Remember Mondays?
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Remember Mondays?
When you were full of dread
Still shaking off
The things you did and said
Remembering what you can't recall
Not knowing where
You'd been at all
And the shaking and sweating Still not at an end
Just wanting to die
But you've got to pretend
Just to get through the day, till a drink comes at last
To blot out the shame
To kill off the past
And then waking with terror, your life on repeat
To realize again
The woeful defeat....
You look back Today at that miserable place
Never again!
With a smile on your face
With choice and with change, you took a new road
Never again!!!
To carry that load
Now with each sunrise and at each day's end
You're warmed to the Soul
Because you are your Friend
#soberliferocks
you can do it.
Still shaking off
The things you did and said
Remembering what you can't recall
Not knowing where
You'd been at all
And the shaking and sweating Still not at an end
Just wanting to die
But you've got to pretend
Just to get through the day, till a drink comes at last
To blot out the shame
To kill off the past
And then waking with terror, your life on repeat
To realize again
The woeful defeat....
You look back Today at that miserable place
Never again!
With a smile on your face
With choice and with change, you took a new road
Never again!!!
To carry that load
Now with each sunrise and at each day's end
You're warmed to the Soul
Because you are your Friend
#soberliferocks
you can do it.
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Canada
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Wow! I was sitting outside this morning enjoying my coffee in the sun, listening to the birds, and then it dawned on me. I was happy. I was content. I was smiling. I felt rested. I was sober. I was hangover free. I was shame free. I was not angry and upset with myself. I was refreshed! It's been a long long time when I felt like this on a Monday!
Loved your poem, I am printing it for my journal! Thank you!
Loved your poem, I am printing it for my journal! Thank you!
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Canada
Posts: 691
Just read it again with tears in my eyes.
Emotions running high on my day 13.
This is a perfect reminder of why I could not continue the same self defeating pattern over and over again. No self help book, spritualist or guru, not even Oprah, could ever help me until I decided to just stop drinking to hide the pain and suffering that drinking brought me. I am so grateful the endless cycle is finally over.
Emotions running high on my day 13.
This is a perfect reminder of why I could not continue the same self defeating pattern over and over again. No self help book, spritualist or guru, not even Oprah, could ever help me until I decided to just stop drinking to hide the pain and suffering that drinking brought me. I am so grateful the endless cycle is finally over.
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