Romane W. Land - The wind whispered your name to me...
 
 
 RWL> Thanks for answering my message about sobriety and having been sober
 RWL> almost 18 years. The only thing that i can really share about staying
 RWL> sober is to convince yourself with conviction that for this second you
 RWL> can stey sober. That there is nothing you can do drunk that you can't
 RWL> do better sober.
 RWL> In May of 1979 i began my last binge, I never drank in bars, i would
 RWL> purchase a texas fifth of bourbon and go home and drink alone. This
 RWL> time i purchased about eight of them and lost the next ten days as
 RWL> i would wake up, take a slug of bourbon, and pass out again.
 RWL> On 06-01-79 i went to detox for 48 hours, anyone who has done that
 RWL> knows how rough it feels after 48 hrs without drink. On the way to
 RWL> my room i convinced myself that this time i could buy a double bourbon
 RWL> and stop. I started into a cocktail lounge when it suddenly hit me
 RWL> that I had already taken the last drink i would ever have. I believe
 RWL> the Lord was tired of my wasting what he had given me.
  Sure sounds to me that your HP was standing right next to you!..Good for
  you..
 
 RWL> Anyhow I went to my room, for the next 10 days i had the d'ts, I
 RWL> sure met some funny looking friends in that 10 days. It required
 RWL> almost three months for my tremors to settle down, and now after
 RWL> 17 years and 10 months i am finally sober. It required a lot of
 RWL> time for me to overcome the dry drunk. Always wanting to change
 RWL> everything, etc.
 I can imagine you saw some real strange looking friends...I guess this
 is when a lot of people see those famous "pink elephants" ...:)
 
 RWL> Overcoming alcolohism is one step, overcoming the personality
 RWL> conflicts that predispose toward alcoholic reasoning is another, both
 RWL> are necessary for peace of soul.
 Allow me to tell you a bit about myself..I am not an alcoholic nor do I
 have any addition problems other than the computer..and perhaps reading..
 But I am the adult child of an alcoholic, was married to a recovering
 alcoholic for over 5 years...(He was sober for almost 7 years before his
 death)..have one son that seems to be heading down that road...I have been
 around the rooms of AA for over 15 years..I am a member of a few support
 groups and I have been a sponcer...I am also the moderator of this echo..
 I enjoy being around people and I have an ability to listen with more than
 just my ears..
 I find listening to the stories of people in the rooms a way to keep me
 grateful..grateful for sharing in the lives of people who have "come a
 long way"..and even those that seem to have a hard time getting there..
 We all need others..it helps keep us aware of being a part of the human
 race...
 Light, Love and Laughter
 Marie - Starwitch
... Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild...
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12
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