Long Termers, What KEEPS you sober?
plus..if I drink I don't post and I would miss all my friends here
plus..if I drink I don't post and I would miss all my friends here
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I love my family more than alcohol.:h
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Long Termers, What KEEPS you sober?
Somehow or other, my thinking got turned around. I look forward to not drinking and the idea of drinking repulses me. I can't even stand the smell of booze on my husband's breath!Comment
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Long Termers, What KEEPS you sober?
Yup. This sums it up for me.mario;1441806 wrote: What keeps me sober ?
The fear of ever going back into that very angry and fuzzy world in which I lived.
I tried to quit twice before and lasted 4 months each time. And each time I went back I was worse. Thinking of that helps. It has been almost 2 1/2 years sober this time.
I feel fantastic. Like a have been given the gift of a new life. I'm never even tempted anymore. What I have is way way more important than going back to the very angry fuzzy me!
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Long Termers, What KEEPS you sober?
Accountability. To myself and my friends
Plus the fear of going back to the dark place I'd.got intoI have a drink problem, I have been AF since 15 March 2011 and I am working hard to stay that way
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Long Termers, What KEEPS you sober?
My fear is letting myself down, but worse is letting my son down.
I am liking clear mind in the morning way to much these days.
FTAF with a few speed bumps during 2014 & 2015 but will succeed.
As of 4/12/2014 I have not smoked at all and feel great.Comment
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Long Termers, What KEEPS you sober?
I focus my attention on what I do want and pay very little attention to what I don't want. Thinking of what I do want makes me HAPPY. HAPPY keeps me sober!Sober since Sept. 24th 2012
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Long Termers, What KEEPS you sober?
Lovely thread Byrdie. Thank you...and thanks to everyone who posted. I can identify with so much said here.
For me, it's a conscious thought process at times - to remember how dark and fuzzy and hopeless that world felt...and all of it was my own doing. It wasn't the world being unfair to me - things just looked bleak because of the drinking. Now that it's gone, I have the ability to look at things in a positive way - like SC said....so much is our own choice. :-)~
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
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Long Termers, What KEEPS you sober?
Byrdie, great idea to start this thread. I will read this one many times for strength. Every day AF is so very precious to me. I get excited watching the days add up and I don't want to mess that up. I've done this for me and I'm proud I started taking care of myself.:notes:
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Long Termers, What KEEPS you sober?
I'm really proud of you, too, Nurdl. I know just what you mean about messing up your string of days. It was a small thing (maybe a competitive thing) but it was something I could hold on to for motivation. BComment
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The Fear of having that first drink & ruining all my hard work that has kept my AF slate impeccably spotless for 5 1/2 years is what has kept me sober. I learned a very hard lesson when I relapsed from a smoking quit many years ago, and I will not make that same mistake again. It's far easier to fight an occasional crave than to throw it all away for a little instant gratification than it is to start from point zero again. I truly don't believe I have another quit in me, and that scares me enough to keep on the straight & narrow path.
Starfish1's signature says it perfectly:
"I am one drink away from never being sober again for the rest of my life."AF 6 years
NF 7 years
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F.E.A.R , my desire to avoid hitting bottom again was more powerful then my desire to drink !
I know fear alone wont keep me sober, it did at the beginning for a very long time.
I have to still keep it in the day !Formerly known as Teardrop:l
sober dry since 11th Jan '2010' relapse/slip on 23/7/13 working in progress ! Sober date 25/7/13 ( True learning has often followed an eclipse, a time of darkness, but with each cycle of my recovery, the light grows stronger and my vision is clearer. (AA)
my desire to avoid hitting bottom again was more powerful then my desire to drink !Comment
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Long Termers, What KEEPS you sober?
Life is so much easier without alcohol in it. No more stopping at the liquor store every night (and trying to remember which one was next on the rotation schedule), making sure I had enough to get me through the night, making excuses for why I couldn't go anywhere or drive after 6pm, scrambling to piece together the night before, etc, etc... Life is simple now. I can go anywhere at any time of the day or night. I don't panic when I get an invitation to a social event because it cuts into my drinking time. I wake up early on weekends and don't have anxiety or regrets from the night before. I don't live in a fog and I don't look/feel like crap all day. But the best thing of all is I can look my daughter in the eye and know that I'm not lying to her anymore.:heart:I love my daughter more than alcohol:heart:
Believe in yourself. You are stronger than you think.Comment
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Long Termers, What KEEPS you sober?
I'm not a longtermer by MWO standards and my current choices. I have chosen extended periods of abstinence though. Choice and determination are my key allies ie it's up to me. Then taking steps to make my choices reality. Trial and error and baby steps at first. Taking the booze out of my home was necessary and stopping my isolating behaviour. Addressing emotional turmoil....moving past the past. I am stronger than I have been in years and I love it!Psalms 119:45
?Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.?
St. Francis of Assisi
I'm not perfect, never will be, but better than I was and not as good as I'm going to be.
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Long Termers, What KEEPS you sober?
Always remembering that I am only returning to normal.
Drinking alcohol is not normal so I am getting back to what nature intended.
Plus I love being sober, even when crap happens I love watching how I deal with it so much better.Comment
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Just Reading around this morning and found an old Thread of Byrdies....loved it :h
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