MnSpring wrote on 06/30/17 at 18:02:14:raydawg wrote on 06/30/17 at 12:35:29:
" ...It is also my sobriety birthday, ..."
I have several friends, that are 10, 20, and one is 30 years.
Keep Going !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 15 for me and loving the freedom....
I think back to how captive I was to booze.
Why did I choose to believe it was an answer, or escape....
Why did I believe it enhanced my life, instead of detracting from it and making me a slave to its power?
Why did I believe its lie?
Why did I forfeit my will, to its reign over me, refusing to see the truth in what it did to me and countless others?
But you know what, I don't need an answer
I accept the truth for what it is, as a grateful alcoholic, for every sip that burned my throat, well, not every one
, was part of my journey to who I am today.
Did I make mistakes, hell yes, still do....
Did I hurt people, yes, tho that wasn't my intentions, but more a result of my choices....
But I own it, amend it where I can, and accept that which I can't.
Do I wish I had done a better, absolutely, but I don't linger on it.
No, I use the past, to guide me to the present, learning from it, not dwelling in it.
I can look myself in the eye, and accept that man, as good enough, today.
Tomorrow is not here yet, I need not worry over it, as I have a fair amount of respect, and confidence, he will do just fine when he gets there.....
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