Re: YaYYYY YYYY!
- From: Mike M <mikemcig-free@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:32:31 -0700
Congratulations Kathleen, I can remember when we all hung out in IRC,
man was that a long time ago.
Mike M
On Fri, 17 Jun 2011 05:13:49 -0500, "Kathleen"
<lovebirds1201@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello friends,
I went to an AA meeting today, first in ages, and was reminded why I love
that group of people so much. It's the same thing here each time I drop
in - it's like coming home again to a group of people who truly know me and
"get" me, for the most part.
It's so hard to believe it's been 9 whole years since I smoked my last
sickarette.
For honesty's sake I did slip once when I was 18mo, smoked 2 or 3 after a
horrible spousal argument and got right back on the wagon the next morning
with out resetting my meter. Somehow it was just a blip instead of the
slippery slope I feared.
I went through a lot of stuff 9 years ago. Some of you 'old-timers
remember. Custody crap where my teen was constantly put in the middle and
manipulated, talked into signing papers to live full time at Dad's after
years of sharing her time equally. They did everything they could to push
her out of my life, and then abused her over there and it only went from bad
to worse. Lawyers. Lawyer fees. Mediation. Sorrow. Waiting to pick her
up only to have her choose their "fun" plans instead. ::sigh:: What else
happened? I totaled my car that year, about a month of smobriety behind me.
A move into a home I never smoked in. Several jobs now.
I don't know how I did it - I spent a lot of time here. I played a lot of
video games, watched a lot of movies and various animal critter cams.
Laughed and cried with you all here and on chat.
How I wish I could do the Chicago meet - one of our members generously
offered to share her room, car, and airline miles to get me there but this
time it just wasn't meant to be. I already had plans and also, long ago, DH
and I made a "pact" of sorts, that we wouldn't leave each other alone on
holiday weekends or any holidays, that we would spend them together. It
wouldn't be right for me to leave so I'm counting on you all to talk about
me and take some great pictures!!
My Dearest Edna Pearl, my heart is so sad with your passing. Broken. How
proud I know you are!! We did it!! We won the race! I can't wait to see
you again, singing and kayaking in that great lake in the sky. That's how I
see you my friend. And I will never forget how you loved encouraged me and
reasoned me along. How you went to bat for me.
And the rest of you, I'm so glad, so grateful, so joyful to count you all as
friends!
Be kind to yourselves!!
With hope and heart,
Kathleen
It has been Nine wicked short years, 6 wicked precious hours, 43 wicked cool
minutes and 33 wicked awesome seconds since I smoked, by the grace of God,
much to my total astonishment and dismay. I have mentally mutilated 65745
stinky, wicked nasty, health destroying, joy stealing, death expediators,
saving $11,505.48 to spend frivolously on music related items to fill my
home with joyful worship to the God that I adore! Life saved to be spent
dancing and singing at the top of my lungs: 32 weeks, 4 days, 6 hours, 45
minutes.
.
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