more things you may notice when on a bike

[best]

Squirrels all over the place…
As I was riding home and sitting in bumper to bumper traffic…
I noticed 3 squirrels as road kill in the highway. Thinking WOW! 3 in less then 5 feet of each other. Started to wonder if they had lemming traits *LOL*
Gee what happen to Fred? Lets go look…smack smack
Well in an area of less then 50 feet of breakdown lane (on the far side) there were 18 of them. The highway has about a ½ acre of trees in the middle. Must be a squirrel commune or something?

The things you see on the road and some times they make you go…hmmmm

As I come around the corner on the small twisty just before reaching work there is a skunk crossing the street. So glad they have white as well as the jet-black coloring, being it was 11 PM *LOL*

[BillJ]

I have a backyard full of the little buggers. My two cats, who normally spit and snap at each other, will cooperate just long enough to tag-team, sneak up on 'em. and chase 'em away. Funny as all get-out!

The cats won't do a thing about the possum or racoons, though. Too chicken, I guess.

[abtchonamission]

Back in High school I was riding my dirt bike along the railroad tracks and I hit a Rabbit. It stop the front wheel dead and threw me about 20 feet. When my friends pulled up and saw all the blood they thought it was mine and I was really hurt bad, but it was the rabbits and he was destroyed. It still makes me laugh to tell that story, If I didn't have to work everyday I would buy another dirtbike... I always seem to push the envelope when I ride off road and hurt myself just enough to miss work for a couple of days. Not that street riding has been any kinder, Four years ago I spent 38 days in the hospital because of a cage that "didn't see me" but other than that I guess I can say I've seen alot more dead animals than people on the road side.
MIKE

[abtchonamission]

Hee Hee Hee - UeyNC is the above post - he couldn't log me out and log himself in, cookies wouldn't clear.

[ex-not-excuser]

The things you see on the road and some times they make you go…hmmmm

and "bmp........bmp bmp bmp bmp bmpbmp..."

sorry, couldn't resist.

glad you guys are ok!!!

[shovelhead]

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To prove to raccoons that it can be done!!

[Gooch]

Hey Shovel ...long time no see. How was your fall?

[shovelhead]

Hey Gooch,

I have been gone a long time. Last year we went to Daytona Bike week and rode to Key West, that is where I fell off the wagon. I had 26 mos.in.
Now I am back to day 18 and having a tough go of it.

I forgot about this site, but will be around quite a bit now.

Shovel

[Gooch]

Glad ya didn't let the wagon get too far ahead of ya to jump back on .


I bought my Dyna last March from a gal out in Minnesota. Couple clean/sober bikers out there that i had been corresponding with over the net for a few years turned me on to the deal and I got a chance to hook up with them for a few hrs at the Rochester HD stealership. One's from the twin cities area and the other guy lives right near Rochester.

I know you mentioned originally trying to do this without the 12 step approach.

I've met some that can do it that way and some others like myself that need a little cross training to get the hang. I was fortunate to make connections with the type of good guys that have helped me smooth out the pavement without a lot of the obnoxious, preachy, poser crap. While I believe in the messages of AA and NA, some of the delivery boys don't always get the address right.

Hope your mail gets delivered right and on time.

[shovelhead]

Gooch,

Thanks man, This particular run at sobriety is harder than the last one, I did a little over 2 years pretty easily, but this one..........

Anyway, I have some serious tests coming up, my wife is throwing a B-Day party for me and all of my riding buds will be there, (my house). None of them
know I'm tryin to stay sober and I know the party will go into the wee hours
with no chance of escape for me. It will be a true white knuckle ride.

Shovel

[BillJ]

Shovel,

You got any sober friends? Invite 'em! If not, maybe make sure you stock up on soft drinks and serenity before the bash begins. Excuse yourself during the party, if need be, and check the sober boards for back-up, or call someone else in sobriety. If all else fails, unass the AO and go somewhere else.

Anything beats drinkin' again!

[shovelhead]

unass the AO

???

[BillJ]

"Unass the AO" means "leave the Area of Operations." In other words, if you get to thinkin' you might want to join in the drinkin' at your birthday party, reserve yourself the right to LEAVE, and go someplace where you won't be tempted.

[shovelhead]

Thanks Bill, This should not be this big a deal But it's stressin me.

If I were to actually leave my own house because of booze, then I am letting it control me just as I had when I was using.

Shovel

[BillJ]

Originally Posted by shovelhead

Thanks Bill, This should not be this big a deal But it's stressin me.

If I were to actually leave my own house because of booze, then I am letting it control me just as I had when I was using.

Shovel

Shovel, if I'm reading your previous posts correctly, you were sober for a while, and then drank again. Now you've got 21 days without a drink, and you're feeling like you're on shaky ground. To me, that is a big deal, and you have every right to be concerned.

I like to tell the story about two soldiers who are hunkered down in a foxhole, in the middle of an intense firefight. The green recruit looks over at the grizzled combat veteran, who seems so calm and self-assured, and says "Sarge, ain't you scared?" The sergeant looks at the kid with a sneer, and says "Only an idiot wouldn't be scared!"

In other words, it makes absolute sense that you're stressin'. That's nature's way of telling you you're in danger.

So far as the "control" issue goes: to each his own, but if alcohol didn't control me, I wouldn't need to be sober. I'd be able to drink, or not, as my mood dictated. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case, and I proved over and over that alcohol did control me. The only "control" I have over alcohol, today, is in doing whatever it takes to stay away from that first drink.

Some days it's just a matter of saying my prayers in the morning, and going about my business. Other days, when I feel like I'm on shaky ground, it may take a little more effort on my part, like not going where alcohol is served, or hanging out with other sober folks for reinforcement. It's simple stuff, but it's been working for me for almost 27 years.

I hope you understand that what I've written is just my experience. I'm not arguing with anything you've said, or trying to lecture you. I just see you feeling shaky, and I want to do what I can to help out.

[shovelhead]

Bill thanks for the reply, I appreciate your experience, It is wonderfull to hear from someone with so much time sober, apparently it can be done!!!

I,m already setting myself up to drink at the party, how dumb is that?
I'm thinking that I will only drink that night, then quit again. I already know how that will play out.
I'll just do this thing day to day and worry about tomorrow when it comes.

Thank you for helping.

Shovel

[best]

Party passed here. Beer drinkers are gone and house is back to normal.
Where someplace close to 20 years sober... the smell of the beer had me thinking...just one for old times wouldn't matter ...would IT?
A short temptation that I passed by. Remembering what happens when I drink sure helps keep the temptations from becoming realities.

Another Christmas party and another birthday passed that I can say I am still sober.
Remember what was and think on what can be. Sober sure is better.
Hopes and prayers for strength for you.

[BillJ]

Originally Posted by shovelhead

apparently it can be done!!!

Well, if I can do it, it can't be too difficult!

Originally Posted by shovelhead

I'll just do this thing day to day and worry about tomorrow when it comes.

Just remember, you have folks here pulling for you!