I spoke Mon. night at my home group. Boy was it nervwracking. It was really hard too, to come up with a coherent narrative of everything that's been part of my recovery journey since I was in such a fog for months in early recovery.

I was honest about my mental health stuff and needing psych hospitalization. I felt more comfortable talking about that than I thought I would.

The only part I wish I could have spent more time on is what life is like now - I kind of ran short of time at the end, so wasn't able to get into as much detail as I would have liked about what I'm doing now in recovery that wouldn't be possible if I was still drinking.

A woman who I really respect said I did really well, and a couple of serious old timers said it was good to be reminded what it was like when you're new.

By fluke we had a whole bunch of newcomers there that night, all of whom came up and thanked me for sharing saying that I'd given them hope. That made me feel good. One of the women is currently in the same outpatient treatment program that I went through, so we kind of commpared experiences.

Now that it's over I'm glad I did it.

--splitimage