He must be High

[Timebuster]

Hi my SR family

Life is funny. Friday night am ready to leave work. I get out at 1:30 in the morning. Its about 1:10 everyone is coming over to my office Getting ready to punch out to go home. I’m in office I put on some dance music. Its Friday am feeling good so I start dancing in my office. Clapping my hands, shaking the body around like if I was 18.… So the guys look in the office and see me shaking it…I’m in the grove…Goooo…Time…Goooo Time… Goooo Time… Then I here one of the guys say.. He must be High to be dancing like that. Now I not saying am John Trovilta but I can hold my own. But to hear that comment ( He must be High ). Made me feel so Grateful to be in Recovery. I been working there over a year. High all the time and one had a clue. At least I think not. And know one ever made a comment like that. Its Sad. How miserable I was. And the people around me how miserable they all look. Life is funny. When I was getting High, I just look like everyone else.. Miserable. Now that I don’t get High and I feel my spirit my Higher power. Am working my program. Am full of life. Am happy. Am laughing. Now every one says… He must be High… Life is Funny.

God Bless
Timebuster

[mackat]

yessir TB!!
in my writers group, i finally had to tell part of my story- they were so convinced that to put that kind prose on paper, i had to be using...
and it is that joy- running out towards the day, like a flying eight year old-arms wide open- i ask god: "what's next, show me the next big thing!!"
hugs
mackat

Every
child
Has known God
Not the God of names
Not the God of don’ts,
Not the God who ever does
Anything weird,
But the God who only knows four words
And keeps repeating them, saying:

Come dance with me....
Come
Dance

-------Hafiz

[ted]

I CAN SO RELATE T-B,I WAS UNDER THE INFLUENCE SO MUCH THAT WHEN I WAS STRAIGHT PEOPLE THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME.THAT IS KINDA FUNNY,TRUE HAPPINESS,I DON'T WANT TO TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING!

[Gooch]

lol .... @ years clean, I'd jam into the parking lot with my bandana on and rockin my stereo.... one of the testers I worked with said to me one night...." so ... the other day me and willy are in the parkin lot partakin of the pre work mode attitude adjustment and willy sees you come sliding through the parkin lot with the tunes cranked and he sez.... are you sure he doesn't party?"

Tonight waklin into a walmart 1300 miles from home, a kid walks by the other direction .. nudges his companion and says just loud enough for me to catch it.._______dealer" ... if he only knew... lol

[Cec]

My children and parents had never said a word outloud about my addiction until after I came home from treatment. After years of deadening myself, after rehab I felt so alive and I loved each moment. I sang, I danced, I laughed out loud. Then they started questioning my recovery. It was hurtful. Still, I know they had no idea what it felt like for life to return to my exhausted body and mind. The celebration just had to continue...I knew no other way and just couldn't NOT express it.
Remember that we share your joy and are dancing with you!
Cec

[godsonmyside]

Being HIGH on life is the greatest gift one can ask for. I love when I get like that, almost everyday I feel good about where I am at, it shows in many ways, People think what they think, Oh well, life is great.

[namommy]

TB,

your story brought back a very good memory for me.

1st when I was using, I used to go into stores and keep a very low profile (or at least I thought I did) because I was in there for the wrong reasons.

My first christmas clean I went shopping at Wal-mart at midnight with another addict (he used to call me the poster child for Ritalin) and they had those Hoppity-Hops on display, we both grabbed one and started bouncing up and down the toy aisle. People were looking at us like we were on something. It was great, I had so much fun shopping that night.

Love ya

Laurie D