The tragedy of this disease
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The tragedy of this disease
I went to my usual 6:00 meeting tonight feeling sad and beat up. I have had a rough week at work. I've made careless mistakes and feeling tons of self doubt. Poor me. That all changed when I got to my meeting. I found out that one of our members with 4 years sobriety relapsed and suffered a major stroke. He has no brain activity. He is 45 years old.
Today I am grateful for my sobriety and even though work has been tough and stressful, I will be able to start anew come Monday. Actually, the heck with Monday. I can turn my day around at any time if I choose to as long as I stay sober.
Please pray for all who still suffer from this horrible disease.
Today I am grateful for my sobriety and even though work has been tough and stressful, I will be able to start anew come Monday. Actually, the heck with Monday. I can turn my day around at any time if I choose to as long as I stay sober.
Please pray for all who still suffer from this horrible disease.
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Thanks everyone. Didn't mean to be a downer. This incident just made me realize how short life iis. And that I have a choice on how to live it one day at a time. Today I will not drink.
It's not a downer at all, not to me anyway; it's a reality check. Yes, life is short and getting shorter. When I get to a certain point of inebriation I like to dance and if I'm downtown I'll dance for hours; I did the last time I drank. I can see a stroke or heart attack happening to me if I don't quit drinking for good. If it's not pushing myself at dancing, it's pushing myself at biking or weightlifting or whatever. For the sake of the few folks who love me, I really should stay sober and try to stick around, as we all should. No reason to check out at 45 when we can last another 30 or 40 years.
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