Day 8... "I've got this" and I'm bored" and "Recovery is like a part-time job"

Hello friends, family, people who do not like me and anyone else I did not include.

I took a few days off of writing. No from recovery. I am in the process of installing new hardware on my CPU. I am trying to start new and healthy habits and making them become part of who I am. Reading and writing has to be part of that process, and I will work on that moving forward.

I went to group today and there are three individuals who want to leave sooner rather than later.

1. Guy #1, he is on his phone for almost the entire group. Every time a person running a group asks them a question, they have no idea what is going on in group.

   Is he board of group or tik toc scrolling?

2. Guy #2, he drank for 40 years. He thinks 60 days of treatment, and he is good to go. I always think it's funny when we want to hurry the recovery process. It took me 23 years to get my life into the mess it is. I am willing to bet it is going to take me more than a couple of years to recover. I have been "trying" to get sober for years. It was three years ago when I actually tried. I don't have it yet. But I promised my kiddos that I would keep working and keep fighting. For the record I am rooting for him, and I hope he makes it!

3. Guy #3, "This recovery thing is like having a part time job!" - The only thing I could think of asking was, "Have you ever had a parttime job that would save your life?"

I don't know what works to keep someone sober. I do not pretend to have a magic wand. I just know that for today, I am sober. When I woke up this morning, I got on my knees and thanked my higher power for helping me wake up sober, sans hangover and to please help me go to bed sober.

For today I am sober. Maybe I will drink or use tomorrow. But for today, I am sober.