24-Hour Recovery Connections Part 17
Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 1,285
Check me in for 24 more. I'm at Birthday Night celebrating sobriety with the birthday boys and girls. One sober day at a time and I will one day get my Birthday Chip. Have a great weekend everyone!!!
7:35 pm in TX
7:35 pm in TX
p***enger
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: NYC
Posts: 19,044
Good evening, friends! 
Welcome to Stayingsober72& Timeforchange7 & Longpasttime ! Whether you’re new to SR, new to this thread, just coming back, counting days or years, we’re glad you’re here!
Congratulations to 1NewCreation on 25 mega-months, and to all, congratulations and thanks for today!
Here’s the list of those who’ve made part of their commitment to sobriety include posting on this thread from about 8:30 p.m. September 26 to 8:30 p.m. on September 27, NYC local time:
1newcreation
afloatsober
altoids
Alysheba
aussieblue
BarbieKen
biminiblue
calico
casinva
charleesavedme
Coldfusion
courage2
DaneK
Dee74
EJM824
ElGato
ForMeForThem
Gilmer
Goat
gracetuesday
Grateful11
grtgrandpa
HeartsAfire
Hevyn
Kaneda8888
Kiya
Longpasttime
Mags1
Missy7
mystified
MyTime86
NewLeaf
rachelle77
Resolv
sickofthiscrap
SnoozyQ
SoberLeigh
Stayingsober72
sthlondonab
tgirl
Timeforchange7
tootsl1
VikingGF
Waterfalls2014
yukonm
I apologize for any errors on the list.
Mythical, magical, and divine birds. Tonight’s bird is the ibis, of the family Threskiornithidae. There are 28 living species of ibis, a large, wading stork-like bird, but I’m just going for the big one, the African ibis.
The ibis was a sacred animal in ancient Egypt. It was associated with Thoth, god of wisdom, knowledge and writing, who was often depicted with the head of an ibis. There was a cult around the ibis for hundreds of years starting in about 600 BC, which at its peak was using an estimated 10,000 birds per year in religious rituals. Birds were killed, mummified, and placed in Egyptian burial sites. This painting by Sir Edward John Poynter (1871) shows an Egyptian slave feeding sacred captive ibis. A statue of Thoth can be seen at the upper right.
Thoth was the scribe for the Egyptian gods, and by the Hellenistic period when the Greeks adopted him as Hermes Trismegistus, he'd been credited with authorship of all works of religion, philosophy, astronomy,astrology, mathematics, geometry, land surveying, medicine, botany, theology, government, the alphabet, reading, writing, oratory and magic. As if that weren’t enough, Thoth was a psychopomp, one who guided others to the afterlife. So, it was pretty important to have an ibis in your tomb! Not only that, you’d want a well-fed ibis as your guide to the afterlife, wouldn’t you? There’s a fascinating story by the National Geographic on xray and forensic examination of ibis mummies – 4 million of which have been found at a single set of Egyptian catacombs (Pictures: Bird Mummies "Fed" After Death, Stuffed With Snails). Look closely at the image below and see if you can make out the snails used to stuff the dead ibis’ stomach!
I’m looking forward to seeing everyone here again tomorrow!
Welcome to Stayingsober72& Timeforchange7 & Longpasttime ! Whether you’re new to SR, new to this thread, just coming back, counting days or years, we’re glad you’re here!
Congratulations to 1NewCreation on 25 mega-months, and to all, congratulations and thanks for today!
Here’s the list of those who’ve made part of their commitment to sobriety include posting on this thread from about 8:30 p.m. September 26 to 8:30 p.m. on September 27, NYC local time:
1newcreation
afloatsober
altoids
Alysheba
aussieblue
BarbieKen
biminiblue
calico
casinva
charleesavedme
Coldfusion
courage2
DaneK
Dee74
EJM824
ElGato
ForMeForThem
Gilmer
Goat
gracetuesday
Grateful11
grtgrandpa
HeartsAfire
Hevyn
Kaneda8888
Kiya
Longpasttime
Mags1
Missy7
mystified
MyTime86
NewLeaf
rachelle77
Resolv
sickofthiscrap
SnoozyQ
SoberLeigh
Stayingsober72
sthlondonab
tgirl
Timeforchange7
tootsl1
VikingGF
Waterfalls2014
yukonm
I apologize for any errors on the list.
Mythical, magical, and divine birds. Tonight’s bird is the ibis, of the family Threskiornithidae. There are 28 living species of ibis, a large, wading stork-like bird, but I’m just going for the big one, the African ibis.
The ibis was a sacred animal in ancient Egypt. It was associated with Thoth, god of wisdom, knowledge and writing, who was often depicted with the head of an ibis. There was a cult around the ibis for hundreds of years starting in about 600 BC, which at its peak was using an estimated 10,000 birds per year in religious rituals. Birds were killed, mummified, and placed in Egyptian burial sites. This painting by Sir Edward John Poynter (1871) shows an Egyptian slave feeding sacred captive ibis. A statue of Thoth can be seen at the upper right.
Thoth was the scribe for the Egyptian gods, and by the Hellenistic period when the Greeks adopted him as Hermes Trismegistus, he'd been credited with authorship of all works of religion, philosophy, astronomy,astrology, mathematics, geometry, land surveying, medicine, botany, theology, government, the alphabet, reading, writing, oratory and magic. As if that weren’t enough, Thoth was a psychopomp, one who guided others to the afterlife. So, it was pretty important to have an ibis in your tomb! Not only that, you’d want a well-fed ibis as your guide to the afterlife, wouldn’t you? There’s a fascinating story by the National Geographic on xray and forensic examination of ibis mummies – 4 million of which have been found at a single set of Egyptian catacombs (Pictures: Bird Mummies "Fed" After Death, Stuffed With Snails). Look closely at the image below and see if you can make out the snails used to stuff the dead ibis’ stomach!
I’m looking forward to seeing everyone here again tomorrow!
Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: New England
Posts: 4,420
Anniversary time!! Shout out some congrats for:
MyTime86
Rachel77
2 GLORIOUS MONTHS
Waterfalls2013
3 FABULOUS MONTHS
SnoozyQ
1 IMPRESSIVE YEAR and 3 AWESOME MONTHS.
Nice work, all, and thanks for the inspiration.
MyTime86
Rachel77
2 GLORIOUS MONTHS
Waterfalls2013
3 FABULOUS MONTHS
SnoozyQ
1 IMPRESSIVE YEAR and 3 AWESOME MONTHS.
Nice work, all, and thanks for the inspiration.
Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: New England
Posts: 4,420
I'm signing on early, seems being allowed to sleep in by the cat results in a VERY awake Viking at 1:00 AM here in beautiful southeastern MA.
Today is Strawberry Cream Pie day.
Have a super day, everyone- get out there and enjoy the last squeaks of summer weather if you're in the neighborhood!
Today is Strawberry Cream Pie day.
Have a super day, everyone- get out there and enjoy the last squeaks of summer weather if you're in the neighborhood!
. Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: South Bay, So Cal
Posts: 6,124
Whew! A really nice Rockin time tonight with friends & family. Our son's 23rd birthday/6 year Sober Birthday Party was work and lots of fun!! My 1st Party we've thrown since in recovery. 
. Good stuff for sure!Going to chill & relax now, checking in for my next 24 hours of my recovery....thanks HP & AA.
Bobbi
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