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todAAy i AAm grAAteful & thAAnkful

for sober days and sober nights.  I was thinking about my previous life (when I drank to oblivion every night) when I had that absolute obsession to start drinking as early as I could get away with each day.  Ya know, it just didn't matter what was going on in my life -- good stuff or bad stuff.  It just didn't matter.  That obsession was there all the time, until I gave in to it, which I did each day without giving it a second thought.  Unless you're an alcoholic, you could not possibly appreciate the depth of these feelings.  This is why I must stay spiritually connected to my Higher Power.  Without that HP, it probably wouldn't be too long before I would be back sitting on a barstool.

So I do the things I do in order to stay spiritually fit.  Right now, I'm writing these words as a reminder to myself. 

Thanks for putting up with me.

I think I've discovered the secret of life - you just hang around until you get used to it. 

~Charles Schulz