todAAy i AAm grAAteful & thAAnkful
that I am just a drunk. I could have been a drug addict but I stopped using narcotics as a teenager because I actually realized how dangerous they were and that I liked them too much. I tried cocaine a few times as an adult but never even got a buzz. I have yet to try any of the new, designer drugs.
that I'm just an ordinary drunk. I don't have to point out when sharing in a meeting that I'm a real alcoholic.
that I don't need to be popular. But I'll admit that I like to be liked.
Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness ... letting go of the past, and correcting our misperceptions.
- Gerald Jampolsky
2 comments:
I stopped using drugs for the same reasons, at the age of 18.
I think every time we add something to alcoholic, we divide our relatedness to others. Even "real," and particularly "grateful," which is a big fad here.
I'm Mary, I'm an alcoholic. Without any specifiers.
I'm glad that for some reason I neither got hooked on drugs or alcohol. It could have been very different considering my family background.
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