Sober Letters To My Drunken Self by Latimore Ed

Author:Latimore, Ed [Latimore, Ed]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2018-12-22T16:00:00+00:00

I Know Who I Am. Who Are You?

I think about who you are right now. The person you are right now has no idea what you’re going to become. Sure, you have hopes and aspirations, but you doubt your ability to get there. You know that your current lifestyle isn’t sustainable, your relationships must mature, your bad habits must die, and you must make progress. Logically, you understand this. Intellectually, you know that you are capable. Realistically, you know that despite your best efforts in the past, you have already failed many times.

I’m writing to you from the future to let you know that we do get past the problems with alcohol and the issues that come with it. Though we’re separated in time and space, I know who I am, I know who you are, and I know that you will make it from there to here.

I am happy how things turn out. To say that I have no regrets would be foolish. What is more accurate to say is that while I’m grateful for the lessons, I wish that I could have gotten them a different way. I don’t regret the outcome. I regret the process. I know that you’ll get through it, but it’s going to be a challenge. I know you can do it because you are me, and I know who I am.

I know the place you’re at in your life and I know what you’re thinking: “Who is this guy? This can’t be me. I can’t believe I’m ever going to get sober, clean up my life, and go on to be an upstanding citizen. Buddy, I know who I am. Who are you?”

Your disbelief is sensible. I won’t try to talk you out of it. We both know that it’s impossible to make someone believe something positive about themselves if they aren’t ready to accept it. This is a most depressing aspect of human nature. You think that you can do these things, but you don’t yet believe you can do them.

What I’ll do instead is demonstrate that it’s inevitable that you’ll make the positive changes. It’s easier for me to prove this to you than to convince you of it. I know that I can’t change our timeline, nor do I really want to. The value of the path is not found in the destination. It’s found on the journey and often involves mistakes. My hope is that by demonstrating to you how we get here, you can show this letter to someone as an inspiration who doesn’t believe they will get past a tough phase.

There are other challenges in life that people doubt that they can get past. What I’m about to show you will also work for those challenges. All that is required is a genuine desire for improvement. If that’s in place, everything else will work.

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