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paul cottingham
01-29-2013, 1:10 PM
Just like last year, today is my 29 th anniversary of my sobriety. Just thought I'd share.

Von Bickley
01-29-2013, 1:16 PM
Congratulations...... Good job.

Jerry Thompson
01-29-2013, 2:25 PM
Great ain't it? You and I have the same amount of time in. I could have tiled the bathroom with white chips until "Somethin' snapped."
Congratulations Paul.

Prashun Patel
01-29-2013, 2:31 PM
Congratulations. I teared up @ this a little. I know how hard addictions can be to break. Does it ever get easier than one-day-at-a-time?

Frank Drew
01-29-2013, 2:48 PM
I quit smoking 29 years ago this Spring; smartest thing I've ever done.

Dale Cruea
01-29-2013, 2:48 PM
I quit counting at somewhere around 35. All I can remember is that it was about the time my oldest son was born. He just turned 40 the other day.
So I must be approaching the 40 year mark.
Nice job Paul. It gets tough some days.

paul cottingham
01-29-2013, 2:54 PM
Congratulations. I teared up @ this a little. I know how hard addictions can be to break. Does it ever get easier than one-day-at-a-time?
For me, no. I still remember what beer and bourbon tasted like, and I miss them. It was tough going through the brain surgeries I did without narcotics, for example (plain tylenol rules!) but I am literally terrified of slipping.
I don't have another sober in me.
on the other hand I know a few people who never looked back.

Paul McGaha
01-29-2013, 2:55 PM
Congratulations Paul. Nice job.

Rod Sheridan
01-29-2013, 3:00 PM
Congratulations, an outstanding achievement that you should be extremely proud of............Regards, Rod.

Prashun Patel
01-29-2013, 3:35 PM
Keep on truckin'.

Jerry Thompson
01-29-2013, 3:42 PM
Yes, Prashun, it does get easier. It says in the Big Book of AA, I'm paraphrasing, the before we are half way through the compulsion to drink will be magically remove without one even realizing it.

paul cottingham
01-29-2013, 5:38 PM
My personality is such that its easier if I still struggle. Nowhere near as much as when I first sobered up, of course. A paradox for sure. I know people who fell back, cause "getting and staying sober is easy."

Patrick McCarthy
01-29-2013, 5:57 PM
Paul, Keep up the good fight. You are rightly proud of a huge accomplishment. Best personal regards, Patrick

Joe Angrisani
01-29-2013, 7:30 PM
Well done, Paul!

paul cottingham
01-29-2013, 8:30 PM
Paul, Keep up the good fight. You are rightly proud of a huge accomplishment. Best personal regards, Patrick
I talk openly about my sobriety not out of a sense of pride, but instead, out of self preservation. I have found that if I am open about the fact that I am a drunk, in my mind, I am "accountable" to everyone I have been open with.
It makes sense to me, anyways....:-)

Jay Jolliffe
01-29-2013, 8:35 PM
Congrats Paul...25yrs for me..Don't miss at all. Prashun it does get easier. After a while you don't even think about it. It's a good reminder to go to a party & watch how some act the more they drink. Quite comical sometimes. Don't miss it :)

Marty Gulseth
01-29-2013, 9:07 PM
Shows what commitment can do. Congrats!
Regards, Marty

Gary Hodgin
01-29-2013, 10:28 PM
Congratulations!

Frank Stolten
01-29-2013, 11:01 PM
All addictions are difficult to quit. It took 4 tries before I was finally able to kick smoking. Congratulations for having the strength to hang in there for 29 years.

Keith Westfall
01-29-2013, 11:54 PM
This is worth celebrating! Congratulations on a well deserved achievement.

Brian Libby
01-30-2013, 7:49 AM
Congratulations!:)

Chris Walls
01-30-2013, 9:24 AM
Paul
Outstanding ! I have been off of smoking now for very close to twenty years. Never was a " heavy " smoker but all the same, I smoked. I really have to stop and think about it to remember how long when asked. I always
told my son it was the dumbest thing I ever did to START smoking. Congratulations !
Chris

Belinda Barfield
01-31-2013, 1:37 PM
I knew a guy years ago who was a recovering alcoholic. He told me once, "All of us start life as a cucumber, some of us end up as a pickle. Don't be a pickle." Congratulations on not becoming a pickle!

paul cottingham
01-31-2013, 1:56 PM
I knew a guy years ago who was a recovering alcoholic. He told me once, "All of us start life as a cucumber, some of us end up as a pickle. Don't be a pickle." Congratulations on not becoming a pickle!
According to my wife, I can be pretty sour......:-)

Carl Garner
02-14-2013, 6:32 PM
Must be something about 29 years ago, for on October 24th, 1983 (a little over 29 years ago), I stopped smoking and haven't had one my hands since. Nice going to those who have quit any such addiction!

Carl

Brian Kent
02-15-2013, 1:06 AM
I am deeply moved and proud of you and everyone else who has found years of sobriety!

ray hampton
02-15-2013, 4:41 PM
I am very surprise that so many people can remember the date that they give up drinking

paul cottingham
02-15-2013, 6:02 PM
Most of the alcoholics I know know the date they stopped drinking. Many of us refer to it as our birthday. For me, it is one of the most important dates in my life, up there with (in no particular order to protect the innocent) the birth of my daughter, getting married, finding faith, and graduating from grad school.

ray hampton
02-15-2013, 6:16 PM
Most of the alcoholics I know know the date they stopped drinking. Many of us refer to it as our birthday. For me, it is one of the most important dates in my life, up there with (in no particular order to protect the innocent) the birth of my daughter, getting married, finding faith, and graduating from grad school.

not only did only forget the date but I also forgot the year when I give up firewater drinking

paul cottingham
02-15-2013, 6:20 PM
I admit, the year is foggy for me. But my friends remember.

Thomas Canfield
02-15-2013, 8:05 PM
Congratulations and keep going one day at a time. I have had the opportunity to see the result of some that have made the commitment and the changes in their lives. It is not an easy path.

Myk Rian
02-15-2013, 8:18 PM
Just like last year, today is my 29 th anniversary of my sobriety. Just thought I'd share.
October 26 was my 23rd new Birthday. I don't miss it one bit.
Congrats.

ray hampton
02-15-2013, 9:17 PM
I admit, the year is foggy for me. But my friends remember.

yes , it are nice to have friends

Joe Kieve
02-16-2013, 8:30 AM
Congratulations! So proud for you and your family.

Charlie MacGregor
02-16-2013, 8:13 PM
Congratulations! Be proud.