Hello everyone. I would like to say welcome to anyone that is here and also thank you for everyone here. This has been a warm and welcoming place for me and for that I am grateful. Today has been a rather good day for me. I visited a friend from my local meetings and discussed helping him with some body work on an old truck he has. After that, I went out by my sponsor and had our weekly meeting. We usually meet on Wednesday but this week we both had reschedule. We discussed a lot today. Spent almost 4 hours talking about a number of negative feelings I’ve been having. He explained to me how, at this point in my recovery, the chemical balance in my brain is still trying to correct itself from the years of drinking and basically “re-wiring” the way my brain functioned. It will take some time but it will get better. Along with the support of this group, the fellowship of my local meetings and the help of my higher power, I have been able to put some of the demons in my head to rest. Or at least keep them at bay for now.
After my long but well worth it visit to my sponsor, I took the bike for a ride. It was a beautiful day for it where I live. (Not sure where everyone else on here is from) after the ride I went to a meeting. It was a smaller meeting, maybe 8 or 9 people all together, but sometimes those meetings feel more personal. We had some good daily readings and discussed some things that were pretty close to our hearts. (Can’t really say what, anonymity and all) but it also helped my mood. It’s crazy, no matter how bad I feel before a meeting, I always feel better after.
Next I went and had some fresh corn on the cob with a few of the other members from the meeting. It was nice to mingle a bit. And the corn was really good!! We had some laughs and even had a young lady come by with her new puppy. Such an adorable little girl (the puppy) she had one brown eye and one blue eye. I believe she was a mix of husky and Sheppard but I don’t remember for sure.
After that I decided to go to watch an outdoor movie at a friend from the programs place. They had a projector screen outside and had a bunch of chairs set up like an out door theater. The landscaping was beautiful, it reminded me of being in the jungle almost. There was about 20 people from the local meetings there. It was a nice way to talk to them outside of the meetings and discuss things besides our addictions. To just have normal, adult conversation. Unfortunately I had to leave early but I am still glad I went.
Now I am laying down, getting ready to call it a night. Got a movie on, relaxing on the couch. Pleasantly at peace tonight and feeling very accepted.
With all that being said, I hope that everyone has a peaceful night tonight and may God bless and guide us all. Feel free to respond in any way and don’t be afraid to tell me about your day. I’d like to hear about it. Stay safe an God bless.