... It actually felt good to just drink... to hell with the consequences! ...
In the middle of it all, I knew something was wrong, but I simply did not care at that point... Consequences? That's "tomorrow guy's" problem -- for right now just get another beer!
Its been said, (thanks Barb!), that we all start out with God. Then we replace God with ego. Later, we replace ego with alcohol. I know it was true for me.
Getting rid of the alcohol and putting ego back into place gets us back to being a dry drunk. Replacing ego with God, and putting God back into His rightful place, gets us sober, happy, joyous and free, (as well as being the right and proper thing to do).
When I collected my one-year chip, the gist of my "speech" was this...
...One year... Wow! ... Its quite an accomplishment... But its not MY accomplishment... Its God's accomplishment...
My bottom was hell... I don't want to go back... THANK YOU GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!