2003-09-16 - 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday, September 16, 2003

A week after my 23rd sobriety anniversary, that's 8,400 days plus 7 more days since my last drink. Not boasting, just showing that it works one day at a time.

The following link speaks to me, reminding me just how bad life was many years ago, when I was a sick and scared young woman:"Necessary Spinning". It's my sincerest wish that anyone (who's drinking is becoming a problem or who knows anyone who is having trouble controlling when or how much she drinks) will check this out and see if she feels like this. The details are different, but the feelings Terri felt at the end are just like the feelings I felt in the last days of my drinking. That sense of impending doom exploded one day into the sure and certain realization that alcohol was killing me slowly. I didn't want to die.

So I had to learn how to stop and how to stay stopped. I had stopped on my own, but had never been able to stay stopped for more than two weeks in the last couple of years of my drinking. How to ask for help was the big question. I'd heard that there were some people who knew how to stay stopped, so I went to them and asked if they could show me how to do it. They took me under their wings and cared for me until I was able to care for myself. These people are everywhere. I've found them in Corea, too.

Now, I've grown into one of those people who can give that kind of help to sick and desperate folks. It's one of the most satisfying volunteer efforts I've ever tried. If you want to contact me, just take the capitalized letters out of my e-mail address (they are there to fool the spam-spiders) and drop me an e-mail. I'd love to hear from you.

Happy Trails!

~ Sil in Corea

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