tommyk

Celebrate your own independence from the grips of alcohol / drug addiction and use.

Speaking only for myself, my decision to be clean & sober, and successfully following through with that decision is one of my most proud accomplishments.

Independence....!

LibertyorDeath

I like that....a lot!

Thanks, tommyk!

LogCabin

Good idea! I went to a street fair this past weekend, and I had a great time just enjoying all the sights and sounds. There was lots and lots of alcohol, but I didn't mind. I just didn't want someone to spill thier beer on me...then I would have been pissed.

HeavyJ

I'm with you!

Heavy

expenguin

Good idea ......

Keep coming back and thanks for the advise.....

stillredhot

It did feel good spending my 4th of July sober. It's been about 5 years ago that I spent one sober and that was because I was pregnant. I can't wait to spend many more occasions this way.

Jersey Nonny

I haven't had a "drunken fourth" in many, many years...but, I do miss those fireworks, which I haven't been able to see in the past four years...something I thoroughly enjoyed.

It's amazing how little we need to make us happy, if we just set our minds to it. Since I've been in a nursing home for the past year and a half, I'm learning how to really make the best of things.

At 9:00 pm last night I sat in the courtyard with 20 or so other residents (those who managed to stay awake until then), eating red, white, and blue ice pops, listening to patriotic music on a cd, watching lots of sparklers the nurses and aides were nice enough to set in the ground and light up for us. Not the grand fireworks displays I remember...but, it is what it is...and, I have to be grateful for the little things.

I hope all of you were able to enjoy the Fourth of July...a sober one...free from the bondage of alcohol/drugs.