everyting I aways wanted

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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OK here is is in short.
After 8 years of sobriety and getting my life back on track I just discovered that I have everything I always wanted and I am mostly the person I aways wanted to be.

I have several successful stimulating businesses, two wonderful children that I could not be prouder of, a wonderful marriage, I live in a great place, I have everything I need and most of what I want, I am healthy and like myself.

All of this dawned on my about a month ago. I think I sensed it coming because I started to feel a bit anxious. So I quit smoking about a month ago and started working out and opened up discussions with my wife about some issues we were not talking about. All of this went with out hitch.

I am not rich by American standards I just do not have a desire of “things” much. You see I spent the last 8 years of my life trying to put all the pieces of my life back together and be a “normal” person again. For 20 years I was either trying to get drugs or trying to get off them. I am done with that now and I found my self this month at the top of the ladder I set up for myself.

What the hell am I suppose to do up here?

It seems a bit scary. I never contemplated success. I always feared what would happen if I failed. I did not have a plan for success. Always I had a plan if something failed.

I am 34 years old. I most likely have a long time to live and plenty of time to do what exactly what I don’t know.

I think I am gonna work out a bit more and get better at the things I do and improve apon the things I have at least for now.

Has this ever happened to anyone?

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Are you sure you’re 8 years sober? I would have never guessed…

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A couple months shy of nine years if that means anything.

And I am quite sure.

I am just unsure of exactly what your question ment. Sometimes it is hard to read into a short question like that.

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Congrats on your sobriety.

What should you do now? Why, find another goal and aim for it! :slight_smile:

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Well, some sober people have a higher standard of spelling and grammar, but not all. I believe you. :slight_smile:

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Wow, you’ve accomplished a lot. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t always more you can do.

Are you involved in any community organizations? Do you volunteer somewhere? Is there further personal or professional development that you’d want to shoot for? For example, is there an interest that you want to expand into a hobby? Are there classes that you want to take either for a degree or just to expand your knowledge of an area or to develop an additional skill? Do you have a plan for expansion/development of your businesses, if that is something that interests you?

I’m sure someone else will be along shortly with more ideas, but that might be a start…

GT