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[Cocoflo]

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Roll Call May 21, 2013

Patrick - Day 226
Wine-No! - Day 21
Hadit - Day 13
Siren - Day 29
JackDanielsGirl - Day 19
Samstone - Day 11
Fin - Day 50 (thanks for the thoughts regarding my dad yesterday - greatly appreciated)
Sunnygirl - Day 22
Cocoflo - day 33

[kreeves]

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Roll Call May 21, 2013

Patrick - Day 226
Wine-No! - Day 21
Hadit - Day 13
Siren - Day 29
JackDanielsGirl - Day 19
Samstone - Day 11
Fin - Day 50 (thanks for the thoughts regarding my dad yesterday - greatly appreciated)
Sunnygirl - Day 22
Cocoflo - day 33
kreeves - Day 49

[justyo]

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Patrick - Day 226
Wine-No! - Day 21
Hadit - Day 13
Siren - Day 29
JackDanielsGirl - Day 19
justyo-day 8

[Patrick]

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Roll Call May 22, 2013

Patrick - Day 227

[Wine-no!]

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Roll Call May 22, 2013

Patrick - Day 227
Wine-no! - Day 22

[Siren136]

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Roll Call May 22, 2013

Patrick - Day 227
Wine-no! - Day 22
Siren - Day 30

[JackDanielsGirl]

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Roll Call May 22, 2013

Patrick - Day 227
Wine-No! - Day 22
Siren - Day 30 Way to Go!
JackDanielsGirl - Day 20

[Wine-no!]

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Yay Siren :goodjob:

[Fin]

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Roll Call May 22, 2013

Roll Call May 22, 2013

Patrick - Day 227
Wine-No! - Day 22
Siren - Day 30 Way to Go!
JackDanielsGirl - Day 20
Fin - Day 51 (Woot-woot out to Siren!)

[Cocoflo]

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Roll Call May 22, 2013

Patrick - Day 227
Wine-No! - Day 22
Siren - Day 30 Way to Go!
JackDanielsGirl - Day 20
Fin - Day 51 (Woot-woot out to Siren!)
cocoflo - day 34 - Awesome Siren!!

[Byrdlady]

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Attention Roll Callers: Attention, please!
We have an award to give this morning....
When this person came to us back in January of this year, I knew we had someone special, indeed. She came on and posted every hour for her first few days, to keep herself accountable. She WANTED to be sober more than she wanted to drink! She has been a roll model for so many people on this site...always one of the first to welcome new folks who are looking for help in some of their darkest moments. This person, is an example of what MWO stands for. Please join me in presenting this HAT to Siren....for 30 days AF!!!

:goodtime:

Hard-earned and well-deserved!! Would you have any words for us as to what you've learned? What worked, what didn't? Thank you for being part of this wonderful site. Congratulation!!
The Staff

[NoSugar]

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Way to go, Siren!

You've shown as much or more determination to beat this demon than anyone I've read about on MWO.



:h NS

[Siren136]

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Byrdlady;1508978 wrote: Attention Roll Callers: Attention, please!
We have an award to give this morning....
When this person came to us back in January of this year, I knew we had someone special, indeed. She came on and posted every hour for her first few days, to keep herself accountable. She WANTED to be sober more than she wanted to drink! She has been a roll model for so many people on this site...always one of the first to welcome new folks who are looking for help in some of their darkest moments. This person, is an example of what MWO stands for. Please join me in presenting this HAT to Siren....for 30 days AF!!!

:goodtime:

Hard-earned and well-deserved!! Would you have any words for us as to what you've learned? What worked, what didn't? Thank you for being part of this wonderful site. Congratulation!!
The Staff

Thanks Byrdie! It's my new favorite thing! And thanks for everyone's congrats!

If I could impart a few words to help those struggling they would be:

1) Be honest with yourself. You can lie to everyone else about the amount you drink and whether or not it causes you problems. But don't ever lie to yourself.

2) Don't be ashamed of your addiction. Or rather, don't let your shame feed your addition. Millions of others are in the same shoes as you. There are folks you think have it together who are struggling with addiction. You are not alone or unique in your addiction. Put it behind you and move forward.

3) Let go of the past and don't worry about the future. We all have things we regret. Focus on Now and what you need to get healthy. Take small steps to get where you want to be. The future will sort itself out if you focus on getting healthy now.

4) Don't compare yourself to others. You don't know what their journey has been like. Don't tell yourself that you are OK because you drink less than so-and-so. Likewise, dont beat yourself up because another person seems to be be having no trouble quitting. Decide on your goals and what you want from life and make it happen. But keep #1 in mind, too.

5) Change what you are doing, but never stop trying to quit. I stopped and started a dozen or more times since January. I tried journaling, I tried being accountable only on here, I tried coming clean to my husband, then my family, and finally close friends. I tried being more active during the witching hour. Finally I decided that I needed to try Antabuse. It's worked but I have a lot of work yet to do.

6) Love yourself more than alcohol. You are worthy of a rich, full, healthy life.

[K9Lover]

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Roll Call May 22, 2013

Patrick - Day 227
Wine-No! - Day 22
Siren - Day 30 Way to Go!
JackDanielsGirl - Day 20
Fin - Day 51 (Woot-woot out to Siren!)
cocoflo - day 34 - Awesome Siren!!
K9Lover - Day 511

[sweetpea29]

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Roll Call May 22, 2013

Patrick - Day 227
Wine-No! - Day 22
Siren - Day 30 Way to Go!
JackDanielsGirl - Day 20
Fin - Day 51 (Woot-woot out to Siren!)
cocoflo - day 34 - Awesome Siren!!
K9Lover - Day 511
Sweetpea - Day 146 (congrats Siren, great post btw:goodjob