Modaat and project in the morning, more stock sold. Only 3 days left of dairy to put in now, finishing touches on the website, and then MODAAT can go live. Planning on making the website live on Sunday 28th May 2023, as this will be 90 days of sobriety for me. What a fitting way to celebrate this milestone in sobriety!
Very good weather today, Summer is finally here and work was good and not stressful, made progress today with some clients and gained another client. Helped some existing clients too. We had a guest speaker at the AA meeting tonight who did a Life story share. The speaker talked about how they have been sober for 26 years today, and how they have tried to gain sobriety many times before. The last time the speaker tried, before the sobriety now, was when they relapsed at a corporate event. This was due to feeling like they must have a drink, in order to fit in with the clients. The speaker said how they had been sober for many years, but just this one slip in judgment, lead to having one drink, then another, then another at the event, and thus continuing drinking for years to come. At first, they did not have any issues drinking again and it was managed, but as we are alcoholics, inevitably the controlled drinking became out of control and lead to daily drinking again.
This story touched me deeply and made me think about relapse and how important it is to stick to the recovery plan. It also made me think about how easy it can be to relapse, by just having that one drink, and thinking that you will be fine and can drink in moderation again.
Other fellows shared how they related, and how they have relapsed with the same misjudgment. This was very eye-opening for me.
I shared how I am 87 days sober today and have recently heard about fellows passing away from relapsing in this stage of early recovery. I shared how grateful I am to all the fellows here this evening and the guest speaker for sharing their stories, as this has given me more insight into how important it is to always be mindful of relapse. Some may be 10 days sober and some 10 years, but we all have the risk of relapse in common.
I must always be on guard for the signs of a relapse, and prevent it from happening!
