Life Changes

[Digginit]

Skydiving. It's a passion of mine. When I started medical school, my time for fun stuff became more limited. Being a mom, I spent most of my free time with my son, since there wasn't a whole lot of it. My skydiving friends and I always said, "The sky will always be there." Well, now I have time. I have money. My son's a bit older. The sky IS still there. And I have this bad knee. Skydiving doesn't take that big a toll on the knees, so I wasn't too concerned about that. Some of my girlfriends and I have been making plans for me to hit it hard and join on the Women's World Record 2009.

But there's the knee. My ortho doc doesn't want me to skydive anymore, ever, if he's gonna replace my knee. After a couple months of reflecting on all of this and the relative importance of the things at stake, I'm finally okay with it. I'm at a place where I can appreciate the things I've done in the past, and leave some of them in the past.

I'm getting rid of my skydiving gear. That's a REALLY big deal in my life.

~dig

[DSodaNow]

Thank you for your post. I have a birthday coming up that I have been beside myself over just for the fact that I feel I should have accomplished more by this time, should know more and have screwed the past 10 years up so bad.

But.... the past is the past.

[CarolD]

My favorite hobby was flying private planes.

Being half sensible...no drinking was
present on flying days/trips.
Circumstances changed...my alcoholism came
Later after sobriety I did become current again.

I consider it was the most fun... interesting and
scary thing I've ever accomplished...

However...as you mentioned it was time to move
forward and let the memories be enough.

To find a new passion ...you gotta put the old ones away.
...I started bying gems

[51anna]

It's such a cliche, that when one door closes, another opens, but I have found that to be true in recovery. I have changed jobs, made a couple of long-distance moves and it's all good.

[Digginit]

Originally Posted by CarolD

My favorite hobby was flying private planes.

Being half sensible...no drinking was
present on flying days/trips.
Circumstances changed...my alcoholism came
Later after sobriety I did become current again.

I consider it was the most fun... interesting and
scary thing I've ever accomplished...

However...as you mentioned it was time to move
forward and let the memories be enough.

To find a new passion ...you gotta put the old ones away.
...I started bying gems

HAHAHA!!! That's funny. Now I've started flying planes...lol

~dig

[lisa1235]

i dont know if i'll ever skydive or if i'll everfly a plane(i think almost definately not)i do know because i used so long that i'll never have kids found out recently that my biological clock ran out after i'd got myself together and began planning tis in the near future i thought.its took a lot of acceptance and a lit of talking to my higher power but you know today where im at is helping out others with kids and taking my time to give other active addicts kids the love, strength and hope they need to get threw.my point is kids are something i love and wanted just like skydiving and just because physically we cant it doesnt mean we cant find other ways to enjoy and particapate.being involved in other ways can bring you simular joy.i find its all the way my mind views things.i can look at it negative or i can reverse it and view it with a new outlook.i have that power working my program to the fullest.nothings really impossible in sober eyes and clear mind.goodluck

[CarolD]

Oh Dig!
Congratulations!!

Just remember...with this new hobby
you gotta stay up rather than fall down.

[nandm]

I want to sky dive soooo bad. But my g/f doesn't want me to. She is afraid with the disc problems in my back and the ORIF that was done to my right thigh I would wind up hurt if I did. I keep telling her that the first jump you do is a tandum jump anyway so it isn't that risky. She wants to do it but won't even listen to me wanting to do it. I am still going to do it but it will take some time to convince her so maybe a year or so. Hopefully not longer than that.

Hmmm, though the flying the plane does sound good as well. It is ironic that I have a fear of heights yet want to sky dive......how weird is that?

[Digginit]

Nan: what you'll find when you do skydive is that at those altitudes, depth perception really doesn't work, and most people with a fear of heights find it much more comfortable to leave the plane than, say, the high dive.

There's a lot of peace in being able to let go of something you love. That peace just isn't there when it's ripped and torn from your desperate grasp...lol.

~dig