I wanted to kick myself this morning for almost completely forgetting it! But at any rate, just thought I’d share that today - November 30th, 2014 - marks 12 whole years since I’ve had a drink, a smoke, a toke, a snort or a dose (that wasn’t doctor prescribed.)
Yikes! 12 years! Where did the time go?
That’s a lot of days to take one at a time. Congratulations, and may you have many more sober years.
Way cool. I hope you never pass me in days of sobriety …
Major congrats! Here’s to many more a day at a time.
Fantastic! That’s a great achievement.
Congratulations!
Congrats!
Congrats Don, that is fantastic. I’m just on day 85 of being free from my nicotine addiction so what you have done is very impressive to me.
Cncdad
Congratulations!
Excellent! Well done. And keep it counting!
Awesome job there, Don D. Keep it going!
Congrats Don, well done. You can certainly be proud of that accomplishment.
A big thumbs up and a hearty “congratulations!” to you, Don!
Do you still get cravings to drink or do drugs? If so, how do you deal with them?
Woo hoo!
Well thanks all for your support.
And in answer to your question Living Well, yes even after 12 years I do still get the craving to drink or smoke pot. Not so much other substances. Cigarette smoke actually does repulse me now.
As to how I deal with them, I know from experience that cravings do pass if you just wait them out. Hokey as it sounds, I just tell myself “I will wait 30 minutes and if I still have a craving, I’ll do something about it”, knowing well enough that after 30 minutes I won’t have that craving. It’s worked so far.
Thanks, that sounds like a good plan.
My co-worker was showing around a chip she got at AA (I suppose). She stopped drinking last week, a month or so after the team took the boss out for “a drink” on bosses day and she proceeded to down about 6-8 mixed drinks in an hour and a half and getting drunk in front of him. She admitted during the drinks that she had an addictive personality (was way into gambling when first divorced, to the point of neglecting her children).
Is there anything I should do to help or encourage her? We don’t hang out together and I don’t drink at all.
StG
Probably not, if you are not friends, although it’s sometimes helpful to have another nondrinker hang out with at parties. If she is really doing AA, she should be getting a sponsor and a bunch of phone numbers of people to call.
Great news! Has it helped or hindered your ability to win the big accounts? BTW - I’ve lost track. How did the Jaguar account pan out?