My Wife and a New Way of Life

August 3rd, 2003 was one of the greatest days of my life! I had found a woman that I was ready to be with for the rest of my life! and on that day in August I married her, and thank God for bringing us together. (Sorry I got no wedding pics on this computer, but I will get some as soon as I can)

Shelly was the greatest person I could have ever fell in in love with. She has held true to her vows and has stuck by me through thick and thin and helped me up when I had fallen flat on my face! I don't think many people would have stuck by through the bad times, but Shelly seen something in me that I didn't even know was there until she helped me find it. I read a story a couple years ago and one paragraph stuck out in my head more so than any of the others it read as follows:

"My good wife became deeply interested and it was her interest that sustained mine, though I at no time sensed that it might be an answer to my liquor problem. How my wife kept her faith and courage during all those years, I'll never know, but she did. If she had not, I know I would have been dead a long time ago. For some reason, we alcoholics seem to have the gift of picking out the world's finest women. Why they should be subjected to the tortures we inflicted upon them, I cannot explain."

This paragraph came directly out of Dr. Bob's Nightmare, a story from the Alcoholics Anonymous big book. Dr. Bob was a co-founder of the AA program.

I am sure by now you have guessed, I am an alcoholic; but with that I am very proud to say I am in recovery. I belong to an AA group in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada which in my personal opinion is the best AA group around. I have been taught a new way of life and have learned to live life on a whole new level that has relieved me from being dependant on alcohol.

I have learned to cope with my fears and resentments, learned to have a positive optimistic view on life, and realize that there is a higher power at work in my life.

I am by no means a saint, I am still an alcoholic, but I feel I now have a better grip life and can be a better husband, father, son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin for my family which in my mind is the most important thing in the world. Regardless of what happens in life, your family will always be there, in one form or another so they are the ones I want to have a positive relationship with.

God has a plan for me, I don't know what it is, but he has a plan -- everything happens for a reason! I can't try and take control of my life, because when I do things seem to go wrong, if i let God take control I know whatever happens is happening for a reason and I will except it and meet any challenges head on as I know the power that is with me is far stronger than any force I could possibly come up against.

In closing for today I want to say HI to my lovely wife, I miss you lots and wish I was home with you to cuddle and stuff (wink wink).