Hi there! Just popping in to say I’m here and I’m still sober. I know I wonder when people just drop off the blogosphere and never return again! Life is beautiful. Not easy, at least not all the time, but staying sober IS pretty easy these days. And that is a huge gift. A miracle, […]
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Day 332
I sometimes get the urge to just delete this blog. I don’t know what I want from it, really. Clearly I don’t come here that often! I do a lot more reading of blogs than of writing, both sobriety related and not. Blogs are one of my favorite mediums, and I’ve been an avid […]
Day 205, Looking Back
In my last post, I talked about working on the 4th and 5th steps. Since then I’ve finished my 5th step. Though I found the first section on resentments to be cathartic and refreshing, the sex & harms section was a different story. I was surprised again, this time at the shame and sadness I […]
Day 185/6 Months
Today marks 6 months of sobriety from alcohol and pot. It also happens to be my seven-year anniversary with my boyfriend, which is…holy shit. I want to say things have been good lately, but I guess a more true statement is they’ve been up and down. Around month 5 I hit a rough spot and started having […]
Day 139
Hi! I’m still here. I’m still sober. Last week I graduated from my IOP/SOP program. Of all the people that came into my process group while I was there, only 1 other person ever finished, and that was a few weeks after I started. That was really hard for me. Most people just vanished without […]
Day 86
Devastation. Shock. Heartbreak. Disbelief. Anger. Underneath it all, fear. On November 8th, 2016, the unthinkable happened in the US. I didn’t want to be sober while it was happening, while at the same time recognizing with gratitude how much more difficult and painful it would have been while drinking. I stayed sober. I’m so glad. I […]
Day 79
Trying to remember love and compassion lately. I know logically that behind most poor behavior and Things that Really Piss Me Off are someone else’s very real problems that I know nothing about. A few women at work that I often think of as “evil” and “the worst people ever” are the way they are because of […]
Day 76 – Notes from an AA Convert
The topic of my Sunday morning meeting today was Service, and it allowed me to reflect upon and acknowledge all the service I’ve received since I became a part of the program. And what I really wanted to come here to record, for myself and others, is the amazing community I’ve found in AA. As I’ve […]
Day 74
I went to a luncheon today for the Houston Council on Recovery. That’s where I’m doing IOP and another group member had an extra ticket and invited me to go. As I was driving there I reflected on something. The other day on the Shair podcast they were talking about how there are a lot […]
Day 60
Honestly, I was getting close to ‘fuck it’ today. I just felt sick of all this recovery stuff. At a meeting last night I was so irritated by all the Recovery Words everyone has to insert into every thought. The thought of the recovery podcasts I used to enjoy is just like, ugh. Do I […]