I’m grateful to see that there are just changes, not ends. I’m grateful for a perfectly gorgeous summer evening. I’m grateful for an entire week with my daughter. I’m grateful there was a path back and grateful for the people who helped me find it. I’m grateful for my Saturday routine and grateful for the life I’ve built. I’m grateful to be sober today.
There is a lot cooking over here. There is another episode of Breakfast with an Alcoholic coming out tomorrow and I’m excited about it. I like to mix things up and a few weeks ago Episode 12 was one of my rehab stories called “Equine Therapy:”
That was pretty popular so we’ll be doing another one of those tomorrow and I’m very excited.1 In the meantime, if you want to practice even more listening skills there is still Episode 16 out there:
I read this yesterday and it blew me away:
It’s an incredibly moving, well-written account of his son’s sobriety. The part that really grabbed me was his son’s description of the feeling of absolute nothingness that he had struggled with for so long and how that drove his addiction. When I read that, I realized that was the same feeling I had at the core while I was still drinking. Anyway, well worth the read. And tomorrow’s Breakfast with an Alcoholic will be well worth the listen.
Thanks for Letting Me Share
You know I’m not afraid of going to the well one too many times.
Thank you for your words about what I wrote. I've shared your post with Christopher. It is interesting. I've had several addicts in recovery write me about this post and specifically Chris' explanation of that feeling.