(Pictured above & below: Me, exactly one year ago today...the last day...)
Today I celebrate 1 year sober! It seems surreal to me.
I never thought this would be a disease that would effect me. It did and it is powerful. I hit my bottom on October 18, 2007. I knew that day would come so I kept doing what I did best- drinking and hiding it. Or at least I thought I was hiding it. Little did I know that the people around me knew.
I knew it was bad when I would wrap my arms around a garbage can at work on my class periods off. I knew it was bad when I smashed my car. I knew it was bad. Period. I just didn't care. Now I do. Now I want to make a difference.
On that life changing morning, October 19, 2007, Dean had me take a picture of myself from my camera phone while I was driving to an AA meeting so I would always remember what I looked like. I often look at those pictures to remind myself of that other life. Those pictures are ugly but important to me. I have included them on this blog so if you feel the need to drink, look at what it did to me. And that was only on the outside...
Today is a good day...
