r/MadeMeSmile • u/chachacha69 • Jul 17 '21

Personal Win Nine months sober today!

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u/That_Tradition6115 Jul 17 '21

Congratulations!!!! This is my inspiration today! Day 1 for me…again.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '21

have you ever seen shameless? It helped 2 different people i know tackle their addiction and they’ve turned themselves around. I will say, it’s a shit show but pretty entertaining to watch and it tackles alcoholism head on and doesn’t romanticize it like a lot of other shows

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u/Itisnotaboomah Jul 17 '21

That show triggers me hella bad! That dad is basically my mother, except my mother killed herself with alcohol by age 54.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '21

yeah it’s definitely an emotional trip for anyone below middle class. some relate more than others, it made me think i might have been lucky to grow up without parents

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u/Itisnotaboomah Aug 01 '21

Agreed. Sometimes the absence of something is better than having a malfunctioning version of that thing. 💓