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<a href="http://paulpisces.wordpress.com/">paulpisces.wordpress.com</a>Paul Pisceshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578300893717717927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343489709723024524.post-48369483798762545112010-07-16T09:13:00.000-07:002011-10-03T12:01:11.460-07:00Paul Pisces - now comes with 2 years of Sobriety<strong>3rd October 2011</strong><br />
Update - still sober (834 days).<br />
Just finished my year as chair at the Saturday night meeting of AA I go to.<br />
I am now very comfortable with sobriety - I enjoy it.<br />
Sobriety has required some significant changes to my life but they are worth it.<br />
Now if I can't enjoy something sober I don't do it.<br />
This applies to events, places, people, relationships, friends, work, leisure...everything.<br />
If it doesn't work sober I change it or stop it.<br />
My life is on the line so there is no room for compromise.<br />
My main theme as chair at the meeting was "Sobriety should be fun, if it isn't you are doing it wrong - so change it...."<br />
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<strong>22nd June 2011</strong><br />
I still live.<br />
And I have completed 2 years of sobriety.<br />
The best years of my life so far.<br />
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<strong>26th February 2010</strong><br />
I am 50 years old now & celebrated my 50th birthday in a mental hospital.<br />
I am out now and recovering from the chronic alcoholism that nearly killed me.<br />
Today it is good to be alive.<br />
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I am a 50 year old alcoholic with a 30 year addiction.<br />
I am now 8 months out of a 28-day rehab.<br />
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Over the past two years I have been in 4 different mental hospitals.<br />
I have a choice:<br />
1) Drink and end up in an institution, on the streets or dead.<br />
2) Don't drink.<br />
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At the moment I choose 2.<br />
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Successful recovery requires (IMHO):<br />
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1) A support group (AA, NA)<br />
2) 12 steps or equivalent spiritual program<br />
3) Realisation/Acceptance (Step 1)<br />
4) Commitment<br />
5) Dedication<br />
6) Hope for the future<br />
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I am working on it....<br />
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The thing about a 30 year habit is that you don't fix it overnight (unless you are very lucky).<br />
I have had numerous relapses in the last 18 months, which is why I kept ending up in the psychiatric ward.<br />
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I committed myself 3 times because I became seriously suicidal and needed a detox.<br />
The last (4th) time I went into a 28-day rehab with a 12-step program.<br />
That helped a lot and now I go to AA.<br />
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AA isn't a miracle cure but for me being able to talk openly about my addiction is priceless.<br />
I don't know what the future holds but for today I'm sober and for today that's enough.<br />
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8 months sober.<br />
I haven't been 8 months sober for 35 years.<br />
Sobriety is suiting me at the moment but it really is one day at a time.<br />
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