We have to stay sober no matter how life treats us,
no matter whether nonalcoholics
appreciate our sobriety or not.
We have to keep our sobriety independent of everything else,
not entangled with any people,
and not hedged in by any possible cop-outs or conditions.
Over and over, we have found we cannot stay sober long
just for the sake of wife, husband, children, lover,
parents, other relative, or friend,
nor for the sake of a job, nor to please a boss
(or doctor or judge or creditor) --
not for anyone other than ourselves.

Thought to Ponder....

I am worth staying sober for.

Recovery Related Acronym

S O B R I E T Y = Staying Off Booze; Recovery Is Everything To You.