Wisdom of The Rooms...
WISDOM OF THE ROOMS
July 1, 2019
Quote of the Week
"I could drink, or I could do everything else."
By the end of my drinking, my world had become very small. I lost my job, again, but this time I didn’t get a new one. Most of my friends and family didn’t want to hang out with me much because I was usually drunk, or well on my way there. I had long ago abandoned my hobbies like photography and reading; they tended to get in the way of my drinking. In the end, I was alone on my couch with my booze.
I’ll never forget my first meeting—on a Tuesday night in Westwood, California. It was a large, hip speaker meeting at a church. There were probably a couple of hundred people there, and it was like I had arrived at a concert. People were talking, laughing, racing in and out of the room at the break. Wow! For a brief instant, I felt part of the human race again. Later, after I had joined the program, I learned that the path back to life was through the Twelve Steps, and I committed to taking them.
As I got sober, my life did open up. There were lots of meetings, sober parties, fellowship, and more. I got a job again, learned how to be of service, and started sponsoring others. In sobriety, I’ve traveled the world, gotten married, started businesses, written and published books. And each morning I greet the new day with joy and optimism. These days whenever I think of a drink, I think of everything else I would have to give up. Nothing, especially a drink, is worth all I’ve been blessed with in recovery...
I Could Sign This As If I Wrote It, The Longer I'm Here The More I Understand We (Most Anyway) Are a Like... Don D.
There’s never been a problem so bad in your life, that alcohol couldn’t make worse. I won that battle in 1993.
Highlander66 wrote:
There’s never been a problem so bad in your life, that alcohol couldn’t make worse. I won that battle in 1993.
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Good For You, Stay Sober, Me It Was 1978... Don D.
Highlander66 wrote:
There’s never been a problem so bad in your life, that alcohol couldn’t make worse. I won that battle in 1993.
I won mine with Gods help in 1992 when I found out at 38 that I was pregnant with the love of my life! Been sober for 26 years in September! My baby was born in 1993! Praise God!
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