Originally Posted by julietUK

Afternoon all. Its 1 pm here in the UK. Please count me in for another 24 hours sober and clean.
Had a wonderful evening yesterday, I had tickets to see Sir Ian McKellen at my local theatre. It is a very small, very old theatre and we were honoured to have him play there. Because so many people wanted to go the theatre did a lottery for tickets and I won two. My friend from AA was complaining that she didn't get tickets she would miss out. I had the extra one so we went together.
He was beyond amazing, we were mesmerised the whole way through. Because it was such an event for a small town small theatre everyone got a free drink on arrival, in fact the bar was lined with white and red wine, my friend and I had a coffee and a good laugh about how it would have been before we got sober! It was a big reminder for me, I wouldn't have even been there, I would have been at home with the curtains drawn and on my third bottle of wine. I volunteer at the theatre (I think the lottery was a fix as all volunteers 'won' tickets), and I know I would not be doing that either. I am coming up 18 months sober and my life has changed beyond recognition. I am so so grateful for my life.