Chastity Office 198
Step 10:
One year of Chastity today February 8, 2023 at 9:15 pm.
I have never been more spiritually solid than I have been in the last 365 days, but this has been, emotionally, the toughest year of my life.
As Dickens said in Tale of Two Cities “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”.
While my wife is completely convinced that this is 100% my fault…I’m not sure that’s 100%, mathematically true.
My SLAA sponsor taught me “It takes two people to be in a relationship… And I ain’t both of ‘em”.
I think the thing that I was surprised at was how incredibly fast things fell apart.
But here it is, a year later:
Gummy is as happy and healthy he could possibly be. After staying sober, that is been my number one concern, and that was a magnificent success.
Gummy’s is in preschool five days a week where he’s much beloved and much regarded.
My wife and I have absolutely no relationship with each other, but we do have a very enthusiastic, and often even giddy, joy in raising Gummy as well as we can together.
My wife has returned home after nine months and Gummy’s has a full-time live-in mother, which he very much needs.
God,
Thank you for the gift of Chastity this last year, which has kept me from letting my own desires take priority over doing what is best for my son’s welfare.
I am so humbly grateful to you,
Amen
Chastity Office 199
People ask me how I stay in this marriage:
It’s easy to stay in relationship with my wife…
Whenever she’s wrong…you say you’re sorry.
Chastity Office 200
People ask me why I stay in this marriage:
My wife thinks she's an abused chicken.
Why don’t you get her some help?
...We need the scrambled eggs
Chastity Office 201
“Choose celibacy or choose marriage…you will be sure to repent”
Socrates