Hi Im Sharon and Im an Alcoholic.
By the Grace of my HP and people
here in SR I havent had a drink of
alcohol since 8-11-90.
For that I am truely grateful.
After a horrible accident I had back
in Feb 90 which landed me in the
hospital for 10 days with them re-
moving my spunctured spleen or
I would have bled to death, I
vowed I would never drink again.
A few months passed and I healed
quite nicely. So I thought....
Then in Aug. 90 I went back to
my favorite club for music and
fun...I then ended up returning
home to a horrible arguement....
Ok, maybe i should just end my
life right now i said...and my spouse
just told me to go to bed...
ill fix him i said to myself and took
a hand full of pain pills downed with
the rest of my wine and off to sleep
i went hopeing not to wake the next
morning....
Well my 2 little ones couldnt wake me
to take them to their last day of
Vacation Bible School. But....in a distance
I heard a faint ringing of the phone...
Who was calling me? I managed to
answer it with slurred voice and numbness...
Today i still think it was my HP calling
me to get up because He wasnt thru
with me just yet.
A few hours pasted and my husband came
home trying to take me to the hospital
with me fighting him tooth and nail...
Without sucess he reach the for the phone
for help....from there he reached the hopital
first then got a court order to have me picked
up by the police and taken to rehab .
Yes i was anger, hurting, pissed at my family...
in fact i told them as i passed them on the way
tothe police car how much i hated them with
daggers in my eyes....
And off i went feeling like a criminal.
Little ole me....hmmmm
I spent 28 days in rehab recieving the
tools and knowledge of my disease and how
to live life on lifes terms one day at a time.
I took the suggestions given to me as my life
depended on it...it was either that or go to
a halfway house out of state away from my
babies....
That i didnt want to,,,,so i went to meeting
after meetings and attended a 6 week out patient
aftercare program....
Today 16 yrs later im still traveling on my road
of recovery....sharing my own experiences, strengths
and hopes with others in order to stay sober myself
Today i also know that my family did for me back
then what i couldnt do for myself...
For them i am truely grateful.
Thank you for letting me share.