Capp,

Thanks for posting that. I really needed to read a hopeful post. I've been feeling kind of down about Christmas coming up cause I can't go visit my brother, so I'm most likely going to be alone.

But it's still a lot better than past Christmasses - I spent Christmas day 2006 in a hospital ER detoxing. It was a horible and scary and very lonely experience.

But with a lot of help I'm now over one year sober. It's still really hard, and I do wish I could drink - but I know that would just make my life worse.

I try to remember to be grateful for all the wonderfull people I have in my life now, and the positives that I would never have thought possible when I was still drinking. I just need to be reminded occassionally. So thanks for the reminder.

--splitimage