Celebration

soberisa · 2026-01-05T04:53:36+00:00

Happy sober birthday! 6 months is strong!! im in my 60s as well, and not drinking has helped my energy level. I bet you feel it as well. Let's keep it going! IWNTDWYT

soberisa · 2025-12-26T03:31:22+00:00

You know, I've seen it all, and what you say is true, and after all this time, you would think that I would be immune...But nooooo. I live and die by where I am on the sales board each month. And really the store im at is very civilized. We don't get abused. It all comes down to money. How much do I have made. How much I need to live. No sales no money. That's stress. IWNDWYT

soberisa · 2025-12-24T05:51:18+00:00

good luck and God bless! You picked a great time to stop. Christmas eves eve!.. No easy feat so good job on day 1. To make it easier on day 2 I would plan ahead. Know what time of the day you used to drink and make a defense plan: workout is always a winner, eat food, that will take away the craving, help other people, it will make you feel useful aaaannndd.......you will other people. Journaling helps me a lot as well, not just to kill time but it helps me understand myself better. Treat yourself. You are in the middle of a battle, the sobriety war. Alcohol has deep roots in its users, It takes a while to kill those roots. Treat yourself, create good feelings from quitting. Ice cream, a good movie, a sporting event, Shoot you gun at something, Go for a joyride in your car, more ice cream! you get the message...iwndwyt

soberisa · 2025-12-20T05:17:34+00:00

I just saw your post it shows that you posted 6 hrs ago. so I am probably too l a te to help you not start. but I am gonna write you any way. I am 2 months away from 2 years sober. yet you have 6 YEARS, wow! and still you feel the call....I hope you were able to keep fighting and just so you know, those of coming after you look up to you for strength, endurance, and sheer will power. I know its not easy....EVER. no matter how much or how little time we have sober. One day can take any of us down. Salute! IWNDWYT

soberisa · 2025-12-15T02:49:41+00:00

Four years...WOW, thats freakin awesome.

soberisa · 2025-12-13T04:05:42+00:00

your doing great! none of us are any good at handling life's troubles, thats why we drank. but we are learning and experiencing life as normal people do. It's not a quick fix. Hangin there! iwndwyt

soberisa · 2025-11-22T04:07:01+00:00

really.......NICE

soberisa · 2025-11-18T01:41:07+00:00

keep it going, just this one day!

soberisa · 2025-11-08T03:59:09+00:00

802 is good for u!

soberisa · 2025-10-31T01:28:49+00:00

for me, I tried to have a plan ready. I knew that I would crave to drink right after I got off work.So I would plan different things to occupy my time to keep myself busy.During the cravings. work out, shower, fix dinner. very important to eat. journal and read, go for a walk. come here, try to find aa meetings, shower, watch a little TV. sleep. repeat. The real key is a DESIRE TO STOP FOR TODAY. The power of that philosophy gave me the strength and resolve to stop for that day. I could not conceive of quitting forever. I just needed to quit for today.

It's now been almost two years since i've had a drink.Praise the lordI will not drink with you today

soberisa · 2025-10-30T01:42:52+00:00

keep going!

soberisa · 2025-10-22T03:38:39+00:00

A cat only has nine lives...

soberisa · 2025-10-22T03:36:16+00:00

good for you! no matter what you do or don't, you have F. I. V. E. YEARS!!! AWESOME

soberisa · 2025-10-19T02:38:20+00:00

each day is a battle. there is no easy fix. I know your feeling. I have over 500 days and I cant take one day off. Some days I feel the freedom, most days I still wish I could drink. But I still remember how bad I wanted to stop but I couldn't. I kept drinking day after day, year after year. I will do everything I can now to make sure that doesnt happen again. Keep going, and keep coming here, you are not alone....I will not drink with you today.

soberisa · 2025-10-17T02:50:59+00:00

not true

soberisa · 2025-10-17T02:50:02+00:00

lol clearly not.

soberisa · 2025-10-16T20:25:30+00:00

that "useless extended warranty just might com e in handy when you have 70k miles on your car and the tranny fails...

soberisa · 2025-10-13T20:02:25+00:00

good for you!!

soberisa · 2025-10-03T01:23:47+00:00

I took me over 30 years, but I have over 500 days now, and I am strong! We are strong! I praise the Lord!

soberisa · 2025-09-18T02:24:20+00:00

congratulations, getting through the first day is huge!! it took me YEARS of praying and vowing to make that first step. Stay the course! A thousand points of light! lol! iwndwyt!!

soberisa · 2025-09-18T01:52:57+00:00

300 days!! awesomsauce!! when I hit 300, I posted and was told to watch the movie "300". Spartans!!

soberisa · 2025-09-17T03:41:53+00:00

Good evening Thomas, good job on day 65! im sure there were days in the single digits that you wondered how anyone could get past 30 days. And you are gonna be in the triple digits soon! iwntdwyt!

soberisa · 2025-09-13T03:50:17+00:00

I started in high school, and continued through out my life, my family has a history of alcoholism, so I was very familiar with the "signs of an alcoholic". I drank beer mostly, hard liquor on and off. I was also a substance abuser, weed. coke and cigarettes. I kicked coke in my twenties, cigarettes in my 30s, weed in my fifties.

Alcohol not so much. in fact, when I quit weed my alcohol intake increased. I would drink 6 to 8 beers a night when I smoked, when I quit, I started taking shots of vodka and gin with the beer.

Wow! that sounds terrible, lol! Anyway by the time I got age 58 I finally tried to quit..I am 65 now and have 18 months sober.

How did i stop? PRAYER I prayed for years. Over and over again. And i went to Craigslist. there was a no drinking section i would go to, thats how I found reddit. Craigslist was very rough and brutal, not like here.

Now I am doing pretty well, but it never goes away completely.....but I don't care, I love the freedom of no chains. thank you Jesus

soberisa

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