After more than seven years in rented property ...... I'm buying my own house.
At 57 years old and not quite 7 years sober I'm taking on a mortgage and putting down roots.
Affordability is well within budget. Funds arranged. Mortgage will be less than rent. A modest house. Two small doubles and a single bedroom, lounge, dining room, kitchen, utility room and two bathrooms. Double garage. Two room outbuilding. Garden.
Needs a bit of work....but it feels right. I'm calm and moving for the right reasons.
This, fellers, is promises coming true.
So I have a busy month ahead. I get possesion on 2nd august and complete the move by 15th, so two weeks to pack, move and thoroughly clean up river cottage.
The new house is over 115 years old. It's called the Eagle's Nest. (Or should that be Ego's Rest?)
Why do I tell you this? Well seven years seven months and seven days ago I left the family home and moved into a bedsit. Six weeks later I was in a one bedroom flat. Six months after that I was in a one bedroom farm cottage. I stopped drinking three months after moving there. I recovered, just me and a cat and a lot of love and patience and some arse kicking in the fellowship.
About three years later I moved to an old three bedroom house, my recovery cat died (she'd done her job).....hoping my family would come back. Another two years and I saw that wouldn't happen, so the wreckage of the past was swept away. Divorce, pain, tears, fears....18 months ago I got the opportunity to move and took it. For a year I've been seeing someone but finally realised I'm not ready to live full time with her just yet.
So I do this for me and only me. Make decisions. Take action. We will intuitively know how to handle situations.
From the bottom of my heart and with a lump in my throat. ......thank you to the fellowship of AA .......without whose help, support and guidance, I would be insane, incarcerated or in the grave by now.
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It's not having what you want, it's wanting what you got. BB
God is good, brother. Congratulations!! You deserve it!
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The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. ---William James
What a great testament to the power of this program ... thanks for being an example of what happens when you work the principles into your life ... Congratulations and God Bless you man ...
Pappy
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'Those who leave everything in God's hand will eventually see God's hand in everything.'
Your journey has been inspiring. Your recovery is steady and consistent Bill. I have much respect for you and am always hopeful when reading your posts. Over time, it would seem that you are just becoming more and more free from the bondage of self and less fearful of all kinds of things that used to limit you.
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Keep coming back. It works if you work it. So work it. You're worth it!
Outstanding Biker Bill. Thanks for including this to our fellowship. What a great example of what can happen through our program. We are Miracles in Progress, thanks for showing me another miracle because of AA and groups like this. Taking that first drink will also lead me to insanity, incarceration or death. That is the reality if my life.
My life doesn't stop because of this, in fact, through our program, my life has become abundantly full of joyful.
Being a homeowner is one of the greatest achievements a person can attain. You are no longer throwing money away, you are building equity, putting down roots.....that dirt in the backyard is your dirt!!
Keep the miracles coming.......
