Originally Posted by
Weasel1966 
I cannot tell everyone just how much your warm comments and encouragement means.
I did have a bad slip... so much so I have little memory of the actual event. It was dangerous in the place i was at. I will never be there again. Ever.
I cannot say I learned anything distinctively new but I can tell you my resolve to take care of myself was strengthened.
I will be spending today going over the recommended readings.
It was very hard to put my slip out there when I knew others told me they were expecting it. But this journey, as you all remind me, is not about them. I needed to make the slip public so that I can acknowledge it and move on.
I wrote in another thread a silly line.
Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder.
There are so many aspects to life that are enhanced from simply not being intoxicated. LOL... ok everything!
My love back at you all!
Ken
Great to hear you being so positive and open-minded, Ken.
It speaks volumes about ourselves how we forgive and otherwise tolerant others as we journey. You've taken the higher, less travelled road. Awesome.
Big Plans are always unconditonal, and so we are responsible to embrace our own struggles with a Big Plan as experiences not to ignore, or otherwise dismiss, but we are to mindfully acknowledge the opportunity within those struggles to perfect our lasting devotions, our inherent understanding of unconditional concepts, our strength of purpose, our victorious surrender to a life of abstinence. Your shares, imo, exemplify your appreciation for the unconditional nature of a Big Plan.
I've never had to re-create my original Big Plan, but I've very often, in the early years, had to re-create and perfect my understanding and appreciation of my sans-alcohol life. Unconditional abstinence defines and speaks for itself, and learning how to honestly and honorably live in a everyday practical world with such purpose, is indeed a wonderous, empowering, adventurous journey.