Speaking of Corona virus—I had it—5,723 days ago. Corona was my beer. Many of them. Yes, it is a disease. A disease because it was something I could not control. At the end of my drinking, I had no choice.
What?
When drinking, I didn’t have a choice. If the alcohol was in front of me, it was inside of me. No thought process to it. The habit was securely in place. I was not aware that I had a choice in the matter. It was out of my hands at the end. Addiction was mine. It owned me—physically and mentally.
No choice.
When I surrendered, I realized that God had given me a second chance to do it differently. When I turned my life back over to God, I realized at that point, my ability to choose had been restored.
Wow. That is amazing.
I know, it doesn’t make sense, but it is true for me. I got my power of choice back by surrendering my own will. My choices now were limitless with God’s help and without the thought that my only solution to every problem is alcohol. People could not understand why I could not just have one drink, or just choose to stop. The irony was that one beer was too many and twelve was not enough! I was under the influence of the addiction, not having a choice at that point. My body thought I would die without it. My medicine now is meetings, connecting and prayer. Without the help of prayer to help me decide the right choice now, I will certainly resort to having no choice in the matter once again.
Now that I am sober, it has become my mission in life to help as many people recover as I possibly can. And, to raise awareness and understanding of the recovery process for the people supporting the recovering addict/alcoholic.
According to the United States Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than 88,000 people die from alcohol-related deaths each year in the United States. This doesn’t have to be the case.
We can and do recover.
With God and each other.
“You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.”
Galatians 5:13
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