Today I am grateful...
- that I got to be at the first step meeting where Don K celebrated his 26th AA birthday
- to know what I have today, mentally, emotionally, physically, financially and spiritually is a direct result of being sober and having a program of recovery. No one's words can sway me otherwise, although some try.
- that I am not in a rush to learn new things, but I try not to delay them when they come along
- to look forward to tonight's birthday celebrations
Observing anniversaries of getting sober has become a time-honored custom in AA. Many group name lists include the individual members' sobriety dates. It's also customary in many groups to celebrate anniversaries with cakes and to award coins with numerals denoting years of sobriety.
To outsiders, this custom may seem frivolous. What is the benefit in celebrating the day one too the last drink or in adding up the number of sober years? These celebrations of sobriety dates actually underscore the important goal of staying continuously sober. We may know alcoholics who "went back out" from time to time, and then failed to come back at all. Members who slip and do come back to tell us that it was an agonizing experience, and that they feared they wouldn't have another chance to lead a sober life.
We also hear people say: "I may have another drunk in me, but I'm not sure I can find another sobering up." The message is clear: Get sober, mark that date and continue to build on it. We stress the importance of sobriety when we acknowledge the importance of sobriety dates.
I'll stay sober today. Whatever my length of sobriety, I want to honor it and build on it. ~Walk in Dry Places
8 comments:
Happy Birthday Don K! And to everyone celebrating tonight.
Bed time stories?
He looks soooooooooo young too!
bottom line is , "Get sober, mark that date and continue to build on it" I dig this. my birthday is coming up in July which is a ways off LOL but have been reflecting early this year
anyway Have a groovy night Scott
lol i dont know if that last comment of mine shown up or not but I dug your reading today and could relate have a good one scotty
I am really happy for Don K. Others may cheer or jeer from the sidelines, but only another AA can truly understand the power of the program.
It's gnat season in TX, I suppose. Aggravating little buggers, but of no real consequence.
HBDK
I don't know Don K.
I re-read the part about "learning new things" ooo I sometimes hate to learn new things.
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