I believe there has been a grand plan for my life; so much has happened that I hadn't counted on. --Louise Jerome

Happy Wednesday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 Only those who see the invisible can accomplish the impossible. #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

"After our first month's sobriety, many of us notice a distinct difference. After three months, our minds seem still clearer. And during our second year of recovery, the change is striking. More mental energy seems available to us than ever before." Living Sober, p. 16 #SoberSky

Happy Tuesday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 I keep my sobriety by giving it away. #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

We are not called upon to do all the good possible, but only that which we can do. Occupy yourself less about yourself and more about God. It is not enough to acknowledge our faults; we must correct them. Profit by the experiences of the past for the future. You will be happy in making others happy.

Happy Monday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 The alcoholic is in no greater peril than when he takes sobriety for granted. #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” —George Orwell (1984)

Happy Sunday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance that principle is "contempt prior to investigation". #SoberSky #RecoveryPosse

"A clear light seems to fall upon us all - when we open our eyes. Since our blindness is caused by our own defects, we must first deeply realize what they are. Constructive meditation is the first requirement for each new step in our spiritual growth." Have a great Saturday. #SoberSky

"It is easy to let up on the spiritual program of action and rest on our laurels. We are headed for trouble if we do, for alcohol is a subtle foe. We are not cured of alcoholism. What we really have is a daily reprieve contingent on the maintenance of our spiritual condition."

Happy Friday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 "We feel we are on the Broad Highway, walking hand in hand with the Spirit of the Universe." #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Happy Thursday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path. #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Happy Wednesday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 Once we clear a hurdle, it doesn't seem so high. #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Last year we had 14 inches of snow, today it's 55 degrees and sunny.

"If we are planning to stop drinking, there must be no reservation of any kind, nor any lurking notion that someday we will be immune to alcohol." Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th Edition More About Alcoholism, p. 33 #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Hope smiles on the threshold of the year to come, whispering that it will be happier. --Alfred, Lord Tennyson Have a great Tuesday!

WOW! 🌕 Associated Press photographer Charlie Riedel captured the Wolf Supermoon rising behind the "Ad Astra" statue atop the Kansas Statehouse on Saturday night in Topeka.

Happy Monday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 If we were to live, we had to be free of anger. The grouch and the brainstorm were not for us. They may be the dubious luxury of normal men, but for alcoholics these things are poison." #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward. --Spanish proverb

I brought in the new year with a sinus infection 🤧 Not going to let it get me down, band practice today.

Happy Sunday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 C A R D S Call your sponsor Ask for help from your Higher Power Read the Big Book Do the Twelve Steps Stay active in your group #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Full Moonrise Ellis County, Kansas

Happy Saturday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 Laughter is the sound of recovery. Happy, Joyous, Free #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

"Reminding ourselves that we have decided to go to any lengths to find a spiritual experience, we ask that we be given strength and direction to do the right thing, no matter what the personal consequences may be." Alcoholics Anonymous, p. 79 #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

"When we look back, we realize that the things which came to us when we put ourselves in God's hands were better than anything we could have planned." AA p. 100 #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Happy Friday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 Sorrow looks back, worry looks around, and faith looks up. #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Happy New Year, it's a great day to be sober 😊 Step One: We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable. #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

DUI $12,000 Funeral $15,000 Lyft $20 Be smart tonight ! Or just don’t Drink !!(Best Option) Please, if you are around someone who is trying to Stop Drinking, either don’t invite them or do something other than drink, if you are supporting them through their sobriety!!!

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow - what a ride!" Peace and serenity to all in the upcoming year.

Happy Tuesday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 I have learned it's the first drink that gets me drunk. S L I P Sobriety Loses Its Priority #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Happy Monday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 P U T = Patience, Understanding, Tolerance #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

“You need to make more of an effort” “Just be positive” “Stop worrying” “Why can’t you just snap out of it?” “You just need to get over it” Mental illness is a disease NOT a decision. If someone you know is struggling, don’t tell them to get over it. Help them through it.

Happy Sunday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 Let us always love the best in others - and never fear the worst. #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Good morning, happy Saturday, it's a great day to be sober. Up early for my 0730 meeting. Have a great day ☀️ 😀

Such is the paradox of A.A. regeneration: strength arising out of complete defeat and weakness, the loss of one's old life as a condition for finding a new one. But we of A.A. do not have to understand that paradox; we have only to be grateful for it. #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Happy Friday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 The joy is in the journey, so enjoy the ride! #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 ❤️, it's a great day to be sober 😊 The peaks and valleys of my life have become gentle rolling hills. #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Happy Christmas eve, it's a great day to be sober 😊 "God will constantly disclose more to you and to us. Ask Him in your morning meditation what you can do each day for the man who is still sick. The answers will come, if your own house is in order." #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

To take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again. --Thomas More #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

"Once more: The alcoholic at certain times has no effective mental defense against the first drink. Except in a few rare cases, neither he nor any other human being can provide such a defense. His defense must come from a Higher Power." AA, p. 43 #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Happy Sunday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 A B C Acceptance, Belief, Change #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Happy Saturday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 We live life in the moment but understand it looking back with the tool of gratitude. #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky

Christmas Cheese Ball

Happy Friday, it's a great day to be sober 😊 Love is not merely a feeling; it is an act of will that consists of preferring, in a constant manner, the good of others to the good of oneself. –Saint John Paul II #RecoveryPosse #Sobriety #SoberSky