Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Posts: 175 Location: Tampa, FL
seven years without a drink Posted: 10-28-05 11:42am
I hit seven years without a drink this
month. I told my sister that I had gone
all this time without even a little tiny
drink when no one was looking. She gave
me a funny look, I guess she believes me,
she didn%u2019t call me a liar or
anything, but she still doesn%u2019t want
to hear anything about powerlessness, or
defects of character. We sat on my
cousin%u2019s porch the other day, me
drinking diet cokes and she sucking down
brews, and we had a good time. She
didn%u2019t bust my chops, and I
didn%u2019t say a word about aa to her.
My wife is pretty sure that I did this
thing based on self will alone. She is ok
with aa, and very glad I quit drinking,
but she doesn%u2019t understand
alcoholism, or alcoholics anonymous. She
doesn%u2019t need to. I am the one that
needs to understand. She wishes I
didn%u2019t take a meeting into the local
detox every tuesday night, but she
understands it is something I have been
doing for a long time, and she keeps a
plate warm for me when I get home.
I have two daughters, beautiful and smart.
They don%u2019t remember their old man as
a drunk, passed out in the middle of the
living room floor. A gift I never even
thought to ask for. It was a while ago
that I was this raging, ill tempered or
pathetically remorseful sot, my sponsor
tells me to keep those memories green, so
I remember what it was like for all of us.
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