Taking the next step

​what’s the next step? 
When are you nice to you?
This is not psychoanalysis what to do.

So what is next?
Rest?
Think?
I pray you don’t pick up or have that drink!

One day can change a lot
Life turning events they call it 
And sometimes it is manifested bit by bit.

It will be okay 
For you and I,
Yes, we shall have our moments when uncertainty creeps in,
And that God is at hand, because he already achieved this win.

“We have today.. yes, so pray”
Jason 
21st August 2026

Sober today

​Thank you for me
Thank you for you, 
Today I am sober and for that I am thankful, 
I love the fellowship but I have a life too
We have this moment we seek to imbue. 

Tomorrow is tomorrow 
And if God says it’s okay to be around, 
I am blessed to have this moment with fellows, which is sound. 

Thank you for you
Thank you for me,
I know today is special and humbling 
I am no longer with a drink, and constantly stumbling. 

I am no longer blaming others for mistakes I’ve made, 
I am walking on this path of sobriety from a place which I once concede.

Enjoy what you have 
Enjoy what you do, 
And if you stay humble and sober, you can wake up, pray to God and ensue.

“Blessed and thankful as sober”
Jason
20th August 2026

What I won’t miss

Catford, ​It’s been my home for over half a century,
So now I am mixing it up, and to myself that is what I use to say
Now I am leaving as this borough can’t accommodate me anymore, to allow me to stay. 

The place has changed
Drugs, alcohol which brings mental health to its heights 
To a point I am pleased to be leaving
Yet part of me wished they could help me… as I tried to keep believing.

Time for a change 
Pleased to finally leave, 
I have family here and been in this borough since 1977
I recall my secondary school, Catford Boys when I started going to when I was 11. 

I have a mixture of feelings 
I really don’t want to leave, 
But then again, this is a door opened, and a chance God didn’t deceive.

People said to fight to stay, 
But it was my time to go away, 
I rather be in a quiet part of England, and to be around somewhere new as I know all shall be okay.

“Lewisham has been my home since 1973, due to policy and housing crisis… I had to leave.”
Jason
20th August 2026

Wanting a change..

​Prayers do get answered
Yet love of others shall remain  unchanged,
This is a great thing for us all,
There will be challenges, and there shall be falls.

But change in inevitable 
Things don’t always stay the same, 
Tomorrow is a blessing from what we can see,
We all possess gifts and seek what we need.

Prayers are the answer
Believe that or not,
I choose not to argue with you, as I know my God is my ‘free will’ too,
Our anchor, our love and our hope in our walk with me and you. 

So prayers shall be answered if required by God,
There is hope and a desire to see you okay,
As remember this (and I’ve said this before)… it shall be okay.🙏🏽

“619 days sober”
Jason
20th August 2026

Thinking and thinking

​We can over think, 
I think most of us do, 
Especially when there is change
And you are wondering how your mind shall rearrange.

We can over think
I know that I do, 
My mind is working out the next step
Thinking, plotting and working it out
And praying that God will intervene to do what I want to go about. 

We can overthink
We can do it to excess, 
Looking for opportunities, when perhaps you need to let things go
No need to overthink, as you need to leave the mind alone. 

We can overthink 
What choice do we have, 
Especially when the head is feeling the heat
And that the God of your understanding withstands any of his children’s facing defeat.

“Over thinking” 
Jason
19th August 2026

Thank you my friend.

​Thank you for your time 
Thank you for being you, 
You may not know what you have done to support this friend, 
Perhaps it was a smile, those small things we can’t always comprehend. 

Thank you for your love
And thank you for your hugs when tears were leaving my face
This life of yours should never become a waste. 

Thanks you for your company
Thank you for the time when you gave me peace, 
You said nothing and that helped tame my inner beast.

Thank you for being you
You have a wonderful and beautiful soul, 
Tomorrow is another day, as I thank you my friend
The road to recovery will pose many questions which have no answers, 
Today you are moving forward with joy and hope
You shan’t need to delve on that slippery slope. 

Thank you my friend
You a blessing which God provided, 
I just wish there were more of you by making you divided. 

Jason
19th August 2026

Hello for today

​Hello
How are you today?
“This is a stop gap,” I am saying to me
I will be looking towards a new life to feel free.

Hello
It will be okay,
No more tears, simply new beginnings 
Looking for a new start 
I will be okay, change can never truly depart.

Hello,
It will be okay,
Walking on your journey has been something new
The road for anyone is fascinating from the things that we do.

You will be okay 
You may not feel it now,
Confidence we can be lacking from time to time 
But today promises to reveal itself eventually, that’s what I find.

“Everything is temporary…”
Jason
19th August 2026