tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post5181062313548735218..comments2024-01-16T05:48:40.398-07:00Comments on Being Sober: Birthday MusingsMary Christinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08156474205414127488noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-42478179834484948702011-12-10T18:26:41.386-07:002011-12-10T18:26:41.386-07:00Us folks who really want to stay sober need to hea...Us folks who really want to stay sober need to hear how long you've been sober.<br /><br />While you piss off the few, I think the rest of us rejoice in your long-term sobriety and you give us hope that maybe we ourselves can do the same. Don't stop saying how long you've been sober. I for one love it.Willahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10366667290460968223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-31990996013885876532011-07-20T13:21:21.183-06:002011-07-20T13:21:21.183-06:00I don't know why people do and say the things ...I don't know why people do and say the things that they do and say....but 27 years is an amazing miracle! Hey thats how long I have been married...thats a miracle too! lol I love that you are filled with humility and you give God the credit. That is a beautiful thing MC.Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18326425173333184401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-31673697841877400592011-07-20T08:55:32.154-06:002011-07-20T08:55:32.154-06:00YAY GOD!!! YAY Mary Christine!
I have never recei...YAY GOD!!! YAY Mary Christine!<br /><br />I have never received anything from your blog or your participation in all of these blogs other than encouragement and the experience of someone who has caught the enthusiastic "sunlight of the spirit" even in the harder trudging I feel that spirit in what you share.<br /><br />I thank God for you, dAAve, Pammie, Steve ... so many who continue to stay sober and live life daily and share this blogging fellowship...(even those like Anna and others who aren't blogging anymore but whose spirit lives on) as though God has just asked each morning to make a performance meriting a lasting impression. You have touched lives in ways that are only known to God fully! Mine is one. We alcoholics have an always/never mentality when we're living in disease. Luckily that works to our advantage when were living in the solution. God is always more powerful and my perspective is never perfectly right. :oP I'm grateful for you and all you've brought here!Jess Mistress of Mischiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14766848582303523764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-74823579455659793342011-07-19T16:49:02.302-06:002011-07-19T16:49:02.302-06:00I keep toying with the idea of starting an "o...I keep toying with the idea of starting an "oldtimers" meeting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-88671801091156038732011-07-19T15:50:55.891-06:002011-07-19T15:50:55.891-06:00Total hogwash these individuals dish out. And to ...Total hogwash these individuals dish out. And to be fair, its merely their opinion and typically a product of group-think within the local AA community. <br /><br />I am a big believer in celebrating the snot out of a birthday because we deserve the right to have joy in celebration in our lives. Our soberversaries are the day that we were reborn. So you just keep on celebrating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-91118315186096268592011-07-19T09:27:15.581-06:002011-07-19T09:27:15.581-06:00Congrats on 27 years!!! When people say how long t...Congrats on 27 years!!! When people say how long they've been sober, it gives me inspiration to keep going. I clap loud for all the birthday celebrators.<br /><br />I once had the privilege of being at a birthday celebration of a man who had 50 years sober!!! 50!!!! I was about 6 months sober at the time, and I thought "I'll never live that long!" But to be alive and sober and make it to 50 years sober? A MAJOR miracle. And that guy was happy. I want to die happy and sober.KarenR1213https://www.blogger.com/profile/12078497183524648222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-34833739108831445322011-07-19T08:58:43.623-06:002011-07-19T08:58:43.623-06:00Unfortunately I am one that just about a week ago ...Unfortunately I am one that just about a week ago asked you the same thing. No way did I want you to think I did not absolutely adore what you say and who you are. You have never seemed unkind at all. Medallions are awesome even to those of us that had to do some more research. I value today and know that it is God's mercy and grace that got us here and keeps us here. MC- thank you for keeping on, no matter what. Where would "we" be if you old timers just gave up on "us"? Uh uh, Not me. <br /><br />JJMs Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12461670523806721814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-73789973598474105122011-07-19T08:11:42.413-06:002011-07-19T08:11:42.413-06:00Hey Mary Christine, thanks for your blog. I will h...Hey Mary Christine, thanks for your blog. I will have to push myself to sound real in meetings, because I can run the trip on myself that I can't be honest about situations( angry, upset, confused) or people will judge my sobriety. Sometimes I don't like to mention the amount of time that I have, because it seems so unreal to the newcomer, who can identify much more easily with 1 or 2 years sober, rather than my 24 years. And, most importantly, the longer I am sober, the more I understand one day at a time. Finally it is just so much simpler to keep it in today. I am lucky in that my home group includes a number or old timers and well as a bunch of newcomers, and we all feel pretty valued. Seeing the kind of trouble that I can get in in sobriety, often with years of program time under my belt keeps me pretty humble and keeps me coming back, to meetings and the steps. I read your blog every morning; I look forward to it. Your sober sister, susanmsusanmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-17535087143062825552011-07-19T08:05:36.810-06:002011-07-19T08:05:36.810-06:00Congrats! I admire your journey greatly.Congrats! I admire your journey greatly.JeremyRThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12446170907056063121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-19408587270682854752011-07-19T07:59:04.757-06:002011-07-19T07:59:04.757-06:00It might be the instantaneous gratification behavi...It might be the instantaneous gratification behavior of wanting what you have--right now. It is probably all about ego for those who bash your time or you. I can't change another's opinion of me. I don't try. They will say and think what they will. You are doing the real deal every day. That is a good thing.Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642843245634635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-7631018291838131792011-07-19T07:38:46.748-06:002011-07-19T07:38:46.748-06:00I'll bet that it's chronic relapsers who h...I'll bet that it's <i>chronic</i> relapsers who have a problem with someone's long-time sobriety.<br /><br />I think consecutive time sober is important for me so I won't have to go through detox over and over again. It's only with the clarity of thought that comes with long-term sobriety that I can enjoy all the fruits of recovery.dAAvehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10378341182741173178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16472085.post-90904038543969199072011-07-19T07:20:28.077-06:002011-07-19T07:20:28.077-06:00Twenty-seven years of continuous sobriety is a bre...Twenty-seven years of continuous sobriety is a breathtaking miracle. Love to you Mary Christine.Mary LAhttp://louisey.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com