September 14, 2025

The word for today is Perpetuity, and some may call this timeless (Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Day Calendar, with other definitions)

Perpetuity (noun)

the state or quality of lasting forever, or a very long time:

a bond or other security with no fixed maturity date.

a restriction making an interest in land inalienable perpetually or for a period beyond certain limits fixed by law.

Timeless (adjective)

not affected by the passage of time or changes in fashion:

“Antiques add to the timeless atmosphere of the dining room.”

Spirit lasts forever

Free will is an ever

lasting way

is what I say

We can choose

to drink booze

or not

We can rot

by choice

or rejoice

in recovery

As I made a discovery

that my life together

is so much better

with those using free will

to not take any addictive pill

to choose recovery over half a life

and all of the strife

to endure with using

drugs and boozing

~

My wish to live in perpetuity

clean and sober is my duty

for future generations

and healing past relations

Life in recovery is timeless

and crimeless.

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Author’s Note: Native American people could not drink alcohol openly until a law was rescinded that said they could not drink in bars and buy alcohol, or face jail time. That law changed in 1953, the year before I was born.

I saw a lot of problem drinking and alcoholism growing up, and I continue to see it. I also see a lot of recovery. I began my recovery on September 24, 1978, when our people got religious freedom, and I stopped smoking cigarettes and marijuana. Two years later, I quit drinking alcohol and taking drugs on September 26, 1980.

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First published by Mercury Press on medium.com