Explosive Situation
May 2021 | Our Twelve Steps

Explosive Situation

Twelve days sober, a stressful babysitting job and a
nerve-racking shopping trip. What could possibly go wrong?

When I was not even two weeks sober, I went to our local discount store to pick up a few things. I took my 3-year-old great nephew with me. I was babysitting him that week. Looking after him caused me a great deal of stress in my newfound sobriety. At the time, my youngest child was 16. So I was not at all accustomed to being responsible for the care of a toddler. 

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