Saturday, February 25, 2017

I Garr-un-tee

Guarantee:  Anything that assures a certain outcome.

There was a woman at the meeting today who took a four year chip.  She had a little entourage show up to support this milestone - her dad, two sons, and the woman who was her sponsor when she was getting started.  It's always great to see examples of what can happen when we stop drinking and drugging - for most of us the rewards that we reap are huge.  It's amazing how family life improves when we quit drinking.  I will add legal life, financial life, and work life to that category along with almost every other kind of life that doesn't have "vomit" in the title.  Vomiting goes way, way down.

It's also important for me to realize that in my life these things that I'm sure are bound to happen don't always absolutely happen.  They aren't guaranteed.  They're likely but not certain.  And that's OK.  Most but not all family relationships improve.  Those of us who have been fired stay fired.

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