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
