baggypermission to be earnest? I've been sober for a bit over five years. That's a good thing. Do I miss it? Fuck-yeah. Will I fall off the wagon at some point? Maybe. But I hope not. Recently I was with some people (who didn't know me when I did drink). Why I wasn't drinking came up in conversation (tedious, but fine) & my "right" to call myself sober was challenged on the basis that I was drinking an alcohol-free beer & that I don't go to meetings. Are they right? Anyway, it pissed me off.
canning jars@baggy if you’re not doing the thing you don’t want to do you’ve succeeded. Who the fuck is anybody to tell you otherwise? Recovery is an endeavor, a journey, a state of being, call it what you will but it’s certainly not a certification that anybody has any business gatekeeping.
@baggy I’m glad. Recovery gatekeeping upsets me.