Before I begin a small disclaimer * I applaud ANYONE and EVERYONE who has come to God and/or been clean and sober for any length of time after the battle of addiction. I know it takes hard work and dedication and I applaud the effort it takes and I realize how hard it is. I'm not knocking that at all!*
I was at work a couple of months ago and I was being surrounded by cheer and celebration and the general rumblings of party planning. I was interested to know who the party was for and so forth and someone said it was _fill in name here_ birthday, and that they were 6 years old. Now this man was old enough to be my father so I asked how. Turns out it is his 6th year of sobriety and they have a party for every year he stays sober. That's cool. I think that's great. However, while sitting there mulling over this I realized, I never have a party for being sober my whole life. I've never been celebrated for saying "No" to drugs. I've never smoked anything in my life or popped pills, shot anything into my body, or snorted anything, and yet, I get no party. And along those same lines, I've been a heterosexual my whole life and I've never had a parade. My God says that homosexuality is bad and drugs are bad I haven't participated in any of those things and I don't get a party or a parade. And what's worse is that I mentioned this and my "friends" ostracized me for it. I lost friends over this observation. Which is fine. I'm not heart broken over it because God gave me peace. That's right I said it. I don't care because God is behind me! Hahaha. I think any recovering addict is very brave and strong, I was just thinking about it and these were my thoughts.
*The Jesus Loving Princess*
*Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:5*
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