Two sober drunks are sitting at their Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. They’ve been going to the same meetings for years and enjoy each other’s company. Two years ago the one that teaches art at a nature center welcomed the other’s new girlfriend and her son into three different art classes over the winter. A few weeks ago as they visited before another AA meeting, the proud step-dad showed a video to the art teacher. It’s the boy from the art classes playing the hammered dulcimer.
“How old is he?”
“He’s 9 years old now.”
Step-dad was just proud. He was just simply celebrating this little man and the joy and love of music. He knew the art teacher would enjoy seeing another artist, especially one she had a relationship with. Two sober drunks casually sharing their lives, being friends.
The art teacher commented, “Well I was wondering who I was going to give my dulcimer to”.
A few days later, he arrives at our house with the boy’s very own hammered dulcimer.
A gift, from a friend.
The boy’s gift to her was to receive her instrument and bring life back to it.
God uses all things for good. Being a drunk is ugly and hurtful.
Being sober is beautiful and brave.
Being sober opens up one’s heart to receive God’s Love flowing through you right into other people to bless them beyond what you’re capable of alone.
One can’t be sober until one has been a drunk.
