OneHappyDestiny

Today is the end of day 9 with no alcohol. I woke up this morning with a kind of beast mode mentality and got a lot of school work done. I officially graduate college in about a week at 40 years old, and I'm stoked on that. It hasn't been easy. I'm a single dad with 2 young kids and I've struggled my entire life, basically. Alcohol has always been my go to. But now in my life, it has depreciating value and liability. I have a good, stable job, with great benefits for my kids and I. Graduating is great and I am proud of that, but I cannot live a life of drinking like I have. There are a lot of areas where I need to improve.

@draftexaminer Thank you, appreciate that!

@OneHappyDestiny Congratulations, that's awesome! Let me know if you ever need someone to talk to, my DMs are open!

Today is the end of day 9 with no alcohol. I woke up this morning with a kind of beast mode mentality and got a lot of school work done. I officially graduate college in about a week at 40 years old, and I'm stoked on that. It hasn't been easy. I'm a single dad with 2 young kids and I've struggled my entire life, basically. Alcohol has always been my go to. But now in my life, it has depreciating value and liability. I have a good, stable job, with great benefits for my kids and I. Graduating is great and I am proud of that, but I cannot live a life of drinking like I have. There are a lot of areas where I need to improve.

@FireFighterKoz Thank you man 💪

@OneHappyDestiny Congratulations brother !

@StilStandingApp 💪

@OneHappyDestiny Lets gooo. Keep it up. There will be hard days but keep pushing. Keep going.

@BuckZaerr Thank you sir 💪

@OneHappyDestiny Clearly you are tackling this head on and are fighting. Keep your head up and try to focus on those kids and your own long term health. You can do this!!!!

@mellonoma425 I know the feeling. Don't give up on yourself! ❤️

@OneHappyDestiny I relapsed Sunday night and had a really bad episode.

@Cattywhompuss That's awesome I'm happy to hear that!

@OneHappyDestiny Congratulations on a road hard fought! I received my BSEE w/honors in 1997 @ the age of 41, took 6 1/2 yrs. 🎇🎆

@USLeafsfan Thanks bro

@OneHappyDestiny Stay strong brother.

@wahsatchmo Thanks for your comment, I appreciate that

@OneHappyDestiny Congratulations! Your kids will notice a change in you. You'll be subconsciously paying more attention to them and their feelings and it will make a huge difference to them.

@TwobranchNCO 🫡 , I appreciate that

@OneHappyDestiny I'll follow ya to throw you some encouragement when I can.

@RealVeryMary @AngryCitizenxx We do! Thank you!

@OneHappyDestiny @AngryCitizenxx is going through it too. Give each other a follow.

@TwobranchNCO Thanks Sarge 💪

@OneHappyDestiny Self reflection is the hardest act. To face the reality of who you are and make changes is bravery most people can never muster.

@katyrains Appreciate you!

@OneHappyDestiny If I can do it - so can you I promise it gets better not easier but better Sobriety has changed my life and for once I can breathe !

@leah_laux Hell yeah!

@OneHappyDestiny You got this! I just hit day 184! 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽💥💥💥

@1dailyshot Thank you 🫡💪

@OneHappyDestiny You are doing so many difficult things at once: you are literally awesome.

@JohnAndrewMcdo1 Thank you sir 💪

@OneHappyDestiny We are all works in progress with room to improve. But enjoy your accomplishments sir. You deserve to be happy and proud of yourself. One day at a time. One foot in front of the other. Any time you feel weak, just look at those 2 lilttle miracles and take a breath. You got it!!

@LeftyLopez135 I appreciate your comment thank you!

@OneHappyDestiny Good for you. Congratulations on being a college graduate shortly. Big accomplishment. Alcohol seems to work for a time and then it doesn't. In time, it will take your job, your health, your home and, tragically, your children from your life. A destroyer. You are free now.

@DrSarahAxelrath Thank you!

@OneHappyDestiny I’m proud of you. And when your kids are old enough to understand what you did for them, they will be too. Great job, keep going!

@LakeFrontStreet I was 5 months sober when I started school in Jan 23', made it to 1.5 years sober. Then I celebrated after a calculus exam. I slowly started drinking more and more after that. I drank about 3-4x a week and usually at least 6 beers each time, sometimes 12 on the weekends.

@OneHappyDestiny How much were you drinking?

@eagleseyeinc I would say the value of your gesture is measured by how you feel the recipient acknowledges the gesture. It has nothing to do with the gesture. Just your motives and feelings.

@OneHappyDestiny so now the value of a gesture is measured by how much more i can give next?

i tipped a waiter $100 yesterday at one of my favourite spots and she just casually said “thank you sir” like it was nothing… that got me thinking, does she regularly get tips above $100 from men? my brain immediately asked one question: isn’t the average monthly wage around what i just tipped her or even less? yet she took it like it was nothing, like it was the standard and zoomed off. interesting. i remember when i used to tip $2, $5, $10 and the reaction would feel overwhelming, like they’d almost prostrate in gratitude. now it feels different, almost normalized. the gap is becoming more obvious. now imagine if i tipped just $2, she’d probably just give it back to me and say... sorry, give it to ur dog, sir. i think he needs it more... if that’s the baseline now, it says a lot about how fast things are shifting. if a waiter can humble me, how much more an average person? life is evolving so fast and the gap is widening in a way that no longer reflects the average person, not to mention the poor.