The Standard Has Been Set
Posted 04-11-2008 at 10:29 PM by fifty
Yes, yes...and more yes's....
Ok I have felt something that I have not felt in a long time....and it is happiness without the use of alcohol. Yesterday and today (Friday) I awoke pretty refreshed and did not feel like crawling back into the bed like I would normally do. I went to Church for lunch, prayed the rosary twice, worked on my web page project and laughed at the simple things in life; like my mother repeating the same thing over and over and over and over again <====like that...hahaha!
The same thing occurred on Friday. It's been very peaceful and although my friends seem really weird today, it didn't bother me. They didn't want to talk and I didn't take it all that personally which I would normally harbor on. So the standard has been set. This can be done and w/o me wasting 21.00 on a bottle of vodka. I do not feel any guilt about decisions I've made or things I've said b/c I made them all with a rational, unaltered state of mind and being. Whew!
I know that life presents its' ups and downs but really and truly, you just have to breathe, analyze the situation for a few moments, and move on. Pick your battles! Tomorrow is a new day....I just need to stay on the right path. Before I've stopped drinking but relapsed because I was missing that 'happy happy joy joy' feeling and I got em' for at least two days.
~50~
Ok I have felt something that I have not felt in a long time....and it is happiness without the use of alcohol. Yesterday and today (Friday) I awoke pretty refreshed and did not feel like crawling back into the bed like I would normally do. I went to Church for lunch, prayed the rosary twice, worked on my web page project and laughed at the simple things in life; like my mother repeating the same thing over and over and over and over again <====like that...hahaha!
The same thing occurred on Friday. It's been very peaceful and although my friends seem really weird today, it didn't bother me. They didn't want to talk and I didn't take it all that personally which I would normally harbor on. So the standard has been set. This can be done and w/o me wasting 21.00 on a bottle of vodka. I do not feel any guilt about decisions I've made or things I've said b/c I made them all with a rational, unaltered state of mind and being. Whew!
I know that life presents its' ups and downs but really and truly, you just have to breathe, analyze the situation for a few moments, and move on. Pick your battles! Tomorrow is a new day....I just need to stay on the right path. Before I've stopped drinking but relapsed because I was missing that 'happy happy joy joy' feeling and I got em' for at least two days.
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awesome!Posted 04-12-2008 at 04:57 AM by ROFL
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wow! keep that mood
Posted 04-12-2008 at 10:22 AM by faith08 - Looks like yer doing good man..hang in there! Life is all about what's going on and how ya handle it. Sometimes...most of the times...I find handleing my own life is enough. Friends will drink and use...lead by example. I have lost a friend...a few....and I'm tired of burrying my buds...so I'm trying my darndest to lead by example. Getting stronger everyday to have those that need someone to lean on a good solid pillar of hope...even if the tops a crumblin at times.
Life is all good....
PEACE!
The BitzPosted 04-21-2008 at 09:11 AM by lilbit - those happy, happy- joy, joy feelings are a lot happier without the inevitable 'ohhhh, noooooooo" the morning after a mighty drunk. Good for you fifty! Sound like ya got it goin' on!Posted 04-21-2008 at 03:23 PM by bigredme
