Sober Horse Thief
When I first sobered up there was an old timer who always used to say, “You know what you get when you sober up a drunken horse thief?” At the time I did not know the answer to the question, but now I do. The answer is if we “put the cork in the bottle,” without spiritual awaking gained from working the steps we are going to be the same miserable woman we have always been. Another way to say it is that we are “dry” as opposed to being sober. Today I am not willing to settle for being dry, I want to be sober.