At long last...

...we come to the year's end. It's been a long one, full of change, full of second chances.

I must say that for all the talk of how bad this year was by a lot of the people I know, I think we're all closing it out fairly well. There is food in our stomachs, clothes on our backs and money in the bank. Yeah, I'd say overall, everyone I know is doing pretty well, including myself. I'm just grateful that after so much time of wasting away my health and sobriety, I can finally look forward to each day as another dry one. It's been 25 days, and it's nothing that I ever expected or hoped for.

If this is how the year is closing out, I can't wait to see what 2010 has in store for all of us. I have never been this excited to just wake up every morning, this calm, cool and collected, this efficient and responsible, and really content in most aspects of life. I think honestly that this is what life is supposed to be about. I wouldn't trade my best drunk day for my worst sober day.

Smile, because 2010 is right around the corner, and we got it on lock.