Ramblings...

Hey All, I haven't posted in a while, I know. I'm not making excuses this time either. I've just had a lot on my mind that I really didn't want to share with the world. I talked with a couple people and things are starting to get back on track.

Now. The Ramblings....

SO, I've been switching up the meetings I attend. I have a couple that I'm keeping as my MAIN meetings, but on the other nights I'm trying out some different meetings. This past week I went to the same meeting I went to on my second day of this whole sober gambit and continued to go to for a couple more weeks. It was interesting to see how many people weren't there and to see all the new people. It was actually kinda cool. This was the meeting where I was in a "first step" group about 3 weeks into sobriety and I really didn't want to be there. I sat there listening to all these 13 and 14 year old kidz talk about their program and when It came to be my turn to talk I said, "This Sobriety shit sucks. My friends are all out drinking and having a good time and I'm sitting here listening to a bunch of Kids tell how bad their life is." I was amazed and quite pissed when a couple of the old-timers just sat and grinned at me. I get it now.

Hmmm... OH! Yesterday was the annual GLBT In Recovery "Spring Into Summer" event. It went pretty well, all things considered. There was Excelent food, fun games, good speaker and lots of good conversation. I was kinda behind-the-scenes for most of it. Not becase I couldn't have enjoyed the evening after my part was done, but more because I was scared by the plethora of "Mo's and Bo's" as my elloquent sponsor puts it. I had fun though. I hung out in the kitchen a lot and got to talk with some people I don't usually get to talk with. It was cool hanging out with Zeke and Al and (As others call him:) "Hot" Todd (I think by the end of the day he might have actually caught my name. This after being in the same Monday Meeting with him for the past couple months, the meeting I'm the "chair" of this month even.) LOL.

Anywho, I had a whole list of other things I actually had ready to post, including a Gratitude list, but I tried to insert a picture and somehow lost everything past this point. LOL It keeps it short and simple.

Today was a good day. I'm still amazed at what a simple program this is. It's not easy, but it's simple, and yet I continue to make it difficult.

I'll sign off for today.
Hugz.
JD