Five

By Gooch:

Could be that you expected more than freedom from active addiction? a magical cureall?

I've got close to 15 years and it's mothing to be proud of, or ashamed of either one. Now the day.. thats is something to be proud of.

if the accumulation of years had anything to do with the existence of my problems, then I would have been living on a deserted island in a dreamscape.

I've had financial windfalls, almost bankrupted, started new carreers, lost jobs, began and ended relationships, ( some pleasant, some not so), surgeries, accidents, broke down cars, new-er cars, motorcycles, and even been jailed in recovery. And I've walked in wet shoes withoiut a decent raincoat.

recovery isn't about the absence of problems

it's about staying clean so that I can accept my responsibility for my part in them and take some action in theor resolution.

Go get your white chip, read your basic text. be grateful to live another day.

Don't waste your time looking around you for the miracle to happen. Look in your heart for the miracle we become.

Dan

Gooch is eminently quotable, even though I think he might be a republican

Five

Of all the texts out there: from Jack Trimpy, to Touchstones, there is nothing quite like reading something that you know is meant.

equus

Yay to that and Yay to Gooch - that made me smile ear to ear!!

splendra

Republican!!! Sparky say it ain't so....