Sobriety, V2.

**whyturn** · 02-25-2022, 07:38 AM

All I know is my life is way better since getting sober. I look at the good and use it as fuel and remember the bad to keep me on the path. Not a pity party but an objective analysis. During temptation it helped me to look at this good and remember it’s only because I’m sober.

Avoid that stinking thinking and keep fighting. Everyday gats better. First year is usually the hardest. I appreciate this thread as a reminder.

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**raisingarizona13** · 02-25-2022, 08:50 AM

Weed is awesome. Micro dosing THC can be extremely helpful for anxiety.

Alcohol though.......it get me sometimes and it's rough when it does.

If I slip and drink it's not because I smoked weed, it's because I wanted to drink and have a cigarette.

I don't agree with the religious AA folks telling people it's all or nothing. That's utter garbage.

If that works for you that's great but if you have to tell everyone they have to do the same you're kind of being a zealot.

**~mikey b** · 04-22-2022, 09:05 PM

I just realized I’m 3 years in the other day

**Meadow Skipper** · 04-22-2022, 09:25 PM

Originally Posted by ~mikey b

I just realized I’m 3 years in the other day

**~mikey b** · 04-22-2022, 09:48 PM

I try

**riser4** · 04-23-2022, 05:36 AM

Originally Posted by raisingarizona13

Weed is awesome. Micro dosing THC can be extremely helpful for anxiety.

Alcohol though.......it get me sometimes and it's rough when it does.

If I slip and drink it's not because I smoked weed, it's because I wanted to drink and have a cigarette.

I don't agree with the religious AA folks telling people it's all or nothing. That's utter garbage.

If that works for you that's great but if you have to tell everyone they have to do the same you're kind of being a zealot.

YMMV

**SumJongGuy** · 04-23-2022, 06:43 AM

Originally Posted by raisingarizona13

Weed is awesome. Micro dosing THC can be extremely helpful for anxiety.

Alcohol though.......it get me sometimes and it's rough when it does.

If I slip and drink it's not because I smoked weed, it's because I wanted to drink and have a cigarette.

I don't agree with the religious AA folks telling people it's all or nothing. That's utter garbage.

If that works for you that's great but if you have to tell everyone they have to do the same you're kind of being a zealot.

Drinking alcohol AND smoking weed are SYMPTOMS of the disease, not the cause. Programs are only successful if they resolve the CAUSES. and that reduces the urges to use/abuse mood altering substances.

One thing at a time though... I didn't stop smoking darts until I was 5 years alcohol free. Fake it til you make it..

**SumJongGuy** · 04-23-2022, 06:45 AM

Originally Posted by ~mikey b

I just realized I’m 3 years in the other day

Excellent!

**SumJongGuy** · 07-29-2022, 03:45 PM

Bump. I passed this milestone today. One day at a time.

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**JayPowHound** · 07-29-2022, 04:22 PM

Awesome. Congrats

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**byates1** · 07-29-2022, 09:36 PM

Noice

**rideit** · 07-29-2022, 11:00 PM

12.5 here, and I hope for your sake that I never catch up! Congrats!

**Gepeto** · 07-29-2022, 11:14 PM

not up to speed, but

MIlestone Indeed
more to follow

never relent

stack the "no"s and "not today"s

till you possess a stacka "never"s

remember to revel in and reveal the hindsight your strength affords you

061086

**SumJongGuy** · 07-30-2022, 06:45 AM

Thanks all. It's simple, but it's not easy.

**Beder** · 07-30-2022, 10:32 AM

I'm doing BBI Euro next March. It'll be a boozy event I'm sure, but no problem. It would be cool if there was another sober guy there--think of it as service.

**beer30** · 07-30-2022, 11:51 AM

I’ll see what I can do about Euro BBI, I’m ten months sober myself (and loving it)!

**SumJongGuy** · 07-30-2022, 12:24 PM

I've been to plenty of ski house weekends where most people were drinking... some stepping out to smoke too. I had a kid or two with me for most of them though... I recommend lodging where you have a room to disappear to when the slopes are closed and you're starting for feel uncomfortable around the drinking..

**Gepeto** · 07-30-2022, 01:38 PM

Originally Posted by raisingarizona13

Weed is awesome. Mega dosing Psilocybin is extremely helpful...

fify

Originally Posted by raisingarizona13

I don't agree with the religious AA folks telling people it's all or nothing. That's utter garbage.

If that works for you that's great but if you have to tell everyone they have to do the same you're kind of being a zealot.

not that soapbox types aren't annoying but, I really don't gaf how you got it done. If you need an attaboy to keep things right for you, have a few on me.

**cdubski** · 07-31-2022, 09:04 AM

Nice work, kids. Whatever works for you.
No fronts, but coming up on 31 (NA from the start)

**detrusor** · 07-31-2022, 10:04 PM

Excellent all.

I’m a month out from 24 years

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**The Reverend Floater** · 07-31-2022, 10:42 PM

Congratulations!

**SumJongGuy** · 08-01-2022, 07:45 AM

Originally Posted by detrusor

Excellent all.

I’m a month out from 24 years

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2nd year is the hardest one for quite a few... Proving to your self that you can go a whole year without a drink convinces folks that they're NOT an alcoholic and it was just a bad streak of luck and foolishness that lead them to stop for that year.

Cunning, Baffling, Powerful..

Keep at it assuming you know that another drink will likely lead you back in the hurt zone pretty quickly...