Today our very own Xcalibure has 30 HUGE days!! He is one of the strongest, bravest, bestest people I know !! He is a HUGE means of support to MANY people on here even when his days are bad he ALWAYS offers an uplifting word to ANYONE in need. He is also the most BESTEST, KINDEST, FRIENDLIEST, LOYAL(EST?) person, friend, and father I know...He is smart and his laughter even through the text he writes is the most contagious ever!!
Though Rosyouralright cant be here... PLEASE join HER and I in CONGRATULATING Michael, AKA Xcalibure in celebrating 30HUGE AMAZING GREAT BEAUTIFUL DAYS :) AND MAYE THERE BE MANY MANY MORE TO COME!!
"I know people who feel like they've wasted years of their lives because of poor choices. they spent years in a relationship that was toxic, years with an addiction, years at a job where they weren't fulfilled. BUT you have to realize, nothing you have been through is ever wasted. Your past experiences, good and bad have deposited something on the inside of you. Those challenges have sharpened you to who you are today." S. Wimberly
M,
You are amazing! I am so proud of you! You KNOW how much you mean to me! You ARE and ALWAYS will be my R.O.D! You are rockin your clean time and you are one of the very few people who continually impress me! We met for a reason, had our season, and will be friends for a lifetime! As you are my ROD I am also yours! Their are NO words to describe how truly wonderful you are! You take sobriety seriously and work on yourself daily! YOU ARE MY HERO!!
go raibh maith agat as a bheith agat! grá i gcónaí agus go deo!
PS If you ever doubt yourself remember what would Tim McGraw do?
B.
Michael,
I need you to know when we first met, I felt blessed to know you, as we became closer I realized that i had a REAL friend...Who loved me no matter what. Then shortly after I realized I had a best friend...and knowing that made me happy :) Our late night talks and laughs got me through some of the darkest times ever. You will never know what that means, From then on you became one of my 2 2AM friends...
The other night when I couldn't sleep and the pain was unbearable, i was climbing the walls, I realized then I had a 4AM friend...I didnt know those existed till you and B helped me MORE than you both know!!! BUT after today I know you are a CLOSE STRONG REAL BEST 2 and 4AM FRIEND that NO matter what wont judge or disappear on me...who is patient and kind...
Michael I am soo proud of you for being 30days STRONG, 30 days FREE, 30 days SOBER!!! This is a HUGE monumental day!! And I am glad I can celebrate it with you :) "Strength doesn't come from what you can do. it comes from OVERCOMING the things you couldn't do."
“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams,
I TRULY believe that and i also believe we “Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
― John Lennon Michael you are one of the ONLY 3 people that can make me laugh so hard i cry...and Laugh so hard water comes out my nose :)
Michael I am not the best writer so sometime I have to find quotes to express how I feel
Michael just know "If you're alone, I'll be your shadow. If you want to cry, I'll be your shoulder. If you want a hug, I'll be your pillow. If you need to be happy, I'll be your smile. But anytime you need a friend, I'll just be me". ~Author Unknown
and also I have learned-
Things are never quite as scary when you have a best friend. ~Bill Watterson
As a friend you have taught me
A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they're not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they're not so bad. ~Arnold H. Glasgow
This one I believe is sooo true
Yesterday brought the beginning, tomorrow brings the end, and somewhere in the middle we became the best of friends. ~Author Unknown
When i forget you remind me how special I am thanks for that-
"A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails". ~Donna Roberts
and I believe
"Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things." ~Author Unknown
Those little things make our friendship HUGE!!
"Soul-mates are people who bring out the best in you. They are not perfect but are always perfect for you." ~Author Unknown
I believe we met for a reason, Michael :)
Please know no matter how bad or good, ugly or beautiful life gets I am ALWAYS here for you...FOREVER!!
I love you like the BESTEST friend you are!!!
CONGRATS again on your 30!!!
LOVE ALWAYS,
Heather
Ps
Michael?
...Just wanted to be sure of you...
Michael they say we cant make old friends, but there is something about you and B, i feel like in this short time we have become OLD friends...
the song You Cant Make Old Friends is so new the lyrics aren't out so you will have to listen... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjUji3tJ2p0
So i will post these lyrics
"My Best Friend" by Weezer
When everything is wrong I'll come talk to you
You make things alright when I'm feeling blue
You are such a blessing and I wont be messing
with the one thing that brings light to all my darkness
You're my best friend
and I love you, and I love you
Yes I do
There is no other one who can take your place
I feel happy inside when I see your face
I hope you believe me
'Cause I speak sincerely
and I mean it when I tell you that I need you
You're my best friend
and I love you, and I love you
Yes I do
I'm here right beside you
I will never leave you
and I feel the pain you feel when you start crying
You're my best friend
and I love you, and I love you
Yes I do
You're my best friend
and I love you, and I love you
Yes I do
Yes I do...
Yes I do
31 days ago I was a junkie who only looked forward to time passing on a clock until my next fix. No vision of tomorrow, no real life, no semblance of an existence. To see myself here and now is something of a miracle. To say 30 days sober associated with me lets me know that there is a higher power responsible.
A lot has changed in these 30 days. I feel good, truly good, not that fake feeling of well being from the pills. I feel like I've woken up from a long dream state. I feel like me, not some shell of a person pretending to be me.
I have so many here to thank for it all, who listened, reached out, lifted me up when I wanted to give up and lye down. People who offered encouragement and praise who made me want to keep going. H and B you already know what it is and what you each mean to me.
For EvolverU, VIC, Digger, dominosarah, spider, ricat, starshine, bubbleguppie, toothfairie, ariley, CKN30, happydays2come, wantareallife, and so many more I'm sure I'm forgetting, thank you, sincerely, I'm blessed to have found a place with such amazing people.