I tend to pop on and off but I thought I'd give a brief update on my life just to keep connected. I am now almost 7 months pregnant and today I gave notice at work so my last day will be July 6. My husband accepted a great job in our hometown which is 100 miles away, so he's been staying there during the week. Our house is on the market and we decided to be financially safe and sign a 6-month lease on a townhouse rather than buy a new house before selling ours. We have more than enough $ to make it through that time and I hope to find another job around the first of the year.
My meetings have been thrown off because of all the changes - weeknight meetings either have to have babysitting or I have to find one since my husband is gone during the week. My homegroup is now mostly out of the question because of travel on the weekends now and how it falls out. But I found a meeting with babysitting that I love, and I especially love that it is small and starts with a 5 min meditation. Just as I get my schedule set it will change again and I'll have to figure out the meeting thing in another way, but hey, that's life.
My life really is wonderful, amazing, and even fun and I sometimes have to just stop to believe it is mine. I really don't want to forget the power of AA and how it can transform a person, and her entire life.
WOW Simple, it really is simple... just stay sober, try to do the right things, and life becomes a blessing instead of a curse. I look forward to the blessings of a life in recovery too. Thanks for sharing and God bless!
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~Your Higher Power has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.
Your post brought tears to my eyes and is exactly what I needed to hear right now. Amazing how that happens. What a God shot!!! Thanks. To have so much going on and still be at peace within. You reminded me that it is all still just one day at a time. God Bless you and your family! Oops, my bad, He already has :)
Thanks for sharing this. You helped me to realize that yeah ... somedays my own life doesn't seem like my own. Considering the drunk I use to be just over 5 yrs ago, it doesn't seem real that Im sober, living a very decent life and happy on a regular basis
Thanks for these nice responses, and JazzyBlue, I often need to hear the "day to day" of other sober people's lives for that God shot, too. Even when it is a rough patch for them and they are just surviving it sober, as all of us do from time to time.
Just to add to it all, yesterday was our (marriage) anniversary. As I had mentioned, my husband has been working 100 miles away during the week so I wasn't going to see him until today. Well....I got flowers delivered yesterday with a note that said "I'll see you tonight". He was home before I was - his wonderful new boss encouraged him to leave early because he knew it was our anniversary, so he drove 2 hours to be with me. All I could do was smile and thank God for all the gifts I have been given.
