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10-23-80. (Original Post) yallerdawg Oct 2017 OP
Congratulations! HopeAgain Oct 2017 #1
That's it! yallerdawg Oct 2017 #3
. irisblue Oct 2017 #2
Thank you! yallerdawg Oct 2017 #5
Congrats MFM008 Oct 2017 #4
Kind of an 'itch you can't scratch' feeling nowadays. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #6
Good comparison. MFM008 Oct 2017 #7
Thank you. yallerdawg Oct 2017 #8
Congraduations, it's wonderfu!! stuffmatters Oct 2017 #9
Thank you! yallerdawg Oct 2017 #10
Happy Birthday! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2017 #11
Thank you! yallerdawg Oct 2017 #12
Thank you! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2017 #13
Happy anniversary, 'ole Yeller! KY_EnviroGuy Oct 2017 #14
Thank you! yallerdawg Oct 2017 #15
Got me by a bit Break time Nov 2017 #16
"One day at a time." yallerdawg Nov 2017 #17
Back at ya n/t Break time Nov 2017 #18
Boy is that so. irisblue Nov 2017 #19
I white-knuckled it for years. yallerdawg Nov 2017 #20

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
6. Kind of an 'itch you can't scratch' feeling nowadays.
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 11:18 AM
Oct 2017

We can never forget - it's a progressive disease.

"It's just a shot away."

Rhiannon12866

(222,072 posts)
11. Happy Birthday!
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 02:47 PM
Oct 2017

That sure is a lot of 24 hours, but that's what works, just one day - or one hour - at a time. Thank you for the reminder - and the encouragement. I'm 4/30/09.

Rhiannon12866

(222,072 posts)
13. Thank you!
Mon Oct 23, 2017, 03:05 PM
Oct 2017

That's when the light went on for me, when I realized all I had to do was make it through today - and I started putting time together. Congratulations and thank you for paying it forward. That's another thing that works, realizing you're not alone.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,595 posts)
14. Happy anniversary, 'ole Yeller!
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 01:29 AM
Oct 2017

You're almost exactly 10-years ahead of me (mine is 9/14/90).

Feels damn good, don't it?

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
15. Thank you!
Fri Oct 27, 2017, 09:38 AM
Oct 2017

Over time, we develop new "thoughts, acts, character and habits."

It DOES feel good to not spend every moment craving what is bad for me - but never forgetting, either.

Congratulations on your many years! May you have many more!

Break time

(195 posts)
16. Got me by a bit
Sat Nov 18, 2017, 06:48 PM
Nov 2017

We all know how tough it is, and what it takes to get some hours added to a day and days added to a week then weeks to months ant some years...

3/24/84

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
17. "One day at a time."
Sat Nov 18, 2017, 06:55 PM
Nov 2017

We learn - often the hard way - that there is nothing we face in life that we can't make much, much worse.

Congratulations on your lengthy sobriety!

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
20. I white-knuckled it for years.
Sat Nov 18, 2017, 08:00 PM
Nov 2017

I remembered what alcohol and drugs did for me - and decided I had enough.

"Enough" - whatever it is - can be your bottom, your lowest point.

From your bottom, in that sense, it gets better - but there is always "something" lurking in our nature, which means it may never get easier.

It is very easy to slip into our old way of thinking - which we know is devastating.

One day at a time.

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