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digderidoo · 08-12-2009, 04:07 AM

Hi all

I just wanted to post on here about my weekend. I've took up scuba diving in sobriety and love it, it's something i've wanted to do since i was a child.

Anyway i went up to the Northumbria coast the weekend to some little islands called the Farnes. Weather was beautiful, water was crystal clear, sandy empty beaches.

I actually got to dive with wild seals, they're bigger than you think!!...bigger than a large dog...there were hundreds of them. Saw lots of other wild life too, including a big jelly fish out in the deep.

Had i been drinking i would never have experienced this.

Sobriety really can give you a life beyond your wildest dreams.

Paul

nelco · 08-12-2009, 04:31 AM

really good to read this post, and I couldnt agree more. I also have a life beyond my wildest dreams, and some days I dont even go out!!

jamdls · 08-12-2009, 08:36 AM

Sounds awesome Paul! Diving while drunk or even hungover definetly sounds like it wouldn't last long.

gneiss · 08-12-2009, 08:45 AM

Indeed. When I was 20 I had a friend who went swimming drunk and drowned. Probably a good thing to stay away from water while drunk.

Oh. I think I missed the point of the thread

Earlier this summer I posted some photos from hiking around the lake near my house. Never would have done that while drinking. 5 miles through the woods every day after work... it was pretty awesome. When it cools off a bit I'm going to start again-- not much fun to do 5 miles in 100 degree weather.

allport · 08-12-2009, 09:44 AM

I am really jealous of you Paul, that will be me one day

Bamboozle · 08-12-2009, 09:52 AM

Wow! That would have been neat to see (and photograph

). I'm jealous, too. That's freakin' awesome.

Zencat · 08-12-2009, 10:07 AM

That's a real adventure for sure and beats diving into a bottle by far.

otterbearcat · 08-12-2009, 11:03 AM

Thanks for the reminder, I need to put that on my agenda of things I CAN do again.

I havent been on a dive in 10 years. I used to live in Florida and took a couple dive trips in the Keys. Awesome!

No wild seals though.

digderidoo · 08-12-2009, 01:28 PM

I've put a few pics up in my profile, you can't really make out the seals so well in them though.

Paul

stone · 08-12-2009, 01:39 PM

I love reading this type of thread, thanks Paul!

I am so glad you were able to do it and it inspires me too.

dignityback · 08-12-2009, 02:32 PM

Well diving with wild seals sounds just amazing!! I havent quite managed that yet but since getting sober a few months ago Ive moved into my first house and started making it a lovely home with my son and passed my driving test!

digderidoo · 08-12-2009, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dignityback

since getting sober a few months ago Ive moved into my first house and started making it a lovely home with my son and passed my driving test!

That's amazing in itself!....it's what sober living is all about

Paul

08-12-2009, 04:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
digderidoo Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Posts: 470	The joys of sobriety Hi all I just wanted to post on here about my weekend. I've took up scuba diving in sobriety and love it, it's something i've wanted to do since i was a child. Anyway i went up to the Northumbria coast the weekend to some little islands called the Farnes. Weather was beautiful, water was crystal clear, sandy empty beaches. I actually got to dive with wild seals, they're bigger than you think!!...bigger than a large dog...there were hundreds of them. Saw lots of other wild life too, including a big jelly fish out in the deep. Had i been drinking i would never have experienced this. Sobriety really can give you a life beyond your wildest dreams. Paul __________________ The mind is everything. What you think you become. ~ Gautam Buddha

08-12-2009, 08:36 AM	#3 (permalink)
jamdls Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Dallas, Tx Posts: 2,152 Blog Entries: 2	Sounds awesome Paul! Diving while drunk or even hungover definetly sounds like it wouldn't last long. __________________ ~~~Judy~~~ "Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up" "With God all things are possible"

08-12-2009, 08:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
gneiss Never settle. Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Under immense pressure Posts: 1,494	Indeed. When I was 20 I had a friend who went swimming drunk and drowned. Probably a good thing to stay away from water while drunk. Oh. I think I missed the point of the thread Earlier this summer I posted some photos from hiking around the lake near my house. Never would have done that while drinking. 5 miles through the woods every day after work... it was pretty awesome. When it cools off a bit I'm going to start again-- not much fun to do 5 miles in 100 degree weather. __________________ Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds. --Bob Marley, Redemption Song

08-12-2009, 09:44 AM	#5 (permalink)
allport Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: north yorkshire, england Posts: 1,900	I am really jealous of you Paul, that will be me one day __________________ 'Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too' Douglas Adams

08-12-2009, 09:52 AM	#6 (permalink)
Bamboozle I got nothin' Duck Hunt 2 Champion! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: My house. Posts: 4,776 Blog Entries: 14	Wow! That would have been neat to see (and photograph ). I'm jealous, too. That's freakin' awesome. __________________ A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.

08-12-2009, 04:31 AM	#2 (permalink)
nelco Living in sobriety Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3,868	really good to read this post, and I couldnt agree more. I also have a life beyond my wildest dreams, and some days I dont even go out!!

08-12-2009, 10:07 AM	#7 (permalink)
Zencat ٩(-̮̮̃•̃)۶ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ventura Co. California USA Posts: 5,980 Blog Entries: 9	That's a real adventure for sure and beats diving into a bottle by far. __________________ My ❀ Name ☯ Is ❤ Will G ☞ 禅 “The easiest thing to be in the world is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position.”― Leo Buscaglia

08-12-2009, 11:03 AM	#8 (permalink)
otterbearcat On the path to self discovery Join Date: May 2009 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 161 Blog Entries: 16	Thanks for the reminder, I need to put that on my agenda of things I CAN do again. I havent been on a dive in 10 years. I used to live in Florida and took a couple dive trips in the Keys. Awesome! No wild seals though. __________________ Wherever you go, there you are

08-12-2009, 01:28 PM	#9 (permalink)
digderidoo Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK Posts: 470	I've put a few pics up in my profile, you can't really make out the seals so well in them though. Paul __________________ The mind is everything. What you think you become. ~ Gautam Buddha

08-12-2009, 01:39 PM	#10 (permalink)
stone Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: UK Posts: 18,303	I love reading this type of thread, thanks Paul! I am so glad you were able to do it and it inspires me too. __________________ . As from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again. -- Maitri Upanishads

08-12-2009, 02:32 PM	#11 (permalink)
dignityback Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: London, UK Posts: 21	Well diving with wild seals sounds just amazing!! I havent quite managed that yet but since getting sober a few months ago Ive moved into my first house and started making it a lovely home with my son and passed my driving test!

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