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    7 months and still waiting....

    Hi everyone. sorry i only appear to check in at my month mile markers but i do lurk here a lot. Tomorrow is 7 months sober and Thursday is another court date for the DWI. i have the feeling something will happen this time. i have been trying to build my leg muscles up to ride my bike to work in case i lose my licence for the 45 days on top of the restricted year i know i will get. i still have so much anxiety over the whole situation but am thankful i do not have to add fighting with alcohol on top of it. I still feel strong but have had a lot of fleeting thoughts of drinking lately like "it has been a while, maybe just a couple would be ok" 8 months is the length i went 10 years ago so to get past this next month will mean a lot to me. i thought of drinking about 5 times the other day. i had to make sure and tell my husband out loud that i was having those thoughts because it seemed so extreme. maybe the change in weather is triggering me. Fall is my time of year, when i feel like i can change the world. very inspired but in my past life i would have big thoughts but they would go no where because i would wake up with a hangover and never execute much. The big thoughts are still there in my sober life and am taking baby steps to be productive. the bad part about me being sober is i do not have that false sense of security and confidence. i am working on that. i hope you all have a great sober week!
    I must suppress the beast within so I can find my way out of the darkness.
    sober since 2/4/12
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    #2
    7 months and still waiting....

    youre doing great


    think of the wonderful changes youve made to your life, and if your energy levels get too high in the fall, send me 3000 messages a day :H

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      #3
      7 months and still waiting....

      Thanks for checking in. I always find it helpful to hear from people just a few months down the af road.
      My life is better without alcohol, since 9/1/12. My sobriety tool is the list at permalink 236 on the toolbox thread under monthly abstinance.

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        #4
        7 months and still waiting....

        HEY STAR

        Seven months! That is great. So good to hear from you.

        Good luck with your hearing for the DUI. I know you will continue to do well.

        I'm now finding it helpful to think through having a drink to the ultimate end result of drunkenness and nonsense. Just think it through before picking it up.

        So happy for you

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          #5
          7 months and still waiting....

          Hi Starfairy,
          I remember how distressed you were going through the DUI at the time. It made me very sad hearing your pain. Just wanted to say a massive congratulations on your 7 months - that's so fantastic. Very best of luck with the court date. Soon it will all be over and you can move forward. And think how fit you'll become on your bicycle Well done Star!
          You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life? Rumi

          :lilangel:

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            #6
            7 months and still waiting....

            Hello Anne - good to see you posting too. I hope you're feeling so much better :l
            You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life? Rumi

            :lilangel:

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              #7
              7 months and still waiting....

              CONGRATS on your AF time star
              Keep your thoughts about the hearing positive - don't worry about something that hasn't happened yet, OK?

              Wishing you continued success!
              Lav
              AF since 03/26/09
              NF since 05/19/09
              Success comes one day at a time :thumbs:

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                #8
                7 months and still waiting....

                Congrats on the seven months. You can get through this and good luck with your DWI hearing. Let this be a lesson to you to never drink again. Never drinking again=never having to go through this every again. Take it ODAAT if you have to and know your triggers and fight them.
                I quit drinking on March 8, 2020. Taking it One Day At A Time and no more taking my quit for granted.

                Also doing it for me. I got to stay sober for me.

                Just consecrate on today and do what you can to remain sober for today and worry about staying sober tomorrow, tomorrow.

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                  #9
                  7 months and still waiting....

                  excellent job Star!!
                  I love my family more than alcohol.:h
                  Live in the Solution....not the problem

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                    #10
                    7 months and still waiting....

                    Congrats on the 7 months. That's awesome.

                    I'm going through a DUI as well. It took them 4 months to decide what to do with me. Those 4 months were really annoying, not knowing how much jail time, or if, or what I'd have to do or if I'd have a license. Plus having given up my coping mechanism, alcohol.

                    Not sure if you have to do 'monitored abstinence' (tests for alcohol use) which I've had to do for over a year now. Getting in trouble again really isn't worth it, this was my 2nd DUI, I didn't really learn my lesson on the first one (and the fact that most of the people in the DUI classes are still drinking doesn't help).

                    Stay strong, you'll probably feel a little better once things are decided and you know what you have to do.
                    Soberity Date - 7/11/11

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