Day ONE of 2008 ... My priorities

Well ... well what?

That was an expression I heard a while ago and I think it was at a Roundup in Regina in the early 1990's when I first entered sobriety. This was said by a person who had many years of sobriety and from what I could see in him ... the years were of contented sobriety.

Here is what I gathered from this statement: things do happen to me and to you. Some bad and some good. For the most part, on my balance sheet, my life's experiences have been positive. This is certainly true since I decided to do some very simple things.

The first simple thing I did was get sober. Drinking was and still is my primary problem. It is my first priority today and every day. Everything else, including cancer, is second. This is the "well and the well what". I know what is my primary problem is (the well) and I know what my primary solution is (the well what). This makes me a very lucky guy ... it really does.

Now this doesn't mean I don't have other goals and priorities. Every New Year's Day, I sit down with "A" and try and come up with at least 3 goals for the year. Here are mine for 2008.

1. Ask for sobriety every morning ... on my knees and say the Step 3 Prayer. At the end of the day ... thank the Big Guy if I stayed sober;
2. Go to at least 3 meetings a week;
3. Get my PSA checked at least 4 times in 2008;
4. Go someplace I never been ... Australia in October;
5. Finish the renovations in our ensuite bathroom;
6. Always (when I see them) tell Dustin, Demetrius and Boh how handsome they are and Aaliyah how beautiful she is;
7. Always, always kiss "A" before I leave work in the morning!

A Lucky 7 Resolution List ... I will see how many are completed at the end of 2008!

Happy New Year everyone ...

Gido

P.S. And for all my "boyfriends" out there ... please make at least one resolution in 2008 ... get your PSA checked!