Sobriety Limericks Part 3
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Sobriety Limericks Part 3
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Today I gotta admit, I really feel a bit bored
Surely there is something I could be working toward
But outside it's too hot, inside nothing I want to do
Nothing sounds like it'd hit the spot, hopefully this passes in a few
No more going back, I need to move my life forward
Surely there is something I could be working toward
But outside it's too hot, inside nothing I want to do
Nothing sounds like it'd hit the spot, hopefully this passes in a few
No more going back, I need to move my life forward
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: roller coaster, AL
Posts: 297
I took a break, and hit the road
Looking for a place to unload.
I had a good time with ones I Love.
Laid aside my big white glove.
No dust was sought ,no dirt I found.
Only good times is what I had.
If only I hadn’t been so sad.
Sad to see the way of life.
Returning to all the strife.
The strife that makes me mad.
Daughter quit her job.
Now I may have to take on a mob.
Why oh why am I in this mess?
Once relieved, now I live the stress.
Why do I allow myself to be robbed?
Is my life pre ordained,
To be wrapped in a chain?
Give me strength to see this through.
What in this world did I do?
Am I the one to blame?
Looking for a place to unload.
I had a good time with ones I Love.
Laid aside my big white glove.
No dust was sought ,no dirt I found.
Only good times is what I had.
If only I hadn’t been so sad.
Sad to see the way of life.
Returning to all the strife.
The strife that makes me mad.
Daughter quit her job.
Now I may have to take on a mob.
Why oh why am I in this mess?
Once relieved, now I live the stress.
Why do I allow myself to be robbed?
Is my life pre ordained,
To be wrapped in a chain?
Give me strength to see this through.
What in this world did I do?
Am I the one to blame?
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: East Coast, The States
Posts: 12,162
Exhausted sometimes taking a break
Makes coming back even harder to take
We can't believe how we could function
It brings us to a corner junction
Although it also makes us ache.
They say awareness is the key
But they forgot the space you see
When you're aware but you're still in it
And you can't see how you can win it
You SEE you're caught but can't get free.
I think addictions feel like that
I know for me it was a trap
When I could see me on the hook
But could not do quite what it took
A necessary stage perhaps
But then it changes, we're aware
But not so willing pain to bear
We realize there are other choices
We listen to some others voices
About ourselves we start to care
And then it happens like a trick
One day we make a different pick
And we walk down that new road open
And find there's reason to be hopin
And soon on new roads we do stick.
Makes coming back even harder to take
We can't believe how we could function
It brings us to a corner junction
Although it also makes us ache.
They say awareness is the key
But they forgot the space you see
When you're aware but you're still in it
And you can't see how you can win it
You SEE you're caught but can't get free.
I think addictions feel like that
I know for me it was a trap
When I could see me on the hook
But could not do quite what it took
A necessary stage perhaps
But then it changes, we're aware
But not so willing pain to bear
We realize there are other choices
We listen to some others voices
About ourselves we start to care
And then it happens like a trick
One day we make a different pick
And we walk down that new road open
And find there's reason to be hopin
And soon on new roads we do stick.
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: East Coast, The States
Posts: 12,162
How did I live so long half dead
Keeping secrets with such dread
Paranoia every morning
Ignoring all the signs of warning
Using drinking as my med.
How did I suffer so much shame
Not knowing drinking was to blame
Helpless life out of control
At the bottom of a hole
My life was just a lying game
How did I stand that for so long
Knew addiction was so wrong
But thought I was worthless sh*t
Just because I couldn't quit
I thought it meant I wasn't strong
I spent many years like that
Living life just like a rat
Life got small and then got smaller
Till I just lived in the parlor
In recliner slept and napped
Hiding in a house of mirrors
Going crazy with my fears
Certain this was just my fate
Always drinking; never ate
Waking only to cry tears
Never answering a call
Hardly laundering at all
Letting trash bags pile up
Neglecting my beloved pup
Getting bruised from nightly falls
Unopened mail lay in a pile
Nightly litter lined the aisle
Broken glass too drunk to sweep
In arrears dollars deep
Chugging vodka all the while
Higher up went blood pressure
Demoralized beyond a measure
Clumps of hair were falling out
With my sanity in doubt
Drinking was my only leisure
Hiding like an animal scared
Quitting just could not be dared
Drinking was my last friend left
Without it I would be bereft
Too much with my drinks I'd shared
But after that you know the rest
Sobriety has become my quest
I accidentally found SR
Since that night I've come so far
Thanks, I got that off my chest!
Keeping secrets with such dread
Paranoia every morning
Ignoring all the signs of warning
Using drinking as my med.
How did I suffer so much shame
Not knowing drinking was to blame
Helpless life out of control
At the bottom of a hole
My life was just a lying game
How did I stand that for so long
Knew addiction was so wrong
But thought I was worthless sh*t
Just because I couldn't quit
I thought it meant I wasn't strong
I spent many years like that
Living life just like a rat
Life got small and then got smaller
Till I just lived in the parlor
In recliner slept and napped
Hiding in a house of mirrors
Going crazy with my fears
Certain this was just my fate
Always drinking; never ate
Waking only to cry tears
Never answering a call
Hardly laundering at all
Letting trash bags pile up
Neglecting my beloved pup
Getting bruised from nightly falls
Unopened mail lay in a pile
Nightly litter lined the aisle
Broken glass too drunk to sweep
In arrears dollars deep
Chugging vodka all the while
Higher up went blood pressure
Demoralized beyond a measure
Clumps of hair were falling out
With my sanity in doubt
Drinking was my only leisure
Hiding like an animal scared
Quitting just could not be dared
Drinking was my last friend left
Without it I would be bereft
Too much with my drinks I'd shared
But after that you know the rest
Sobriety has become my quest
I accidentally found SR
Since that night I've come so far
Thanks, I got that off my chest!
Living and Loving Life at Last
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: gods own country
Posts: 12,184
Yesterday I reached month four
It's not each day I keep a score
but knowing that the months have flown
Reminds me of the ways I've grown
I raise my glass* to many more
( fizzy water of course!)
It's not each day I keep a score
but knowing that the months have flown
Reminds me of the ways I've grown
I raise my glass* to many more
( fizzy water of course!)
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 8,642
(Clever, EQ!)
My former drinking buddy is coming
For an annual show she is running
She will stay in my house
I pray she doesn't get soused
My resolve to not drink, there' no shunning.
She's my dear friend from the past
Whose drinking habits are vast
My sobriety threatens her
My new life frightens her
She should know I'm having a blast!
So friends, say a prayer if you're thinking,
Of me in the next week....NOT drinking
White knuckles.....not mine
I'll have none of her wine
I'll not let this week have me sinking.
My former drinking buddy is coming
For an annual show she is running
She will stay in my house
I pray she doesn't get soused
My resolve to not drink, there' no shunning.
She's my dear friend from the past
Whose drinking habits are vast
My sobriety threatens her
My new life frightens her
She should know I'm having a blast!
So friends, say a prayer if you're thinking,
Of me in the next week....NOT drinking
White knuckles.....not mine
I'll have none of her wine
I'll not let this week have me sinking.
Living and Loving Life at Last
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: gods own country
Posts: 12,184
LDT I believe you won't drink
And perhaps it will make your pal think
Seeing you chilled and well
Your new life so swell
She may like to be so in the pink
Let her see that sobriety is great
That life didn't stop for her mate
Let her see you are happy
Know your old life was crappy
And perhaps she will start a clean slate
If not then its her life the sadder
And if your sobriety just makes her madder
She's unable to face
Your new ways with good grace
Be relieved you are higher up the ladder
And perhaps it will make your pal think
Seeing you chilled and well
Your new life so swell
She may like to be so in the pink
Let her see that sobriety is great
That life didn't stop for her mate
Let her see you are happy
Know your old life was crappy
And perhaps she will start a clean slate
If not then its her life the sadder
And if your sobriety just makes her madder
She's unable to face
Your new ways with good grace
Be relieved you are higher up the ladder
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