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http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...niques-21.html

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just caught your comment about exercise and fitness G. Just remember the look of the first ancient Greeks - Olympics. No weed wackers for them.

Thanks, Dee.

I will not drink today.

Hello, all.

Gilmer, I remember Rodney Dangerfield saying something like " When I'm dead, I will be as healthy as the next dead guy." All things in moderation, not that any of us know what that is!

Glad that you had a fun weekend at the house Glee. There was a point in early sobriety where I wasn't sure if I could ever have fun again without slamming down drinks. Who knew how good it could be?

Carlos, is there a mock mint julep drink that you and JG could enjoy Derby Day? I have to admit that I never had a julep and don't feel that I missed out in life because of it. I hope you will dress the part of landed gentry to impress your new lady.

Have a good night all!

Rodney Dangerfield!

"Iwenttomypsychiatrist hesaidyou'recrazy

IsaidIwannasecondopinion

HesaidOKyou'reuglytoo."

Thanks Dee!

Title: F.I.S.T. #3 (Insert Non-Acronymical Nonsense Expression)

Morning all!

Woke up to no hot water this morning. Great way to start a Monday. I could go over to my in laws but I don't want to scare the heck out of them barging in their house at 3:00am. It's a small thing in the arena of life, but one that probably would have called for a drink in my previous life. Now I can sort of shrug it off and move on.

Have a great day all!

I miss Rodney!

"I'm so ugly, my father carries around the picture of the kid who came with the wallet.
I'm so ugly, my mother had morning sickness after I was born.

Hey, I don't get respect from anyone. Why, American Airlines thanked me for flying United."

Couldn't help myself!

With good luck I'll be home for lunch. :)

A safe refuge is one of the best sobriety supports. I intend to spend as much of the next 24 hours as possible under the blankets.

Have I mentioned before how much better my life is since I stopped drinking?

Speaking of courage, did you know the cowardly lion's costume in the wizard of oz was made from real lions' skins?

I've watched the Wizard of Oz eleventy million times, it used to be my favorite movie. There are two glaring gaffs I always notice (pretty good for a 1939 movie) and one of them involves that costume. Such a good movie.

C2, I'm glad it's almost over. You held up like a champ.

Happy Monday All,

Thanks a new clean sheet, Dee.

Courage headed to a duvet day. Wow, that sounds kinda nice.

Looking for a cool down of sorts - hit 97 here yesterday...that's even hot for a summer day.

Well, time to get this thing rolling. Monday is work, gym and AA...I make the worst coffee ever and they say it's good - not.

Feeling a sober thing for today - good day, all.

SR Carlos - hey, I see real Carlos tonight.

Hello All! Staying busy with the Basefit program, starting to feel the effects of exercise and being smarter about food choices. Having to log everything everyday is kind of a pain, but I know its what I need.

stay happy all!

Badge

You guys are so much awesome:)

I went and settled up the vet bill today. Still feeling heavy hearted and kind of empty and cry randomly. Got to a meeting tho which was good.

4 months today! I saw my counselor this morning which was so great.
Bittersweet days but I've come through my storms still standing so I'm doing good.
Grateful and clinging to happy memories for now.
Xoxo thanks for always being here and being so awesome you beautiful people.
Del

I guess it's been a bittersweet day, Del.

Congratulations on your four month mark.

Job well done. You've shown a lot of grace under stress.

Deliza-full-of-grace. I like that! Congratulations Deliza on 4 months. If you can stay sober through these days, you can stay sober any day & every day.

I've slept 7 hours so far today and hope for another hour's nap before dinner.

And then early bed.

Del :hug:

I'm glad you're sleeping the whole thing off, Courage.

This year would you consider the experience an overall negative or an overall positive?

13 years of this nonsense and this was the best -- the least fear, the least shame, no degradation, few regrets. Even a few good bits, like my encounter with the western boot-maker.

The last year I went to one of these drinking, Vancouver 2012. The only word is sordid. Seven months from when I started here, which is a rough estimate of my bottom.

Glad & grateful to still be here, not there :)

Sordid. I had some years of that.

I'm so glad I left that far far behind. This last round of drinking I didn't do anything "too" stupid.

Definitely not sordid. But I know sordid. Sordid and I were racing for the bottom.

I've been thinking about C2 telling me I have good boundaries and filter. Not so much, I just keep my contact with humans shallow and brief. Can't get in any trouble that way. I do have a much more developed sense of what I want and what I won't tolerate. Finding the way to tactfully tell people or divert the conversation when they have stepped, jumped, or pushed past my boundaries is where I'm at now. That and not giving a rip if they don't understand.

I associate 'shallow and brief' with my active addiction so much, that kind of interaction now is practically a trigger. Keeping all relations at that level is a shield or barrier for me, not a boundary, and I'm really good at barriers -- drugs and alcohol make shifty, erratic, alternately fuzzy and jagged, impenetrable barriers.

To get sober, I've had to go the right other way around & join the human race. And I'm having a hard time developing standards and appropriate styles of interaction. But I haven't given up yet. Alienation is my alcoholic mindset. If I go shallow, it's because I've internally written other people off, and if I do that, I'm drinking.

For some reason I feel really sad right now. Can we have a hug? :grouphug:

((((((((COUR))))))))

:ring:

A ring of solid comrades with a collective raised fist of defiance in the middle!

Thanks for the hug gilmer -- I edited that like 20 times. I wonder which you read?

Interesting. I came at recovery from the codie side back in 1988. I was trying to connect with people and it was having disastrous effects in my life.

Now I am super cautious. No need to be everything to everyone. That's just me, though. I don't buy into the "isolation/solitude as mental illness" dogma. That leads me to feeling lonely and depressed and I'm anything but.

I responded to the post in its final form, Cour. :)

:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug: courage indeed

:grouphug::grouphug::grouphug::grouphug:.and then some.
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