinking was cloudy at best. I could not concentrate for very long. This is getting better. My work has improved and my emotions have leveled out. I am so much calmer now and i havent had a single argument in more than 6 months. When I was drinking i was soooo emotional, depressed and agrumentitive. Now i can calm myself down quickly even in highly stressful situations.

I post these updates to give hope to those of you still struggling. I drank every night for almost ten years. I thought i was hopeless. I found my way out and yes i am vigilant everyday about fighting this. I am determined to be AL free for life!

[pingu1997]

7 months today

red67;1194728 wrote: Today marked the 7 month af free date for me. I love these milestones! My life has the become much more manageable and most days i am not even thinking about alcohol. I had a rough patch a couple of weeks ago and had VERY strong urges, but i came here and posted about it and with your help i got thru it. A therapist told me a couple of years ago that it takes about 2 years for an alcoholics brain to fully repair itself. I thought that sounded crazy at the time. But i do notice major differences in my thinking just from one month ago. In the first few months of my sobriety my thinking was cloudy at best. I could not concentrate for very long. This is getting better. My work has improved and my emotions have leveled out. I am so much calmer now and i havent had a single argument in more than 6 months. When I was drinking i was soooo emotional, depressed and agrumentitive. Now i can calm myself down quickly even in highly stressful situations.

I post these updates to give hope to those of you still struggling. I drank every night for almost ten years. I thought i was hopeless. I found my way out and yes i am vigilant everyday about fighting this. I am determined to be AL free for life!

Congratulations red67
I remember I am a few days ahead of you
I celebrated 7 months last Saturday but I didn't post it on here
I feel a bit like you, things are getting easier for me. I still find myself thinking about wine if I am stressed out, I am even considering starting meditation this week to find new ways of calming down.

I think it's great that you are offering hope and positive posts to people who are struggling

Well done again
Corinnex

[DriftyAlison0]

7 months today

Congratulations Red! I am reaching my 5 month of sobriety myself this week and its all thanks to you all.

[stirly-girly]

7 months today

to all three of you - Red, Pingu and Drifty. Keep up the good work. It's accomplishments like this that inspire the newer members and those still struggling. You show that it can be done.:goodjob:

[Nelz]

7 months today

7 months, pure awesomeness! Very interesting bit of info about taking two years to have the brain recover..........guess I got about a year and a half till Im right again. :goodjob:

[caysea]

7 months today

Hi All

Congrats all on the good sober time!! As AF time adds up the aspect of al becomes a non issue. Just something we don't do.

Stay Healthy and Keep Fighting
AF 5-16-08

[choppersmom]

7 months today

Congratulations! Keep up the great work!

[Doggygirl]

7 months today

:yougo::yougo:CONGRATULATIONS RED ON 7 MONTHS SOBER!!!:yougo::yougo:

Interesting about 2 years for the brain to heal. I know these things take a lot longer than we imagine! In one of my classes, the teacher said that it typically takes 15 - 30 years for an alcoholic to reach the "chronic" stage, and it typically takes 3 - 5 years to reach full sustainable recovery. On the surface, 3 - 5 sounds like a long time, but not really compared to the 30 years (in my case) of drinking I did before putting down the shovel to stop digging the hole.

DG

[Lavande]

7 months today

CONGRATS ON YOUR 7 AF MONTHS RED!!!!
Keep up the great work, it keeps gettin better & better

[techie]

7 months today

Just awesome. Congratulations Red!!!

[Meech]

7 months today

:goodjob: No wait GREAT JOB RED!! :happy::wd::yay:


iT'S FUNNY WHEN YOU SAID "A therapist told me a couple of years ago that it takes about 2 years for an alcoholics brain to fully repair itself."

That's what my Dr. told me after I had my babies. It will take 2 years to fully recovery from giving birth. And it did. Except I did something wonderful when I had my kids. I can totally see it taking 2 years to repair after self-poisoning myself every other day for years.

YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION TO MANY OF US HERE!!!!!

[Peacefull]

7 months today

Congrats!!!

[sunshine_gg]

7 months today

What a great post.... thank you so much!

And congratulations on your 7 month achievement!!
Keep it up... you're doing splendid!

[want2be]

7 months today

Fantastic Job Red!!! I am at six months today and also am noticing positive changes. Keeping the quit is not always easy, but so worth the effort!

[RingingCedars]

7 months today

Red, you are doing fantastic! Congratulations!