Paul's Blog

When one is an alcoholic and stops drinking often good things can start happening but perhaps more importantly when an alcoholic stops drinking so many bad things stop happening. I was thinking today what I have occasionally thought before during a period of sobriety that is that it is such a GOOD feeling when sober when reflecting that each day sober I am doing the RIGHT thing. There are lots of right things I can do but being an alcoholic and not drinking then each day sober I am, by not picking up that first drink, doing perhaps the best right thing I can do. I at times feel GOOD simply knowing in a very important matter I am doing the right thing.

39 days sober. I am fairly confident I can stay sober all this year and achieve what I have achieved before; that is, staying sober for a year or more. My big goal though is to stay sober for the rest of my life. Recently I have been thinking again of a statement I read years ago. That statement is: Most times life is not so much what happens in your life but how you react to what happens in your life. It is important to remember that the vast majority of events that happen in most people's lives are quite trivial. Really big, serious and tragic events in most people's lives are quite rare. It is so VERY important in life to remember not to over react to events that happen day by day. For example, when a person reflects calmly and rationally it is usually not a big deal when another person does not like you and it is most times not too serious nor some big disaster when you make a mistake.