Days Of Sobriety

[JMcQ]

Probably not even the right website to post these type of conversations, but I am on day 101 of sobriety. I was politely asked to stop drinking by several government agencies and my job. I am finding my pipe use to be a handy tool in this journey. I wandered in to a local cigar bar yesterday and sat with a cup of coffee, a book, and my corn cob.

Just wondering if anyone else was on a similar life adventure.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Congratulations! I hope you did something special for day 100! I do imbibe, but my father in law is 18 years sober, so we go to meetings every once in a while, especially on his AA birthday and it is always inspirational. I also worked with a lot of people walking that journey when I was a psychotherapist and before that clinical associate. It's a tough road but well worth it for most! Congrats again!

 

[Michibacy]

Probably not even the right website to post these type of conversations, but I am on day 101 of sobriety. I was politely asked to stop drinking by several government agencies and my job. I am finding my pipe use to be a handy tool in this journey. I wandered in to a local cigar bar yesterday and sat with a cup of coffee, a book, and my corn cob.

Just wondering if anyone else was on a similar life adventure.

due to mental and medical issues I have to pretty much be sober (if there is such a thing), I imbibe in some port wine occasionally but am going on a year now without drinking to be drunk. Keep the straight path brother, it’ll do you better in the long run

 

[beezer]

Congrats on day 101! I haven't had a drink since August 15, 2011.

It gets easier. It does. One day at a time my friend!

 

[derhammer]

Congratulations!

 

[mityahicks]

Keep it up! I picked up the pipe around the same time I got sober. God, AA, sponsorship, my wife and TAD/PAD have made my 2 years of sobriety far better than my years of drinking.

 

[mingc]

Congratulations. Drink is not one of my problems, but my recovery friends are my favorite kind of people. The process and their experience makes them better than the rest, I think. It's unfortunate they had to go through the pain to get there.

 

[sablebrush52]

Congratulations! Take it one day at a time. It's been almost 18 years for me.

 

[cfreud]

13 years here. One day at a time.

 

[jzbdano]

November 15 2015 for me, coming up on 4 years.

 

[brian64]

but I am on day 101 of sobriety.

Congratulations! You're doing well...keep it up.

 

[didimauw]

I appreciate your sobriety, as I went through that with both of my parents. They are the reason I have never had a drink in my life, I'm 30 now. I understand it's a completely complicated and difficult thing to do. Congrats!

 

[Ctbill]

Congrats!
”There is a reason the windshield is much larger than the rear view mirror...what is ahead and where you are going is more important than what is behind and where you were”.
Godspeed to ya. Keep going forward!

 

[gervais]

Congrats. Glad to hear your pipe is helping you with your journey my friend. Stay on your path

 

[unadoptedlamp]

Good on you.

Seeing the posts here, it's a fine reminder for me to try and be kind to everyone I meet. Not always easy, but everyone in this world has a bag of hammers that they carry and it's brave for people like you to put that out there.

Good luck on your journey. All of you.

 

[python]

Congrats! Keep up the good work!

 

[jpmcwjr]

Congratulations! While the impetus for your start in sobriety came from the outside, I hope to heaven you are motivated to do so just for yourself.

Keep us posted, please!

 

[trubka2]

Good work!? I've got a little over 14 months, and the pipe has been a great help.

 

[danimalia]

Tomorrow will actually be 4 years since I last had a drink, but my actual sobriety date isn't wasn't until 1/26/16 (I relapsed on valium in rehab). I've been extremely fortunate, and try to take it one day at a time,. AA, sponsorship and the 12 steps were incredibly helpful for me. I actually started smoking a pipe around the same time and found it pretty helpful to have something new to get interested in.

 

[Spinkle]

February 21, 2019 was the day I hit my bottom and asked for help. I have been clean since then, and still keep my desire chip in my pocket. The pipe is a good tool to help with the missing ritual aspect. Keep going you’re not alone, and if you start feeling like you’re struggling - get to a meeting. Isolation doesn’t do anything but hurt which is why the meetings are important in my opinion.