So i get alerts from time hop or google photos (i know some people get them on social media too but i stopped using social media entirely) for memories. This picture popped up today. I remember this day. Well, some of it… it was horrible. The last thing i remember about that day was fighting with my fiance and hurting myself intentionally. Im so happy to see the difference in myself and my life. I’m happier, I’m healthier, people enjoy being around me, i have a plan for my future, even if it is a little later than I wanted. Feeling very proud of myself and very thankful for my sobriety today.
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You’ve earned it 
Good for you! 
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That’s awesome! I also gave up all my social. Feel more real and in tune with life without it! Love when a memory from a bad time shows up and the product of today stomps that time into the ground. Congratulations
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Seems like a picture to keep, to remind yourself when your thought starts romanticize your drinking 
I wished I had a picture like that.
When my mind starts with the “stinking thinking” I think about my last relapse and what that has brought me, that helps too 
Glad you are proud of yourself because you should! 
Ps sober looks good on you!!
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Yes, you should be proud of yourself 
!
I still have that picture of me with massive hangover at 5am (as alcohol made me wake up so early back then), looking like an old zombie. Sometimes I dare look at it.
My friends got plenty of pictures of me drunk and wasted at festivals or at parties, sometimes they send some to me. NEVER forget. Never.
Again, congratulations!
Edit: I got a picture from a severe head injury I had, I nearly died falling down the stairs after a parasomnia crisis due to a massive alcohol consumption. A friend of mine sent it to me a few days ago. This is also a great help! 
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Right before i quit drinking i was angrily and dramaticslly running down the stairs to my apartment. Fell. Missed about 10 steps. Landed flat on my face, somehow got my foot stuck in between the poles. Spiral fractured one bone and hairline fractured one next to it in my foot. Had to get surgery. Those pictures pop up sometimes too and they are surprisingly motivating lmao
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Thank you tons 
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Oh wow that’s a lot! Glad to see you overcame the addiction and feel better now 
I surely don’t miss my parasomnia crisis. This shit is crazy …and I got plenty of pitiful stories related to that
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I have a digital picture frame in my kitchen. It scrolls through memories throughout the years. There are pictures where I’m missing (because I was passed out drunk) or I’m there (and drunk). I’m so embarrassed each time they pop up. But, they are a good reminder to remain sober today and tomorrow.
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I have a photo of myself after probably the worst drunken experience I have had. I don’t feel I should post it here but it’s something I look at from time to time to remind myself of where drinking can end for me.
Congratulations on 9 months - that’s amazing work and well done to you
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