Sobering thoughts
where the light is
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 2,763
Don't get cocky.
I am a garden variety alcoholic. I will never be cured. Someone please shoot me if I ever say "I've got it all figured out. I will never drink again." Bet you many that have relapsed have said that to themselves.
I have to keep doing whats kept me sober for 5 1/2 years.
If I picked up a drink right now, it would be as if no time has passed since my last one. Scary thought.
I am a garden variety alcoholic. I will never be cured. Someone please shoot me if I ever say "I've got it all figured out. I will never drink again." Bet you many that have relapsed have said that to themselves.
I have to keep doing whats kept me sober for 5 1/2 years.
If I picked up a drink right now, it would be as if no time has passed since my last one. Scary thought.
Self recovered Self discovered
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Toronto Canada
Posts: 5,148
I will never drink again. I refuse to doubt my ability to stay sober forever. If I were to only vow to not drink today, because tomorrow, hey, like who knows?, I would be as others said, only a drink away from a relapse.
As I see it, I am a whole life away from a relapse. It is not a perfect life, but it is a damn good one, and it is mine. It is up to me to make something out of it.
As I see it, I am a whole life away from a relapse. It is not a perfect life, but it is a damn good one, and it is mine. It is up to me to make something out of it.
12 Step Recovered Alcoholic
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: New Zealand
Posts: 6,613
I don't believe I will ever drink again, but for slightly different reasons.
I refuse to doubt God's ability to keep me sober. My Big book talks about permanent recovery, about stopping drinking for good and all. It teaches me to live LIFE one day at a time.
I took my first step 100%. The part that is often missed, and sits behind the idea that "I only stop for today, tomorrow is another story" is covered thus; "The delusion that we are like other people or presently maybe, has to be smashed"
I suffer from no such delusion. I will never be able to drink safely or like other people, therfore I will never be able to drink. God has long since removed the desire to drink and my book tells me that, provided I remain in fit spiritual condition through helping others, it will stay that way. It's worked for 33 years and in that time I have been through most trials and low spots that life throws at all of us, without the thought of a drink.
I refuse to doubt God's ability to keep me sober. My Big book talks about permanent recovery, about stopping drinking for good and all. It teaches me to live LIFE one day at a time.
I took my first step 100%. The part that is often missed, and sits behind the idea that "I only stop for today, tomorrow is another story" is covered thus; "The delusion that we are like other people or presently maybe, has to be smashed"
I suffer from no such delusion. I will never be able to drink safely or like other people, therfore I will never be able to drink. God has long since removed the desire to drink and my book tells me that, provided I remain in fit spiritual condition through helping others, it will stay that way. It's worked for 33 years and in that time I have been through most trials and low spots that life throws at all of us, without the thought of a drink.
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