Step by Step

It is said that a journey of a thousand miles, begins with a single step.
When starting the journey of recovery, those words didn't make much
sense to me. Coming into treatment, I had little knowledge of addiction.
The whole process of progression and co-dependence was totally foreign.

My belief was that one goes into a program for X amount of days, gets
cured, and goes back to work. BUZZZZ...wrong answer!
The concept of permanence of the disease of addiction couldn't apply
to me?
I wasn't as bad as anyone else in rehab. Maybe I could regain some
control and go back to social drinking. Needless to say, this pattern
of denial lasted a few years, but always ended the same.

Today I continue on the path started by that first step.
Finally convinced I can never recapture "the good old days", I practice
abstinence as the start of daily sobriety.

Prayer, meetings and service all reinforce my resolve to maintain
what I have today.