Drank 4/1/83 through 4/3/83. Largely in a blackout, including driving w/my daughter in the car. Came to on the bathroom floor, puke in my hair, with my 10 year old asking me if she should fix us TV dinners. Hungover and too weak to drive until 4/6. Went to a meeting then, picked up a white chip....again.
Have not had the need to drink and try to find my way back to another white chip ever since. For all the "young" people out there, do not even think that 29 years means I can't relapse and go straight down back to hell in a heartbeat. I am blessed, but I am not cured.
Resist the temptation to congratulate me--just send thanks to your HP for keeping me around so you know you are not alone in this. And thanks in advance for those of you who will ignore the preceeding and send me congrats anyway LOL.
as an alcoholic who insists on breaking the rules I insist:
Congratulations Leeu, you know the funny thing, is...it's not us...when people say grats on my sobriety date...I don't know what to say, I want to shake them and say "it wasn't me, the door opened and I made it through it", so I accept the grats as the time sober, not for something I did per se, it's a hard concept to explain, but all I did was dash through the opening and followed instructions of those who came before me.
so, sincerely, and with the greatest respect and love possible, I offer you my heartfelt congratulations
Andrew
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I'm pretty sure I was drunk that day. Or waking up with a hangover thinking about how drunk I was going to get. It was another eleven years before I stumbled in. Congratulations anyway. U give me hope.
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Not all my days are priceless, but none of my days are worthless, anymore.
Blessings and continued strength and prosperity.Thank you for continually sharing from your heart your ESH with others to the best of your ability.I have learned much thru the years from you and your willingness to share ,a day at a time, for many many days!! A true testamnet of God's grace and mercy and the willingness to continue doing the work....Peace my friend
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Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles.
as an alcoholic who insists on breaking the rules I insist:
Congratulations Leeu, you know the funny thing, is...it's not us...when people say grats on my sobriety date...I don't know what to say, I want to shake them and say "it wasn't me, the door opened and I made it through it", so I accept the grats as the time sober, not for something I did per se, it's a hard concept to explain, but all I did was dash through the opening and followed instructions of those who came before me.
so, sincerely, and with the greatest respect and love possible, I offer you my heartfelt congratulations
Andrew
My thoughts exactly Andrew. Lee, it wasn't down to me either. So congratulations on receiving God's great gift and thank you for having the gratitude to stick around and show us that this is a long term solution.
Congratulations Lee! Thank you for your continued service. It's inspiring and I'm grateful to see members with long term sobriety still working The Program and continue to carry the message.
I think there's an invisible principle of living...if we believe we're guided through every step of our lives, we are. Its a lovely sight, watching it work.
your picture is next to the definition of cool in my dictionary.
