It's a Journey

[Supercrew]

The more I sit back and really contemplate what sobriety means to me and how I got to this great point in my life I realize that sobriety isn't really a goal or a final destination, it is an awesome journey of change and awakening. When I finally made the decision to get sober and stick to it I thought there would be an end point, a point where alcohol was a non-factor, and although I feel I have passed the point where alcohol isn't a negative factor in my life and something I have to worry about, sobriety and personal improvement has become the most prominent focus on my daily journey. I can't believe that I am actually excited daily to move forward and get better mentally, physically, and personally. This journey has completely changed the way I view my life and has really changed my focus on what my future might hold. And none of it, the excitement, the improvement, the changes, the happiness would have ever occurred if I hadn't taken the first step on the journey to living completely sober.

Focus on what you want and take the first step on the journey, and even if you have a detour now and then I promise it will be worth it if you continue walking on your path to sobriety!

[NoraC]

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Love this post!! Thank you!! :h

[mama bear]

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SC - will you marry me??:h:h

[dixon]

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I agree sobriety is not an ultimate solution if so a teetotaler wouldn't have any disappointment in the life.They also have lots of ups and down in their life but most of them can cope with the problems cause they are sober.
Being a sober we just enter the life of recovery and are still far away with the people who never tried AL.A recovery means we have to repair our damaged mind and body system.So there is always struggles in life either living sober or not.The difference is that we would have acceptance to all struggles when we are sober...
When we regain our potentialities to accept a life as a challenge,that would be our achievement...And all human beings have that potentiality so need to dig out which is possible when we are sober.
It's a nice thread.
Diyx

[dixon]

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Mama,
I like beth!!!
Lol
Dix

[Supercrew]

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mama bear;1365153 wrote: SC - will you marry me??:h:h

:H:H

Thank you for the awesome offer!! But my wife would probably be pissed if I took you up on it!

And thanks to everyone for the positive replies!

Life is good!

[Byrdlady]

It's a Journey

Hey SuperCrew, super post. That's how I feel too, but couldn't verbalize it. I always thought I knew what I was doing, until I got so far down into the hole I didn't realize it...I wasn't realizing much of anything. It's as it I have a second chance....and I'm taking it! I didn't appreciate life until I was in the process of blowing it!!
Thanks for the thought provoking post! Well done on all fronts....B

[daisy45]

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As usual Supercrew, great post and a great help to those of us still 'getting there'.....thanks

[BelleGirl]

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SC, you verbalized what I think I am finally getting small glimpses of. I am hoping that means that I am truly on the right track. Thanks for sharing that. :thanks:

[LillyE]

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Supercrew, you are awesome. This was just what I needed to hear as I was sitting here having those booze brain thoughts on a Friday night (big trigger) about sobriety being boring etc. Thanks for making me feel excited about the journey instead. Go you!

[Sunbeam]

It's a Journey

For me, my new life is about gratitude and satisfaction in my current life. When drinking it seemed that I was trying to escape my life. That makes no sense at all now. We are not wealthy, but the mortgage is paid off on our modest home. My life is very good though not perfect. Previously I used those flaws as excuses to drink.

[BelleGirl]

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Amen, Sunbeam!

[199days]

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Its a journey I wished I started a long long time ago, instead I wasted years and years of doing the same old BS of drink>deathly hangover>morose thoughts and depression , feel better for a few days and do it all again.

AlcoHELL steals time.

[Supercrew]

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It took 27 years from me, but the 27 years was part of the journey. I learned not to dwell on or regret my past on the journey, but I do make sure I remember it so I never fall back and repeat it. Daily action and focusing on personal improvement daily keep me moving in a positive direction. I look at it as a maturation process. I didn't mentally mature regarding alcohol for 27 years, but during the 28th and 29th year finally sober I caught back up. That was 27 years of maturing in 2 years.....and people wonder why when a person really embraces sobriety they feel such excitement and enlightenment. I felt like I was in a dark box for a very very long time, then all of the sudden the lights came on and I found out that the box really had no walls and it has infinite space and it's a beautiful place to roam....I just never realized all the possibilites were there because I was focused on the darkness and I perceived there was no space to move an explore, so I stayed put for 27 years. It's funny how alcohol limits us first it made me think I was king of my box, then it made me believe I was trapped in the box, come to find out the box was just my imagination, but I couldn't see it because my brain was so dark for years of being drowned in alcohol.

[mario]

It's a Journey

`Great post supercrew.