CONGRATULATIONS on your 5 years sober!!!  you are a miracle and i am so very happy for you! it takes "time" but as you stated the "work" involved in getting and staying sober far outweighs that other life we led.
way to go!!! ..and more hugs to you!
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Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle.
The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours..~Ayn Rand
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