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Addiction & Recovery

Iggo

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16. I was (and still am) a hard-nosed atheist when I hit the rooms.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #12)

Sat Apr 8, 2023, 04:23 PM

Apr 2023

The key for me was that there was nothing wrong with hanging out with 40 or 50 sober people every day instead of staying home and crying about their emphasis on god this and god that. Take what you can use and leave the rest. I was there to save my life and so were they and that became good enough for me.

That was my way, anyway.

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My son who is 29 just celebrated his 10 years of sobriety this week. [View all] flying_wahini Apr 2023 OP

Congrats to your son, my dear flying_wahini! CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2023 #1

Give him our heartfelt congratulations!!! Karadeniz Apr 2023 #2

👏👏👏👏👏 irisblue Apr 2023 #3

I have not heard of recovery at such an age before Tetrachloride Apr 2023 #4

I was in rehab with a kid who was still high school age bif Apr 2023 #5

A friend of mine got sober around 22-27 Tetrachloride Apr 2023 #7

A relative of mine who's 35 has been sober since he was 20. pnwmom Apr 2023 #12

I was (and still am) a hard-nosed atheist when I hit the rooms. Iggo Apr 2023 #16

We also know people who benefited from the AA approach, so we had been worried pnwmom Apr 2023 #17

That's great! Whatever works is the right way. Iggo Apr 2023 #19

Congratulations to him and you. I am rooting for him for the next ten. LoisB Apr 2023 #6

Please always continue-to-care as that-urge lingers-long (n/t) Ahna KneeMoose Apr 2023 #8

Congratulations to your son wendyb-NC Apr 2023 #9

flying_wahini........ Upthevibe Apr 2023 #10

Congratulations to your son and you too. K and R Stuart G Apr 2023 #11

Beautiful. cilla4progress Apr 2023 #13

Thank you for a message of hope... Thunderbeast Apr 2023 #14

I have to say that HE WANTED to be free of it all. That was most of the battle right there. flying_wahini Apr 2023 #21

Damn! Wish I had that figured out at 19...lol. Iggo Apr 2023 #15

Congratulations LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2023 #18

Kudos to your son! That is extraordinarily impressive! Rhiannon12866 Apr 2023 #20