Filling the hole in, after climbing out..
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Filling the hole in, after climbing out..
Hello All...
I hope everyone each had a great Christmas or Holiday season. I am doing well, sober and feeling better. I still get these awful night sweats, I dont know why, it may be just the Goose Down Duvet. I have been thinking alot about, what am I going to do different this time. One thing I realized is, its not enough just to climb back out of the hole Alcohol put me in.. I have to fill that hole back up. I have inside me a hole that needs filling up, otherwise I am simply still suffering from my dis ease. So, I am starting to actually take some of the advice I have read about on this wonderful site. I am slowly learning gratitude and appreciation. I need to count my blessings, not my problems. I need to get back into the gym, because good physical health helps in good mental health. I need to find satisfaction in new hobbies, rather than kill time and my soul with Alcohol. I also need to become less selfish, and helping others might be the solution there... These are all endeavours I will challenge myself each day of 2013, which I have promised will be a sober, happy year. Happy New year, all...
I hope everyone each had a great Christmas or Holiday season. I am doing well, sober and feeling better. I still get these awful night sweats, I dont know why, it may be just the Goose Down Duvet. I have been thinking alot about, what am I going to do different this time. One thing I realized is, its not enough just to climb back out of the hole Alcohol put me in.. I have to fill that hole back up. I have inside me a hole that needs filling up, otherwise I am simply still suffering from my dis ease. So, I am starting to actually take some of the advice I have read about on this wonderful site. I am slowly learning gratitude and appreciation. I need to count my blessings, not my problems. I need to get back into the gym, because good physical health helps in good mental health. I need to find satisfaction in new hobbies, rather than kill time and my soul with Alcohol. I also need to become less selfish, and helping others might be the solution there... These are all endeavours I will challenge myself each day of 2013, which I have promised will be a sober, happy year. Happy New year, all...
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This is old, but I love the hole analogy. It's by Portia Nelson.
Autobiography in Five Short Chapters
Chapter 1
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost… I am helpless.
It isn’t my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
Chapter 2
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend that I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I can’t believe I am in this same place.
But, it isn’t my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.
Chapter 3
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in … it’s a habit … but, my eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.
Chapter 4
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
Chapter 5
I walk down another street.
Chapter 1
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I fall in.
I am lost… I am helpless.
It isn’t my fault.
It takes forever to find a way out.
Chapter 2
I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend that I don’t see it.
I fall in again.
I can’t believe I am in this same place.
But, it isn’t my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.
Chapter 3
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in … it’s a habit … but, my eyes are open.
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.
Chapter 4
I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.
Chapter 5
I walk down another street.
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Salina, Ks
Posts: 8,547
Oh boy, just the thought of sleeping with a Goose Down Duvet makes me sweat! 
Hope you'll start feeling better soon. It's great to see that you have a plan for your continued sobriety and recovery. May be make a checklist for yourself that you can go over each day. Make sure you've covered all of those things?
Happy New Year!
Hope you'll start feeling better soon. It's great to see that you have a plan for your continued sobriety and recovery. May be make a checklist for yourself that you can go over each day. Make sure you've covered all of those things?
Happy New Year!
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