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Legal Editor, @BuzzFeedNews. SCOTUS Correspondent. Nat Sec Team, covering Trump & Mueller. Sober. Gay. Buckeye. Law Dork. DMs open. chris.geidner@buzzfeed.com

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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 27 Jun 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      I went elsewhere after the party that night, and I kept drinking. I drank, I suppose, until friends cut me off, the bar did, or it closed.

      1 reply 2 retweets 57 likes
    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 27 Jun 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      In the years since, I've heard so many people talk about their last drink. I don't know what my last drink was. I just have no clue.

      3 replies 2 retweets 77 likes
    3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 27 Jun 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      But, the next morning, when I woke up, I knew it was enough. Too much. ... I'd had another bad night two days earlier, just like that.

      2 replies 1 retweet 88 likes
    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 27 Jun 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      I'd had countless other bad, and many worse, nights before that. For years before that. But, for some reason, that morning was different.

      3 replies 3 retweets 88 likes
    5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 27 Jun 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      I decided to do something. I realized I didn't have the answers. I started asking for help. I made changes. And, I stopped drinking.

      5 replies 4 retweets 173 likes
    6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 27 Jun 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      That morning was June 27, 2010. Every day since, one day at a time, has been a gift.pic.twitter.com/oBCINC3qBF

      51 replies 11 retweets 835 likes
    7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 27 Jun 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      My life is unimaginable to me. I have a family I love and who I love to be around. I have amazing friends in DC — and all over the country.

      8 replies 1 retweet 157 likes
    8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 27 Jun 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      I have a job that is so much more than just a job to me. It is a career, of course, but I also get to do what I love, with support.

      2 replies 1 retweet 108 likes
    9. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 27 Jun 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      I have ridiculously talented co-workers, amazing editors — and I work somewhere that wants me to be honest about who I am on my terms.

      1 reply 1 retweet 94 likes
    10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 27 Jun 2017
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      I still falter every day. I still fuck up, I'm still impatient, & I still forget, at moments, that's it's OK not to know & to ask for help.

      7 replies 3 retweets 142 likes
      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 27 Jun 2017

      But, I've learned so much about myself sober. I know there's another day ahead of me, and that I needn't beat myself up.

      6:59 PM - 27 Jun 2017
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        2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Today, I got to end another term covering the US Supreme Court. I got to wish a colleague and mentor off to retirement. I live my best life.pic.twitter.com/UKWnP4GWnI

          10 replies 3 retweets 358 likes
        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          And, tonight, I watched the sun set.pic.twitter.com/ydqGILV00f

          3 replies 1 retweet 268 likes
        4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          These past 7 years weren't of my doing. I've received help at every turn, long before June 27, 2010, from many, many people. Thanks to them.pic.twitter.com/xQPLTbofe9

          10 replies 9 retweets 166 likes
        5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          If you are unhappy with your drinking or drug use, talk to someone you trust, find someone in recovery, or google around. Help is all over.pic.twitter.com/AE1oEXZyqY

          37 replies 96 retweets 584 likes
        6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          For me, today is a day for thanks and gratitude — but also for living the life that my sobriety has made possible. And I had an amazing day.pic.twitter.com/mRP37GNAIS

          9 replies 8 retweets 232 likes
        7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          It's nighttime now. I am grateful. Another day I'm ending without a drink. That's all I need. The rest is a gift.pic.twitter.com/d6XL2Xbbb5

          29 replies 8 retweets 365 likes
        8. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Thanks for reading, sharing, and responding to this. Y'all are great. 😍 ... Night, all, and let us be good to one another — and ourselves. 😴

          25 replies 5 retweets 233 likes
        9. G.R. Greiner‏ @PhilospherKing1 30 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          I'm 180 days sober today Chris. You're an inspiration to me and you are spot on with your own description of the lightness that comes.

          4 replies 3 retweets 22 likes
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        2. Daniel “secret pie ingredient” Summers‏Verified account @WFKARS 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          I am so happy for you. This is a testament to your character and strength, and I have so much respect for you.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @WFKARS

          Thanks. 😊

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        4. End of conversation
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        2. Alan Bail‏ @alanbail 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          Thank you for sharing! Unfortunately, I remember my last drink, 4/30/97. It was a Coors. I resented that I didn't end w something classier.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Alan Bail‏ @alanbail 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @alanbail @chrisgeidner

          Congratulations on 7 years! Big deal. And, you never who may be reached by your choosing to share publicly. Again, thank you.

          2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
        4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @alanbail

          Thank you, and sorry about the Coors. ;-)

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
        5. End of conversation
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        2. Ignominious Malcontent‏ @GadsdenJazz 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          I stopped drinking one day in January of 2001. I intentionally have lost track of the day so that I do not tie myself to my last bender.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Ignominious Malcontent‏ @GadsdenJazz 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @GadsdenJazz @chrisgeidner

          I was living w/ my busia (grandmother) at the time while in law school. I was a smoker who did not smoke indoors.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        4. Ignominious Malcontent‏ @GadsdenJazz 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @GadsdenJazz @chrisgeidner

          It was early january, so I went to the corner bar to have a cigarette. Bar won't let you just smoke, so I had to order a beverage.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        5. Ignominious Malcontent‏ @GadsdenJazz 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @GadsdenJazz @chrisgeidner

          I decided on gin, b/c I HATE gin and did not want to drink much. I remember the first drink, then waking up on busia's living room floor.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        6. Ignominious Malcontent‏ @GadsdenJazz 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @GadsdenJazz @chrisgeidner

          I lost about 12 hours. Looked like I brought the bar home for a fight- pics all askew, furniture tipped over, cushions strewn all over.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        7. Ignominious Malcontent‏ @GadsdenJazz 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @GadsdenJazz @chrisgeidner

          Busia was standing over me shaking me in her nightdress, wizened boobs hanging out & no dentures, asking "Are you okay? What happened?"

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        8. Ignominious Malcontent‏ @GadsdenJazz 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @GadsdenJazz @chrisgeidner

          I was mortified. No answers. And I saw Busia's boobs. I swore never again did I want to be unable to explain myself- or see Busia's boobs

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        9. Ignominious Malcontent‏ @GadsdenJazz 27 Jun 2017
          Replying to @GadsdenJazz @chrisgeidner

          So, I made changes. Changed my social crowd. Changed my habits. Changed my attitude. Never looked back, one day at a time.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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