24 Hour Recovery Connections Part 492
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Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: NE Wisconsin USA
Posts: 6,223
One more view from my kitchen. This is looking towards Lake Winnebago before a brief storm.
I posted these photos because I meditate looking at these views. Calming.
Maybe not mountains but a grandeur sky.
Anger: not getting something I want or losing something I have. Basic fear.
Part of HALT.
We can be angry but it's not worth drinking or using over.
Get back to balance.
Prayer and meditation. Acceptance of the situation.
Rational emotive therapy I can do.
Hold on to anger. How does it feel? Taste? Look like? Let it dissipate.
And:>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I posted these photos because I meditate looking at these views. Calming.
Maybe not mountains but a grandeur sky.
Anger: not getting something I want or losing something I have. Basic fear.
Part of HALT.
We can be angry but it's not worth drinking or using over.
Get back to balance.
Prayer and meditation. Acceptance of the situation.
Rational emotive therapy I can do.
Hold on to anger. How does it feel? Taste? Look like? Let it dissipate.
And:>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Meditate on clouds!!!
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Off the beaten track, UK
Posts: 812
Checking in for another 24 if I may be so bold..
Been feeling restless and unhappy the last few days, for no apparent reason.
Yesterday I worked until 5.30, then went for a walk for a couple of hours. Still didn’t sleep well. Too much on my mind thinking about my children I think, and going over the past and mistakes I’ve made, things I’ve said and done, things I didn’t do or say but should have, and won’t have the chance to again.
I know I mustn’t ’ live in the past but that’s hard sometimes...
I need to be grateful for what I have and look to the future, only a year or so ago I was penniless, jobless and unemployable, living with my mother and stepfather because no one else would have me, in the depths of active addiction and ready to die because I couldn’t stand the thought of another day and having to do it all again.
Today I have a good job with serious responsibilities, I’m trusted, I have a company vehicle and pretty much manage my own workload. Customers respect me, I’m good at what I do even though I have no faith in myself.
i’m currently writing this from the comfort of a new (to me) sofa, in a house I can afford to rent, with bills that are paid. Food in my stomach and clean sheets on the bed when I’ve had my shower...
i don’t have everything I want, but I guess I have everything I need right now. Some things I want will never come, and I have to be ok with that. The things I deserve, that are meant for me, will come as long as I work hard and keep trying to do the next right thing, one thing at a time.
I rely a lot upon the serenity prayer at the moment, and I’m practicing just taking a moment when things get a bit much or I’m uncertain, and just quietly asking for help to know what I should do next. I think it helps, and I’m learning that thoughtful action works better than a thoughtless reaction before I’ve had a chance to engage my brain...
Missing the company of likeminded people and my AA meetings, they’re not everything but they mean a lot to me and online meetings aren’t the same.
Sending warm thoughts to everybody here tonight, I hope you’re all safe and having a good day wherever you are..
Remember, we all have a choice in everything we do. I’m trying to make good choices.
Peace and love folks, be excellent to each other
James
Been feeling restless and unhappy the last few days, for no apparent reason.
Yesterday I worked until 5.30, then went for a walk for a couple of hours. Still didn’t sleep well. Too much on my mind thinking about my children I think, and going over the past and mistakes I’ve made, things I’ve said and done, things I didn’t do or say but should have, and won’t have the chance to again.
I know I mustn’t ’ live in the past but that’s hard sometimes...
I need to be grateful for what I have and look to the future, only a year or so ago I was penniless, jobless and unemployable, living with my mother and stepfather because no one else would have me, in the depths of active addiction and ready to die because I couldn’t stand the thought of another day and having to do it all again.
Today I have a good job with serious responsibilities, I’m trusted, I have a company vehicle and pretty much manage my own workload. Customers respect me, I’m good at what I do even though I have no faith in myself.
i’m currently writing this from the comfort of a new (to me) sofa, in a house I can afford to rent, with bills that are paid. Food in my stomach and clean sheets on the bed when I’ve had my shower...
i don’t have everything I want, but I guess I have everything I need right now. Some things I want will never come, and I have to be ok with that. The things I deserve, that are meant for me, will come as long as I work hard and keep trying to do the next right thing, one thing at a time.
I rely a lot upon the serenity prayer at the moment, and I’m practicing just taking a moment when things get a bit much or I’m uncertain, and just quietly asking for help to know what I should do next. I think it helps, and I’m learning that thoughtful action works better than a thoughtless reaction before I’ve had a chance to engage my brain...
Missing the company of likeminded people and my AA meetings, they’re not everything but they mean a lot to me and online meetings aren’t the same.
Sending warm thoughts to everybody here tonight, I hope you’re all safe and having a good day wherever you are..
Remember, we all have a choice in everything we do. I’m trying to make good choices.
Peace and love folks, be excellent to each other
James
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Join Date: May 2016
Location: Texas, US
Posts: 2,478
Need a little gratitude and hope today. I know I’ve come to the right place to start my day over. Work was rotten today, but that’s it. I can usually fix most problems but not today. It’s ok. It’s a complex system and I can fix maybe 90% of things. I had to ask for help, keep bouncing things along, wait. I don’t need to be angry with myself or connect the dots and decide that this is yet more evidence that things are absolutely horrible and will continue down that path. Not so! Oh man it’s tempting to indulge that runaway thought train.
So here’s the synopsis. We’re on the verge of our second lockdown. 35 days. We’re partially in it already. This is in the top 5 bad places covid-wise right now. It’s eerily quiet again. The cicadas are much louder sans the roar of traffic. Everyone is struggling to varying degrees with the fear and sadness. I need to take a moment to remember there’s hope and I’m doing well. Terribly lonely but fed and safe..and healthy. I can’t care about my job so much. Sometimes you have to let go of caring so much. Staying healthy and being kind is a better plan. Really there are more important things to focus on. Things that truly matter
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So here’s the synopsis. We’re on the verge of our second lockdown. 35 days. We’re partially in it already. This is in the top 5 bad places covid-wise right now. It’s eerily quiet again. The cicadas are much louder sans the roar of traffic. Everyone is struggling to varying degrees with the fear and sadness. I need to take a moment to remember there’s hope and I’m doing well. Terribly lonely but fed and safe..and healthy. I can’t care about my job so much. Sometimes you have to let go of caring so much. Staying healthy and being kind is a better plan. Really there are more important things to focus on. Things that truly matter
xx
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: German Village, Columbus with my love ♥
Posts: 88,496
Hey love....I hear you all the way. I am not in Texas, but I am in the worst hot spot in Ohio....one way or the other, this is all so very frightening.
And hard. Big time.
Just with you. Love you.
s xx ❤️
And hard. Big time.
Just with you. Love you.
s xx ❤️
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Join Date: May 2016
Location: Texas, US
Posts: 2,478
Thank you Suze. Our whole state won’t lockdown, just certain major metro areas and I am in one of them. I just need to accept it and try to make it easier. Just today is all we have to do. Things will improve in time. We’ll be ok. I don’t want to waste any energy. Thank you so much.
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