A Nine Month Miracle

Lea and I have nine months of sobriety today.  That beats her second-best effort by 6 months.  It is an miracle of the first order for any addict to get and stay sober.  She has made a fantastic amount of progress from when she walked off 26 months ago in October 2012 in her “Lucy” mode with a determined quest to get heroin to incomprehensible demoralization on January 1^st, 2013 to being a sober woman attending meetings seven days a week.

Lea has hands-down the best attendance at our morning meeting over the last 21 months since she started methadone.  She has made it 10 or 20 times more than the next best attendee—me—not making it due to snow, sloth, swimming or other.  Back then she could not even tell how she was feeling, much less articulate it.  Today she was laughing at herself while saying she was in a bad mood.

I have spent more time with Lea than anyone else since I was a baby.  Even then I suspect I did not spend that much time with my mother.  We are good for each other, good friends and our lives are better for having each other in it.

I am grateful for our sobriety, my friendship with Lea and the progress we each have made in becoming happier healthier people with improved relationships.  We have worked really really hard to make this progress.  It is something to be proud of and grateful for.  Thank you god.