"...In the end, people either have excuses or experiences; reasons or results; buts or
brilliance. They either have what they wanted or they have a detailed list of all the rational reasons why not."

~ Anonymous
(taken from Matt Erbele's, It Takes Time to Get Good)

Monday, March 31, 2008

Today is my birthday


It is not a celebration of the day I was born, it is a celebration of the day I woke up....

Literally.

I have 17 years clean and sober today.


Go me.

13 comments:

Southbaygirl said...

YEAH! And Congrats to you! That is an amazing awesome accomplishment!!! 17 years is unbelievable!!!

Anonymous said...

Wow Stacey! Great job! Do you mind me asking clean from what? I have some people close to me with some issues. I was just wondering. ;-) Love ya girl!
~Brandi

Andrea N said...

Congratulations!! What a wonderful accomplishment!! One day at a time.

Anonymous said...

Go you indeed! I'm so proud of you!
-Angela

Calyx Meredith said...

Go RBR!! A fantastic thing to get to celebrate!

Anonymous said...

Congratultations and continued success in ALL of your endeavors!!!

E said...

Congrats! That's an awesome accomplishment!

Tracy said...

Wow. You are truly an inspiration to so many people. I am SUPER PROUD of you. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

~ Tracy

Willie said...

The more I learn about you the more impressed I am. WAY TO GO! You have overcome so much, you have a right to celebrate (not too hard) and be proud!

Anonymous said...

I thought you had that recovery humor going! That certainly quality people get when they have hit the bottom and found a way out. Something tough as nails and yet tender and real all at once. Big congratulations on your 17th birthday! No small feat eh?

~ Tara

PS - Eat cake and don't count calories ;)

Jane said...

Wow - that is huge, an awesome feat. Yay for you!! Yay on that bike ride too.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations...and thank you! :-)

Thank you for waking up and joining us. Thank you for inspiring and challenging all of those little turkeys in your classes on a daily basis, some of whom will go on to change our world in ways we could never have imagined. And... thank you for being an inspiration to me - helping me clear away some of the fog in order to "see" that I CAN change and make a life for myself that is completely different than the one I've ever known.

Maryland Girl aka Michelle said...

Congratulations!