22 Days Clean and counting

[Slim_Shady]

I can't believe it I'm on day 22, and I feel awsome. I had an urge last night and i literally just laughed at it. I also had an old dealer call me and tried to get me to buy Vics. "Hell, no goodbye" I don't want em, don't need em. Today, I'm spending the day with my Lil girl, all I need is her (and my Sugar Free Red Bulls, that may be my new habbit, but I'll take those over Vicodine any day.)  Hang in there everyone, it gets better.

[freshstart01]

Great job .

[Slim_Shady]

Thanks Gnarly.

And you'll get there Storm

[gnarly_1]

HI JUST wanted to add my kids all know about my past addiction each and every one of them all 5 checked in on me as I detoxed off methadone I got to say where a close family and I never felt more loved by my kids they where there when I was in my lowest time all to rally around me bring me support and lift me up not one of them thought I wouldent make it as sick as I got and I stayed sick for a long time 16 1/2 yrs is a long habit to break today my daughter Rachel celebrates each moth clean with me ....we share a pound of shrimp
she has taken me on many a day trip to celebrate my son Mathew thinks its one of the greatest accomplishments of my life although he gets made when I give the credit to God
all I can say is im am proud of my family we stick together threw thick and thin and having there support has been priceless....let your family in on this secrect it pays off in spades .......Gnarly btw thanks for the hat off.......    

[rider_of_the_storm]

Congratulations. I hope to be with you in a few weeks.

[Slim_Shady]

You guys are like the the Super Friends. The help and advice that u guys give is invaluable. If they charged a fee to be here, I'd gladly pay it to me good people like all of u. (I hope the Admins don't read that) It's the only place I know where your mistakes, your age, your race, your sex means nothing. The only thing that matters here is all of us reaching our goal together.

Gnarly, I hear u about about your kids, I'm sure u feel bad cuz u know u could've been a better father. But the most important thing to me is, they still respect and love u. Despite your struggle, whether they know about it or not. U didn't let that devil stop u from providing for them, my hats off to you with a standing ovation. You Deserve It Buddy.

[Tipsbabygirl]

AWESOME!!!  Keep up the good work.  There definitely ARE worse habits than Red Bull...  LOL.  You even went the sugar free route!!!  You rock, keep it up!

[Jo_4451]

Wow 22 days! That seems so far away! Good for you choosing your daughter instead of pills. I know she is loving every minute with her clean, attentive, and strong daddy. Hope y'all have a great day, and keep up the great work- you keep people like me hopeful and excited for my Day 22.  Thanks 

[gnarly_1]

BTW CONGRATS ON 22 DAYS CLEAN!!!!

[gnarly_1]

hey slim been folowing you from the sidelines and your doing great good to see you making it nothing like a child to bring inspiration....im more of a sorry case I used the whole time my kids grew up and deal with the guilt of that every time I think of when we went camping or fishing had to make sure I had enough pills to keep myself gasses up my kids had a good childhood I was a highly fuchanal addict I was in the top 5% of my sales staff and money was good they did without nothing but I was the kind of dad that threw money at them and thought it was enough they missed out on the real me even though we hiked camped fished 4/wheeled threw the desert there was a certain part of me not there I still find it hard to forgive myself you on the other hand have your whole life ahead of you clean and sober take care to keep it this way its ez to slip back become pro/active in your recovery get involved in aftercare even if its just an hr a week it will make all the difference in the world it dose for me now my kids are all grown and out the house if you ask them they will tell you they had a great childhood but I will always wounder in the back of my head how much more I had to give If I wasnt high all the time may god bless you for what you done for your family its guys like you that make it worth me coming on her day after day to help be blessed my brother......Gnarly