Clean and Sober role call

Sober since 11/10/2009! I count my blessings everyday

I gotta agree with Tyty. Most of us who quit were terrible drinkers/users. I was never any good at it -- not even the first time.

I was good at consuming MASSIVE amounts...does that count??

Nah. You know as well as I do: Quantity does not equal quality. Quantity is easy, darn it.

I just heard about this: http://www.smartrecovery.org/

I don't know much about it. But, it is a non-religious recovery group. I noticed people discussing that.

I went once with a friend who didn't find AA to her liking. Honestly, it made me pretty uncomfortable. There was a 'facilitator' there taking notes about what we said.
That being said, it is based on solid evidence-based theories and works with people with a wide range of addictions. From what I saw it doesn't talk about a Higher Power, so for people who are uncomfortable with that it may be helpful.

Kudos to all of you in real recovery. I work with alcoholics/drug addicts.. Although, i myself am not an alcoholic or drug addict, i definitely believe i have a sugar addiction. I get the same "obsession and compulsion" to eat more and more sugar once i have my first bite! I find abstaining my best defense... As the saying goes, "one drink (brownie) is too many, a thousand is never enough". Keep on keeping on! ????

anyone else notice since they got sober, you are very mild mannered, not much bother's you and you feel pretty confident 90% of the time?

I do. I also think Im more tolerant of ppl no matter their choices in lfe...

I've always been pretty mild mannered, with a nonchalant attitude. I'm lacking on the confidence aspect, though.

I've always been pretty tolerant of people, even those who've come in here and made asinine comments, like joking about being sober since this morning or feeling another binge coming on, when clearly they've never suffered from alcoholism or drug addiction. You know, because they're 100% perfect and never screwed up, unlike the rest of us, who picked ourselves back up and made our lives better from past mistakes. Although I do have random passive-agressive moments that get the best of me...

August 12 2006 is the first day I woke up and didn't do any meth. It's the day I left my hometown and never looked back.

Speaking for myself, I do take it seriously. I made a conscious choice at a very young age not to start...mostly after seeing what it did to the men in my family on both sides. I also identified myself as having obsessive traits very early. It's not the same as recovering, but it is clean and sober, because I know what waits for me if I start. It's destroyed men that were a lot smarter than I'll ever be, and I had to watch.

anyone else notice since they got sober, you are very mild mannered, not much bother's you and you feel pretty confident 90% of the time?

I do. I also think Im more tolerant of ppl no matter their choices in lfe...

I've always been pretty mild mannered, with a nonchalant attitude. I'm lacking on the confidence aspect, though.

I've always been pretty tolerant of people, even those who've come in here and made asinine comments, like joking about being sober since this morning or feeling another binge coming on, when clearly they've never suffered from alcoholism or drug addiction. You know, because they're 100% perfect and never screwed up, unlike the rest of us, who picked ourselves back up and made our lives better from past mistakes. Although I do have random passive-agressive moments that get the best of me...

oh, I wasn't referring to your post, sweetie. yours was about being a *kitten*, right? I can't recall them all, but yours made me laugh. but you weren't poking fun at having an alcohol, or drug, or another type of addiction problem.

I got called sweetie :smooched: :bigsmile:

I'll call you whatever you want me too :blushing:

Sobriety is for *kitten*. You can't fail without trying.

wait? what? hahaha

drug free for 8 days, I am determined this time to stay off the crap. DOC was pot.

I'm Jesse Smith.

I'm an alcoholic.

Sober since 2/3/07

...and, yes, I used my last name.

Tradition 11 needs to be rethought.
Recovery needs to come out of the church basement.
Cancer patients, diabetics and people with gluten allergies don't run around getting support in secret meetings.
Don't whisper about my disease after I leave the room. Ask me about it. I'm more than willing to discuss it openly.

WHAT A GUY - NICELY SAID.
EVERYONE - KUDOS TO YOU ALL.
WOLVEREEN - I HEAR YA!

Speaking for myself, I do take it seriously. I made a conscious choice at a very young age not to start...mostly after seeing what it did to the men in my family on both sides. I also identified myself as having obsessive traits very early. It's not the same as recovering, but it is clean and sober, because I know what waits for me if I start. It's destroyed men that were a lot smarter than I'll ever be, and I had to watch.

Thanks for sharing this!

My husband is the same way. He decided at age 5 that he would never drink. He also had alcoholism in his family. He is a physicist and had that passion and ability for science from a very early age and he knew that he didn't want to do anything that would do any damage to his mind and abilities, so that he could contribute positive change to the world through science.

It's good for me to have a sober partner, having grown up with family that was very actively addicted. I also always felt that I need to be watchful that I did not and do not ever go down the path of addiction as well.

Straightedge for life !

This is an awesome thread. 8/30/09 one day at a time.

Sobriety is for *kitten*. You can't fail without trying.

I've never understood the concept of trying to do something. Can you "try" to drop a pen? You either drop it, or you don't. So, you either succeed, or you fail. But you can't try to do one or the other; you're going to do one or the other. In the words of Yoda: Do, or do not. There is no "try."

Oh, and I do have a kitty :flowerforyou:

Well said.