TOPIC: Do You Pinch Urself Often Too See If Things Are For Real?
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TOPIC: Do You Pinch Urself Often Too See If Things Are For Real?
Hi Im Sharon and Im an Alcoholic.
By the grace of my HP and people
like you here in SR I havent had a
drink of alcohol since 8-11-90.
For that and U Im truely grateful.
Do you often pinch urself to
see if things are for real?
Meaning do things happen in
ur life that stops u in ur tracks
and makes u wonder....is this
for real? Can this actually be
happening to me? What ever
did i do to deserve this awesome
miracle...or happening....
Like for me today...as i was
driving to Walmart after my drug
test, a thought poped into my
head thinking...am I actually
here in Baton Rouge? I mean
ive been back a few times to
visit to only be discouraged
to leave to return to Houston....
Now im here...im drivng the
Baton Rouge roads....I see things
that make me smile....that ...
FAMILIARARITY...
Its just mind boggling how quickly
all this has happened for me...
A trip to BR 2 weeks ago....got
a job and an apt...settle in
and begin my job tomorrow....
UNBELIEAVLE...
Im pinching myself still to see if im
really back home where I have wanted
to be for the last 10 yrs....
How about you?
By the grace of my HP and people
like you here in SR I havent had a
drink of alcohol since 8-11-90.
For that and U Im truely grateful.
Do you often pinch urself to
see if things are for real?
Meaning do things happen in
ur life that stops u in ur tracks
and makes u wonder....is this
for real? Can this actually be
happening to me? What ever
did i do to deserve this awesome
miracle...or happening....
Like for me today...as i was
driving to Walmart after my drug
test, a thought poped into my
head thinking...am I actually
here in Baton Rouge? I mean
ive been back a few times to
visit to only be discouraged
to leave to return to Houston....
Now im here...im drivng the
Baton Rouge roads....I see things
that make me smile....that ...
FAMILIARARITY...
Its just mind boggling how quickly
all this has happened for me...
A trip to BR 2 weeks ago....got
a job and an apt...settle in
and begin my job tomorrow....
UNBELIEAVLE...
Im pinching myself still to see if im
really back home where I have wanted
to be for the last 10 yrs....
How about you?
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Location: Highlands, TX
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Hi Sharon! Congrats on your BR move and best of luck as you start your job tomorrow. I could give you crap about leaving me here in Houston to go back with cajuns but that is ok. I understand, I really do. I loved my time in Lafayette but am glad to be home in Houston.
I don't pinch myself because I am a wuss and don't like pain LOL! In sobriety I've had moments where I have been awestruck and grateful beyond words.
The most recent one was on the 12th of this month when my fiance burst into my ladies meeting like a man on a mission, dropped to one knee and put the most beautiful ring on my finger in front of my sponsor and a whole room full of our lady friends. This was truly heroic as men do NOT come into the ladies meeting without being told about it so this man risked his life barging in the way he did LOL!
I find myself staring at this ring a lot and still mentally pinching myself. I owe all of this to AA and my HP. Without sobriety I wouldn't have met Steve.
Also, I was able to be present when my niece was born last year - another miracle brought about by recovery (both my sister's and my own).
I've been able to walk through some really tough times in sobriety and have also had many wonderful experiences and I was able to face them all head on without feeling the need to crawl into a bottle. Heck, just the fact that I haven't found it necessary to take a drink since 8/8/04 is pinch-worthy!
So very much to be grateful for!
Hugs,
Kellye
I don't pinch myself because I am a wuss and don't like pain LOL! In sobriety I've had moments where I have been awestruck and grateful beyond words.
The most recent one was on the 12th of this month when my fiance burst into my ladies meeting like a man on a mission, dropped to one knee and put the most beautiful ring on my finger in front of my sponsor and a whole room full of our lady friends. This was truly heroic as men do NOT come into the ladies meeting without being told about it so this man risked his life barging in the way he did LOL!
I find myself staring at this ring a lot and still mentally pinching myself. I owe all of this to AA and my HP. Without sobriety I wouldn't have met Steve.
Also, I was able to be present when my niece was born last year - another miracle brought about by recovery (both my sister's and my own).
I've been able to walk through some really tough times in sobriety and have also had many wonderful experiences and I was able to face them all head on without feeling the need to crawl into a bottle. Heck, just the fact that I haven't found it necessary to take a drink since 8/8/04 is pinch-worthy!
So very much to be grateful for!
Hugs,
Kellye
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Originally Posted by aasharon90 
Hi Im Sharon and Im an Alcoholic.
By the grace of my HP and people
like you here in SR I havent had a
drink of alcohol since 8-11-90.
For that and U Im truely grateful.
Do you often pinch urself to
see if things are for real?
Meaning do things happen in
ur life that stops u in ur tracks
and makes u wonder....is this
for real? Can this actually be
happening to me? What ever
did i do to deserve this awesome
miracle...or happening....
By the grace of my HP and people
like you here in SR I havent had a
drink of alcohol since 8-11-90.
For that and U Im truely grateful.
Do you often pinch urself to
see if things are for real?
Meaning do things happen in
ur life that stops u in ur tracks
and makes u wonder....is this
for real? Can this actually be
happening to me? What ever
did i do to deserve this awesome
miracle...or happening....
I have to pinch myself all the time. When I think about how long Ive been clean. (19 months) and I see how my business has taken off, I ask myself. "Is this real?" Sometimes I look at my truck and trailer and I am blown away. "This is really mine?" I have worked hard in my recovery, and it has really paid off.
19 months ago I was unemployable. Didnt have a drivers license. Or a vehicle. I could not stay clean one for even one day. 
Last edited by Time2Surrender; 12-26-2006 at 09:15 PM.
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This Christmas was an especially "pinch myself" kind of day. Ten years ao I had absolutely nothing - I mean nothing. I was a dead-end drunk on the way out. This year? My wife (pinch) and I celebrated the day with our two year-old daughter Sheila (pinch) and eight week old son Liam (pinch). It was a long journey to get to this moment. We had lost five pregnancies, one at 6 months, to get to this place. I'm off for a week from my great job (pinch) and have a month off before I resume my doctoral studies (pinch).
Sober is most definitely better - works for me anyway. God bless AA.
Sober is most definitely better - works for me anyway. God bless AA.
Last edited by mikel60; 12-26-2006 at 11:17 PM. Reason: spelling
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Don't these stories we read here give us a "COOL FEELING".
So AWESOME. So REWARDING....So ENLIGHTING.....So
ENCOURAGING....So much HOPE....JOY....
These are promises we can expect when we work our
12 Step Program in recovery. When we encorporate
those Steps in our everyday life.
When the newcomer shows up beaten down with no
hope of ever restoring his life....these stories give them
that hope that anything is possible....
And you know....its not all about the material things
we aquire in recovery, but the real gifts of being...
HAPPY JOYOUS AND FREE
FROM DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
....this can and will be urs if u work for them...
Pinching myself to see if things r real is good....
but its the believing it is....and i do believe the
Hand Above Me has blessed me with them....
I also have to remember too.....
if something is given ,,,,then it can be taken away...
just like that...in a heart beat....All is given on a
contengent that i continue to work for those gifts.
Work at staying sober and clean one day at a time
by sharing my ESH or giving it away to the newcomers
and the many that are still with us.
Thumbs up to ALL.
Thanks for letting me share.
So AWESOME. So REWARDING....So ENLIGHTING.....So
ENCOURAGING....So much HOPE....JOY....
These are promises we can expect when we work our
12 Step Program in recovery. When we encorporate
those Steps in our everyday life.
When the newcomer shows up beaten down with no
hope of ever restoring his life....these stories give them
that hope that anything is possible....
And you know....its not all about the material things
we aquire in recovery, but the real gifts of being...
HAPPY JOYOUS AND FREE
FROM DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
....this can and will be urs if u work for them...
Pinching myself to see if things r real is good....
but its the believing it is....and i do believe the
Hand Above Me has blessed me with them....
I also have to remember too.....
if something is given ,,,,then it can be taken away...
just like that...in a heart beat....All is given on a
contengent that i continue to work for those gifts.
Work at staying sober and clean one day at a time
by sharing my ESH or giving it away to the newcomers
and the many that are still with us.
Thumbs up to ALL.
Thanks for letting me share.
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