Well, I made it to my 13th year of sobriety on Halloween Day of this year. There lives a monster inside me just waiting for me to return to my old life of active alcoholism.  I ask God on a daily basis to prevent it from ever being  be released . A dear friend also hit his 13th year earlier in October. I say this not to boast as a celebration but rather as hope that anyone can see that achieving sobriety is possible if they truly desire it. In most cases one must  hit their own rock bottom, whatever that may be, in order to want change. With faith in God anything is possible.  Now it will take a lot of work on one’s behalf to get and stay sober but it can be done. It has been proven over and over again by more than a million  persons who have achieved sobriety. There will be many challenges  early on and  perhaps having the urge to take a drink. We must always remember, at it has been said over and over again,  we are all just one drink away from a drunk. I reiterate that asking God to grant you another day of sobriety each morning is strong protection against taking that first drink and always being grateful for that opportunity is important. In previous blogs I have mentioned that I do so by engaging God through prayer and meditation ( for myself that consists of reading from alcohol recovery related books) each morning upon the start of the day. My prayer consists of asking for health, happiness and safety for my friends and family as well as thanking God for my sobriety with special emphasis on being grateful that I was given another chance at life. The gift of sobriety is one I have not right to give back to God. For me it  is my protection against temptation that day. For those in early sobriety I pray that you continue on your path of recovery and find what works for you on a daily basis to protect you over the next 24 hours. Promise yourself that you will do so and if necessary promise yourself that you can stay sober for any amount of time with prayer in between to make it from promise to promise . Do what ever it takes because you are worth it. For those seeking recovery right now I pray that you find God for the strength for begin the journey of sobriety. Be open to reviving spirituality in your life and I know good things will come to you in recovery. You are also worth it. May God bless everyone on their journey.

Thank you for letting me share my thoughts today. Feel free to comment about my blog. My hope is for it to become interactive. I simply want to share my experiences to help other alcoholics and if we all share together that gives the suffering alcoholic and those in recovery the ability to develop a strong arsenal against ever taking another drink. Feel free to comment on any of my previous blog post as well.