FELLOW TRAVELER

"WOOHOO WHAT A RIDE!"

I had a great week end. I spent one day with an old friend in the program that I don't get to spend much time with. She's such a sweetheart, I love her. Then I spent a couple of days with a new friend, we have the same sponsor, & we're discovering we have a lot in common. Today, she asked me to help her with her 4th step, it's her first time. I was honored to, & I learned from it, I'm working on mine, too. For some reason, I've been putting mine off, & not following directions, tho I have gotten quite a bit of it done, still, I think I need to go over it again, So, by helping her, it inspires me to work on mine. You see how that works? Oh, by the way, I'm over the blues. I didn't even have them the whole day, which is a change. Used to be, I would have them the whole week, & I'd carry it over into suffering, & martydom. Boy, I don't want to go thru that again!

I feel more at peace these days, I feel more loving toward my fellow man. You know, my new friend & I were talking about our lives in general, & came to the conclusion alcoholics & addicts are very tough people. We've experienced more in our drinking careers, than most people ever will in their lifetimes, not to mention the pain of self destruction, & destruction to others. We get a chance to right our wrongs, to learn from our mistakes. We know what it is like to be out of society, & get the chance to be in society again, but this time, without the games. We get to be real. We know what it means to be blessed, to be given grace.

We are people that have been, & still are on a helluva ride. We will come to our death skidding, saying "WooHoo, what a ride!"
That is way cool! Keep on Keepin' on!

posted by sharonsjourney @ 7:52 PM