aasharon90

Hi Im Sharon and Im an alcoholic.

By the grace of my HP and people
like you here in SR I havant found
it necessary to pick up a drink of
alcohol since 8-11-90.

For that and u I am truely
grateful.


Im not gonna be cocky today.
Why or why not?

Well if i get to cocky with my
program and my sobriety then
I may think I know it all and
feel that it is safe to go out
and drink safely. Ha..!

Youd have to bore a hole
in the roof if my head gets
that big....NOT..! lol

Even at this point in my
sobriety Im not gonna get
cocky because I dont want
to know ALL there is to know.

Meaning I want to remain
teachable and openminded
to suggestions to continue
to better my life in recovery.

Are you cocky today? Why
or why not?

Thanks for letting me share.

yeahgr8

I'm not cocky in this context, and never will be as i am not a complete idiot!

Fubarcdn

I am 100% sure I will not drink today so if that is being cocky I am going to be cocky today.

least

I'm not going to be cocky today because I'm too depressed and exhausted to muster up enough energy to be cocky.

alwaysbp

well, first of all LSU Tigers!!!! Period!! okay, got that out. for me cocky = relapse = death. plain and simple. my disease would luuuv me to get there. "Awww, come on. clean for 15 years and you can't deal with a spoonful one time?" that disease answered it's own question!! there are way too many memories that are available to me any old time to keep me humble. that eye-opening, life changing second OD memory is enough even if i didn't have any others! if i go back, i'll surely die with that needle in my arm. ain't enough dope to make me do that! simple: cocky = relapse = death.

robc

I won't be cocky, but will be confident that I will not drink today.

aasharon90

Too many things in the past that i too
remember that remind me of where I came
from and where I surely dont want to go
again. Not today.

Thumbs up for not being cocky but
being cautious.

mle-sober

I don't ever feel cocky about alcohol. That was covered in step one for me: "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol -- that our lives had become unmanageable."

If there is one thing I have learned in my battle with alcohol is that it is bigger than me. Period. There is no way I will ever, ever win if I engage in battle with it. The only way I can survive is to surrender myself into the hands of recovery and to disengage with alcohol.

I can't erase the memories of what happened when I was drinking. They keep me humble.

aasharon90

Cockiness leads to expectations
eventually getting my anxiety up and
adreinaline flowing and i get full of
myself and where does it lead me?

To making irrational choices in life.

I cant or wont take that chance
to destroy all that I have gained
in working a program that has
given me another chance to
enjoy life to the fullest without
alcohol.

I think ill pass TODAY.