I got sober in September of 2022. I’ll have four years in a couple weeks. I just wanted to let people know that I had to leave AA completely and disconnect myself as much from society as I could to make it this far in my journey.
Everyone, and I mean everyone I encountered turned on me once I got sober. Nobody wanted me to make it. People tried every tactic they could drum up to get me to drink and drug again.
I lost my house in sobriety, I lost the remainder of my family, and I lost my career in sobriety. None of it happened in addiction.
Sobriety is an individual journey in my opinion. Nobody can do it for you and nobody can help you. You either want it or you don’t. You either believe in yourself or you don’t. You either believe you’re worth something more or you don’t. There’s no medicine, there’s no meeting, there’s no psychologist.
By the way, I got my finances straightened out and I am safely retired and will be financially okay. I figured it out and did it all myself.
I got my driver’s license back after not driving for 5 years. I fought like hell with DMV and went to my Pennsylvania state representative but I finally got it back. Myself.
I fought my family’s high powered lawyer by myself and ended up getting a fair half of the house they forced me out of. I did it myself.
I was able to successfully dig my way out of these holes and fight my way back because I was sober. Sobriety. Sobriety is everything.
I use my resentment as motivation. I’ve learned how to master it instead of it mastering me. It’s a powerful motivator. It works for me. I accept the challenge of life on life’s terms every day when I wake up. And I’m thankful to be alive and sober and able to fight this battle!
This journey is yours and yours alone. Don’t kid yourself. There’s plenty of people that want to see you fail. Put your faith in God and yourself only. No one and nothing else.