Hey everyone. I just thought I'd share with you that I celebrated/recognized six months clean today.
It hasn't been easy but it did get easier. In the beginning, I truly didn't think I would make it but, I managed to put half a year of continuous time of abstinence from drugs and alcohol. (I still smoke cigarettes like a motherfucker and I drink a shit ton of coffee but... I ain't gettin' high)
I do the 12 Step thing and it works for me. Yeah, there are some strong personalities (aka assholes) in NA but, fuck them. There are also some really selfless people as well. I do the right thing for the right reason (most of the time) and don't fuck around with petty shit (which helps me stay clean)
It feels nice. I haven't started a new thread here on BL for a while and, that's a good thing. That reinforces to me that I haven't been in that dark place of complete hopelessness for quite some time.
I dunno, I mainly write in my Blog here on BL but I figured if anyone who didn't know BL had blogs was wondering whatever happened to me well... six months clean today!
Thanks for everyone's support. TDS has been a HUGE factor in being able to get this far and I have no words to express how grateful I am for the existence of this forum. I have met so many warm, compassionate, genuine and sincere people here and I wouldn't have gotten even a week clean if it wasn't for you
[NOTE: my clean date is August 22, 2009 so, if you do the math, I have 180 days clean (6 thirty day increments). After a year clean we start counting months on the actual day of the month that we got clean)