All right, all right -- all you young 'uns talking that you're under 36 can stop now.
Gottalife, today I'm celebrating 30 days sober after 25+ years drinking. Your post is deep and it made a few amazing things pop out to me:
- You were sober before I started drinking!
- I drank for more years than you were alive when you got sober!
- The blessing and miracle of sobriety never get boring!
- Even an affliction as terrible as addiction can be a way to shine a light into someone's life. Look at the wonderful things (God!!) that came into your consciousness through that dark back alley entrance of alcoholism!
Thank you for sharing this and giving us an opportunity to contemplate what decades mean, and how the passage of time will help us understand the hidden blessing in our struggles. May the sun continue to shine for you, each and every day!