30 years ago this morning, I woke up DONE.
Actually, I woke up scared, shaky and hung-over, but I knew that I was DONE ... with alcohol. You wouldn't have wanted to know me at my worst back then, and I had a lot of changes to make -- I'd just gotten married for the second time, I had three children who needed me, and I was a mess ... physically, emotionally and spiritually.
As badly as I wanted a drink on the morning of August 18th, 1979, I didn't have one. And I haven't had one since, which seems astounding even to me. My life today is a direct result of the choice I made that day, and have continued to make one day at a time since then, with the help of a LOT of people!
I'll be thanking those people publicly with a 'birthday' cake on Saturday morning, including the woman who helped me the most that morning 30 years ago when I called for help -- Rita will fly in on Friday from Creston to spend the weekend with me!
Today I'll just celebrate quietly, and VERY gratefully.
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76 PAIRS AS OF Dec.22nd, 2011
Marilyn (aka 'Skipper') and Michael
The Wind Walker, our home
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Marilyn (aka 'Skipper') and Michael
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- My hubby Michael and I have lived afloat for 18 years now, and we'll never go back to land! The last 15 years have been on our 38' 1965 Chris Craft, Wind Walker . Apart from boating, I knit. A lot. You can email me at skipper at mvwindwalker dot com .
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7 comments:
Congratulations Marilyn.Enjoy your triumph today!!!!!!!
Congratulations on living 30 years well! We have a DD born on 8-2-79, a visible measure of the time you have been sober.
Best wishes for the coming year.
Congratulations Marilyn! A wonderful achievement and milestone to celebrate. The pressure in our society to 'have a drink' is huge - I commend your strength.
Congratulations Marilyn...what an achievement. I am so proud of you.
Very well done.
Good for you. It must have been very hard at the time.
congratulations What a wonderful feeling that you triumphed over the alcohol!!!! So happy for you my friend,
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