the ying and yang of sobriety
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the ying and yang of sobriety
Sobriety paid off in an even bigger way than usual this past weekend.
As some of you regular readers know, I had to put my favorite cat Kramer to sleep this past Saturday. It tore my heart out, but I did the right thing. Came here, posted, and you wonderful people got me through that horrible day and night.
On Monday I went to a Labor Day party and didn't drink. In the middle of the party, I received a phone call that my daughter was in the process of giving birth at home, and I rushed out of the party to be with her. It was beautiful.
Little Ginger is a happy and healthy baby girl!!!
If I had still been a drunk, Kramer would possibly still be suffering because I may not have had the guts to do the right thing, or would not have been able to hold him and kiss him as his little heart stopped beating.
If I had still been a drunk, I would have been at the party, possibly so immersed in my partying I would have missed my daughter's call on my cell. Or I would have gotten the call, gone over there and been a drunk Mom to my daughter when she was counting on me most. Or maybe I would have pissed her off and would not have been asked there at all. Or I would have been pulled over by all the Texas State Boys in Blue that were out in force over this Labor Day weekend, and I could have been arrested with a dui.
A lot of serious stuff went on those days....and I was sober through them, and handled them to the best of my ability. I am not perfect but I am proud of myself for that. Man, I love begin real.
As some of you regular readers know, I had to put my favorite cat Kramer to sleep this past Saturday. It tore my heart out, but I did the right thing. Came here, posted, and you wonderful people got me through that horrible day and night.
On Monday I went to a Labor Day party and didn't drink. In the middle of the party, I received a phone call that my daughter was in the process of giving birth at home, and I rushed out of the party to be with her. It was beautiful.
Little Ginger is a happy and healthy baby girl!!!
If I had still been a drunk, Kramer would possibly still be suffering because I may not have had the guts to do the right thing, or would not have been able to hold him and kiss him as his little heart stopped beating.
If I had still been a drunk, I would have been at the party, possibly so immersed in my partying I would have missed my daughter's call on my cell. Or I would have gotten the call, gone over there and been a drunk Mom to my daughter when she was counting on me most. Or maybe I would have pissed her off and would not have been asked there at all. Or I would have been pulled over by all the Texas State Boys in Blue that were out in force over this Labor Day weekend, and I could have been arrested with a dui.
A lot of serious stuff went on those days....and I was sober through them, and handled them to the best of my ability. I am not perfect but I am proud of myself for that. Man, I love begin real.
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I hope I understand, if there wasn't dark how could we know light, if there wasn't down how would we know up. For some of us if we didn't know drunk how would we know sobriety. Thanks for the post.
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