In the car last tonight....I got a loud and clear message...
Kenny Chesney's song "The Good Stuff"......and "Simple Things"....
You see Recovery comes 2nd in my life....God is first.... and the reason I say recovery comes second, before anything or anyone eles is because if my recovery doesnt come second, i could or would lose everyone and everything else. I will admit, sometimes i get alittle complacent...my stepwork, my meetings, using my sponsor as I should (you know I love you Tina and I hope you know how much i love you). I will say I walk the walk and talk the talk to the best of my ability. I used to not share or open up to others about my addiction, but things are not like that anymore. i will do anything to help another addict..help them understand and know there is a different way to live without drugs and alcohol.....I will share my hopes, strenghts and experiences, and know that God will guide me and help me to share with others. God had both of His hands in the decision and the outcome of my schooling to be a substance abuse counslor. The people, places and things He has placed in my path reassures me that this is the direction I belong, and doing what He would have me do. So back to the song "The Good Stuff and Simple things"
This gentleman got into an arguement with his wife, so he gets in his car and drives around lookin for a bar with a neon sign out front. As he goes inside, its just the bartender and him-self. The bartender asked him what he wanted to drink, and the gentleman said "give me the good stuff". The bartender didn't reach for the whiskey, or pour him a beer. the bartenders blue eyes got a little misty as he said "you won't find that here." The bartender took out a carton of milk and poured himself a glass of milk, and the young man says "I'll have a glass too" They talked for hours. Basically the song is about living life on life's term. Everyone has good days, bad days, disappointments, sad and happy times,gains and losses, pain and heartaches, yet we are able to walk through these things without ever finding the need to pick up any drug and put it in our body.
When this gentlman promised someone that he would drop in at one of those meetings down at the Y, he finally did. Well, they started talkin bout steps they take, mistakes they make, the hearts you break, and the price you pay...He almost walked away. You could hear a pin drop, when this old man stood up and said " I'm gonna say it again, like I do every week, for those who don't know me...
It's the simple things in life, like the kids at home and a loving wife, that you miss the most, when you lose control. And everything you love starts to disappear, the devil takes your hand and says no fear. Have another shot, just one more beer, Yah, I've been there, thats why I'm here. This ole boy stood up in the aisle, said he'd been living a life of denial and he cried as he talked about wasted years. I couldn't belive what I heard, it was my life word for word, and all of a sudden, it was clear....
IT"S THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE.....
I agree, it's the simple things in life, your simple things may be different than my simple things.
yet, no matter whatever our simple things are, dont ever let them out of our sight, and never give up. And never stop believing in yourself, never turn your back on others....Keep the faith, and know it is "one addict helping another addict" and "it's one day at a time." Don't let the devil take your hand and say "no fear" And remember and repeat this all the time: "Don't hate the addict...hate the disease."
This is an ugly disease....yet the only know cure is when you, yourself is ready. The good things and simple things are well worth it.
Because of His AMAZING GRACE...........
You see Recovery comes 2nd in my life....God is first.... and the reason I say recovery comes second, before anything or anyone eles is because if my recovery doesnt come second, i could or would lose everyone and everything else. I will admit, sometimes i get alittle complacent...my stepwork, my meetings, using my sponsor as I should (you know I love you Tina and I hope you know how much i love you). I will say I walk the walk and talk the talk to the best of my ability. I used to not share or open up to others about my addiction, but things are not like that anymore. i will do anything to help another addict..help them understand and know there is a different way to live without drugs and alcohol.....I will share my hopes, strenghts and experiences, and know that God will guide me and help me to share with others. God had both of His hands in the decision and the outcome of my schooling to be a substance abuse counslor. The people, places and things He has placed in my path reassures me that this is the direction I belong, and doing what He would have me do. So back to the song "The Good Stuff and Simple things"
This gentleman got into an arguement with his wife, so he gets in his car and drives around lookin for a bar with a neon sign out front. As he goes inside, its just the bartender and him-self. The bartender asked him what he wanted to drink, and the gentleman said "give me the good stuff". The bartender didn't reach for the whiskey, or pour him a beer. the bartenders blue eyes got a little misty as he said "you won't find that here." The bartender took out a carton of milk and poured himself a glass of milk, and the young man says "I'll have a glass too" They talked for hours. Basically the song is about living life on life's term. Everyone has good days, bad days, disappointments, sad and happy times,gains and losses, pain and heartaches, yet we are able to walk through these things without ever finding the need to pick up any drug and put it in our body.
When this gentlman promised someone that he would drop in at one of those meetings down at the Y, he finally did. Well, they started talkin bout steps they take, mistakes they make, the hearts you break, and the price you pay...He almost walked away. You could hear a pin drop, when this old man stood up and said " I'm gonna say it again, like I do every week, for those who don't know me...
It's the simple things in life, like the kids at home and a loving wife, that you miss the most, when you lose control. And everything you love starts to disappear, the devil takes your hand and says no fear. Have another shot, just one more beer, Yah, I've been there, thats why I'm here. This ole boy stood up in the aisle, said he'd been living a life of denial and he cried as he talked about wasted years. I couldn't belive what I heard, it was my life word for word, and all of a sudden, it was clear....
IT"S THE SIMPLE THINGS IN LIFE.....
I agree, it's the simple things in life, your simple things may be different than my simple things.
yet, no matter whatever our simple things are, dont ever let them out of our sight, and never give up. And never stop believing in yourself, never turn your back on others....Keep the faith, and know it is "one addict helping another addict" and "it's one day at a time." Don't let the devil take your hand and say "no fear" And remember and repeat this all the time: "Don't hate the addict...hate the disease."
This is an ugly disease....yet the only know cure is when you, yourself is ready. The good things and simple things are well worth it.
Because of His AMAZING GRACE...........
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