Oklahoma Biker - The Riders Ragazine Jan - Feb 2016 Issue | Page 9

Wanda Watson: Changin’ Lanes
sometimes. I still wonder how I ever took
that road to hell. BUT, I made it back to
Heaven in one piece and I’m still kicking
dirt on the top part of the ground today.
My career is great. My kids are great. I’m
someone’s grandma times 3; I have a
beautiful home and wonderful husband I
NEVER thought I’d have in my life.
I’m rich; not in money, but in love and
life. Positive begets positive and I don’t
entertain negative thoughts or negative
thought patterns anymore. No more
pitiful me. I look for my miracle everyday
and if I don’t find it, I keep looking
because I wasn’t looking hard enough
the first time. Forgive yourself, let others
forgive you or not; but say your sorry’s
and keep it movin’. I did my part, that’s
all that matters. It’s a selfish program so
let the chips fall where they may. Some
will come back around, some won’t,
some don’t need to and cannot enter my
world ever again. I’m okay with that, so
they need to be too.
So, here’s to my next lifetime of clean
living. Thank you to my blood family
and my Fort Smith family for putting up
with me. You were all there for me as
I took this step into my reality life that
was always there waiting for me to come
home to. The words I remember most
was my mom saying “welcome back.”
Amen & Hallelujah; IT WORKS IF YOU
WORK IT, ONE DAY AT A TIME!
Wanda Watson

Twenty years ago on October 13, 1995 ~
I quit doing meth. Seems like yesterday
and most of the time like forever. I’m
living proof that it “works if you work it.”
“One day at a time” is more than just
saying, it’s a way of life and thank God
He and others that loved me, TRULY
LOVED ME, helped me find my way out
of that dark painful pit that kept me in
denial for so many years.
I’ve never really talked about my sobriety
birthdays before other than in meetings
or with personal friends and loved ones,
but I thought 20 years clean from dope
was worth sharing. Being an entertainer
it was very easy to obtain anything I
wanted or needed dope-wise for at least
half of my career.
Free is free, didn’t matter what it was,
I ingested it &/or snorted it. Like they
say “them damn they sayers” 10 ft. tall
and bullet proof. I trafficked, I carried
guns, I was a full blown outlaw going
and hanging with people I shou ]