Thank You

This Week on Diary of a Sober Girl

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I am so grateful to be sober today. I’m grateful for doing service, for sharing my experience and for being able to help others. I’m grateful for a beautiful day today and time outside. I’m grateful for the lessons I’ve learned, for being loved and supported and for AA. I’m grateful for music, comfy hoodies, coffee, our home and for this big beautiful life I have.

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Gooood afternoon my friends! Been a while since I’ve said that (; 

Despite the time of day I hope everyone had a lovely weekend as per usual AND that everyone had a beautiful holiday (: 

I am a little delayed here today because I got to see a dear friend of mine and speak at an IOP which was just what I needed to shift into 2025. Whenever I speak at an IOP, or a rehab or an institution I always out qualify myself in my head because I myself have never been to any kind of treatment or institution or jail. I was pushed into AA by a power greater than myself and while I have never done any of the above mentioned things (yet) we all share the same disease. We’ve all felt the same feelings and THAT is why I am qualified. 

And it was such a nice meeting where I got to be more candid than usual and answer some questions and remember what it is I love so much about this program. 

A family member said to me on Christmas Eve that she’s so happy for me because so many beautiful things have happened to me this year. And oh my god did that hit me like a ton of bricks. She’s right - so many beautiful things DID happen this year. We moved, we grew closer to some really great friends, we got a puppy. We stayed sober for another whole year and that is really fucking beautiful. 

I have been so lost in all the negative, all of the life on life's terms which has really sucked that I totally forgot to acknowledge that this year has been huge. 

So with three years upon me I’d just like to say thank you to this community who has bared with me through a whole year of sob stories. To my family who has never stopped loving me. To my friends who have never stopped supporting me. To my partner who has never stopped listening to me. And to my sponsor who has never stopped guiding me. 

This year my defects got the best of me. But awareness sometimes is the best solution. I am so grateful to see another year sober surrounded by the people I love with the chance to help another person stay sober every single day. The beauty of this program is one thing that is not lost on me but what I can do in 2025 is focus more on the beauty and less on the pain. 

So here’s to 2025. Wishing everyone love, health and strong sobriety and I will talk to you guys next year. 

xx  

Jane