Well, things are going great!  Finally found myself a home group that I feel good about and I am looking forward to being "part of"!  I have been around the rooms of AA for a few years now and go to tons of different meetings but never found a home group I really felt passionate about and Im so excited to be part of this one, the sobriety in the room is inspriring, and I always walk away with so much hope!  I am a little intimidated by all the "old-timers", the average lenght of sobriety is over 20 years but it feels good to have so much wisdom around me.  I am doing service in this group by being the cake baker for birthday night and I made my first cake on Monday and it actually was pretty good (im not much of a cook!)  anyways, life is great and Im happy to be sober!  Thank God!

One Day At A Time!!!

Wow, its been quite a while since my last entry.  I have been working hard on staying sober and on the 30th I will have 6 months!  Its funny even though I know sobriety is "just for today" I do feel some since of accomplishment... I feel really good today!  I have been going to a lot of meetings, meetings I dont usually go to... I have my comfort zone meetings that I hit on a usual basis and the meetings I dont usually attend and its been amazing how much I have gained out of getting out of that comfort zone!  The last week has been very humbling I lost another friend to the disease, and it really hit close to home she was an alcoholic and a pill head (like me) and it really made me gratful It wasnt me laying in that box... It could have been, but for the grace of God....

One Day At A Time!!! 

Mott, Sherri Stringham Clayson
Sherri Stringham Clayson Mott Sherri Stringham Clayson Mott our beloved daughter, sister, mother, and aunt was joyously greeted by Jesus her Lord and Savior on December 9, 2006. Sherri was born August 9, 1963 in Provo, Utah. She attended school in Provo and Orem. She continued her education at Utah Valley State College. Sherri worked in the computer hardware industry, medical supply industry and was currently an intern at the Utah County Elections Department. Sherri was a loving, caring mother, daughter, sister, and aunt. She will be missed by her family and many friends in Alcoholics Anonymous, Via de Cristo, Christian Motorcyclists Association, and her church family at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Sandy. Sherri was looking forward to her newly elected position as Secretary of the King's Crusaders Chapter of the Christian Motorcyclists Association. Sherri is survived by her daughter Shyane Lin; mother Marilyn A (Ronald) Walsh; father Robert W (Gale) Stringham; grandmother Betty Rushton; sister Debra (Terry) Thompson (niece and nephew Hailey and Travis), brother Jason Stringham, many step-brothers and step-sisters; cousins; and extended family. Friends and Family may call Thursday December 14th at Berg Mortuary, 185 East Center, Provo from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. A celebration of Sherri's life will be held at Christ Evangelical Church, 280 South 400 East, Orem, Friday December 15th at 1:00 p.m. Friends and family may call at the church one-and-one-half hours prior to the service. Interment will be held in the Provo City Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family suggests memorials in honor of Sherri's loving heart: helping a family in need this Christmas or donating to a charity of your choice. Condolences may be sent to info@BergMortuary.com.
Published in the Daily Herald on 12/13/2006.
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I cant write about it here, I need to talk to my sponser first... Why cant I get this thing?  I once knew the joy of sobriety, today I am in the depths of hell and I cant find any way out.  Its like Im on the edge of the Grand Canyon and I know once I get to the other side I will be okay but the feat ahead seems so immposible.  Am I one of those "unfortunates"  am I incapable of being honest and working this simple program?  I am so lost, I go to my meetings, but why?  Im looking through this shadowy vail wanting so much to be what those around me are, but never seem to grasp it.  I want this all to be over, I want it to go away, I want to be normal (what is normal, I have never been it and it sounds like a good thing!)  Im tired.  Im lost.  I feel alone in a room feeled with the people who love me.  I cant get close to anyone.  Im scared all the time.  Im judgemental.   Im afraid of being judged.  I dont know...  I just dont know.