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30 years O.D.A.T.
Vanity | July 9, 2011 | Graybeard58

Posted on 07/09/2011 2:47:22 PM PDT by Graybeard58

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To: Graybeard58; RobFromGa

Always good for us newbies to hear from the old timers; especially those who actually enjoy sobriety.

4 years 8 months and 12 hours sober here (but, who’s counting?)

btw, the recovery family here on this board helped steel my resolve to take the needed steps. Let’s all work together to make sure the hand of FR is there for the next suffering one. (Read my tagline)


41 posted on 07/11/2011 5:50:26 AM PDT by don-o (Abolish FReepathons. Be a monthly donor.)
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To: Graybeard58

Congrats.


42 posted on 07/11/2011 5:52:01 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: melissa_in_ga
By the grace of God, maybe tomorrow I will.....

Fall down - Get back up. Never give up.

43 posted on 07/11/2011 5:54:48 AM PDT by don-o (Abolish FReepathons. Be a monthly donor.)
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To: Graybeard58
Happy Birthday!

XXVI last Christmas.

44 posted on 07/11/2011 7:31:45 AM PDT by meadsjn (Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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To: Graybeard58

Glad to see so many “FRiends of Bill W” here as FReepers.

God willing, October i’ll celebrate 32 years!!


45 posted on 07/11/2011 8:34:48 AM PDT by gwilhelm56 (islam ... Cult of the DAMNED!!!)
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To: gwilhelm56; Graybeard58; RobFromGa
Glad to see so many “FRiends of Bill W” here as FReepers.

and "FRiends of Lois W." here as FReepers, as well.

O.D.A.T. since December 21, 1986.

46 posted on 07/11/2011 8:45:54 AM PDT by ShorelineMike (Constituo, ergo sum.)
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To: Graybeard58

Aug. 4, 1987


47 posted on 07/11/2011 8:50:18 AM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment (Is this field required?)
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To: Graybeard58

PRAISE GOD. CONGRATS.


48 posted on 07/11/2011 8:57:06 AM PDT by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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Glad to see so many “FRiends of Bill W” here as FReepers.

We're all over the place!

49 posted on 07/11/2011 9:05:16 AM PDT by Graybeard58
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It’s amazing, isn’t it? I was 29 on June 29th.

There are dark days in sobriety- going through some right now- but there’s a huge difference between them and the dark days when I was drinking. I’ve learned that I never have to walk through these days alone, without direction, haphazardly bumping along. I know what to do when trouble comes; God and the steps never fail me as long as I don’t turn my back on them.

Congratulations and Happy Birthday, GB, you’re now an official oldtimer! Thanks for posting :)


50 posted on 07/11/2011 9:35:35 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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It’s amazing, isn’t it? I was 29 on June 29th.

Your A.A. B/day? I turned 66 years old on June 29th. I have a g/son who is 26. What does that make me? Ans...... very old.......but sober, by the grace of God. Hang in there!

51 posted on 07/11/2011 11:30:42 AM PDT by Graybeard58
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To: Graybeard58

Yes- my AA Bday on June 29th was 29 years without a drink- I forget sometimes.

My first meeting an old timer said the days will turn into weeks, the weeks into months and the months into years...and you’ll be sober just for today. Always remembered that because I didn’t see how I’d go a day let alone a week ;)


52 posted on 07/11/2011 11:45:40 AM PDT by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Graybeard58

Congrats, Greybeard58.

“You be grateful, we’ll be proud”.

R4F
6/14/88


53 posted on 07/11/2011 3:55:34 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy (I fight gangs for local charities and stuff.)
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To: Graybeard58

30 years for me 2 weeks ago.

A member of the class of ‘81


54 posted on 07/11/2011 3:57:47 PM PDT by Mears
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To: Graybeard58

Congratulations! What a wonderful birthday - you rock!


55 posted on 07/11/2011 4:51:28 PM PDT by peggybac
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To: melissa_in_ga

“I can’t seem to make it one day. By the grace of God, maybe tomorrow I will.....”

I was the same way as I’m sure most of us were. When I finally hit my bottom, I sought help and was able to put the days together. By the grace of God, I turned 20 last February.


56 posted on 07/11/2011 5:01:44 PM PDT by peggybac
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Just 17 years. 5 months. 7 days. (dos 2/4/94)

God saved my life, using AA people. I let him, them.

I feel like a newcomer on this thread.


57 posted on 07/11/2011 6:24:50 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: Graybeard58
"Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path."

Congratulations, Graybeard, on thirty years of living life one day at a time.

58 posted on 07/12/2011 6:50:16 PM PDT by BAW (I'm right.)
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