8 months without alcohol, 1 month without a cigarette

[Lil Missy]

My sister thinks I'm an imposter. I can't believe it myself. Life is sure different now. :)

[WCGreen]

1. Welcome back to the world...

It's been 25 1/2 years for the booze and 24 3/4 for smokes...

It really does get easier...

[Lil Missy]

5. Thanks, and congrats on your 25!

My sponsor has 29, and she is such a dandy! I looked for someone who actually walks the walk, and there she was!

[Captain Hilts]

2. Wow!!!

A woman among girls!





You can take that literally or figuratively!

[Lil Missy]

6. Naw, just an ordinary drunk.

:)

[Captain Hilts]

17. Not if you've gone 8 months without!

[rcrush]

3. being sober is overweighted.

[bigwillq]

4. Wow, good for you!

:toast: :hi:

[Lil Missy]

7. Thanks!

:toast:

[elshiva]

8. Congratulations!

:yourock: You CAN DO IT!

[Lil Missy]

10. Hey thanks gf! Now about that extra weight I've put on .......

x(

[elshiva]

14. It's normal. Don't worry about it too much.

I have trouble with over eating myself, but it is a serious eating disorder. However, I've heard that a lot of people who kick smoking gain a bit of weight after they quit because they can taste food better. Maybe that is the case with you?

[applegrove]

9. Yup I quit both too and I certainly feel great.

[GoneOffShore]

11. AA or did you do it by yourself?

Hope it was by yourself. AA is addicting by its very nature.

[Lil Missy]

12. No, not by myself. I was practically carried out of here on a stretcher,

and have no memory of my first 3 days in the hospital. Didn't come back home for 60 days.

AA is just fine with me, thanks anyway. :)

[GoneOffShore]

16. Just be careful - They are as much of a cult

as Scientologists or Xtians.

[Lil Missy]

18. Please stop it. k? Don't turn my thread into a shit fest.

Your opinion is noted. Now please leave.

[Vidar]

13. Congrats.

[emilyg]

15. Good for you.

[EFerrari]

19. Happy birthday, Lil Missy.

I hope it's a good one. :)

[Lil Missy]

20. It is good. I'm not pickled for this one!

:D

[orion007]

21. You must look and feel beautiful,

Congratulations!

[david13]

22. Life sure is different. It's real, up close and personal. It's not easier,

but it's real. And it can be what you make of it. But one way or another, you see it clearly. So enjoy it.
We have to take life on life's terms.
dc

[Lil Missy]

25. SOBER = ........

Son
Of a
Bitch,
Everything's
Real

:toast:

[RushIsRot]

23. Heartiest congratulations! It has been 24 years+ off tobacco and

60+ days off alcohol for me. I feel good about it though and think I may have alcohol behind me as well. AA has been helpful for me. Stick with it.

I'm looking forward to earning my 90 day chip.

[Lil Missy]

24. Good for you!

I thought those first 6 months went on F-O-R-E-V-E-R, but the last couple months have gone faster.

Getting a good sponsor has been very helpful for me.

:toast:

[phasma ex machina]

26. Congratulations. Your body thanks you.

[Flaxbee]

27. that's fantastic!

You've got a heck of a lot of willpower :hug:

Glad life is different / better.

[Angel]

28. Congratulations

You do what you need to do with whom you need to do it with. Whatever works to get you where you want to be in your life.

[astral]

29. Woo-Hoo! Congrats!

Hang on to your butt, You Are On A RIIIIIIIIIIIIDE~!
: )

And I'm with ya!

[UrbScotty]

30. Congratulations!!!!!

:-)

[Sanity Claws]

31. Congratulations!

Tell us about how life is different now.
I'll bet you feel better and sleep better.

[Lil Missy]

39. How life is different .... where to start!

Well, I'll spare the drunkalog and the consequenses of that.

Differences are:
Having a regular schedule
Better rest (much better)
Less depression
More reliable
Much more active
New friends, good ones
I actually laugh and have FUN now
Extra $$$ for treating myself now and again
Healthy food instead of subsistence on crap.



Downside:
I've put on 60 pounds. So I've joined the gym now.

[Callalily]

32. Congratulations Lil Missy!

What a great accomplishment!

[rubberducky]

33. I`ve been there. Enjoy your re-claimed life everyday!!!!!

:bounce: :hi: :hug:

[rurallib]

34. Way to go, Lil Missy!!!

Couldn't happen to a nicer person. Enjoy the new life!
May I add, when you want a smoke, take a couple deep breaths. Really worked for me.
As for me, no smokes for 35 years, no drink for @ 15.
One day you will just forget you ever drank or smoked!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Lil Missy]

40. Hey neighbor!

:pals:

Oh boy, the nicotine cravings are a bitch. I think I may have cheated last week had I not been snowed in. Then I was gonna bum a smoke from a freind at a meeting last week, and she didn't show up! So I wasn't meant to have one that day. So far a month without cheating. That's another reason I joined the gym - to get some exercise and some of that lung capacity back.

[Iggo]

35. You're on the path, Missy.

I'm a drinker...I'm quitting drinking...I quit drinking...I used to drink...all the way up to:

I DON'T DRINK.

[Bertha Venation]

36. I am so very proud of you.

:hug:

:yourock:

[cabbage08]

37. Keep coming

:loveya:

[PeaceNikki]

38. Congrats!

To your continued success in changing your path :toast: ( <---- some non-alcoholic stuff you like)

[Lil Missy]

41. Diet pepsi, thank you!

:hi:

[dysfunctional press]

42. i haven't had a alcoholic drink in 12 years, or a cigarette in probably 20 years...

but i do go through about an ounce of weed every week.

i had to give up alcohol when i started taking methadone for chronic pain. 50-70mg/daily.
i only have one liver, and it can't handle both.

[Lil Missy]

43. Fortunately I never got started on the weed. I've had enough vices.

[Odin2005]

44. Congrats!

:)