Independence

Independence

Happy Independence Day to everyone. And a very happy one indeed to
everyone that is in recovery. This is the first sober fourth of July
that I have had in a very long time. So it obviously makes it very
special.
Today I am celebrating my independence from the ties that bound me.
Independence from the very thing that ruled my world for such a long
time.
I recently was talking to a friend of mine that had been there for me
toward the very end of my run. Someone that I would routinly come and
cry to expressing my need to stop drinking. She recounted the fact
that I said that it would be impossible. Impossible for me to stop
drinking. I knew what I had to do. It had to happen if I was going to
stay alive. But I couldn't imagine my world without alcohol. Alcohol
was the tie that bound me. The tie that I now have my freedom from.
That freedom means absolutly everything to me right now. No matter
what has happened in the past...I have right now. It wasnt impossibe
after all. When I really think about it....nothing is impossible for me.