Witness needed

[petzam]

Hello,

I see that people talk a lot about the fact that they changed a lot during first year of recovery. I am now around 1 month and a half sober. I read all that but I do not really identify. Until now I think that my life improved a lot and I also find myself having mood swings to some degree.

I would like to know what it looks like to say “I have changed a lot during my first year”, what has changed? How did you change? When? How did you realise you have changed?

I guess my favourite type of answer would be someone telling about his/her story with a timeline. But anything would be nice !

[RosaCanDo]

Hey there! Great idea for a thread. There is one started off you would like to read through the existing one. I’ll like it here and tag you on it to bump the thread.

What it was like then and what it's like for us now. For those with a year of sobriety

There are a lot of us who have over a year of sobriety and I thought it may be helpful to those who are trying to get sober or newly sober to hear what is was like when we were actively using and what it is like for us now and most importantly how we got here. I imagine you will see a story that is very similar to yours. Since I am not a wordsmith and my views on sobriety can be viewed as harsh I would like to elect @DowntroddenGoat to share if he would like to and if not pass it on to someone…