I thought I would be nice to start a thread about the good stuff that happens to people in sobriety.

The funny thing is, I don't really have anything specific to report....everything is just....good haha. I have been "medically retired" for the last year (a phrase I heard here on PC awhile ago). My doctors have finally gotten me straightened out on meds that are making me feel more human, and I'm getting ready to rejoin the work force.

The fact that I didn't drink when I got my diagnosis, or the countless times when I was stressing over money, or the many many other hardships that have taken place in my sobriety, amazes me every day. Having the tools that I have that provide me with a design for living that help me deal with ANY problem that comes up, has kept me from drinking for over 2 years.

I'm actually in a healthy relationship now with another sober person, and living an honest life and sharing my insecurities with him has made for a wonderful open honest and free relationship.

So nothing huge is happening, that is making me want to jump for joy and share something "Guess what happened!!!!!".....its simply the fact that I can live day by day, and face challenges, and come out on the other side, sober, happy, joyous and free.

I was thinking about a friend of mine when I started this post. One of the joys of going to meetings is watching people come in and "get it", watching them get sober, watching things start happening for them. A friend of mine made it through law school while he was drinking. But the wreckage of his past kept him from getting licensed even though he passed the bar.

After he got sober, he started working on appealing that. He had to fill out a huge packet, explaining every single thing he had ever done wrong while in law school. It took him about 6 months to complete all the paperwork. Yesterday he had the hearing, and was honest about everything, and explained what he was doing to stay sober, and had letters from some men in the program.

The decision came back the same day, and they're going to license him to practice law! He'll be on a kind of probation with the board, but all his honesty and hard work paid off, and he's on the road to cleaning up the wreckage of his past. This guy has worked HARD to get where he is. When he came into the program, he was driving this car that you always heard coming it squeeked so loud, the windows were busted and the ignition actually came out, and thats how he started it hahah. Now he's got a new (used) car, and is about to start his journey as a lawyer. This guy will have one year of sobriety on July 4th.

The gifts of sobriety are numerous, no matter how you find it or how you keep it. I just wanted to start a positive thread here so......share about that good stuff that's happened to you in sobriety. Lets give some hope to others that it can and does get better.

~Rayna