Three

Three to remember in your quest for sobriety.  God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

Without Them sobriety is just the revolving door of recovery!

Drunk-o-log?

This ain't no drunk-o-log.  Too many of you are current on the war stories of drunkenness.  I would like to share with you what happens on my side.  I will always be an alcoholic but for the past 16 years I have been living on the sober side of alcoholism.

Join me and ask God to show you what permanent sobriety is all about.

My legacy

My legacy isn't a legacy at all.  It is just obedience to God.  God gave me sobriety sixteen years ago and it is a joy to pass that sobriety along to you!

My heart is so full of joy that I ask you to put away the bottle and join me in a life so unbelievable that the desire to drink does not exist!  

I live for you!

I live for you so that you can see what sobriety is all about.  I may not have much, but when I think about it, if I have my sobriety, I have it all.  I have hope, health, love and joy.  I have a chance to serve God and give hope to others years after I no longer roam the earth.

When you have sobriety you truly do have it all.  Live for others by putting down that bottle forever!

My heart is occupied

Sobriety is in my heart because God the Father is in my soul.  Inviting God into your daily life leaves no room for alcohol and it's self-destructive nature.

RUNNING SCARED

I used to run from everything and alcohol was my accomplise. I ran from school, the military, my parents, the courts, doctors, lawyers and priests.  I ran from meaningful relationships.  I even ran from those who loved me dearly.  I was running scared and alcohol nearly caused me to run myself to an early grave.

What positive effect has alcohol had on your life lately?

There I was...

And here I am!  Sober and safe with joy and hope.  Two things that alcohol never provided. 

The seldom visited side

The seldom visited side of alcoholism is a place where dreams are realized and joy is the norm. 

Permanent sobriety is that place and we have many vacancies!!

Just one

One drink is all that separates many of us from joy, laughter, peace, well-being, hope, love and a life that is certainly worth living.

That one drink is the "first drink" and I have been able to stay away from that first drink for nearly sixteen years.  Join me on the seldom visited side of alcoholism.

That side is better known as SOBRIETY!!!

From my knees

At my worst moment I found the strength to get up on my knees and shout out to God for help!

I guess He was listening and for that I am eternally grateful and happy to serve.

Effort

No amount of effort, will power or intelligence will provide you with permanent sobriety.

God's love is a miracle!
God's love is power!
God's love is joy!
God's love is peace!
God's love is yours for the asking and God's love is more than enough to remove the desire for drinking, drunkenness and doom!

Why I drank in the beginning

I hurt inside at the age of thirteen.  I drank in an attempt to make myself feel better.  I tried for the next twenty-one years to erase the pain, to feel better and to undo what alcoholI had done to me.  It only took alcohol two decades to take away my hope, dreams, health, self-esteem, courage, finances, intelligence, good will, smile, joy and in the end it came within moments of taking my life.

I feel much better now and I did it all without the aid of alcohol.

Where to begin

Sobriety does not start at home or in church, nor does it start in treatment.  Sobriety does not start in prison, at work or in school. 

Sobriety starts NOW!!  It starts on your knees and it comes from the heart.  A willingness to change even though the flesh may not want to.  God knows your pain and He knows what the bottle is doing to you.  He will relieve you of that pain and take away the desire to drink if you ask Him to right NOW!!

A THOUGHT...

Recovery is ugly, frightening, but well worth the effort.  Sobriety is the reward for a recovery that was done correctly.

Recovery doesn't tickle, but sobriety will forever leave you smiling. 

Recovery

Recovery is a fight worth fighting, a dream worth dreaming and a lifestyle worth living. 

Tomorrow

Quiting drinking tomorrow to often comes at the expense of the innocent.  Too many times that last drink never happens, but tragedy seems to finds it's way into the alcoholics life, those he loves and sadly the innocent as well.

Do yourself a favor as well as everybody around you.  QUIT DRINKING NOW!!!!!

Coping skills

They are what pick you up and turn you away from alcohol and the desire to drink.  Coping skills that heal, comfort and change lives.  God knows them and so should you!  Get to a place of recovery and find out what they are.  Your sobriety depends on it. 

To drink is to die!

To drink is to die.  For people like you and me this is a fact.  Death is a certainty but when we drink death comes long before we ever have a chance to live. 

Get busy living and stop drinking NOW!!

My eyes were to blood shot to see

My eyes were to blood shot to see.  By soul was to full of sin to realize. 

God had a plan and for nearly twenty-one years I turned away from those plans and held firmly to a bottle of self-destruction, pain and constant fear. 

Living outside the will of God is a place meant for no man!

Take it to the cross

Alcoholism needs to be taken to the cross if it is ever to be removed from our lives!

Here I am...

Here I am with nearly 16 years of sobriety.  It all started on August 10th, 1995 in a place called recovery.  I am here to help!  Contact me anytime at jaysdesk@jaykolo.com

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!

Mothers are the one's who feel the full force impact of each and every drink we alcoholics take.  Their hearts ache when we get liquored up.  Their soul suffers when we stumble for days in a drunken state of self-destruction.  However, they most often remain our last and only friend. 
For many of us who are lucky enough to find permanent sobriety we can ultimately trace our turnaround back to our mothers.  And for that reason, along with many others, we need always be eternally grateful to them.
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY LADIES!!  The world would be dark and dismal without you.

More than just a thought

Pray for those I hate, cherish those I love and in between know that God has a plan for my sober existence.

Saturday night is alright for fighting...

Saturday night is alright for fighting...THE DESIRE TO DRINK!!!  Ask God to remove the "desire to drink" from you tonight. 
Recovery has to start sometime!  What are you waiting for ??

Think about it...

Sobriety is an example many of us need.  Drunkenness is a one way ticket to a dismal statistic.  Become the example and give hope to the statistics!  

Without a doubt

Without a doubt my worst day sober is far better than my best day as a drunk!!

GET TO WORK!!!

Becoming sober is a full-time job with lifetime benefits.  GET TO WORK!

Interested in permanent sobriety???  Ask me how.  My direct email is jaysdesk@jaykolo.com 

REMEMBER THIS...

Nobody enters treatment on a winning streak.

Question and answer time

Alcohol left my heading pounding with too many disturbing questions.

God blesses me with answers that soothe my soul and calm my heart.

True comfort

Drinking did bring me temporary comfort.  But the side effects were self-destruction, anxiety and constant fear.

Turning to God has brought me comfort as well.  The side effects have been peace, joy and a sense of well being!

Now that is true comfort!