When I was about 11 months sober (I'm 19 months sober now), it seemed that very few people wanted to comment on my upcoming one year sobriety aniversary. I was getting nervous, not wanting to project into the future.
I was misinterpreting "one day at a time." It's not "don't drink one day at a time" - it's "stay spiritually fit one day at a time." Big difference.
Anyway, at this time I received a phone call from an older gentleman who would hit 6 months sobriety at about the same time as my one year anniversary. Point blank he said: "I'm going to get to six months and you are going to get to one year, right?"
I felt like a weight was lifted. Someone actually showing that kind of confidence in himself & in me. I didn't have to be scared. I could be certain that provided I practiced my program, I would be just fine.
We do get "out of the woods". We do recover.
How about that!
