Day 648

Good afternoon!  My name is Lauren, and I'm a grateful, recovering alcoholic/addict.  I used to always try to drink and use to escape reality.  I wanted to get away. Not that it was really that bad anyway.  I just didn't want to deal with anything.  I figured if I drank enough, things would go away, bills would go away, problems would go away, but they didn't, they just got bigger.  Bills went to collections, interest accumulated, and problems didn't go away, they just got stacked up in a corner to someday be brought up again.  I needed to deal with them and not just hide from them.  Today, I enjoy reaily, I make it everything I want it to be.  Not only because really that's all I can do, but why not.  Why not make the best of it?  It is a great thing to be able to have the opportunity to do what I want with my life instead of hide from it.  That's all I have for today.  Have a great one!