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#343483 09/24/07 11:28 AM
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All my life I wanted to be someone; now I wish I had been specific. (Keep Coming Back, Hazelden)

I never aspired or wanted to be an alcoholic. That was not the "someone" I imagined. But I guess I worked hard at that without even realizing. I have always been someone but today I am a someone who with the program and the grace of God, can specify and choose every day how I want to live my life. What kind of someone are you?

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Kathy im happy for you, and i wish you the best.


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I wanted to be a better mother to my children, than my mom was to her children. I was given a second chance, to be a better grandmother, than i was a mother


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Hi Rosie,

Ditto to the above. I am a better grandmother because I understand the difference between co-dependence and love. My little ones will never know the grandma who was! Thanks for your share.

Kathy L.

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I always wanted to be a wife and mother; at 6 years clean/sober I became a Mom and 9 months after, a wife. I will celebrate my 8th anniversary this Thursday, and realize life can be whatever I want it to be.

I never wanted to be an orphan - my brother died as an indirect result of addiction last year and because my parents are divorced I sometimes feel like an orphan.

I never thought I'd have a relationship with my Dad because he was an active alcoholic. Two and a half years ago he got sober on his own and now we talk twice a week. My Mom is another story - while she's sober, she's got alanon issues up the kazoo and our relationship waxes and wanes; today I'm alright with what is and have stopped setting myself up for heartache where she is concerned.

Sobriety ROCKS!


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