ONE Year!

[Bkitty]

OMG in true Bkitty form I typed a long post and I hit something and erased it! Nov 8, 2011 was supposed to be the day I died. It ended up being the first day of the rest of my life,,sober. Some of you all have followed and supported me from Day 1 and know that it was a trying year for me. I stumbled along and fell (relapsed mentally a few times) a few times but I always got back up. I literally owe my life to some of the members here. Im doing OK these days. Some days are harder than others. I ended up stopping my meds for depression and learned a HUGE lesson. One: dont ever do that! Two: I need them. Tomm is going to be a hard day for me. I remember last year so vividly. Buying the chain at Lowes,,looking for the "spot" to hang,,popping over 28 perks. By the grace of God I ended up going to sleep that night and according to my husband "snored something fierce!". I woke up Nov 9 and then my life changed. Im still humble. Grateful. I cant thank everyone here enough! (((hugs)))~Bkitty

[magnoliaooo]

   I just ran across your post and you have touched me so much this past year. I know the deep dark place you talked about. Your posts always have helped me so much because I can identify so much with you!!!!!  Thank you for sharing your story on the forum and I am truly happy for you.  You have inspired me and I just wanted you to know that.  Much Love To You


        Love Mag

[Dane74]

OHHHH BKITTY IM SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!!!  Great job my friend, you are amazing.  You are so right, our addiction is now apart of us, and we just have to accept that and like you said always keep our guards up, you just never know when an intense feeling will come over you, so i too have to be prepared.  

[akitagurl12]

Congratulations!!! :))

[NorthEast213]

Kitty! So awesome!
You helped me so much in my early days and I will never forget that.

Such an inspiration...

Keep it up

Sean

[Bkitty]

~Thank You all so very much!~
I still have a lot of work yet to do. Do work!! Thats my motto!
Also another secret to my success story~Cut off all the access and supply you have to these pills! There were days that if I coulda got them I woulda got them! Then I wouldnt be here. Yes there are moments when you are that weak,,I still have them. I never ever let my guard down,,not even for a min,,I wake and the first thing I think about is my sobriety and addiction and what I need to do to make it thru the day. It finally has become a "part of me" and Im not so tired of it. Somedays I dont want to think about it or "do work" but those are the days that you really need to watch the most. Ive learned. This addiction keeps me humbled.
~Thank You all again!~ You saved my life a year ago!~I hope that I can return that to someone some day!! ((((hugs)))~Bkitty

[mamaof4410]

That is great! I cant wait to make it to a year. Im going to go all out and bake a cake and stuff lol. Best if luck to you on another sober year!!