This is a picture of me in my sober badass shoes. My daughter took the picture a few years ago to help me tell a story. I don’t usually sit around in my back yard wearing cutoff shorts and high heels. But this day was special! I’ll tell you more about that in a minute.
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A life like this You don’t want to miss a single second Happy moments beckon By choosing to be free and present You can really lessen “Sleeping ” through the good timesyou could otherwise miss A kind word or gesture, Shared memories,a first kiss It could be a wedding,a play not attended a heart not mendedAs you were far too hungover To make the
I’ve never been to AA but awhile back I read chunks of the Big Book on my own to check out the content. I remember reading about The Gift of Desperation and I didn’t really understand it. To feel so powerless and defeated? That’s not how I wanted to go about sobriety. But now that
Before sobriety I was just Doing.Not Being. Now I’m being. And I’m being while I do too. I don’t have less to do.But I have more time. More awareness. I am alert enough to pick up on the little lovely moments. And each day is littered with those lovely moments. It was before but I wasn’t present
