[Tazman53]

Steve I have not been to a meeting that was that bad, but I can see why you walked out!

daydream I have found that part of sobriety is the ability to feel pain, to experience emotions and to have the ability to work through problems today rather then drink through them. I use the steps, my HP, & the ES&H of others to do that.

Not being happy all of the time is not an indication of working a good program, the signs of some one working a good program to me has been someone having the ability to walk through the worst of times accepting what they need to accept and taking the actions they can take and not drinking over it.

Over all my life is good, but I have my bad days, my sad days, those days when I start out with the purpose of draining the swamp and finding myself knee deep in gators, but I do not drink over the gators, with the help of my HP, the program, and others I wade through the gators, I feel the pain, and I get through it.

Over all I am happy, but the reason I am happy is because I now have the ability to live life on lifes terms, taking the good with the bad, and asking for help and guidance when needed.