Today I celebrate 3 years of continuous sobriety! Never thought

Today I celebrate 3 years of continuous sobriety! Three years ago I was completely broken, rock bottom and wanted to die but didn’t have the guts to kill myself. I had lost everything that I thought mattered, was broke, unemployable, a horrible mother, had lost my bf, my car, my license my home , and almost my son. I had cut off and isolated myself from everyone. Thankfully I stumbled into a meeting and for the first time in my life I started to listen. Things started to get better, very slowly and maybe not as quickly as I would have liked but I listened to people with time tell me to just keep coming back and I did . I’m grateful and blessed today to say I’m an alcoholic and that I have today. I’m going to keep coming back, remain teachable, and hope I can help someone else today :heart:

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Congratulations! Here is to a few more 24s

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AWESOME!! Congratulations and thank you for sharing the dark details also. I need to remind myself of my own dark times that came as a result of drunkenness. Just minutes ago I was wishing and contemplating becoming a moderate drinker. Now I’m going to switch my thinking to what it was that led me to finally becoming sober. I’m not going to dwell in that but I need to think about how quickly I forget those times.

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Well la Dee da! Lol. Talk about a miracle and here you are. Pretty dang cool you is. You are proof it works. Congratulations. What an awesome message. Wisdom has a name, Heather. :birthday::hugs::+1::confetti_ball::tada:

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Congratulations on 3 years of sobriety! Thank you for sharing a bit about what it was like - the 12 steps and the fellowship of recovery is truly an amazing experience to live and see! Keep it simple and keep it going one day at a time and you’ll get to experience even more of miracles as the promises materialize for you. :smiley:

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Congratulations!!!

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That was beautiful thank you for that

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Congratulations! Great job and an inspiring story. Here is to many more years of being amazing. Keep it up

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That is so beautiful Heather :heartpulse: I'm inspired by your vulnerability and strength to persevere... thank you for sharing :kissing_heart:

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Fantastic

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I'm so happy for you that you listened to them and kept coming back.
Hooray.....!

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That was a great little read. That has just enough to lift anyone thinking this is hard. It is a struggle but stories like this lay it out about how the simplest thing works. Keep showing up.

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You are very inspiring. Thank you and congratulations!

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That is a big, big deal. Keep up the good work.

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I once knew a woman who described herself as a "very grateful alcoholic" which sounds weird to people that don't know. She was grateful to realize it AND better herself bc of it.
Your words remind me of her!

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That's amazing. I love this post and your story. Definitely one to share for anyone who needs it.

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Congratulations :tada:

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Beautiful

Congratulations!!!:smiling_face_with_three_hearts::two_hearts:

That bottom sounds just like mine. I felt so hopeless just 5 weeks ago, but something in me gave me the strength to reach out for help, and I'm extremely grateful I did because I already see the change in my life. It feels great to get out of the bondage of self, and to start being the father my son deserves. A day at a time we do recover! Congratulations :tada: