Replacements

As the afternoon wore on, I noticed nobody said anything about wanting a drink.  Early in recovery, all of us had struggled to stay clean and sober. We had all seemed one crisis, one sad event, away from relapse.  Over the years we’d all replaced drinking with other ways to cope with stress.

Sam had turned to food.  If Cara was to be believed, sex had become Kim’s drug of choice. Josh gambled.  Cara shopped. 

Roger and Trevor had replaced drinking with work.  I went to the gym.  Both Roger and Trevor sometimes spent longer hours on the job than they needed to.  At times I went to the gym when I had more important things to do.  All three of us were much better off because of what we’d chosen to replace drinking with.

Today I’ll replace something unhealthy with something healthier.

Dogged Determination ©2018 by Ken Montrose

Dogged Determination is a work of fiction. Any similarity between the characters and anyone you might know is purely coincidental.

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