shydawg
01-13-2009, 02:15 PM
A great gift
Hi to my friends all over the world.*
My story is the same as anyone else's. I picked up and used for a number of years, and today I am clean because you have taught me to live the NA way. I am still learning and I want to participate in life.*
I have a son who is three years old, and I am a splendid father to him. I am able to give him all the love I didn't receive as a child. My early recovery was a confusing time. I couldn't handle the feelings I had, and I didn't know what to do about my son. I felt so much guilt for not taking care of him. My sponsor (God bless him) taught me that if I didn't take responsibility for myself and my recovery, I wouldn't be able to take responsibility for anyone else. I don't live with my son's mother, but we have a wonderful relationship. We don't use our child as a weapon to hurt each other with, and we are both very aware that we owe that ability to recovery.*
I haven't been clean very long. Soon, I will celebrate my three-year birthday. It's a long time for me. NA just celebrated ten years in Sweden, and I was there with all my friends in recovery. Isn't that a wonderful gift!*
At last night's meeting I felt a wonderful sense of gratitude at being restored to enough sanity to learn from my mistakes. Yesterday, before the meeting, I walked through my old neighborhood and met an old friend. He asked me if I knew someone who had something. Maybe I should have invited him to the NA meeting, but I didn't.*
Today I will clean my apartment, and tonight I will have my son at home. I'll be able to make sure we both have a bath, and that I shave, and that we both put bedclothes on. And I'll sleep, oh so well. I bet no drug can beat that feeling.*
I will continue to recover with you in NA, one day at a time. Thanks for helping me live a wonderful life.
Anders S, Sweden
Hi to my friends all over the world.*
My story is the same as anyone else's. I picked up and used for a number of years, and today I am clean because you have taught me to live the NA way. I am still learning and I want to participate in life.*
I have a son who is three years old, and I am a splendid father to him. I am able to give him all the love I didn't receive as a child. My early recovery was a confusing time. I couldn't handle the feelings I had, and I didn't know what to do about my son. I felt so much guilt for not taking care of him. My sponsor (God bless him) taught me that if I didn't take responsibility for myself and my recovery, I wouldn't be able to take responsibility for anyone else. I don't live with my son's mother, but we have a wonderful relationship. We don't use our child as a weapon to hurt each other with, and we are both very aware that we owe that ability to recovery.*
I haven't been clean very long. Soon, I will celebrate my three-year birthday. It's a long time for me. NA just celebrated ten years in Sweden, and I was there with all my friends in recovery. Isn't that a wonderful gift!*
At last night's meeting I felt a wonderful sense of gratitude at being restored to enough sanity to learn from my mistakes. Yesterday, before the meeting, I walked through my old neighborhood and met an old friend. He asked me if I knew someone who had something. Maybe I should have invited him to the NA meeting, but I didn't.*
Today I will clean my apartment, and tonight I will have my son at home. I'll be able to make sure we both have a bath, and that I shave, and that we both put bedclothes on. And I'll sleep, oh so well. I bet no drug can beat that feeling.*
I will continue to recover with you in NA, one day at a time. Thanks for helping me live a wonderful life.
Anders S, Sweden