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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: 362	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: 796	Sounds awesome Paul! Diving while drunk or even hungover definetly sounds like it wouldn't last long. __________________ ~~~Judy~~~ First day of my beautiful life 9/1/07 "...Suffering produces persevance; perseverance character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint.." Romans 5:3 "With God all things are possible"

08-12-2009, 08:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
gneiss Have a gneiss day! Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Under immense pressure Posts: 938	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: 1,834	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

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Bamboozle Watch out...it'll fool ya! Duck Hunt 2 Champion! Alien Rescue Champion! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Underwater Posts: 3,475 Blog Entries: 12	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: 3,457	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* SR's Secular Greeter Cat. Blitz World War Champion! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ventura Co. California USA Posts: 2,522 Blog Entries: 7	That's a real adventure for sure and beats diving into a bottle by far. __________________ “Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.” -Japanese Proverb

08-12-2009, 11:03 AM	#8 (permalink)
otterbearcat On the path to self discovery Join Date: May 2009 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 144 Blog Entries: 15	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: 362	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 Moon Lander Champion! Shuffle The Penguin Champion! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: UK Posts: 18,236	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: 16	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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