Congrats poobear. Those one day at times pile up don't they!

happy birthday!

WOO HOO great ! keep on keepin' on !!

CONGRATS MY FRIEND...
PEACE,MARK

So nice, To be around to watch Poo!!Congrats!!!!
Billy

thanks again gang...its nice to celebrate with my virtual friends. Dinner With family tonight but it really hasn't even come up and I'm reluctant to make a big deal so even my hubby doesn't realize how I feel, so its great to have the kudo's from those who really know how difficult this was. I didn't get to celebrate with my sober sisters either but plan on it when I get home. Really want to be home .........

congratulations!!! awesome, so nice to hear that it really does work, when u work it....smiles

Poo this is really special and so are you. Congrats :)

Poo Happy first Sobriety Birthday and many, many more.

God Bless...

Lionel

Way to go, Pooh! That is AWESOME!!!

Happy One year!! I remember my 1st yr! Woah what a ride! I was doing well in most aspects of my life. I bought myself the AA literature called Language of the Heart, which is a book full of Grape VIne articles, written by Bill. I had the experience of going to my fathers house back in my old stomping grounds in the bay area. My grandfather was there visiting. (My Mom Died when I was 16 yrs old.) I hadn't seen my grampa since I was 20. Here I was 30 yrs old, just 1 yr sober & in the places that would push my emotional buttons, alone. Each time I spoke to my grampa he would call me Babs, which was my mom's nick name, certainly not mine. My dad was a bit strange too. Long story short they pushed buttons till I found myself walking down the streets of Alameda feeling like I was 13 yrs old & invisible, wanting to run to get high, or drunk and there was no where to go. I managed to get back to the house in one piece & still sober. I picked up the Language of the Heart and just opened it to a random page. It had opened to a chapter titled,"Emotional Sobriety, The new Frontier."
The first set of articles were on the topic of all the different kinds of acceptance Bill Wilson had figured in his mind and in recovery. It gave me the connection I desired, relieved me of the compulsion to run & drown how invisible, vulnerable, and emotionally abused & abandoned I was feeling and I found myself able to continue the visit, comfortable in my own skin & .able to respond not react. What a birthday that one was..

Congratuations - may it be the first of many :-)

Oh wow Nana P. I thought you had lots of years. You have been so nice to me here. Congrads on 1 Year!!!! xoxo

sisters...I DO have lots of years!! just not sober one's! This feels pretty darn good! I'm looking forward to many more sober years!

But Poo, your only 23 :}