Hello family! If I ever needed your love and support more it is today. Oct. 10 of last year I lost my near dear sponsor/best friend. Her name is Dorothy Perry. One week before she died she celebrated 33 years of sobriety. She was 77 years old. She was a tough old bird, and shot straight from the hip. At times she was brutal but with love. She was in my life for 20 years. She watched me go through a lot of craziness, and she saw me through some wonderment! A part of me died with her last year, and this whole year I am ashamed to say I have done nothing she ever taught me and have just wasted my whole year. Well this morning I awake a new. I know she is with me in my heart and I am going to try to hear her words from now on and behave like the lady she taught me to be. The number is countless of those who will be remembering her today. She touched many many lives! When Dorothy was in a room her precesnce was KNOWN! She was vibrant and loud and loved. I am sure you all have your very own Dorothy's with you past or present. These are the strong pioneers that made AA what it is today! Thank God for them all! And may we follow in their footseteps! Love you all! Allison
No one who dies sober dies in vain, Nique. Celebrate her life today by recognizing what she contributed to your recovery, and the recovery of others. Don't use this day to beat yourself up. Make it about her. Listen to whatever she is telling you. And I'll bet she is telling you to "get on with it", just like she is telling the rest of us!! I can hear her now... thanks for sharing her with us!
Joni
__________________
~Your Higher Power has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.
Thanks for the nice share. She is looking down on you with pride Im sure!
__________________
"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. "
`Well family, I am happy and surprised but I made it through the day without drinking! It was a tough day. A rollar coaster of emotions. Not only am I grieving but I only have 10 days sober which brings a miriad of feelings in and of itself!! I had many phone conversations and some of them hurt but it was because it was the truth and I dont like the truth. Anyway hubby is home now and I am safe. It has been a very long time since I have made a f2f meeting, but I got a hold of my friend John and he goes to my homegroup noooner 3 or 4 -times a week and he said he would take me every time!! This is awsome. I have hope I didnt have yesterday. Thanks for your support here too. Love, Allison
