Six Months

 Both Lea and I have six months of continuous sobriety today.  It is the first time she has ever made it this far in her 18 months of using methadone to get off heroin.  This is the fifth time I have had six months.  We are both doing really well—all things considered.   We are alive, sober, working our programs and reasonably happy.

We have both made great progress becoming more comfortable in our skin.  There is plenty of room for more progress.  The outlook today is a lot brighter than how it used to be.

I am grateful for our sobriety and to have a companion on our journey through recovery and life.  That is a lot better than being alone, isolating and lonely.  On average, my relationship with god and others is getting better each day—spiritual progress not perfection.