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[tarryon]

A friend told me about this site and I look forward to participating.

I'm an alcoholic and my sobriety date is 2/22/2007. I was living such a caotic life before I came to AA. It just seemed that I had lots of bad luck. Then a friend got clean and sober. I asked her how I know if I have a problem with my drinking. She was not sure what to tell me so she asked if I wanted to talk to her sponsor. I did. This woman asked me to just stop drinking for 30 days. I thought that seemed simple enough. I was soooooooo wrong. The next night I was right back in "my seat" at the bar. This reallly scared me. Next I was invited to a meeting. It was there that I realized I was home. I cried like a baby for the whole 1 1/2 meeting. It was sad and freeing at the same time.

Since that time, I've worked the steps, have a wonderful sponsor, and even have sponsees. I have also gotten married to a wonderful man. We have been married a year.

Terri

[yukonm]

Welcome to our community. Hope to hear more from you soon.
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[Butterfly Woman]

Hi Terri

Welcome to SL and to the journey

I look forward to journeying with you and to hearing more of your ESH

[MajestyJo]

Glad you found us too. Welcome to the group.

[tarryon]

Thank you so much for the welcomes.

Carol, I tried going to that forum to enter my sobriety date. It said closed at the top. I'll try to search around to find that calender. Don't quite understand what I'm doing here. I'll get it though.

Terri

[Sher]

I don't know if I'm doing this right( using this site) but we'll see.

Tarryon, I looked at all the names and clicked on you.
I can relate, quiting drinking was not an easy task. I would not put my worst enemy through that hell. Congratulations on your marriage! I've been told it only gets better...it looks like it has for you. Keep it up...life is so much better isen't it? Sheril

[MajestyJo]

Welcome to the site Sher, glad you found us too!

[tarryon]

Hi Sher, thanks so much for posting on this thread. Absolutely it gets better and better. Remember however though that it's an inside job. The outside will change in God's timing. Some of the things that I saw the biggest change was learning to stay in the moment, a wonderful spiritual life, and I love myself today.

Terri

[Sher]

Hi There!
Thanks for the welcome Jo. and Tarryon, you are right about staying in the moment. I walked through the doors of AA a year ago this tuesday. No I don't have a years sobriety, I'm nearly at 5 months. BUT thats what i have learned along this trudging path, this moment.
I was so worried about the next day, all the what if's. One day at a time, that is the only way. The only way to keep this insanity sane. What a year of INWARD travel, I have learnt a lot, but I think I am finally starting to get it.
Let it go...Take THIS day...breath...smile...and thank god for getting me through this day. I'm ok, and I finally can say that!! thanks to great listening ears and wise words from my sponser and a god who I am finally not mad at any more.
Happy day to all, Sheril

[tarryon]

Hi Sher, Congrats on the 5 months and all the insight. I'll like what you said about not being mad at God. I really struggled with that. A couple things that helped me was what it says in the Big Book that everything is just as it suppose to be. The other thing that helped was that the things that happen to us are either lessons or blessings. Naturally, I see God's loving hand in my life. So many miracles have happened.

I so would go into the "what ifs", too. They say that when a normy gets a flat tire they call AAA, when an alcoholic gets one they call suicide prevention. It was like the time my car wouldn't start. Someone mentioned that to try rolling off the hill. I was parked on a very steep driveway. Guess what that worked. I didn't have much gasoline and it needed to be level.