Crime

My crime was drunkenness.  That is one scene I never want to return to.

Time

Time is what alcohol took away from me.  It could have been much worse.

Always a challenge

With or without the bottle I am still an emotional train wreck that always wants to derail.

Finding permanent sobriety

If you invite God inside and expose to Him your darkest secrets the desire to drink will most certainly diminish.

The long arm of alcohol

I had no business making my drunkenness your business.  To those who I hurt and rattled along the way I am forever sorry.

Lost without a cause

I have no place to go when I drink except deep inside of the bottle.  When I drink nothing makes sense except staying drunk as long as I possibly can.  For what reason I do not know.  This is just how it has always been.

Time to heal

We can never fully heal if we continue to hurt ourselves and those around us.

No purpose

My drunkenness served no purpose other than quieting my otherwise twisted mind.

A bad scene

When my drinking started to severely affect those around me it was definitely time to quit.

Living proof

I quit drinking because I wanted to live more than die and I knew that alcohol was no longer a part of the living equation.

The chaos is gone

My desire to drink is no more, yet an alcoholic is forever who I am.    

Never give up!

Don't give up five minutes before the miracle.  Great things are usually ready to happen when the bottle is calling you back.  Don't give in...EVER!

Change is coming!

A new updated website is in the  works and should be up and ready the first part of July!

Sobriety is a blast

Sobriety can be fun!  Today I attempted to fry an egg on my head.  It was that Hot!

God help me

God removed the desire to drink from me because I got on my knees and asked Him to!

Powerless

My intelligence, willpower or education was no match against the power alcohol had on me.

Going places

Sobriety can take you to places that alcohol doesn't even know exist.

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!

May sobriety be your future!

Greatness

I have done no things great but I have done a few things with great enthusiasm.

Love heals

Alcohol hurts and love heals and together the two cannot exist.  Choose love and find those capable of loving you while you struggle in a state of healing.

God's Will

One thing I am certain of is that God's Will is not for us to be fall down, desperate, angry drunks.  The quickest way to get on your chosen path is to put the bottle down and run for everyone and anyone who can't help put distance between you and that next drink.

Memories

I remember so little other than the pain, remorse and isolation that I felt the morning after a big drunk.

Just plain dead

If I had not sobered up I would have automatically went from being dead drunk to just plain DEAD!!  My only consolation prize would have been a lengthy prison sentence for vehicular homicide.  For me alcohol was a dead end to no where.

Out on a ledge

Alcohol chased me out on a ledge many times and told me to jump.  It was prayer that would always give me the strength, courage and hope to come back in.

What remains

The bottle is gone, the memories have evaporated and all that remains is hope that enough time is left to get it  right.

I am responsible

After a few weeks without alcohol I began to realize that I was responsible for a large portion of my troubles.  Booze just helped me get there and kept me there.

Days end

At the end of the day I know where I have been and what I need to do to make things right.  At the end of the day I have few regrets and some degree of hope.  At the end of the day I am sober.

Perception

When I sobered up I thought sobriety would be different.  When I took my first drink I thought getting drunk would be different too!  Sobriety was a pleasant surprise.  Drunkenness was a disappointing disaster.

Twisted thinking

The crap that I have pulled is in direct proportion to the amount I drank.  We deserve better and so does God!

Honesty

Honesty is the most important part of recovery.  If we cannot be honest with ourselves during our most private moments we will forever be drunk.

Memories

My fondest memory of alcohol was when the desire to drink was taken away.

Just plain rotten

When I drank I let alcohol do my talking and thinking.  I was the type of guy who could follow you into a revolving door and come out ahead.  Alcohol rendered me heartless.

I do not know much

I started drinking in the 8th grade.  I dropped out of high school when I was 17.  I was kicked out of the military after serving just 14 months.  Alcohol had a hand in all of this.  I do not know much, but I do know, that booze breaks lives.  It damages the soul and crushes the heart.  It shortens our existence and peppers us with misery.
I also know that prayer and honesty can put an end to all of the misery and forever take away the desire to drink and be drunk.

My best friend

My best friend tried to kill me.  My best friend was alcohol and it created more enemies over the years than I could count.  But in the end the biggest enemy I had was alcohol itself.

Hope

Without alcohol there is hope.  And sometimes hope is all we need to get by.

I prayed

I prayed at my lowest moment that God would and could remove the desire to drink from me.  He can and He did.  And He will do the same  for you if you simply ask from the heart!

Lost at love

I once loved to drink more than I loved life itself.  And it was that love for alcohol that nearly introduced me to death.

Anything goes

Anything goes while under the influence.  Especially dreams, hope, family, health and wealth.  Drink long enough and it will all be gone before the hangover wears off.

One drink

The only thing that separates me, from many of you, is that first drink.  If I can avoid it so can you.  Without it almost anything is possible!

Recovery

Recovery is a death sentence that eventually turns into a life saver.