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me and my two brains
despite being clean
and sober for fourty
or so years, occasionally
my old brain visits me
from out of nowhere
and whispers to my
soul,
" Come on-get high
one more time! It will
make everything okay!
No one will ever know."
but my new brain says,
"what the FUCK are you
thinking! You'll know!
why don't you stay sober
one more day and every-
thing will be great!"
glad I listen to that
new brain.
love y'all
Published 21st Feb 2021
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21st Feb 2021 3:37am
21st Feb 2021 3:42am
The worst days sober are a hundred time better than the best days lost, sick and addicted.
sober hugs/luvs to you,
buddhakitty
sober hugs/luvs to you,
buddhakitty
21st Feb 2021 3:46am
Dear BK,
Righteous! That damn nudge brain. Always looking for mischief. I’m glad you listened to your new brain too! Xo
H🌷
Righteous! That damn nudge brain. Always looking for mischief. I’m glad you listened to your new brain too! Xo
H🌷
21st Feb 2021 3:56am
You, me and God as I understand her. How can I go wrong.
hugs and luv's,
buddhakitty.
hugs and luv's,
buddhakitty.
21st Feb 2021 4:39am
21st Feb 2021 2:05pm
As i hate those moments also, my poetic friend. It goes to show that the tiger of addiction never completely goes away. It just hides in the shadows waiting to bounce.
hugs,
buddhakitty.
hugs,
buddhakitty.
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21st Feb 2021 8:15am
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21st Feb 2021 2:07pm
Little devil's indeed. How right you are, RiAN. We must be ever vigilante.
hugs,
buddhakitty.
hugs,
buddhakitty.
21st Feb 2021 1:00pm
21st Feb 2021 2:11pm
That's it; one day at a time. A simple idea for a complex problem. Life over jails, institutions and death, my friend.
hugs,
buddhakitty.
hugs,
buddhakitty.
21st Feb 2021 1:05pm
21st Feb 2021 2:14pm
Those are the most beautiful words I've heard today. Bless you.
biggest hugs ever,
buddhakitty.
biggest hugs ever,
buddhakitty.
21st Feb 2021 7:01pm
Anonymous
21st Feb 2021 1:47pm
I feel this very much. I won’t comment too much on it, but I’m just commenting to say I totally dig the message here. Sobriety is a hard thing.
Thank you for sharing.
-M
Thank you for sharing.
-M
21st Feb 2021 2:22pm
I am pleased that my words were meaning to you, M. Yes-sobriety is a hard thing, but I always remind myself what a harder thing addiction is.
biggest hugs,
buddhakitty.
biggest hugs,
buddhakitty.
1st Mar 2021 6:47pm
40+ years is quite an achievement. It's a scary thought when some old habit tries to rear it's head just old time sake. Thank you for sharing bk.
2nd Mar 2021 3:56am
It comes and goes and not being mindful of its presence is the real issue. Most anyone who is in earnest of their recovery knows that "once an addict, always an addict.
Thank you for recognizing the years of being sober, wally.
biggest hugs,
buddhakitty.
Thank you for recognizing the years of being sober, wally.
biggest hugs,
buddhakitty.
