Dee74

last part here:

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...rt-3-a-20.html

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Mish

Woohoo Shotgun!!!! I've waited so long for this moment x

PhoenixJ

Ggod for you mish.

PhoenixJ

That was meant to be good. Where do you fish for Barra's?

Mish

The Ord River in Kununurra. I live in a very remote town in Australia... Crocodile Dundee territory with lots of snakes and Saltwater Crocodiles. I see you're an Aussie PJ...have you ever been up this way?

Misc72

The concert was great! Blast from the past Poison with Jackyl opening. Took my son and he loved it. Not 1 urge.

PhoenixJ

Mish- excepting Tassie, if your draw a horizontal line across Aust. through the Alice- I have seen quite a lot I suppose. Though limited WA.

Mish

I'm about 40kms from the NT border...never been to Alice yet. I'm from Perth originally though I grew up in Kalgoorlie until 10yrs of age.....just living up here for work.

PhoenixJ

Mining, teaching or nursing?

SandyO

Good morning. Last night I got pretty down and negative thoughts kept circling in my head. Why do I automatically think to drink when I'm in a bad mood? Alcohol CAUSED these negative thoughts in the first place. Time to move on to the next stage of dealing with emotions without thinking about drinking first. Mindfulness seems to be helpful for many people. Need to look into this more I guess. Does anyone have any website recommendations or techniques that can used while working? Any ideas are appreciated.
Hope you are all doing well. Have a great sober day everyone. 😊

Mish

Education. Funny how the majority of people up here are govt employees.

Outonthetiles

How was the Fire Island ride, JCNY? I rode 43 miles on Saturday, but it wasn't as scenic as Fire Island.

Mish

43 miles!!! Wowsers that's a long way! Awesome

JimiC

Hey Tiles, Fire Island ride was supposed to be today but we nixed it since it's kind of chilly. I spent a lot of summers there as a kid and it's nice to go back. Are you ready for the Seattle to Portland ride? How long does that take?

JimiC

SandyO, I haven't really read too much on mindfulness / urge surfing. I do tend to save links I plan to follow up on in a sober folder and have this.

https://www.mindful.org/five-steps-to-mindfulness/

I've read a little about HALT triggers (hungry-angry-lonely-tired). I prefer HALTS with the S for stressed/sad. Your bad mood maybe be anger/sadness. I'm new at this, but these emotions tend to cause cravings and we need a solid plan to work through them and stay sober. Good luck

Carlito61

JCNY,
I think everyone could probably make their own acronym of triggers. "S" for stress is a good one for me also. "B" for boredom is probably my biggest. I never understood "H" or "T", definitely not triggers for me. I just can't spell any words with mine!

JimiC

Actually, me either Carlito. I do find that eating or drinking something filling helps stave off cravings.

Outonthetiles

Not ready for STP, but I will be ready by July. The guys I ride the STP with the last two years want to do it in one day this year, which means a 17 mph pace for 16 hours. Brutal. It's 205 miles. Most people do it in two days.
I've posted this before but the first time I did the STP, in 2015, I was a full blown alcoholic and I remember thinking, "I shouldn't be able to do this." I somehow did it, but I was a big overweight sweaty mess, and I was the slowest in my group. I'm lucky they invited me to ride again, but they did.
This year I actually look like a real bicyclist. Lean and mean.

JimiC

Jeez Tiles, that does sound brutal! Friggin awesome that you're doing it again and are in much better shape. I think 37 miles is my longest ride so far. I'm trying to get lean and mean myself, there's a 101 mile ride to Montauk I should set my sights on.

JimmyJam

Checking in Marchers(Ninjas). Hope everyone had a good weekend. Looks like we have a couple of serious bicyclist in the house.

In regards to HALT or triggers mine is boredom. A busy me is a sober me.....