early in year 4, for me alcohol is hardly ever even a thought.
This morning, friends were gathered around coffee talking about a liquor tasting they'd gone to. They were bandying about the various nuances of the vodkas, clear whiskeys and rums they'd sampled..... citing a certain similarity amongst them.
I piped up.... "The similarity you're picking up on, methinks, is ETHANOL.
They all stopped and looked at me a little baffled. Another friend of mine, on the other side of the room, also a man in sobriety, looked at me with a grin and we both laughed.
I'm glad alcohol isn't in my vision of a good life anymore.
And I choose to come here regularly, duck into AA meetings occasionally, keep my head in recovery, give my time in service at my local detox - all so that I keep myself well-reminded of the blessing that sobriety is to me.
Life long? That's what I choose.
