one year sober!

[blakealridge]

Tomorrow is my one year anniversary of going sober from booze and hard drugs, and 6 months from le weed. I woke up in the hospital after a long hard night partying with a client and offering The Service Which Shall Not Be Named for a whopping extra $100 and more narcotics. Fuuuuuuuck! I'm so lucky there was no lasting damage. I've come a long way since then. So hashtagblessed you all <3 And I couldn't have done it without the freedom this job gives me. Thank you!

Any other sober folx up in here? What are your stories?

 

[sybian]

That's awesome Clem, I take my hat off to you.....walk proud.

 

[Forum mod]

Congratulations Clem!

That is something to be proud of.

 

[Flashmp]

Congrats !!!!! Best wishes 25 years thankyou

 

[badbadboy]

Congrats on your achievements and good on you for having the determination to succeed!


:thumb:

 

[onslaught13]

congrats!!! Keep it going!

 

[FoxForceFive]

Congratulations! Keep up the good work!

 

[jgg]

I send you my best wishes for a lifetime of joy and sobriety. I love your presence on the board, you offer a perspective and an opinion we can respect.

 

[licks2nite]

Came back after 3 years in Europe. Found a neighbour and his younger brother that I'd known since elementary school into soft drugs and diet pills (amphetamine) from a local pharmacy. Watched the younger brother's boarder inject heroin with his friends one evening. Awesome watching the eyes roll around in the back of the head. Younger brother and his wife arrested for dealing. Girl's parents broke the marriage up and he went to Haney for a year. Meanwhile, the older brother's wife went for divorce and the brother's parents who I had also known since elementary school separated. After the younger brother got out he took up with the daughter of a religious family and went up the coast with the older brother who by now had a disability pension for whiplash. Worked as a sawmill labourer (after my brilliant technical career in the military) with the first wife's brother one summer and she remarried. The older brother admitted he was trying heroin and the younger was sniffing around for cocaine. Keeping contact with old friends is one thing but sometimes you have to write folks off as a waste of time. Just one of the reasons why I don't have a telephone.

 

[jgg]

...and I didn't answer your question regarding sobriety. No. But I have fucked up major in my life. Everyday alive is a day forward.

 

[johnnydepth]

Tomorrow is my one year anniversary of going sober from booze and hard drugs, and 6 months from le weed. I woke up in the hospital after a long hard night partying with a client and offering The Service Which Shall Not Be Named for a whopping extra $100 and more narcotics. Fuuuuuuuck! I'm so lucky there was no lasting damage. I've come a long way since then. So hashtagblessed you all <3 And I couldn't have done it without the freedom this job gives me. Thank you!

Any other sober folx up in here? What are your stories?

Started drinking when I was 14, full blown around 16. A few years in they are just a blur. Didn't really get into drugs but plenty of drinking 7 days a week. Never considered it an addiction at the time. It was a lifestyle and most people around me were the same way. Not really sure why I stopped. I just remember one Sunday afternoon, I was maybe 20 or so, doing the dishes well into a case of beer and just thought there has to be more. I had a DUI by then, many fucked up relationships, and years of nothing. It probably took about 5 years to get everything in control and turn things around. Had to give up all my friends, distance myself from bad influences, and come up with other ways to spend my time.
I still drink today but it's very controlled. I still have "those" days, and have enough sense to know those are the days I can't have a drink. I've been lucky enough to turn it around and fortunate enough that I can have 1 or 2 social drinks and walk away. But 25 or so years later it's still something I need to keep in check.

 

[blakealridge]

Started drinking when I was 14, full blown around 16. A few years in they are just a blur. Didn't really get into drugs but plenty of drinking 7 days a week. Never considered it an addiction at the time. It was a lifestyle and most people around me were the same way. Not really sure why I stopped. I just remember one Sunday afternoon, I was maybe 20 or so, doing the dishes well into a case of beer and just thought there has to be more. I had a DUI by then, many fucked up relationships, and years of nothing. It probably took about 5 years to get everything in control and turn things around. Had to give up all my friends, distance myself from bad influences, and come up with other ways to spend my time.
I still drink today but it's very controlled. I still have "those" days, and have enough sense to know those are the days I can't have a drink. I've been lucky enough to turn it around and fortunate enough that I can have 1 or 2 social drinks and walk away. But 25 or so years later it's still something I need to keep in check.

wow man, I'm proud of you <3 that's an amazing story.

 

[wintersurfer]

Congrats, looking forward to reading a similar post next yr...

 

[westwoody]

My family was part of a tight knit community of ex-pat Brits. There were regular booze fests at rec rooms and clubs, and I remember seeing many “pillars of the community” shit faced drunk or passed out.
I was pretty fucked up by that environment and hated alcohol and drunks.
Never drank until I was smitten by a beautiful German girl. Turned into the very thing I hated, closet alcoholic binge drinker.
Tried for years to quit. Left many so-called friends behind who kept dragging me down. The type who try to get you to drink with them because they hate you for being able to stop. The ones who say “come on, just have one, one won’t hurt”
Even my own sister says that to me.
Cleans sober now since 1999 Oct 20.
And my sister still tries to get me to drink.
It can be hard but it is worth the effort.

 

[Uncled]

Left many so-called friends behind who kept dragging me down. The type who try to get you to drink with them because they hate you for being able to stop.

It's called the "crabs in a bucket" mentality:
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Crabs in a Bucket

There's a cool song about it by k-os:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MtSzpKiARrI

 

[blakealridge]

My family was part of a tight knit community of ex-pat Brits. There were regular booze fests at rec rooms and clubs, and I remember seeing many “pillars of the community” shit faced drunk or passed out.
I was pretty fucked up by that environment and hated alcohol and drunks.
Never drank until I was smitten by a beautiful German girl. Turned into the very thing I hated, closet alcoholic binge drinker.
Tried for years to quit. Left many so-called friends behind who kept dragging me down. The type who try to get you to drink with them because they hate you for being able to stop. The ones who say “come on, just have one, one won’t hurt”
Even my own sister says that to me.
Cleans sober now since 1999 Oct 20.
And my sister still tries to get me to drink.
It can be hard but it is worth the effort.

Proud of you. <3 keep it up

 

[Cock Throppled]

Congratulations.

I know a lot of people who never make it on the first try, so one year is a terrific achievement.

 

[lostviking]

Congrats, very happy for you. Im coming up on 6 months sober.

 

[blakealridge]

Congratulations.

I know a lot of people who never make it on the first try, so one year is a terrific achievement.

Thank you! I'm not sure if I would call it my first try, but it was definitely my first time thru any kind of program.

Congrats, very happy for you. Im coming up on 6 months sober.

fuck yes get it!!!!!!

 

[Sub-Slut]

I get to offer you the rare "twofer".

Congratulations on the one year sober AND congratulations on being my first friend on PERB!!! I think we all know which is better.

Seriously doe, huge respect for encouraging yourself and others. Always nice to see in others. Looking forward to congratulating you next year.