courage2

I don't know -- I usually get some good responses at AA meetings when I say that I managed to drink hard for 35 years before it caught up with me. From the older folks.

Of course, I envy those who get sober young their futures. Mine will be much shorter. But I'll have one. And it will, thanks to sobriety, include experiences that will come because I'm open to them, and sensations that are new because I'll let myself feel them.

The way I figure, when I was 25, I had a lot more years ahead of me but I used them badly. Now I have far fewer, but I intend to squeeze out of them everything I can.

Nice thread, Fnb!