Also… my family is just toxic.
Since my wife and I moved to Europe, people always ask if we miss our family.
I tell them that 2,000 miles is just starting to get to be enough physical separation.

That only left them.
They weren’t the reason I drank. That’s on me. But it was a clear indication that they created the environment where my drinking “flourished”.
Go easy on yourself. Sometimes they ARE the problem. You are right where you need to be… and they are where they are..

FWIW, as late as 25+ years sober both my parents would ask if I was still sober and be surprised when I said yes.
I thought I’d been such a horrible son when I was drinking (I was), but they didn’t seem to notice (or care) that I stopped.
I checked myself to make sure I’d changed… improved. I had.

People underestimate the old AA adage: there’s only one step about drinking… and 11 steps about living.
Finding peace is the ultimate goal for me… not drinking is just the foundation for a life I don’t have to try to escape from….

As a person who got sober in Dallas in the 90s, I personally know so many ppl this organization helped.
I’ve not lived in DFW for a while, so I’m glad to see it alive and well… helping new generations get clean and sober.

Please don’t let me be correct!!!

They’re setting her up to be the VP for JD when they throw Trump under the bus for the Epstein fallout. When he gets 25th’ed they install her.
I’m NOT a conspiracy theorist. I just think “what’s the worst thing they can do?” and then they do it…

FWIW, I’m really enjoying your court mandated walk through sobriety.
When you’re done, it’s going to be interesting to see if you go back to how you were before.
I doubt it. Clarity of mind and body changes you.
What are your predictions?

My smell-o-vision is sending me hints of cinnamon and spruce…

Drinking dreams are fantastic windows into how your brain works! I’ve got 31+yrs sober and they creep in every now and then.
Look at what’s going on in your life. Examine what needs attention.
They’re a “check engine” light for your sobriety!

Now we’re getting ads on paid Netflix plans.
I hate this new world order.
The constant whoring is getting old.

It can’t take you anywhere you don’t want to go!

Check your ticket!

Get on the crazy train!

We’ve got snacks!

Sanity is overrated at times.

(Take a look at what’s making you crazy and give it a name. Define it and you take its power away. We’re all afraid of the dark, so turn the lights on)

Do as I say… not as I do…

Going to be on my headstone

I just get foggy… like I can see the concepts in my head… but I can only just make them out without the details.

I’m not sure my head works like other people… it’s a chaotic, rusty old filing cabinet with sticky drawers and old yellowing folders of bits of crinkled up papers.

#notliketheotherkids

As a person who dealt with a court system that did not understand addiction (rural Texas in the 80s), I absolutely applaud this program!
I only wish I had something like this back then!
Congratulations to all of the participants... and the leadership who put this in place!
#mentalhealth