When I first got sober, I decided to take myself out of the game because I didn't trust myself. That was almost three years ago, I've been freelance since. Today is my first day back at an agency.

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I’d guess that you are a very different person than the person that left agency life three years ago?

For myself, I am very careful about over identifying with the volatile person I was 2 years ago. Being sober, therapy, dedicated spiritual practice, meditation, etc has changed my relationship to everything in my life profoundly. I don’t let myself forget or ignore the person I was back then. But there has been a lot of skillful growth and change since then. I think it’s important for us to acknowledge the big strides we’ve made and forgive ourselves for less skillful things in the past.

Good luck! You got this indeed!

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You got this! One day at a time. Your be surprised how many ppl don't give a crap about you drinking or not. Been FT since before sobriety, this is the first agency where no one knows I don't drink, and honestly it's a non-issue, even at Thursday happy hour.

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