Stay Sober Here - All Welcome ... Weekender June 5
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Originally Posted by Opivotal 
Thanks for all you do for us.
Giving up is NOT an option.
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Congrats on shotgun, Ven!
Hawkeye - I'm still sorting out what I feel about the whole situation with the other guy is, and what his declarations of regret had to do with all this. All I know is that the whole situation was highly uncomfortable for me and I felt conflicted and uneasy and just not that happy. My sobriety comes first and my apple cart was upset in a pretty profound way this past week or two. That scared me, big time.
Hawkeye - I'm still sorting out what I feel about the whole situation with the other guy is, and what his declarations of regret had to do with all this. All I know is that the whole situation was highly uncomfortable for me and I felt conflicted and uneasy and just not that happy. My sobriety comes first and my apple cart was upset in a pretty profound way this past week or two. That scared me, big time.
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Totally screwed up my little job re-wiring the brake lights on Mrs Fradley's car.
Drained last of the battery in the process.
So tried to roll start it on our short but steep driveway.
Screwed that up too, so now it is parked in a hedge.
Oh, and crushed the battery cover I had left lying on the ground as I rode over it too.
Now.... in the old days, I would not have dealt with this at all well
Happy Sober Sunday !
Fradley
Drained last of the battery in the process.
So tried to roll start it on our short but steep driveway.
Screwed that up too, so now it is parked in a hedge.
Oh, and crushed the battery cover I had left lying on the ground as I rode over it too.
Now.... in the old days, I would not have dealt with this at all well
Happy Sober Sunday !
Fradley
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Originally Posted by Fradley
Totally screwed up my little job re-wiring the brake lights on Mrs Fradley's car.
Drained last of the battery in the process.
So tried to roll start it on our short but steep driveway.
Screwed that up too, so now it is parked in a hedge.
Oh, and crushed the battery cover I had left lying on the ground as I rode over it too.
Now.... in the old days, I would not have dealt with this at all well
Happy Sober Sunday !
Fradley
Drained last of the battery in the process.
So tried to roll start it on our short but steep driveway.
Screwed that up too, so now it is parked in a hedge.
Oh, and crushed the battery cover I had left lying on the ground as I rode over it too.
Now.... in the old days, I would not have dealt with this at all well
Happy Sober Sunday !
Fradley
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Well done, FindingCake! Making it through the weekend sober is the whole purpose of this thread. Come on in, everyone!
Early days are tough, no two ways about it. Let this be your safe place. SoberRecovery has an app, too - take us with you!
I'll just keep it short, so much happened over the weekend with you guys. I read it all. You are all amazing and brave and wonderful.
Back after brekkie. Bees are telling me where my sausage and eggs are. . .
"thataway" (the bee waggle below)
Early days are tough, no two ways about it. Let this be your safe place. SoberRecovery has an app, too - take us with you!
I'll just keep it short, so much happened over the weekend with you guys. I read it all. You are all amazing and brave and wonderful.
Back after brekkie. Bees are telling me where my sausage and eggs are. . .
"thataway" (the bee waggle below)
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Well, a Big Ole Welcome To Weekenders, Fradley! I'm sick of being one of the few here who always post the Murphy's Law Stories!
A thankful 'Wow, Sao' for that Tip on cooling the perpetually-hot-running Sat Receiver. I stumbled onto Cooling Fan Info on line yesterday. Unfortunately, the baked Hard Drive won't get past displaying the 'Starting Up' Screen. MesaMate left it on while we were in CA for 3 Weeks, and that did the deed. This detail is of no consequence, because so many Receivers seem to bake after a few Years. It's got me motivated to finish the Wireless Internet Link ~1.400' to our Gate Phone/DSL Box, and get both Roku Boxes goin'. Then, buh bye to Sat Receivers, and $100-/Month Bills.
Wildlife...
I check the RV Trailer Traps this Morning, and have dispatched a 2nd Mouse to Cheese Heaven via trusty Peanut Butter. Meanwhile, I duck out the Trailer Door. A blur of motion catches my Eye. There's 2 huge Dust Clouds; one to the left, and one to the right. The commotion is over in less than a Second.
My Forensic Reconstruction is that our Resident Mountain Lion nabbed one of many Bunnies here for Brekkie. The side-to-side motion, and resultant Dust Clouds, were identical to the TV chase Scenes where a Big Cat nabs a Gazelle. FAST! Man, this MoFo was fast. I couldn't even get a Visual on the Animal. No way was it a Coyote.
So, I'll keep carrying my .357 when taking out MesaDog at Night. We need to rethink having Glass French Doors open to just the Screen Sliders. Big Cats push it as they get tamer.
The first 8 Rows of Pix linked here are not graphic. Additional Pic Rows beyond that randomly are...
- Mountain Lions On Porches Pix -
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Well, a Big Ole Welcome To Weekenders, Fradley! I'm sick of being one of the few here who always post the Murphy's Law Stories!
A thankful 'Wow, Sao' for that Tip on cooling the perpetually-hot-running Sat Receiver. I stumbled onto Cooling Fan Info on line yesterday. Unfortunately, the baked Hard Drive won't get past displaying the 'Starting Up' Screen. MesaMate left it on while we were in CA for 3 Weeks, and that did the deed. This detail is of no consequence, because so many Receivers seem to bake after a few Years. It's got me motivated to finish the Wireless Internet Link ~1.400' to our Gate Phone/DSL Box, and get both Roku Boxes goin'. Then, buh bye to Sat Receivers, and $100-/Month Bills.
Wildlife...
I check the RV Trailer Traps this Morning, and have dispatched a 2nd Mouse to Cheese Heaven via trusty Peanut Butter. Meanwhile, I duck out the Trailer Door. A blur of motion catches my Eye. There's 2 huge Dust Clouds; one to the left, and one to the right. The commotion is over in less than a Second.
My Forensic Reconstruction is that our Resident Mountain Lion nabbed one of many Bunnies here for Brekkie. The side-to-side motion, and resultant Dust Clouds, were identical to the TV chase Scenes where a Big Cat nabs a Gazelle. FAST! Man, this MoFo was fast. I couldn't even get a Visual on the Animal. No way was it a Coyote.
So, I'll keep carrying my .357 when taking out MesaDog at Night. We need to rethink having Glass French Doors open to just the Screen Sliders. Big Cats push it as they get tamer.
The first 8 Rows of Pix linked here are not graphic. Additional Pic Rows beyond that randomly are...
- Mountain Lions On Porches Pix -
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So...someone mentioned "Moments" in the last thread.
Beautiful moments. Profound moments, moments of complete satisfaction with life and all its possibility. I've had more of those moments in the past year than I could count. The first six months to a year of sobriety was, "Hang on, just keep putting one foot in front of the other. Do the next right thing." The payoff has been significant, and a lot of it I can attribute to this site and the hundreds or thousands of hours I've spent here. My body, mind, and spirit needed to heal and I found stories of despair and encouragement here; which led me to find my own healing. Once past the initial couple months, it got much easier.
Yesterday I had one of the moments that will stick with me and it was so simple and not exciting in any way. I am blessed to live in an area with good transit, and I needed to go downtown yesterday so I took the air-conditioned Express articulated bus. It takes 30 minutes or so. Nice upholstered seats, quiet, comfortable, and I was able to look around at the gorgeous scenery.
On the ride back I sat in the very back of the bus, which I really like. There was a young man sitting on the bench seat with me who I recognized because he walks through my parking lot every day. 15 miles away from home, and I was finally able to introduce myself. He looks a bit like Johnny Depp in style and physical looks. He's always carrying a guitar, which he had with him on the bus. He started playing it and singing and he is very talented and played all the way back - on a bus that was 75% full. Who gets live guitar music on the bus? ME!! I DO. It was awesome. Also on the bus was a woman I had met on the trip down. She had her little dog with her. Then there was a family, Mom, Dad in their 60s/70s, adult kids and two little children. They had purchased a couple armload-size bouquets of flowers. It was just such a happy scene riding along with all this to enjoy...beautiful sunny day, to boot.
moments.
TL;DR - Sobriety. It's worth it. Everything is better.
Beautiful moments. Profound moments, moments of complete satisfaction with life and all its possibility. I've had more of those moments in the past year than I could count. The first six months to a year of sobriety was, "Hang on, just keep putting one foot in front of the other. Do the next right thing." The payoff has been significant, and a lot of it I can attribute to this site and the hundreds or thousands of hours I've spent here. My body, mind, and spirit needed to heal and I found stories of despair and encouragement here; which led me to find my own healing. Once past the initial couple months, it got much easier.
Yesterday I had one of the moments that will stick with me and it was so simple and not exciting in any way. I am blessed to live in an area with good transit, and I needed to go downtown yesterday so I took the air-conditioned Express articulated bus. It takes 30 minutes or so. Nice upholstered seats, quiet, comfortable, and I was able to look around at the gorgeous scenery.
On the ride back I sat in the very back of the bus, which I really like. There was a young man sitting on the bench seat with me who I recognized because he walks through my parking lot every day. 15 miles away from home, and I was finally able to introduce myself. He looks a bit like Johnny Depp in style and physical looks. He's always carrying a guitar, which he had with him on the bus. He started playing it and singing and he is very talented and played all the way back - on a bus that was 75% full. Who gets live guitar music on the bus? ME!! I DO. It was awesome. Also on the bus was a woman I had met on the trip down. She had her little dog with her. Then there was a family, Mom, Dad in their 60s/70s, adult kids and two little children. They had purchased a couple armload-size bouquets of flowers. It was just such a happy scene riding along with all this to enjoy...beautiful sunny day, to boot.
moments.
TL;DR - Sobriety. It's worth it. Everything is better.
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Originally Posted by Fradley
Totally screwed up my little job re-wiring the brake lights on Mrs Fradley's car.
Drained last of the battery in the process.
So tried to roll start it on our short but steep driveway.
Screwed that up too, so now it is parked in a hedge.
Oh, and crushed the battery cover I had left lying on the ground as I rode over it too.
Now.... in the old days, I would not have dealt with this at all well
Happy Sober Sunday !
Fradley
Drained last of the battery in the process.
So tried to roll start it on our short but steep driveway.
Screwed that up too, so now it is parked in a hedge.
Oh, and crushed the battery cover I had left lying on the ground as I rode over it too.
Now.... in the old days, I would not have dealt with this at all well
Happy Sober Sunday !
Fradley
Mesa - the moggie in the top few rows was putting on an impressive air of sang froid considering
Marty, sorry you are out of sorts. Personally I think it's his problem not yours
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Fradley - hope you don't mind that you had me laughing...
"mesaman, bounty hunter" Premiers next Thursday...
I told the wife no more planting anything without written approval from moi... that picture of a flower on the cover didn't say anything about this vine taking over everything... I may have to dig out the entire garden... I started but moved on... was digging my trench for the gladiolus and discovered I chopped a few older bulbs in half - DOH!
well it's hard to tell what's what with her just planting willy-nilly --- I'm taking my garden back!
so there I am working on the hill and the cheep cheep is getting louder, he's been all around the yard today... then I see him on the 'steps' he was hopping up until he was three away from me - children are fearless... Mr and Mrs Robin were not too pleased he was within almost an arms reach of me. I got a pic of him on my trellis thing when I came in for lunch.
"mesaman, bounty hunter" Premiers next Thursday...
I told the wife no more planting anything without written approval from moi... that picture of a flower on the cover didn't say anything about this vine taking over everything... I may have to dig out the entire garden... I started but moved on... was digging my trench for the gladiolus and discovered I chopped a few older bulbs in half - DOH!
well it's hard to tell what's what with her just planting willy-nilly --- I'm taking my garden back!
so there I am working on the hill and the cheep cheep is getting louder, he's been all around the yard today... then I see him on the 'steps' he was hopping up until he was three away from me - children are fearless... Mr and Mrs Robin were not too pleased he was within almost an arms reach of me. I got a pic of him on my trellis thing when I came in for lunch.
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