PJ fans in 12 step Recovery

mickeyrat

njnancy said:

Hello to my friends in sobriety; no matter if you've just begun to form a thought,  or my fellow recovering alcoholics/addicts or those who visit to show solidarity....

23 years sober today, by the grace of my higher power. 

I've been struggling with PTSD lately but I'm determined to feel gratitude. I'm so thankful for this thread and for all of you......✌❤ ☕

keep on keeping on......

hedonist

Way to go, Nancy!

It's tough enough as it is, but add health / mental factors to the mix?

Be proud

deadendp

njnancy said:

Hello to my friends in sobriety; no matter if you've just begun to form a thought,  or my fellow recovering alcoholics/addicts or those who visit to show solidarity....

23 years sober today, by the grace of my higher power. 

I've been struggling with PTSD lately but I'm determined to feel gratitude. I'm so thankful for this thread and for all of you......✌❤ ☕

Hobbes

Awesome, Nancy! Proud of you. You are an inspiration.

SD48277

Congratulations, Nancy! That is an awesome achievement.

Wobbie

way to go, nancy!

Matts3221

Fucking amazing , go Nancy.

lastexitlondon

Total respect nancy. An inspiration

Fifthelement

Congratulations Nancy.  

hedonist

It's one of those evenings where a drink (a drink? - hah!) sounds so goddamn good.

This morning I was telling my husband how the acupuncturist I was seeing early last year said he could smell alcohol coming out of my pores when the needles went in.  Good god - that's a fuckload of booze.

I'm thankful I often have those sealed-the-deal moments that cement my resolve to never, ever go there again.

Wobbie

today makes 10 weeks booze free for me. that’s about 9.5 weeks longer than I’d gone in the past few decades.

actually, truth be told, there was one hiccup....I got drunk by myself one night.....at home, just me and the dogs....woke up with a shitty hangover the next day. I’m still gonna take credit for 10 weeks. the one screw up just reinforced what I’m trying to rid myself of.

mickeyrat

Wobbie said:

today makes 10 weeks booze free for me. that’s about 9.5 weeks longer than I’d gone in the past few decades.

actually, truth be told, there was one hiccup....I got drunk by myself one night.....at home, just me and the dogs....woke up with a shitty hangover the next day. I’m still gonna take credit for 10 weeks. the one screw up just reinforced what I’m trying to rid myself of.

then it wasn't a screw up , it was a necessary lesson to learn.

hear it often. someone in aa not far along in the steps drinks  again. gets filled with the guilt and shame etc.

My standard reply is did you learn you are in fact an alky? no question you are? if so then do not be concerned about doing what an alcoholic does, its our natural way of being, being sober is not natural to us .

if thats what it took to learn this incredibly valuable information about ourselves then so be it.

Wobbie

I felt some guilt but I was more pissed at myself.

F Me In The Brain

Anger is a gift, Wobbie.  Keep it up!

deadendp

Wobbie said:

I felt some guilt but I was more pissed at myself.

hedonist

Wobbie said:

I felt some guilt but I was more pissed at myself.

That's more valuable

njnancy

Hey guys.

Thank you so much for the wonderful comments & cyber hugs for my  anniversary.  Im a miracle because I have seen so many people succumb to this disease & people In the rooms & in my life gave up on me. I was a lost cause.

I just changed one day, I had surrendered to a higher power possibility.

WOBBIE- you are doing great. Relapse  is common. I got sober in March but drank on Nov 12 & cried the whole day. I changed my date to Nov 13. It's a personal choice, we each walk our own road. Proud of you.

I'll be going  now,  I'm still in a dark struggle, so when I beat this monster, I'll be my old self. Take care everyone. You are all special people. 🥰❤✌

Fifthelement

Hey @njnancy, you are in my thoughts.  I know you’ve been struggling.  Please feel free to DM me if you want to talk.  Please take care, and know that others are thinking of you and wishing you the best.

HughFreakingDillon

that's it. I've had it. 

mickeyrat

HughFreakingDillon said:

that's it. I've had it. 

explain?