Tim Dill wrote to All on  and announced ..
 TD> Hi all,
 TD> Well 7 years ago today I woke up knowing that I had taken my last drink
 TD> the night before....
 TD> I needed tonight to hear part of my war story that came out of some
 TD> one else's mouth...
        Funny how we get to here these stories from time to time.
 TD> Drinking was not so much of my story that it's the whole story.. it's
 TD> more complex part of it...
 TD> I remember the fights, the brawls, the outsider feeling that I always
 TD> carried with me....
        Know this part well.
 TD> Alcohol and Drugs changed that feeling... it made it possible to 
 TD> live in my own skin.
 TD> It also made associations possible...
 TD> But along the way.. the effect became unpredictable... and I never knew 
 TD> where I would wind up.. passed out, throwing up.. etc...
        The how did I get here effect. ;-(
 TD> Yet all in all I want to remember that "lost time" feeling because I 
 TD> never want to go back there.
        Sometimes I feel like it would be nice to have the feeling of the 
        fun of early using.  But it is always followed by the knowledge of
        the consequenses of my past actions.  No thanks, I'll pass.
 TD> It still amazes me that after 7 years I still am sober...
        I don't stand in so much wonder about how I did it.
        I remember the strugles and the kicking and screaming
        of my early recovery.
 TD> so don't let your sponsor bullshit ya...
 TD> you can stay sober with major changes in your life...
        And boy have I seen some canges in mine.
 TD> I know, I did it...
 TD> happy B'day to me
 TD> 1-1-90 - 1-1-97 it's been a blessed time so far and I don't plan for it
 TD> to stop...
        You and me both.
        Congrats
                Marty
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