Not really supposed to do this but I have never felt better or been more proud of myself than I am today, Hello everyone my name is .... and I am a alcoholic, 15 years ago my daughter came to me and said "Dad I am having a baby and I want you at my side", of course I said yes and was feeling like a king, on my way home that night I say to myself, ya know .... she's gonna call and I'm not gonna be there, I'll be out drunk somewhere, on another bender, in jail, whatever, but you're not gonna be there, I have not had a drink of any kind of alcoholic beveridges since that night. I went home called the rehab centre, I forget the name, up near Victoria Park and Denison, something like that, DONWOODS!!! I think, was told there was a 3 month waiting list, NO GOOD!!!! back then though was when the big rehab revolution was going on, OHIP was paying to go to these places down in the states, called the add, "yes there were adds for these places in the paper", was told where to be in Buffalo and they would pick me up and take me to their rehab centre, called my father and told him what I going to do, also asked him to take me across the border and drop me off, took a bus to the Buffalo greyhound station and I guy picked up two of us, believe it or not the other person had also come from Toronto and we had met on the bus, We were drivin to a big old house outside of Buffalo, about 16 of us and 3 or 4 staff lived there, No alcohol, no shirts of anykind of alcohol promotion, no T.V, no radio, attended 7 meeting a day, 7 days a week for 32 days, it was a pure and simple brainwashing, A.A all the way, but for me it worked, and you want to know the most important thing of all, I WAS THERE AND SAW MY GRANDSON BORN,, today I have never been prouder of myself .
15 years sober!!!!!
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Way to go Grandpa. 15 years! 5475 days you realize officially makes you an old-timer now, eh. Way to go!
Thanks for sharing. It’s good to hear a story of someone who went south and came back and made good on it. You made it stick. You made it period. A great many others did not. I remember back in ‘90 – ’91 when OHIP was paying for addicts/alkies to go down south for treatment. The stats after a couple of years showed that the success rate was lower then what they deemed acceptable so they stopped paying for it. I went myself down to Florida for 6 weeks. Came back and stayed sober till ’96. Been in and out of the rooms since, mostly in. Anyway… point being I know exactly where you been and what it takes etc. So major congrats to you.
BTW… I don’t see anything wrong with sharing on a public board your accomplishment. No one’s anonymity has been broken. Heck if I were 15 years sober I would be screaming it out at the world. There are others here in recovery that I’m sure are enjoying your message and taking some of the strength that’s in that message for themselves. Cause as you know the best way we help our fellows is by power of example. And there are still others here who may be sitting on the fence and considering making that move to get themselves in recovery. This sharing may just give them that little push they need to make that move.
I’ll be at the party tonight have a sober and crazy time. Please feel free to join us. Cranberry juice on me.
Way to go Grandpa. 15 years! 5475 days you realize officially makes you an old-timer now, eh. Way to go!
Thanks for sharing. It’s good to hear a story of someone who went south and came back and made good on it. You made it stick. You made it period. A great many others did not. I remember back in ‘90 – ’91 when OHIP was paying for addicts/alkies to go down south for treatment. The stats after a couple of years showed that the success rate was lower then what they deemed acceptable so they stopped paying for it. I went myself down to Florida for 6 weeks. Came back and stayed sober till ’96. Been in and out of the rooms since, mostly in. Anyway… point being I know exactly where you been and what it takes etc. So major congrats to you.
BTW… I don’t see anything wrong with sharing on a public board your accomplishment. No one’s anonymity has been broken. Heck if I were 15 years sober I would be screaming it out at the world. There are others here in recovery that I’m sure are enjoying your message and taking some of the strength that’s in that message for themselves. Cause as you know the best way we help our fellows is by power of example. And there are still others here who may be sitting on the fence and considering making that move to get themselves in recovery. This sharing may just give them that little push they need to make that move.
I’ll be at the party tonight have a sober and crazy time. Please feel free to join us. Cranberry juice on me.
Congratulations!
Seeing my father go through the battles myself for my entire childhood I know how hard it is to kick the habit. My father has been sober now for 9 yrs (the longest I ever saw previously was about 1 yr) and he says he has never even had the urge to have a drink since.
You should be proud of yourself, it is a very real accomplishment.
Seeing my father go through the battles myself for my entire childhood I know how hard it is to kick the habit. My father has been sober now for 9 yrs (the longest I ever saw previously was about 1 yr) and he says he has never even had the urge to have a drink since.
You should be proud of yourself, it is a very real accomplishment.
You have every right to be proud what you did was kept your family together and proved all your love to your daughter I am sure she is the proudest of you right now. 
Congratulations on a job well done and on your Grandson.
Congratulations on a job well done and on your Grandson.
