30 days

[megandb]

Early this week I hit my 30 day mark truly sober, I went to my home AA group on wed and got my 30 day chip My first meeting someone got their 30 day chip and one other person who had been sober for 90 days said "thats a tough 30 days" I didnt really take that seriously as I already had been dry for over 30 days. I found out how right he was. My first 30 days truly sober was tough, every time an ad came on tv for some adult beverage I wanted one, every resturant I went to had booze I wanted, my friends would drink some when i was with them and i wanted to join them, but I made it I did 30 days and am still going. I did find one thing that is tougher than that first 30 days of true sobriety, I went vegan over 2 months ago and the first 2 weeks of that was VERY tough lol you dont realize how many ads are on tv for fast food until you cant have it anymore lol.

No bacon no booze makes Megan a happy healthy girl

Megan Jessica

[MaryEllen]

Congratulations, Megan. Stay the course, hon. You'll find out how good life can be.

MaryEllen

[VickySGV]

It gets a little easier here for a bit, but there are bumps in the road ahead to be on the lookout for. 30 days, and thus the "Chip" is one of the reasons AA recognizes it with ceremony and with congratulations for real work having been done. By now the actual chemicals have gone bye bye, and that is a load off in itself. Now comes getting rid of the "habits" that put us in places where drinking was attractive or even available. You can do it as long as you have help and encouragement, and maybe some brainstorming on things to do to avoid the "habit places". It is wonderful for those of us on the path for a bit that others have seen something we have that is good and wonderful and that they want. Having someone willing to reach for what we have makes it even more desireable and wonderfilled for us. You give us hope too.

[Guest]

Way to go Megan!

I knew you'd make your 30 days.

Congratulations.

Huggs,

Joann

[Guest Carla_Davis]

Early this week I hit my 30 day mark truly sober, I went to my home AA group on wed and got my 30 day chip My first meeting someone got their 30 day chip and one other person who had been sober for 90 days said "thats a tough 30 days" I didnt really take that seriously as I already had been dry for over 30 days. I found out how right he was. My first 30 days truly sober was tough, every time an ad came on tv for some adult beverage I wanted one, every resturant I went to had booze I wanted, my friends would drink some when i was with them and i wanted to join them, but I made it I did 30 days and am still going. I did find one thing that is tougher than that first 30 days of true sobriety, I went vegan over 2 months ago and the first 2 weeks of that was VERY tough lol you dont realize how many ads are on tv for fast food until you cant have it anymore lol.

No bacon no booze makes Megan a happy healthy girl

Megan Jessica

Hi Megan,

Congratulations on your 30 day accomplishment. Keep up the GOOD work.

Be STRONG and Don't be temped.

ENJOY your HEALTHY Vegan Diet.

Hugs,

Carla

[Charlize]

Megan you are so right about the difficulty of the first days. 30 days is awesome! Well done. As Vicki said it does get easier but only with time and continued effort. Habits and the call of the bottle are hard to resist and it is always in front of us. Beware of the people, places and things that can make you pick up again. Getting a sponsor and having a home group, doing service work etc. keeps us sober. When you get to NJ i'll get you to speak at my home group when your 90 days comes up. Again congratulations and more to come. One day at a time.

I am a vegetarian on a very low fat diet. For me french fries are out and that is hard but i found we can bake french fries with only a hint of canola oil that are delicious. My palate has changed and i'm healthier than i was by far.

Hugs,

Charlie

[Guest Kaylee234]

Congrats on going vegan! I've been vegan going on 2 years, though I don't recall having any difficulty with that particular transition.

Now if only I could do that with alcohol...

~ Kay