Learning your lesson
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Learning your lesson
Sometime, you really do learn a lesson.
So, if there's one thing my drinking has made me realize, it's how much I love, and miss riding my motorcycle.
That's because, due to my suspended license, I can't ride it this summer. This will be the first summer in 36 years I won't be riding my motorcycle. I'll miss club rides, our annual out of state chapter get together, the relaxing Sunday breakfast rides...
Everyday I park my car in the garage (I have limited work privileges) walk past my bike, and get so angry at myself. I have no-one to blame but myself, and that pisses me off more. I could have stopped this, but didn't. I could be riding this summer if not for...myself!
I won't be getting my license back until early October. Living in Ohio, that pretty much means I've missed the entire season.
The blackouts, the hangovers, the embarrassing situations, those didn't seem to matter much. But my DUI arrest and the loss of being able to ride my bike, well...it's a hard lesson learned.
70 Days sober today for me, and all I can say, is there will never be another summer I don't ride, until the day I physically can't anymore. I won't let alcohol steal another summer from me.
Just felt like sharing my lesson learned...hope you all don't mind.
So, if there's one thing my drinking has made me realize, it's how much I love, and miss riding my motorcycle.
That's because, due to my suspended license, I can't ride it this summer. This will be the first summer in 36 years I won't be riding my motorcycle. I'll miss club rides, our annual out of state chapter get together, the relaxing Sunday breakfast rides...
Everyday I park my car in the garage (I have limited work privileges) walk past my bike, and get so angry at myself. I have no-one to blame but myself, and that pisses me off more. I could have stopped this, but didn't. I could be riding this summer if not for...myself!
I won't be getting my license back until early October. Living in Ohio, that pretty much means I've missed the entire season.
The blackouts, the hangovers, the embarrassing situations, those didn't seem to matter much. But my DUI arrest and the loss of being able to ride my bike, well...it's a hard lesson learned.
70 Days sober today for me, and all I can say, is there will never be another summer I don't ride, until the day I physically can't anymore. I won't let alcohol steal another summer from me.
Just felt like sharing my lesson learned...hope you all don't mind.
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Thank you for sharing. I too didn't get sober until I got a DUI. Lost it for 6 months...I know just what you are going through. I now see the DUI as a blessing because if it didn't happen I may still be out there drinking or something worse could've happened. I also learned patience and gratitude for the things I take for granted everyday. Been back on the road now for 3 weeks and it feels amazing. October will be here before you know it...summer always flies by 
Congrats on 70 days!
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Originally Posted by BikerAcct 
Sometime, you really do learn a lesson.
So, if there's one thing my drinking has made me realize, it's how much I love, and miss riding my motorcycle.
That's because, due to my suspended license, I can't ride it this summer. This will be the first summer in 36 years I won't be riding my motorcycle. I'll miss club rides, our annual out of state chapter get together, the relaxing Sunday breakfast rides...
Everyday I park my car in the garage (I have limited work privileges) walk past my bike, and get so angry at myself. I have no-one to blame but myself, and that pisses me off more. I could have stopped this, but didn't. I could be riding this summer if not for...myself!
I won't be getting my license back until early October. Living in Ohio, that pretty much means I've missed the entire season.
The blackouts, the hangovers, the embarrassing situations, those didn't seem to matter much. But my DUI arrest and the loss of being able to ride my bike, well...it's a hard lesson learned.
70 Days sober today for me, and all I can say, is there will never be another summer I don't ride, until the day I physically can't anymore. I won't let alcohol steal another summer from me.
Just felt like sharing my lesson learned...hope you all don't mind.
So, if there's one thing my drinking has made me realize, it's how much I love, and miss riding my motorcycle.
That's because, due to my suspended license, I can't ride it this summer. This will be the first summer in 36 years I won't be riding my motorcycle. I'll miss club rides, our annual out of state chapter get together, the relaxing Sunday breakfast rides...
Everyday I park my car in the garage (I have limited work privileges) walk past my bike, and get so angry at myself. I have no-one to blame but myself, and that pisses me off more. I could have stopped this, but didn't. I could be riding this summer if not for...myself!
I won't be getting my license back until early October. Living in Ohio, that pretty much means I've missed the entire season.
The blackouts, the hangovers, the embarrassing situations, those didn't seem to matter much. But my DUI arrest and the loss of being able to ride my bike, well...it's a hard lesson learned.
70 Days sober today for me, and all I can say, is there will never be another summer I don't ride, until the day I physically can't anymore. I won't let alcohol steal another summer from me.
Just felt like sharing my lesson learned...hope you all don't mind.
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