Not sure if we met Ellen ,BUT ABSOLUTELY CONGRATULATIONS! 25 YEARS.I AM PRESUMING THAT IS SOBRIETY AND NOT MARRIAGE :)Have a blessed day....like it says in the Big Book:"Each day ,somewhere in the world,recovery begins when one alcoholic talks with another alcoholic,sharing experience ,strength and hope!!Thank you
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Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles.
Holy Moley!!!!! A quarter century of uninterrupted sobriety???? That is a heck of a lot of "One Day at a Times"!!! BIG hugs and shout outs for you and your HP!!!
WOOOOT WOOOOT!!!!
(And if it is a marital anniversary, well then all the MORE kudos as I don't know which is harder to attain!! LOL)
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~Your Higher Power has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.
You are a great addition to the MIP. I see so much Experience, Strength and Hope in all of your postings. You are helping us all stay Sober !!
Larry, ----------------- Perhaps the most important thing we can undertake toward the reduction of fear is to make it easier for people to accept themselves, to like themselves.
Congratulations on 25 Big Ones, Ellen.. A Quarter of a Century right there 1Day@aTime!!! So very proud of you. I hope you'll keep coming back & sharing in recovery with your worldwide fellowship here. God bless you, Danielle xxx
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Progress not perfection.. & Practice makes Progress!
Oh my gosh! I've been gone a couple of days and look what I find here! Thank you so much, everybody! It's people like all of you who have helped me to stay sober on a daily basis all this 25 years and I'm grateful for every single one of you, from those still suffering and struggling to the newcomers, to the really old-timers and everyone in between. I couldn't have done it without everyone in every stage of this. I love you all.
And thank you for all the nice things everyone has said. It means a lot to me.
Coming back to remind everyone, including myself, that we've all only got one day---today---to work with. If I don't live the program to the best of my ability this 24 hours, I might not have another 24 hours. To me, each day has been like a link in a chain and I've felt like I need to forge a strong link every day so none of them is going to break and let me fall back into the drunken hell I was living before. Just because May 5th marked 25 years doesn't mean I've got it in the bag. I still have to keep the links in the chain strong every day. Old-timers have always told me that we can't rest on our laurels. Just because we get some years away from our last drink doesn't mean we might not be just that many years closer to our next one if we quit working our progam.
-- Edited by Ellen E on Sunday 9th of May 2010 02:22:54 AM
GOOD ONE jONI!! DITTO ON THAT STATEMENT:)
