I was reading a little homemade book my 7 yr old daughter wrote while spending last Saturday night at her friends & I still have a smile on my face since I read it Sunday morning. If anyone is having a tough day or evening maybe after reading it you will feel a little better--I'll type it just how she wrote it.
Me and lizzy are awoke now and lizzys DaD called us sleeping bouteys. Today I am haviga grate Day me lizzy are makeing pichers today.
I like my friend lizzy alot because she is nice to me all the time and we naver fihgt naver.
I love MY life alot!
Dont you wish life was that wonderful & easy. I know mine will never be that simple because Im an adult. A sister, a daughter, a mother, a wife, an emplyoyee, a maid, a laudrymat (LOL) etc etc...but I will say that ever since I quit drinking my life has become brilliant! Sounds kinda tacky but thats how I feel--good just doesnt quite cut it, wonderful would work, but its better than wonderful now--it is brilliant. It was good before I started drinking hard--it honestly wasnt that terrible when I was drinking--but it was a slow downward spiral--slowly but surely. At first it was fun but than it started to become too much work---It was some time consuming & mind consuming--it made me do things I normally wouldnt do--say things I normally wouldnt say. It made me stop doing the things I used to enjoy--
Its only been 6 months since I quit drinking but in the last 6 months my life has changed so much! I am never going back where I was again! You couldnt offer me enough money in the world to take even just one drink.
Sure I might act like a "bonehead" at times now--I laugh too loud again--but not a drunken stupid laugh--I stare too long because Im amazed how much I missed while I was drunk & couldnt keep my eyes open, I use too much Downey fabric softner in the wash because I love the smell again---I swing with the kids on their swingset--my butts too big & the poles come out of the ground but so what!! I am enjoying myself, my family & my life--
For those of you who are new to AA, you should be very proud of yourself--it takes a lot of courage to take that first step. There are people in here & in the halls who have been waiting to help you. Let them. You deserve to have a brilliant life too! There is strenght & courage inside of you that you may have never known exists. Its in your heart & its waiting to be let out. It may take a while but once you let it out completly you will never want it back inside of you again.
If you want to quit you can -we'll help you as little or as much as you want. You can never ask for too much--the people in AA are wonderful & will be there for you even if you dont want to be there for yourself.
