NOT MINE!! Actually I celebrated 18 months on the 11th and I celebrated. I announced it at my morning meeting and how I thought there should be a chip for it because I know we're not supposed to count, its a day at a time and all that but a year and half...whoop! It's just hard to believe. One of my friends at the meeting tapped me on the shoulder after my turn passed and presented me with a bottle cap with an orange sticky with 18 months written on it, awesome!...and the chairperson at the end of the meeting called me up and gave me a year medallion and a 6 month chip...proving once again that the squeeky wheel gets the oil.
Anyway...yesterday at the meeting I was chairing and this one guy asked to start...I heard him say "one year ago today..." and I realized I had forgotten to look in the anniversary book...so I scrambled around looking for a card which we didn't have. We are fortunate in that the church we meet in has a gift shop and we can buy cards from them when we run out, so I went next door and picked out a card...came back, wrote a message from the group, wrote my own personal message and then started to pass the card around. Meanwhile he's sharing..and I am hearing about his last drunk, jail, etc. But not really listening. Then the Secretary comes and whispers in my ear...his anniversary is on the 17th...and I'm like...are you sure? Anyway I asked the person...and he confirmed that it was the 17th so I sheepishly put the card away and apologized for jumping the gun. Today he asked to start again and finished his story...his last drink was in the wee hours..he's really doing a countdown of the last debacle....his wife picked him up from jail..the guilt and remorse, the drunk driving..we all know the story. This time I listened. But noone else in the meeting did. Well, the old guys. They were all congratulating him on his year when he made clear it was tomorrow. Whatever. It's confusing I guess. Today he was going to spend at his 5 yr olds Christmas Concert...what a difference a year makes. I am looking forward to the third installment of his story....a year...it's a big deal.
5 comments:
I agree with you about an 18 month chip. I felt like I needed/wanted one at that point, like it was a real milestone to not slip after making the 1st year. I think some places do celebrate it.
Congratulations dear Kathy Lynne...18 months is amazing and our lives just keep getting better and better...the miracles keep coming.
Wow!
G
I've just realised I am 21 months sober today and I feel quite amazed that sobriety is just a way of life now.
Hugs to you at 18 months, Kathy
Mary
congratulations. to the both of you!
In Texas we give chips for 30,60,90 days, 6 months, 9 months, 18 months and then years.
We see a LOT of 1 year chips, then less than half of those get to 18 months.
I feel bad that you did not get an 18month chip!!!!
They are the BESTEST and HARD to get.
Congrats!
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