I love this for you! Love the two stories and how others are finding their way towards sobriety. 
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These are not happy accidents or coincidences. These are manifestations of a higher power making plain what you can become.
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This may not be interesting to many others on here, but it’s a very huge deal for me. Yesterday, I hit an average of 7 hours of sleep for a 30-day period, for the first time in my adult life. This has been a goal of mine since I started tracking my sleep last year. My average sleep in 2024 was 5h40mins, and would have been less than that in 2023 when my daughter was born.
It wasn’t until a couple of months ago that I reached 7 hours average for any single week as an adult.
This would be impossible if I were still drinking alcohol, and I would still be constantly exhausted. I am loving feeling better, and no doubt building more sustainable long-term health by getting adequate sleep. Onward and upward I go.
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It is a big deal and I feel many here will recognize as such. Congrats friend. Excellent work.
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A huge deal and I’m so happy for you! So glad to hear that you are finally getting some rest 
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Congrats @PositiveThoughts thats huge
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I don’t know if this is the case for you but for me it was really hard in the beginning. No one took me seriously and assumed that I would drink. I didn’t want to label myself an alcoholic and no one believed that I was one. Even my husband who knew exactly how much I drank didn’t think that I was but I knew that I was. As time has gone on most people know that I will be drinking a diet Coke and whenever anyone asks why I am not drinking I tell them because when I do I drink too many. I have also started volunteering to drive whenever I do go somewhere where others may be drinking. This way most people don’t ask why I’m not drinking.
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Hello! In October, I dug my way out of a little financial hole. Since February 2024 when my daughter started daycare, I’ve been running one to two paycheques behind, having to borrow money and pay it back the balance every month to pay bills. Looks like I will stay fully above-water this month; hopefully I am still in this position when the January Christmas credit card bill comes in.
I’m grateful to not be funding a heavy drinking habit anymore. I remember going through and adding up my credit card bills for 2021 to see how much money I spent on beer, not including restaurants. The amount was and is still maddening when I occasionally think of it. I have forgiven myself, but I need to not forget this, and I need to read this message again in the future. I can’t ever go back to the cycle of spending a bunch of money on beer, and having it gone three days later, and going back to the store. . Those days are done.
Onward and upward! 
No going back.
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Congrats! Im happy for you! Thanks for sharing!
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Grateful that you have forgiven yourself and are doing so well in your recovery. It’s a wonderful thing when we can start seeing all the benefits of our sobriety.
So happy for you 
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Yippee…. You are doing so great. So glad you are here.
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Important success story on my sober journey:
Saturday (yesterday) was my birthday! 
It was my 3rd sober birthday as an adult (consecutive 
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My wife and daughter made it a special day, and time with them was the highlight! I kept it low-key this year, and we didn’t do a big shindig. Friends and family hangouts were special. I started the day leading my workout group for a 60 minute workout at 06:30 that couldn’t have gone better. It was the third year in a row that I committed to some sort of planned physically and mentally demanding activity that required me to stay present and execute / hold myself accountable to a high standard.
This was a birthday that was rewarding, and it reminded me to stay balanced, and keep perspective on what matters in the big picture of life.
Take care of yourself, and thank you as always for being here.
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Happy belated birthday 
…what a lovely update and story. So very happy for you and how far you’ve come.
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Belated happy birthday. It sounds like a meaningful way to celebrate.
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