TOPIC: Alcoholism Never Changes, Right?
 

Hi, Im Sharon and yes, I am an alcoholic.

I admitted I was 21 years ago and I still
am one today living my life in recovery.

I watch and old show today, Route 66, a
show back in the day but one I never heard
of before. Of course, back in the day was
when tv was black and white which I do
remember since I was born in the 50's. :)

This show touched me today because I was
able to relate to what this show was about.
It was about a Jazz band group who all began
playing when they were young, but over the
years each player enbarked on different
experiences in their life taking them in
different directions.

An elderly lady was near the end of her life
and because of a auto accident, 2 passengers
enbarking on their own journey in life, became
her friend and thus she believed God meant
all to happen in order to get the group back
together.

Each musician had a past story, but one in
particular stood out to me because it reminded
me of how alcohol has affected people before
time as it still does today.

This man lost everything due to his drinking. His
reputation, family, pawned his Trombone Instrument
to buy his next bottle. He walked everyday to see
if his trombone was still in the window, which it
was.

This man went on to share that it took time but
he beat his drinking but for a cost cause he lost
everything in his life that meant something to him.

When he got sober the only thing he had left to
survive on or make a living was shining shoes. He
was grateful for his job but ashamed of how his
life had become from a promising musician to
a drunk who had lost everything.

He said he hadnt blown his horn since the day
he pawn his instrument many yrs before and
was full of fear to even try.

Anyway....he manage to make it to the bedside
of the woman who was dieing because she was
his friend and she had held the group together
with her kindness back in the day.

She said she was blessed to have her "family"
musician members to play jazz for her one more
time before she died and how blessed she was.

As she passed away, the trombone player began
playing for the first time. Because he had learned
to stay sober a day at a time, and was grateful for
his little job, he was blessed with courage to blow
his horn which had paralysed him with fear for so long.

This touching story reminded me that alcohol has
attacked so many people from before time can
tell to the present day. With a program of recovery
to help stay sober a day at a time, the gifts of
the promises will surely come true if we work for
them.

I know, because they have and are still coming true
for me, just like that man in the show. :)

wow, Sharon twenty one years, I think you made it!

Congrats Sharon & Thank you for the great post.

That is a fantastic achievement, very inspiring!

Good stuff Sharon...Thank you.

Like the oldtimers said: "Keep coming back, it gets better".

Thanks, Sharon.

All the best.

Bob R

Wow! Thanks for sharing! This gave me goosebumps because drinking made me ut my instrument down too. I am only now getting back to it!

Carla

It's amazing how deceiving the liquid devil can be. I thought that I had a hold on the drinking thing so many times. Yet, all of my returns to the bottle in time were followed by a still worse relapse. Thank God that on most of those occasions I once more would be able to crawl back into the rooms of AA.

Then I would hear those Promises read that I had heard so many times in the past. Thinking to myself, none of those are true to me today. Yet, in short time away from the bottle the Promises one by one came true once again.

Today I do not take my sobriety for granted as I did many times before. I have seen many who returned to the drink die in the AA Program. Many others who went back out were in prison before they knew it.

Even today that don't sound possible to me, But, I know just add a little booze here and in short time it's hard to tell what will happen.

One Day At A Time I don't play with dynamite..

Mountainman

Thank you mountainman. Much appreciation
for your share. Are you one of the men on the
show Mountainmen? They live in the mountains
in various part of the country or states and
each man has a story of how they survive
in the wilderness. :)

Gotta love the promises in recovery. They
keep me wanting to remain sober just so
I can reap the joys and rewards promised
to us.

No dynamite here either. :)