96 tears..
Love the screen name BTW...when I see it I can't get that tune out of my head..
Am i happy 95% of the time..
Heck no! And not lately...
But I have found there is a big difference in being happy and having joy...
Happiness depends upon people, places, and things being to my liking...
and, they never will be 100 percent to my liking.
Because of the spiritual change I have found in recovery..(for me it has been
gradual)...I've learned that joy comes from deep within..the sense that I am
doing the right thing ..
What I am learning is not what I can get out of recovery..but rather how much
I contribute..how much I can pack in to the stream of life on a daily basis..
It is n ot so much what I can get..but how much I can give..
(BTW..this is one of the principles of AA)..
My best to you Mike!
Love,
IO