I did it. 6 years down and a lifetime to gošŸ˜

6 whole years sober todayšŸ˜
2 years cigarette freešŸ˜

Today is my day. The day I honestly feel is more important than my birthday. The day I decided to change and become the woman I knew I was meant to be. The day I realized I was better than the alcohol and drugs.
There are so many people who have been here to help and encourage me along the way. I honestly couldnā€™t have gotten to this point without everyone believing in me.

6 years is such a huge thing to me. I am so proud of myself. There have been so many obstacles that could have made me drink but I didnā€™t. I stayed strong.
My girls know I am sober but they donā€™t remember a time when it wasnā€™t. Which to me is an amazing thing because I was so worried for so long that I messed them up. My 12 year old just asked me this week why I celebrate sobriety when she doesnā€™t remember me ever drinking. Then she realized Iā€™ve been sober for half of her life. Half of my daughters life I was horrible and the other half Iā€™ve been working on being my best.
Most of the people in my life donā€™t know that person I was.
Getting sober and moving made life better.
I honestly donā€™t know if I could have continued my sobriety in my hometown with all my bars and drinking people. Here I donā€™t have that. We have restaurants that serve mocktails. Dry bars. Where we can go hangout and have sparkling cider or NA beers. If you want to. I find it so much easier to remain sober in the city than in my small town.

Anyway I want to thank everyone who has stayed by my side while I did this journey.
I love you allā¤ļø








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Huge congrats on your 6 years of sobriety! @SoberHappyJessi i love hearing of these milestones because they give us all hope.

Keep up the good work

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Congratulations on an amazing 6 year birthday Jess.
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What a gift to you and your daughter, and her, not knowing, you not sober is such a blessing.
Congratulations again
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What an inspiration!!! Congratulations :bouquet::bouquet:
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Huge Congratulations Jessi! :partying_face: :tada:

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Congrats Jessi!!!
6 years is incredible!!! :heart:
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Way to go Jessi! Keep getting better at getting better, each and every day!

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Hapoy 6 year soberversary!!!

You are doing an amazing job. :clap: :muscle::partying_face:

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Congratulations Jessi! :facepunch:
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Inspiring!:blush::bouquet:

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YOU ARE SUCH AN INSPIRATION! ROCK ON!!! :metal:t2::people_hugging::raised_hands:t2::rainbow::butterfly::purple_heart::heart::yellow_heart::heavy_heart_exclamation:

Help! Why wonā€™t my GIFS work? Lol

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Congratulations :confetti_ball: :clap: :bouquet:

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Truly inspirational, congratulations with your six years of sobriety and growth :partying_face::sparkles::partying_face:

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This rules so hard!! I hope you are well celebrated.

Iā€™m glad to see you enjoying your accomplishment. You are a badass, and youā€™ve climbed a high mountain.

Thereā€™s more climbing ahead and I wish you continued success - but today is for celebration!!

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Congratulations on 6 years of freedom! :tada::confetti_ball:

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Wow, heartfelt congratulations @SoberHappyJessi
Itā€™s absolutely great how you describe the change, so inspiring and motivating! :blossom::notes::birthday::bouquet:

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Inspirational! thank you for sharing Jess. Iā€™m really happy for you :clap::clap::tada:

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How niiiiice! Heartfelt congratulations @SoberHappyJessi :tada: :orange_heart: Itā€™s so great to read about how much you enjoy your accomplishments and the road behind and ahead of you. Started my day just on the right note :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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Woooow, I LOVE it! Congratulations from the :heart:, youā€™ve come such a long way! I really really want what youā€™ve got! Thanks for sharing, itā€™s great to read these wonderful success stories! Please keep chatting to us sober newbies!

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Huuuuuge congrats and so many thanks for sharing your success Jessi!!! A shining example for us all. You got me choked up at work this morning. Shedding a happy tear or two. For you. :people_hugging::partying_face::tada::balloon::heart:

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