I had 9 months of continuous sobriety yesterday…for the fourth
time. Alcoholism is a cunning, baffling
and powerful disease. It is good to be
amongst the small fraction of alcoholics that have any kind of time in their
sobriety.
Sure, it would be great to have 14+ years of sobriety since I went to
rehab. It would be even greater to not
be alcoholic nor paralyzed. Being
mindful of living in the present moment, I am an alcoholic and do have a spinal
cord injury.
It is easy to always remember to use my wheelchair to get around. I always do that. Remembering to use my
recovery tools to deal with my alcoholism is a lot harder and more
ambiguous. Right action is the ultimate
goal. My own best thinking is the thing
I crave. It is like the difference between
exercising and eating sugar for physical fitness when it comes to right action
vs my best thinking.
I am grateful for 9 months of sobriety and the tools of the
program.
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