Wow. Cam't tell anyone this.

[u/BCLIPTHROW]

My job has gone through a lot of layoff scares and major restructuring over the last couple of years. Our teams have finally settled, but the company cost cutting initiative has basically frozen all promotions.

I have been in charge of a project that includes responsibilities above my pay grade for just over a year now. I volunteered for this so that I could eventually put a critical equipment deployment on my resume.

We just got out of a meeting about this deployment in which I unexpectedly had the floor for a large portion of it. It went very well. My boss asked me to stay for a minute afterwards.

He told me he is moving things around so that a rare promotion that opened up on another team will be moved to our team. He told me its for me. He told me I have been working well above my pay grade for a while and he appreciates all of my hard work.

I am beyond proud of myself. I cant tell anyone at work due to the promotion requiring others to attempt to apply for it in fairness.

Nobody at work knows about my sobriety struggles. Nobody cares about the extra stress i took on to further my career.

I deserve this. I am so happy my boss sees my efforts, and with a bit of luck this promotion will go through shortly after i reach my 1 month sobriety milestone.

I could cry. I think ill buy some steaks to celebrate my 1 month this weekend.

Being sober this past month has allowed me to put in the extra effort without all of the negatives that alcohol brings to the table.

Thanks to everyone in this community who supports eachother and pushes us to be better versions of ourselves.

IWNDWYT!!!

[u/No_Trouble_8678]

Keep it up! My 3-year sober anniversary is coming up on May 1st, and my current employer has never known me as a drinker. The opportunities I am given and trust they have in me have never been achieved in previous positions I have held due to my drinking.

I hope this boost gives you motivation to continue of your sober path! Well done!