We are never cured. But we are freed up.
We have to stay connected and stay in today.
I have had people ask me, “Heidi, why do you still call yourself an alcoholic after all these years, when you don’t drink anymore?”
Because we are never cured of this disease—dis-EASE. Admitting to myself that drinking is not my solution anymore, keeps me in today. It is a process. I get to continue this path of sobriety and protect it like I would my physical condition with exercise. I need to do something every day to exercise and maintain my sobriety to keep it strong.
Meeting and connecting with others is one of the best ways of doing that. I have never been comfortable calling alcoholism a disease. But I do know that when you have a disease, you have to actively treat it. Some diseases have a cure, but this disease does not. It is a lifelong effort of treatment for me. I have a dis-EASE with others and with life. My tendency is to check out or withdraw. That is not a treatment solution. My treatment involves reconnecting and engaging with life that helps me not withdraw and check out.
My saying that “I am an alcoholic in recovery,” says to others that I am like them and we are on this path of recovery together.
We can’t do it alone.
Come join us today.
Today is the day.
"This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it."
Psalm 118:24
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