Today, like so many days, I am aware of that word “sobriety”. How many days, months, and years it has been that way. Sobriety. I never seem to tire of it. I’m sober. I’m free of alcohol. It’s wonderful and I can still hardly believe it. But I am.
I think to myself that I never, ever want to go back to that awful life I led under the influence of alcohol. I don’t kid myself; I know that it’s possible. I’ve seen too many, who have slipped back into that alcoholic miasma. I only know that I don’t want that to happen to me. And, I am aware that I don’t have to, as long as I’m willing to go to any lengths not to.
All I have to do this day is to seek the help of the God of my understanding and that of the other people, who, like myself are on this path to continue to stay sober. I know that, if I will try one more day to practice these principles I’ve been given and try to help another alcoholic to stay sober, I can stay sober myself.
The reason I’m saying all of this is that I had an opportunity today to be reminded that this is my primary purpose. As long as I remember that, I have a good chance not to slip back into the old ways of thinking, which might tempt me to begin to romance the drink again.
Just thinking and then taking action has the effect of helping me to continue this way of life, which has brought me so much joy and happiness.
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