Six Months

Today I celebrate six months of sobriety.  It's been both a wonderful and scary journey to get here.

While I have a sense of pride for the accomplishment, I feel that there is so much more that needs to be done.  I've worked hard to wipe away the 'fog' that has clouded my vision on life.  Now it's time to get to work cleaning up the mess that I see in front of me.

I also have to constantly remind myself that the 'one day at a time' approach to sobriety needs to translate into a 'one piece of junk at a time' cleanup.  By working to address small changes and fixes instead of being overwhelmed by the totality of the mess, I can have hope that the mess will go away.  It's just so freaking hard to look at it that way.  I want it to be gone now.  I want the work to deliver bigger, better, and faster results. 

The key thing is that if I don't stop to recognize and appreciate the little steps, the real progress will be lost.

You can't go from zero to sixty without touching every mile per hour in between.  I need to remember that.