Well I made it sober while being around my sick family. I have 3 brothers and 1 sister and they are all heavy drug and drink users. My oldest brother is meaner than all get out. Mike is his name and Mad Dog 20/20 is his game. I had no problems with him this time,,hmmm wounder if it's because I was sober. My sister brought her 13th husband over at moms for us to meet him. She has a new husband every holiday season. I was polite to him,,but for the world I forgot his name,,,I have to give my sister her chrismas card in person because we never know her last name. My brother Richard is a money making machine and loves the exspensive wines...Last year my brother Mike put Mad Dog in an exspensive wine bottle,,,My brother Richard drank it down while telling Mike he should drink better wines. I love my family, but do have to keep my distance. My mother is a fine Lady, very seldom drinks but she has enabled all of us by always being there when we are down. Love her but I think I needed a little more tuff love.
Well hugs to you all and hope you all had a Grand Turkey day.
I'm grateful and thankful, that today I'm not as sick as I was, I'm sober and have a Higher Power I can call on anytime, anywhere and He will help me in those moments I feel weak.
I have AA and Al-anon, to help me deal with myself and those family and friends who are still in the drinking mode.
It was so strange at first when I got sober, it was like I was on the outside looking in for the first time... never noticed the drama before, I was just in the big middle of it.Now I can choose to be in it, or walk away. It was such a novel idea at first, like wearing a coat that didn't really fit, but you liked it so much you want to wear it, so you do and before you know it , it fits.
Thanksgiving was good, just didn't go the way I had planned, but it was okay. My son-in-law called before they left home to warn me that my daughter was not feeling well, I like to be warned, I don't like suprises. Then when they got here , they had left some of the food they were bringing, on the floor in front of the fridge 100 miles away.They did try to call my son who had called me to say he'd over slept and was just then leaving to drive the 100 miles, but his cell phone was off, he could have gone by to get the left items.My son had said "Mom, ya'll go ahead and eat, I'll just eat when I get there." Of, course we didn't eat until he arrived.
You know , I got up Thanksgiving morning and prayed "God give me peace, joy, and please don't let anything, short of an Earthquake shake me today." Hey, didn't have any natural disasters, they were all man-made, so I enjoyed the day.
My son did have to leave early and I did have to leave to open up the church for an AA meeting. So my daughter and son-in-law got to leave early , so she could get much needed rest. The icing on the cake is my grand-daughter is staying here until Sunday. We are having fun.
Oh, I left out the part where my husband called from jail but I was at the AA meeting...he was a little upset, but he should have remembered it was Thursday night. I will go to visit him tomorrow...And also my carpral tunnel is really bad right now cause of all the lifting and stirring, just can't cook and wear those darn splints...
