I "got" a lot today. Today I drove to Delray to pick up and take a sponsee to a fundraising event. My first sponsor was there and I sat back and looked at what has become my family of choice down here and felt very satisfied at giving that gift to someone else. So, I "got" that gift today. I "got" to be present to console a friend whose mother died. I "got" to wish someone well in the hospital. I "got" to see 2 people in the fellowship hold their heads up and keep smiling despite the fact that they have cancer. I "got" to tell another fellow welcome back after a relapse and how glad I was he made it back because he almost died. I "got" to hear about my nephew finishing his first swimming meet (I swam and was captain of my college swim team). In general, I "got" to be present in life and to give and receive today as a human being instead of a numbed up drunken, suffering, selfish shell of a person. Even on my worst day, I'm glad "I got" my life back and experienced it fully....Just for today :)
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Keep coming back. It works if you work it. So work it. You're worth it!
Blessings Mark......Lost dreams awaken ,and new possibilties arise as we remain lucid, free from the devastation and wreckage of our past by staying sober ,one day at a time and giving back what we were so freely given........
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Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles.
