BuddinK

6:15 in Key West

ElGato

8.26am Wednesday here in Oz. Signing up for 24 hours please.

Zencat

3:48pm CA, US.

In with more of the 24.

Kaneda8888

Another 24 hours of hope, gratitude and sobriety pls ! Its 9:14am here

rachelle77

First day of new job, done! Now tidying up the apartment before an evening meeting, but first I'm checking in to commit to another 24 hours of sobriety!

calico

Finally back home in Texas. Another day for me please.

Thanks everyone.

Kris47

24 more please.

Chrissy2014

Signing up for another 24

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courage2

Good evening, friends!

Welcome to gracetuesday & mindfulness49 & ElGato and welcome back to Chasingthedream & Missy7! Whoever you are, whether you’re new to SR, new to this thread, or just coming back, we’re glad you’re here today!

Congratulations to Peacehappyness on 3 months and to Gilmer on 10 tremendous terrific months and to all, for today!

Thanks to everyone for being here today. I have a confession -- I give a cheer inside each time each of you posts. Silly, yes, but true. Cheers all 'round! Here’s the list of those who’ve made part of their commitment to sobriety include posting on this thread from about 8:30 p.m. NYC time September 15 to 8:30 p.m. NYC time on September 16:

1newcreation
afloatsober
airwick
AlcoholFree66
altoids
Alynn
Alysheba - thanks for teaching me about smileys!
ANewDayNYC
ardy
aussieblue
BarbieKen
Beanie25
biminiblue
bluedutch
BuddinK
calico
Cascabel
charleesavedme
Chasingthedream
ChloeRose63
Chrissy2014
Coldfusion
courage2
DancingDiva
DaneK
Dee74
domedou
ElGato
erfra7
Findingtheway
Flynbuy
ForMeForThem
GentleSoul
Gilmer
Goat
gracetuesday
Grateful11
grtgrandpa
HeartsAfire
Hevyn
j808
jsm273
Jupiters
Kaneda8888
Kiya
Kris47
least
Lostmyoffswitch
Marcher13
martina12
michaels_w
mindfulness49
Missy7
rachelle77
redwings12
Salgal
sickofthiscrap
Sky2012
SnowDawg
sobernfree81
sthlondonab
tgirl
tootsl1
VikingGF
yukonm
Zencat

Last night’s post made me think of animals in worship, myth, and poetry – especially birds, the animals I like to watch. First on my list, inspired by afloatsober’s new avatar, is the swan. I associate the swan with the Hindu goddess Sarasvati, goddess of knowledge, music, and the arts, whose vehicle the swan symbolizes purity and filtering the good from the bad.



But the swan also symbolizes something alien and awful in bird power, as in the story of Leda who was seduced or raped by Zeus in the form of a swan and gave birth to Helen of Troy. I thought about posting a classical image of Leda and the swan, but the ones I liked were all too kinky, I think, for SR. So here’s a question about that odd episode from Yeats, instead:

Quote:

Being so caught up,
So mastered by the brute blood of the air,
Did she put on his knowledge with his power
Before the indifferent beak could let her drop?

The swan strikes me dumb through paradoxes: purity and brutality, inspiration and domination. It makes me admit the limits of my understanding. Here’s a link to some slow motion footage of mute swans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbrU7hDdbGg. Well worth the 2.5 minutes it takes to watch and meditate on the mystery of something so far outside one’s own self.



I’m looking forward to seeing everyone in the next 24 hours!

rachelle77

What a great post Courage! I'm giving you a joyous and hearty cheer!

Bubovski

Nice quote Zen!

Another 24 for me here in beautiful down town Kingsbury.

Kaneda8888

Simply adorable...

Waterfalls2014

Hi Ya'll. I've been having it a little rough but I'm hoping to join ya'll back tomorrow. Maybe jealousy will do the trick. I miss seeing my name on here with ya'll. have a safe and sober evening everyone!

BarbieKen

Stay safe in Arizona our SR friends. Thank you Courage on The Swan for today's insight. I am working on some questions my Sponsor handed me. So, I think meditating with your Swan video will help me here. I loved seeing the photos of the Caribbean too, thank you friend.
Signing in for my next 24 hours of Recovery. This week I've been watching the Ken Burns documentary on The Roosevelt's.....so thank you HP & AA.....without which I wouldn't have a clue as to what I watched and learned! ( Being that the show comes on during my past getting wasted on wine time.)
Bobbi

Panacea

Super late and missed the roll call today, but still sober.

10:09 PM EST in NC. Please sign me up for another 24.

Congratulations all on everyone's milestones!

Pan

Grateful11

Signing up for another 24 hours of freedom.

9:35pm CST

Emily2002

24 more. 11:32pm Philadelpia Pa

Coldfusion

8:51 PM on Orcas Island.

Here's a pair of trumpeter swans on a lake here in the wintertime. The swans appear here only during cold snaps, but are common in the farmland on the mainland in winter.

1newcreation

12amET...in MD; had follow up dentist appt that went very well followed by nice home group mtg where dear friend celebrated 34 yrs! plus got internet & cable finally installed Wow! thank the good Lord. another 24 pls

ANewDayNYC

Over the weekend, I relapsed. However, I did a lot of self-reflecting and made some changes and feel like I am back on the right path. Today is Day 4 and I still feel very headstrong and committed.

Committing to another 24hrs - 12:07am NY.