Amazing Accomplishment. "13" Years Sober Today

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Well its has been 13 years ago since my last drunk...

In a nut shell
Getting sober isnt easy
STAYING sober is the challenge

To pass on some seasoned advice:

Get sober for yourself...if you dont do
It for yourself. IT WILL NOT WORK!!

You will tested, challenged, and often most days
you will literally want to head to the liquor store..
Giving in to this malady only means
THE Addiction WINS AGAIN!!
It wins if it keeps you drinking and losing most which is dear
to you..It WINS if it takes your Life..

Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
Never discriminates of gender, age, nor race
Addiction effects 1 in 7 families in some way.

Remember. Love the person..despise the disease
The disease causes people not to be who you know
they are....

Sadly 1 in 100 people get SOBER And Stay SOBER...
Those odds are truly scary to say the least
Treatment facilities can merely teach, educate the
addict and help families learn and cope
The real work begins after treatment..

I know in my time sober I have had 89 addicts I
knew die...sobering odds...
People in recovery need to always know,
Their addiction is not their fault...
The Addicts responsibility is trying to live
each day sober with all the help they reach out to
get...YOU are never alone...Help is there..You have
to want SOBRIETY more than jobs,family, EVERYTHING..

I am a miracle....I live everyday like that. Find
gratitude for every minute you are given...
By my getting and staying sober I have been afforded
the gift of giving life to my wife by donating a kidney to her
almost 11 years ago..I know without this way of life. My odds
of helping her would not have been possible.

Just know ..Never Stop Trying..No matter how many times you stop
and begin again..NEVER...

Thank You All My BF Family...

==Keith==
 
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Congratulations on the accomplishment! I think everybody knows someone struggling with addiction, it's great to hear people's stories about beating it.
 
Anything worth while isn't easy. Good work.
 
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Congrats, that's a hell of an accomplishment. Probably worthy of buying yourself a new knife.

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Congratulations on a truly outstanding achievement. My hat is off to you, as well as others who struggle with addiction and continue to fight the fight. Live one day--one breath--at a time.
 
Congrats, amazing accomplishment! Keep up the great work, one day at a time.

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Congratulations to you brother!, I just crossed the one year anniversary of being alcohol free! Everyday is a blessing and your words are so very true.
 
Congrats to 13 years and hello from a fellow sober alcoholic!
I quit 15th years ago and it's a blessing!

Not looking back!



Regards
Mikael
 
Big props to you on 13 years and everyone else that made it!

I had 12 years on the 7th this month. Felt pretty darn good and it was certainly worth a new knife!
 
Never was much of a drinker. Watched some friends have a hard time with it. It's not easy; congratulations!
 
Thank you all
If ever anyone needs and ear or at the
very least to listen and help in any way I am able

Email me WE can exchange phone numbers
In my 13 years I have mentored people and
worked on a Detox Unit as a Volunteer

I will be more tHAN HAPPY to help in any way
I am able..

keithchefboy@aol.com

You are never alone...
 
Congrats on lucky 13, that's quite the accomplishment and those were true words of wisdom. The Dutch have a saying, "Enjoy everything life has to offer in moderation" unfortunately it's much easier said than done. I've watched many friends succumb to addictions of many varieties and I've watched it kill most. Anyone who comes out the other side alive and stays sober that long should be acknowledged.
 
That is one hell of an accomplishment. Congrats.
 
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