A Good Reason To Be Sober

By Madison


Tonight I had to give my son a talk about drugs, it was a part of his cub scout advancement to earn another badge. I can not tell you how good it felt that I was able to speak with him honestly about the ill effects of involving himself in such things. Imagine if this was 17 months ago, would I have said hold on son, let me just fill up my wine glass and pop out for a quick cigarette before I we get started. How would I have been able to look him in the eyes like I did tonight if I hadn’t of given up drinking and smoking. I didn’t share my story, he is too young for that right now but I did tell him what he needed to know right now. I will always know that when he looked me straight in the eyes tonight, he knew that I was being honest with him, and when he grows older I am very sure this talk will make a difference in his life.

I was very grateful to be sober today. I will remember this for the rest of my life and continue to thank god that I was given the strength and courage to successfully over come my addictions.

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This entry was posted on Monday, January 18th, 2010 at 3:42 pm and is filed under Get Sober. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “A Good Reason To Be Sober”

  1. Patrick
    January 18, 2010 at 8:30 pm

    Good job, Princess. That is the kind of stuff that is really important. Why did we get sober? To carry a message and help others…and that can be in a program, or it can be in “real life,” like you had to do. Either way, your sobriety has a huge ripple effect on the universe. Not a small deal. More of a big deal, really.

    Thanks for sharing it!

    #1541
  2. Madison
    January 21, 2010 at 9:24 pm

    Thanks Patrick.

    #1543

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