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There is a question that has to be asked to anyone deeply involved in drinking or drug abuse. The question is am i the happiest i can be with my life? If doing this makes me the happiest i can be, and the most successful, kind, loving, and thoughtful person i can be towards myself and towards others, then continue in that lifestyle. If its destructive, expensive, destroys my life and that of others, then maybe i need to consider another direction. My recent neighbor across the street was evicted for not paying his bills or rent. Yet he always had money to go buy a bottle of vodka or something else. Being in his upper fifties and having heart trouble didnt deter him from a destructive, abusive lifestyle that has literally sent him out on the street with nothing to show for it. He had to sell all his belongings just to have money to live on for a few weeks while trying to find a place to live. Im going to miss him a lot because he was such a good neighbor, but couldnt control his drinking, it controlled him. There are examples everyday of people who have allowed a controlled substance to control them. There are the people who use small amounts of drugs or just drink socially. Ive always kinda admired their ability to monitor their intake. I was someone who enjoyed drinking a lot, so when the time came to finally do something else, it took a while to get used to. Now drinking isnt even a thought in my mind, or will it ever be so again. I can go into a bar room environment and am not influenced at all to have a drink. Cheers to anyone else who has found the freedom of self sufficiency through their own personal decision to live a clean and sober lifestyle, life has been great these past few years!
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