Really Raining

May 3

REALLY RAINING

“Why do people ask if someone is really sober?”

“They’re checking for the winners, I guess,” responded my sponsor.

“But what does that mean?”

“Well, when the clouds roll in and the next thing you know it’s really raining, you can clearly discern the difference between that and just a shower.  The commitment of water saturates the atmosphere and the rain is the undeniable certainty.  That is what people are looking for and they ask to discover if the person even comprehends the concept.”

“What do they do if the person is really sober?”

“Stand next to them and soak it all in.”

Have double paned windows to insulate you from cosmic rays or constant criticism.

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With and Without

With my sponsor-

Without my drinking buddies

With my Big Book-

Without my contrived dogma

With my home group-

Without my dysfunctional family

With my step work-

Without my mental masturbation

With my sobriety-

Without my insanity

With all this I can live-

Without all that

You are reading selections from Sober on the Way to Sane and More Lines From My Life by Sherrie Theriault

http://www.amazon.com/Sober-On-The-Way-Sane/dp/1440417342/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388576888&sr=8-1&keywords=sober+on+the+way+to+sane

http://www.amazon.com/More-Lines-From-My-Life/dp/1448677203/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388576956&sr=8-1&keywords=More+Lines+From+My+Life

More Better

April 24

More Better

When I take a break from my idyllic life, trading up to paradise, I balk at thoughts of returning to the simply marvelous day to day I have worked so hard to attain.  Self accusation floods under the door, but I whimilate it with fact.  My reluctance to turn my back on a good thing is an asset which many days keeps me sober.  I greedily seize every improvement and hold on for dear life.  If reflections of the past even held a glimmer for me I might worry; I turn from all but the highest good.  I don’t regret the past but I shall never return to it.

Glance at the path you feel lead to

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REALLY RAINING

Why do people ask if someone is really sober?

They’re checking for winners, I guess responded my sponsor

But what does that mean?

Well, when the clouds roll in

And the next thing you know it’s really raining

You can clearly discern the difference between that and just a shower

The commitment of water saturates the atmosphere

And rain is the undeniable certainty

That is what people are looking for

And they ask to discover if the person even comprehends the concept

What do they do if the person is really sober?

Stand next to them

And soak it all in.