A recovering alcoholic, me, has to forever be aware of situations in life that throws temptations in my path. I’ve been stressed for way too long and I’ve been having too many fleeting thoughts of drinking. In AA, the program and the people in it that saved my life, taught me that red flags are a warning of something is going on in my life that I have to change. I did some serious soul searching and assessing, talked to other recovering alcoholics and to my therapist. I’ve been isolating too long and am working on changing that for if I don’t and succumb to alcohol again……well…folks….in a short time, my life will be over. And I’m not ready for that.
It wasn’t easy to ask for the right kind of help because my addiction was telling me I could stop on my own, but I found out the hard way that alcohol is a liar and it turns on you like all liars do. But when I did ask for the right kind of help, I was ready to do anything to stop. I tried everything to stop through the years and invented some new things, but I was just enabling myself to keep drinking.
So …..the journey of my sobriety keeps moving along until the last sundown…..🤞
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