Hola Sober
SEPTEMBER 2022 VILLAGE VOICES
CONSTANT vigilance IS the name of the game! If I think back to the moderation decisions I made 4 years ago I can see clearly the quick and inevitable slide back into addiction. Linda’s relapse shares resonate with me loud and clear. I know the clarity of AF living of the previous 14 years! It was fecking hard to get back here and I can’t risk going back…EVER! No question.
Our very own Hola Sober dancing queen C.D. has attended so many concerts this summer all in joyful sobriety, in her power, in her majesty feeling grateful and fully aware of the gift that is not drinking. My inbox receives the most magical daily updates after each soiree telling me of her pure delight at dancing the night away. "Went to Stevie Nicks concert Thursday and she was great! It’s so nice to be dancing sober. No worries about falling flat on my face!"
-K.H.-
The more I do this the more I learn that keeping it simple works for me. I do not need to figure it all out this week or next week. I need to figure out today, just that. That for me is progress. Accepting I need to keep my sober world simple. I get up, read my daily email, go to work, check into a meeting if I can and NEVER miss Sunday church with Susan. I Marco Polo my sober girlfriends daily. And that is me sorted and that is what works for me. -L. B.-
"Diana Ross was amazing and I danced all night long."
"Sting was amazing and I enjoyed every moment and did not once think of drinking."
"Last night was a breeze watching Sheryl Crow. Nary a thought of drinking. I was completely oblivious. "
I feel so lucky to get these emails, long may they continue.
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