Quit Drinking Together

Have you ever been on a journey, even if it was an accidental one, just to realize that what you thought was the cause of it, was something entirely different?

When I quit drinking alcohol, I thought the cause of my quit was the dreaded drunken days and dismantled life I had managed to make for myself. I thought wanting to get better and live a life worth living was what made me quit drinking. How did I actually quit drinking? I never really realized how I managed to stop. I still haven’t. It’s unbelievable to me.

I’ve never been a religious person. I have to admit, however, that I realize now (and maybe have for a while, or have at least been trying to understand it) that God – Jesus – was what caused my quit. I begged and pleaded for weeks and months to quit drinking. Maybe even years. I screamed and cried about it. I wrote about it. I day-dreamed about it. What is now coming to light for me – is that I was actually praying about it. Being sober has made me curious about everything. Not only have I managed to do something I’ve wanted to for decades and taken the time to learn to play guitar (which is always a work in progress) but I have started to try to connect with Jesus – which is something I was always curious about, but never put any effort into it. I don’t know what it’s supposed to feel like to “find” Jesus – but I can say this – the learning I’ve been doing lately and the connections that I’ve felt reading about Him, have done something weird – and have made me feel like I have an invisible friend around. Is that creepy? I don’t know, Jesus probably doesn’t think so, ha ha! It is an odd sense of security I feel, now. I thank God for so many things, not as much as I should but, I always believed in Him. I never much knew or understood the story of Jesus, though. I’m still learning. It’s just incredible how something so simple can make you see things so different. How just believing in something, can change your life.

I’m still on this accidental journey – I mean – there’s a lot going on with the story of Jesus 🤣 Anyway – I just wanted to say, thank you to God, Jesus – for getting me through the toughest parts of my life. The bad things all seem to connect to one another – but at least now I have an unwavering friend to walk beside me. Jesus and my pink guitar, saving my life…. Thank you. 🙏🏼

I hope you have an amazing friend to walk with you – no matter who it is. ❤️