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(Also, happy birthday. 
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Yeahhhh, buddy! 
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I’m very sorry I missed this @MoCatt. Huge Congratulations to you. Sorry I’m late to your party.
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Excellent work, CHAMPION!
You also get my 1000 celebratory gif
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You name it : wunderbar 
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Oh my goodness! Congratulations!!!
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Congratulations my friend, I am so proud of you! It’s incredible what we can do, one day at a time. What’s your favorite change so far in the last 1000 days?
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How marvelous!! Congratulations on your 1000!!!
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Outstanding!!!
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My favorite thing about being clean is my integrity is back in place. I had to lie so much when popping pills. Lying to the family when it came to doing things together. I truly wasn’t feeling good, I just omitted the part about either being in withdrawals or afraid they would start while I was out and about. Lying to the doctors to get more. I became an expert on symptoms of sciatica, where to say it hurt, whether it was shooting, stabbing, stinging, numbness.
But it’s also wonderful not waking up sick and needing to take something to not be sick.
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Adding my name to the list 🙋
I have been reading lots of introductions posts recently as people start their journeys and it makes me think of where I started. I don’t have a particularly dramatic story that brought be to sobriety… It just seemed to be that every time I drank, I drank a lot and what might once have been laughed off as funny stories felt increasingly tragic, embarrassing and destructive.
I can still feel the feeling of shame and dread as I woke up 1,000 days ago, trying to work out what the fuck happened, where my stuff had gone and who I might have to explain myself to.
Even though I wasn’t physically dependent on alcohol I had a very hard time seeing how I could ever have a future without it, it was a really terrifying prospect. Now, I have no idea about what the future holds but I’m not scared of being sober for it. That’s a cool kind of liberation.
It doesn’t mean everything is perfect and I am still a work in progress, learning to live life on the terms it gives me. I am so grateful to the recovery community and this forum in particular for helping me find my way along this path 
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Wow, that’s great! Just read something similar, was it even in today thoughts of AA (OMG). That we are free from alcohol and free for new things to come.
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CONGRATULATIONS 
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Fan-bloody-tastic Siand!!!
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Congrats! You have always been such an inspiration to me!
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Such joy to read of your 1,000 days dear @siand. You are such a positive example of compassion and strength and sobriety. Your determination and kindness (and your organizational skills!!) are so admirable.
Well done on taking that first step and turning it into 1,000!! You have so much to be proud of! Your calming presence here is a blessing and a gift to us all.
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