Congrats to Road2Recovery!!! 1 year clean!!

[bandnmom]

I was all prepared to say congrats to R2R and Avis tomorrow knowing that they share the same clean date. Looked at your tracker after seeing Avis's post and R2R you are 365 days also!! So Congrats to you! A year is so HUGE!!! You are a great friend to me and many and have help plenty long the way!! Keep doing what you are doing cause it working girl!! Congrats again...we love ya!!

[worried878]

yee ha!  r2r is 1 year clean...havent heard much from u as of late girl?  is all well?  congrats and keep moving forward

[LIZZIE LOU]

R2R...YOU ROCK!!!!!  you are another one that i knew would make it :)

oh how i remember how scared you were...lol.  i'm soooo proud of what you have done...not only for yourself...but for your daughter.  

you go girl!!!!!

love ya...

kim

[liscamdave]

Girl...omg...I don't even have words left in me to express how happy I am for you. Between you, Avis and Todd...I am overwhelmed with joy and happiness. I am so proud of you.

I am just thrilled to know that we are all clean and all doing so well, when we all came here together, lost and scared and filled with NO hope. Look at us now....

Wow....Road..you have always been there for me. And I will never, never forget it. I love you to death and I am so proud of you. Keep it up girl....keep it up...

xoxoxo, Lisa

[K Todd]

Hi sweetie,

I hope you got my email the other day.

I cant believe its been a year already! Where did the time go?

You acheived so much, despite all the matters with pain, hospitals etc...you never gave up, and kept flying forward...and now you are living life, 100% free from the bondage that you hated so much!

As you already know, I am so proud and happy for you, and know how much you have been through in this past year!

Even through your own recovery....you are such a sweet, and caring person....and you have never hesitated to help others that are in need...you have a beautiful heart and spirit...

Thank you for all your help, love and support. Not just for me, but for so many others here in this forum...!

May God Bless you always!
Love,
Todd

[gizzy32]

Im sorry I'm a few days late, i have not been around this week. CONGRATS, what can you say about a year clean other then, WOW. I am lucky to have met you and you have helped me so much. Can't wait to say i'm a year clean. Way to go r2r:). ok now i have to find avis's one year post, they are allowed to pop back up for the entire week, on year is huge.

[road2recovery]

bandnmom---Thanks so much for the post!! and prayers on my evacuation from the hurricane, you are a dear friend to me!!!

I hope that this post can give someone starting recovery some hope, my wish is that i can help someone out, just like the ones here have helped me !!
Never give up, get back up and try again and again, until you actually hate the thought of taking another opiate, or other substance....
Good luck to everyone!!!

[bandnmom]

Hey girl,
so happy to see that you are back on and safe!!! Congrats again and i am so happy you are ok!!

[starfish1963]

WhooooHooooo Your rock!  Gives me hope :)

[chef4u]

WOW congrats!!! what a accomplishment im 6 mo and I know how hard it is all I can say is Great job!!!!!!!!

[road2recovery]

Also I wanted to thank everyone for there prayers, and also KIM for trying to find a place for my family to stay during this time....
hugs to all

[road2recovery]

Thank you so so much!!!  WOW one year,It seems like yesterday that i was wanting to get off of these evil opiates...But yet when going through the w/d's, seemed to go very slow...This forum and great friends is the number one thing that got me through...I could not have done this without you!!!
This is an amazing site, with some of the best advice and knowledge i have ever received....If there is any advice i could give a person trying right now would be " TO JUST NOT STOP TRYING".....I promise that you will not even know who that other person was on pills....But go forward and remember that you don't want to be that person, wife, mother, sister etc again!!  
I have another thing i am very gratefull for...For personal reasons i put my state as being Ohio, I actually live in louisiana...So that past 5 or so days i have been running from Gustav.....And was very scared that I may lose everything, as we were getting a direct hit...Although we did get hit pretty bad, those things can be replaced...My family can not..I have taken many vacations since i quit using, and it always feels so good to not have to count , or cancel because i just didn't have enough to get me through ...Although this was not a vacation, I can't imagine having to leave like that, and go through w/d's...... As we were traveling and i was looking around me , not knowing if my family would have to sleep on the side of the road etc, the thought of pills entered my mind.. within seconds the cravings came.The mind is a powerfull thing,..Now , after all this time ( with cravings in between) I knew what i had to do....I immediately found a CD i love, put it real loud ( woke little on up) and started thinking of the good things i had,in my life...my kids, hubby, health, the clean time, etc...Within minutes, they were gone...And thank god did not return..
Thank you to everyone here from my heart...You are the most brave , caring people out there...For the ones just starting this journey, I promise that you will never regret getting your life back..
God bless
and thanks again
r2r

[bandnmom]

So happy fro R2R and Avis. you guys rocks!

[worried878]

nother celebration!  the first week of every month bites!...i will be 7 months onsunday....right behind ya..well months behind ya...dont let me catch up girl!

[corey411]

1 year...Way to go. Congratulations.

[toxictome]

Congrats on 1 year!!!

Keep working it!!

[merrymaria]

365 days  that is awesome!  what ever you are doing... keep doing it :):)  congrats!!!maria

[MJIthewriter]

Congrats. :)

[dominosarah]

WOW  1 year........Congratulations!!!!  What an inspiration you are to the rest of us.  These old hips of mine are really getting a workout today with all the happy dances!!!!  Way to go girl..........sara

[avisg]

Hey girlie  CONGRATS on 365  you know I luv ya you have been there for me so many times  you are a wonderful friend I am so proud of you.

[Mandapanda17]

congrats!!!!! awesome!!!!!! :):):)

[GoingToMakeIt]

r2r you deserve a huge pat on the back. 1 year is so inspiring. Thanks for being so sweet and helpful.

[sadinmichigan]

Wow!! A year!! Whooo Hoooo..you are a great lady..I appreciate you as well as many others here..Congratulations..I hope your having a great day..you deserve it..♥Lisa

[cathy5841]

365 days you go girl.  you were one of the 1st to reach out to me when i came here.  you have been a great friend to me ever since...thanks for that.  a whole year.   wow!!!!!!!  i know you will continue on that path and will help many others along the way..love ya girl.....bw,  i hope you guys are okay from the storm......