Every meeting I go to has a bunch of 50-somethings who are 20 years sober but are still crying about how they ruined their lives by drinking.
I don't want to be like that.
I want to have moved on by the time I'm 50.
Or 30.
Or hell, by next week. Can that happen?
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Find a better meeting. If someone is sober longer than a few days and is whining about wanting to drink, there is something wrong.
I am 58, have been sober since I was 32 - and have a new and wonderful life I could never have had if I had continued to drink. The last thing in the world I want to do is drink.
i found u thru my friend kenny's blog boiknits). i'm sober too. cool.
hmmm. i was a bit taken aback by the comment left by mary! everyone has their own path to (from, and in) sobriety, makes their own mistakes, and may or may not find a higher power and a better life with sobriety. i don't think it's very accurate to put a time limit, or a day of sobriety when one will no longer crave a drink. personally, the desire to drink was lifted from me on day 1. but, i learned that working on all the other aspects of my life and my past would be hard enuf! i also know some people that occasionally had the urge--some fell, some did not. it's a struggle.
although i do agree--if u hate the meeting, find another one. i like a variety of meetings: speaker, 12/12, living sober. mix it up a bit.
(and, i don't mean anything negative toward mary--just wanted to offer another perspective)
best to u!
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