I’m not going to start at the beginning of my story..it’s long and I’ll save that for next week. I can only say that today was pretty special. I got my drivers license back after lots of red tape. I’m lucky to have it back at all!
It’s the anniversary of breaking my wrist ..April 2nd last year.(not really a thing to celebrate!) It was a grueling experience but it’s over now. So that’s my steering wheel . There’s a little device I have to blow into to start the car, embarrassing..but no more embarrassing then passing out drunk in the middle of my town in front of many, many people.Getting my name in the paper, again. I drove and drove until it got dark and my eyesight started bothering me.!
Finally got to a meeting I had not been to since August ,when I wasn’t sure where I’d be spending the next 6 months. I was able to talk about that time, raised my hand and told where I had gone and what I’d been able to do and a few folks were smiling knowing that I went to rehab and not to a very awful, frightening place. Boy did that feel good. We were reading The Agnostics out of the Big Book, a very apt chapter for your truly. I went from being an atheist to an agnostic, and that happened while I was at Flatc. My mind has opened.. I thanked someone, some “thing” for letting me resume my life today. I never thought it would happen. And there I sat feeling so grateful..and knowing if I could do it newcomers could too. I’ve got one year and 21 days..but who’s counting? Me!
Got most of my life back, working on things all the time, cruising with my interlock device knowing that I’ll not fail that test and am finally free from the poison. It works. work it. Truly anonymous