I found that now I could do many things without a drink --
write, answer the telephone, eat out, go to parties,
make love, get through the day and the evenings.
Sleep at night and get up the next morning
ready to begin another day.
I was amazed and proud to have gone a week
without a drink, then a month.
Then I lived an entire year sober,
through my birthday, Christmas, problems,
successes, the mixture that make up life.
I healed physically, felt good, my senses returned.

Thought to Ponder....

Life didn't end when I got sober -- it started.

Recovery Related Acronym

H E A L = Helping Every Alcoholic Live.