Well, hello everyone! Yes, it has been a while since I have shared my thoughts and feelings with all ya'll in Jillsville. Today happens to be New Years Eve 2017. We are going to be saying goodbye to 2017 and hello to 2018.
When I first got sober, in fact, it was my first year in AA I was so worried when December 31st rolled around. I was only 4 months sober and still a bit shaky. My sponsor, at the time, was Margaret, she was also an old drinking buddy of mine. I was fortunate in more ways than one to have her in my corner in the beginning of my sobriety. She sat me down and said to me, Jill it's just another day. My response to her was, Oh Hell No It Isn't! Well, actually yes it is.
That year she took me to the place that I first got sober in Aberdeen, NC. They were having what is known as an Alcathon. All day and all night meetings. The building stayed open and the coffee and the meetings flowed. That's where I spent my first sober New Years Eve. I was surrounded by a bunch of sober drunks playing board games and having back to back meetings and flooding my bladder with coffee. It was good to know that I was not the only one that felt that New Year's Eve wasn't just another day.
I have had 27 years of New Year's Eve's and it's good to know that it IS just another day! My New Years Eve is going to be spent at home with my wife and critters. We will be warm and cozy and probably in bed asleep by 9pm. Tomorrow we will wake up feeling good and loved in the knowledge of knowing we spent this "Just another day" together. For that, I am eternally grateful.
Happy New Years Everyone! May 2018 find everyone in good health and good spirits.
These are my Thoughts and Feelings from Jillsville.
