24 Hour Recovery Connection Part 292
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Originally Posted by kenton 
Greetings fellow travellers on this winding road towards freedom.
One of my old drinking buddies phoned me up last night. Not sure why. I think it was to tell me how awesome drinking life is. It's funny, now I'm not on Facebook anymore I've started to forget about drinking life. I mean, heavy drinking life. When I go out now it tends to be with normal drinkers and no one seems to end up vomiting in a hedge or asleep on a train or crying in a bathroom or missing in action or fighting about nonsense. After speaking to my old drinking buddy last night I can report that heavy drinking life is still very much alive and well. It's still going on most Friday and Saturday nights. Call me boring (and all my old drinking buddies do) but I'd much rather skip through this life with all you guys and Red's elephants than stagger through my old one.
Congrats to everyone celebrating a milestone and another day of calm, 'no dramas' sobriety. 24 more hours please xxxx
One of my old drinking buddies phoned me up last night. Not sure why. I think it was to tell me how awesome drinking life is. It's funny, now I'm not on Facebook anymore I've started to forget about drinking life. I mean, heavy drinking life. When I go out now it tends to be with normal drinkers and no one seems to end up vomiting in a hedge or asleep on a train or crying in a bathroom or missing in action or fighting about nonsense. After speaking to my old drinking buddy last night I can report that heavy drinking life is still very much alive and well. It's still going on most Friday and Saturday nights. Call me boring (and all my old drinking buddies do) but I'd much rather skip through this life with all you guys and Red's elephants than stagger through my old one.
Congrats to everyone celebrating a milestone and another day of calm, 'no dramas' sobriety. 24 more hours please xxxx
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Originally Posted by abcowboy
“Don’t plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me. Choke those little bad days. Choke ’em down to nothin’. They’re your days. Choke ’em!”
6:20am in Alberta, today is going to be a darn good day not to drink!
24 more for me please, and thanks...
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Good morning SR
24 more for this crazy lonesome lunanatic alcoholic
Nobody told me how hard and lonely change is.
—Joan Gilbertson
Pain, repeatedly experienced, indicates a need for self-assessment, an inventory of our behavior. Honest self-appraisal may well call for change, a change in attitude perhaps, a change in specific behavior in some instances, or maybe a change in direction. We get off the right path occasionally, but go merrily on our way until barriers surface, doors close, and experiences become painful.
Most of us willingly wallow in our pain a while, not because we like it, but because its familiarity offers security. We find some comfort in our pain because at least it holds no surprises.
When our trust in God is high, we are more willing to change. And we open ourselves to the indications for movement in a new direction. Each of us must find our own willingness. Each of us must develop attentiveness to the signs that repeatedly invite changes in our behavior. But most of all, each of us has to travel the road to change, singly. Changes we must find the courage to make will never be exactly like someone else's changes.
Courage to change accompanies faith. My fears are telling me to look within to the spiritual source of strength, ever present but often forgotten.
24 more for this crazy lonesome lunanatic alcoholic
Nobody told me how hard and lonely change is.
—Joan Gilbertson
Pain, repeatedly experienced, indicates a need for self-assessment, an inventory of our behavior. Honest self-appraisal may well call for change, a change in attitude perhaps, a change in specific behavior in some instances, or maybe a change in direction. We get off the right path occasionally, but go merrily on our way until barriers surface, doors close, and experiences become painful.
Most of us willingly wallow in our pain a while, not because we like it, but because its familiarity offers security. We find some comfort in our pain because at least it holds no surprises.
When our trust in God is high, we are more willing to change. And we open ourselves to the indications for movement in a new direction. Each of us must find our own willingness. Each of us must develop attentiveness to the signs that repeatedly invite changes in our behavior. But most of all, each of us has to travel the road to change, singly. Changes we must find the courage to make will never be exactly like someone else's changes.
Courage to change accompanies faith. My fears are telling me to look within to the spiritual source of strength, ever present but often forgotten.
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Originally Posted by Kris47
Howdy, Goat! Suze!
Huge huge hugs.
♥PS. Off to get our marriage license!!
gulp.
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Originally Posted by RedBerryJuniper
Tired and very sad for some reason, (tired?). but am so glad to be sober. I felt it all for a couple hours the was able to let it go. I never let anything go when I was drinking. I would ruminate and play it over and over., and was unable to escape it in any way. I guess I sorta could blur it, but with the hangover it was 100 times bigger.
Still troubled by several situations I have no idea how to deal with, but that's where faith and hope come in. Those came in with sobriety and disappeared when I went back out. Those are huge gifts. I forget to notice them sometimes, but how? They're like the delightful elephants in the room.
Xx. 24
Red
Still troubled by several situations I have no idea how to deal with, but that's where faith and hope come in. Those came in with sobriety and disappeared when I went back out. Those are huge gifts. I forget to notice them sometimes, but how? They're like the delightful elephants in the room.
Xx. 24
Red
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Originally Posted by Dee74
Hi guys
I got a message today from Tech Support about my signature image..so I thought I'd pass it on to everyone.
If you're posting a picture link make sure you change the http to https before you post.
Just add an s to the end - it should work fine.
Its in the interest of site security.
I'd ask that everyone do this in future.
I'm starting here in The 24 Recovery Connection group as cos this is a pretty image heavy thread.
Dee
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SR
I got a message today from Tech Support about my signature image..so I thought I'd pass it on to everyone.
If you're posting a picture link make sure you change the http to https before you post.
Just add an s to the end - it should work fine.
Its in the interest of site security.
I'd ask that everyone do this in future.
I'm starting here in The 24 Recovery Connection group as cos this is a pretty image heavy thread.
Dee
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SR
I can only speak for myself.....but I don't understand.
An s after the http in the image box? That didn't work for me....just posting this in case I'm not the only one who didn't get it.
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Originally Posted by Pebbles666
Day 2.....24 more please.
Just wanted to thank everyone on here for the kind words and support. It means so much. You're a fantastic bunch.. a real family..
My self pity party is over..time for some real work. 2 meetings today...and a trip to clinic for hypnotherapy tonight.. Congratulations to the fabulous milestoners. And thank you again for SR..and all of you.
Xxx Pebbles. 10.52am Portsmouth,England. Xxx
Just wanted to thank everyone on here for the kind words and support. It means so much. You're a fantastic bunch.. a real family..
My self pity party is over..time for some real work. 2 meetings today...and a trip to clinic for hypnotherapy tonight.. Congratulations to the fabulous milestoners. And thank you again for SR..and all of you.
Xxx Pebbles. 10.52am Portsmouth,England. Xxx
♥Love you.
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