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Another year

finallyawakenow
finallyawakenow

  Hello friends, thought I'd check in and announce that tomorrow is my 5 year anniversary for my sobriety journey. Feels like a lifetime. My community appreciates my continued clarity. Already have been on 2 EMS calls with my volunteer ambulance group tonight. I cover 2 nights a week. When I first stopped drinking 5 years ago if someone told me I'd find inner peace, go on a yoga sabbatical to India, work for myself and become an EMT I would have been skeptical. Turns out that all that wasted energy feeding my addiction kept me from being an adult. Obvious to me now but had no idea when I was in it. Kinda scary really.... Anyway I hope everyone is doing well, love yourselves like you mean it:) Bye 

AdelynRene
AdelynRene
Congratulations on your 5 years!
billwfriend
billwfriend
congrats on this celebration day for 5yrs....veterans day......sobriety is a mystery....some people get it and hang on for long term living changes and some people slip and slip and slip.....I hope I still have sobriety when they are about to pull my plug from life support if it ever gets to that point....hugs bill
1is2many
1is2many
Congrats FAN ! Great to see you stay on the path! Dang 5 years, that’s great ! 1-2
Community Leaderbobinmaine
bobinmaine
You beat the odds. Most will relapse within the first year..

Congratulations on 5 years! May you have many more, happy, healthy, sober, and inspiring days ahead!

~~~Cheers~~~
lilmissy7
lilmissy7
((((((Finallyawake))))))
Congratulations on 5 years that’s amazing!
& that yoga sabbatical to India sounds beautiful, how cool

Sending support for you on your path
Big hug <3
finallyawakenow
finallyawakenow
Thank you all for your support! This group is the only place I talk about sobriety and it’s nice to have people who know what that means. I mentioned being available (sober and clear minded) for my ambulance volunteer work but it’s so much more than that. For the past 5 years I’ve been available for my adult kids (2), my daughter, who has had her own issues with addiction, has seen how present I am now and it’s really nice that she trusts me to be there for her. She’s doing well and I think my continued sobriety has helped. So I think it’s important to keep in mind how essential our sobriety is for ourselves first, but also for the health and well-being of those around us. My addiction was pure selfish, I never knew how my behavior was effecting others. The story of me was all consuming. Being free of this allows me to breathe and know happiness. It’s so simple and I am continually amazed at how complicated I’ve made my life before. Ram Dass called this kind of thing the Cosmic Giggle and I love that.
Shiney
Shiney
You are amazing..................................congrats my friend x
PinkArzora
PinkArzora
Rock on sir
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