21 yrs ago I completed US Army Special Forces Selection and Assessment. I had already been to combat, but I kept choosing the hard path.
After more combat I found myself in the throes of addiction that would last until I was 41.
I’m now 45 and 3 1/2yrs sober and still choose to take the hard rights over the easy wrongs.
@nated402077 trust me when I say this.. the hard rights get easier as you progress through your sobriety. The 9th step promise clearly states..
'We are going to know a new freedom and a new happiness. We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it. We will comprehend the word serenity and we will know peace. No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others. That feeling of uselessness and self-pity will disappear. We will lose interest in selfish things and gain interest in our fellows. Self-seeking will slip away. Our whole attitude and outlook upon life will change. Fear of people and of economic insecurity will leave us. We will intuitively know how to handle situations which used to baffle us. We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves. Are these extravagant promises? We think not. They are being fulfilled among us-sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly. They will always materialize if we work for them.'
You got this my brother.
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Thank you, really, for your service and congrats on your clean time. I’m also 45 with just over a year clean. I’ll remember taking the hard rights over easy wrongs and apply that to my own sobriety. Thanks for that post.
Amazing share! Thank you!
