What I've learned is that it doesn't matter
what hardships and losses I have endured in sobriety,
I have not had to go back to drinking.
As long as I work the program, keep being of service,
go to meetings, and keep my spiritual life together,
I can live a decent life.
When I look back now, I think I stopped maturing
at fifteen when I started to get drunk with the older guys.
I wanted to feel at peace with myself
and comfortable with other people.
I never found it in drinking.
The belonging I always wanted
I have found in AA and in sobriety.
I don't think about drinking, God is there.
My sponsor is there. . .
On my own I could not have quit. I know, I tried it.

Thought to Ponder....

A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner.

Recovery Related Acronym

B A T H = Behavior, Attitude, Thinking, Habits.