Saved, Sober, Sane and Safe

Still feeling sick to my stomach but going to work anyway. Thankful that I am saved, sober, sane and safe. ~ Carrie McClure

Recovered. The founders
were "more than one hundred
men and women who have recovered…"
It's not that they didn't know
it was "a daily reprieve
contingent on the maintenance
of our spiritual condition."
But they were there. For them
recovery was less than five years
in the nascent fellowship,
and some much less, but they stood,
recovered. Maybe they would fall,
perhaps they had struggles to come,
but they knew the state they had,
the condition they wanted to maintain.
That day they could rejoice and say
they had it made. A relationship
with a God of their understanding,
freedom from their addiction,
sanity and security, serenity and safety.