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TW: Mental Health, Addiction and Suicidal Ideation. "What's my drug of choice?  Well, what have you got? I don't go broke, and I do it a lot. I do it a lot!" - Junkhead by Alice In Chains Hi, my name is Uncle Tim, and I am an addict. Greetings and salutations Fam-bam (thank you Ma'am!). Shit, hows the above for a blog intro? Am I right? Your Uncle Tim celebrated a milestone 2 days ago, that being 1000 days sober. It was a relatively quiet affair, just like when I hit 2 years last September as I guess I'm still a little skittish when it comes to the energy I put towards it. I told a very small group of people, accepted their praise, best wishes, kind words and support etc and that's it. I set it aside, maybe compartmentalised it a little (I dunno!), and just moved forward with my day and my life. I haven't celebrated it, in all honesty, I don't know how to. I'm also trying to allow myself to be proud of myself but that too is something that does...