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Venecia, once again a very beautiful, thoughtful, honest, and eloquent post. Congratulations on this milestone! Do you realize you're wrapping up a sober trip around the sun? How cool is that!?! The first of many cool trips, no doubt.
Like Brian, I was struck by the passage above. I agree that at this point my choosing to drink would be a "conscious decision to push the self-destruct button." You've summed this up in a very vivid and meaningful way. Thank you. 
Originally Posted by Venecia 
Did any of this give rise to thoughts of drinking? Yeah. Some desolate moments.
For me, it wouldn't have been a slip, an oops or "wounded, therefore entitled." Or a relapse, frankly. It would have been a conscious decision to push the self-destruct button. It still would be; I want a lifetime of sobriety and recovery.
For me, it wouldn't have been a slip, an oops or "wounded, therefore entitled." Or a relapse, frankly. It would have been a conscious decision to push the self-destruct button. It still would be; I want a lifetime of sobriety and recovery.
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Isn't ziplining fun, Altoids?! I actually went again last weekend, having learned there's a place only an hour from where I live. And it was even better the second time around!
I shared a couple pics with my classmates. Only had a few pics and among them were even fewer that wouldn't breech my confidentiality. Then came across one that momentarily seemed perfect until I realized it was kind of a Full Leg Monty. For those who've not tried it, the harness is a really bulky lederhosen-like contraption of cords, straps and hooks on your front, which secures you once you're airborne. Except, in that one zip, the harness pulled up under one leg of my shorts as I went aloft.
A photo flashing a bit of my drawers didn't seem like a very good visual metaphor for sobriety, let alone ladylike! So here's the best I could share.
I shared a couple pics with my classmates. Only had a few pics and among them were even fewer that wouldn't breech my confidentiality. Then came across one that momentarily seemed perfect until I realized it was kind of a Full Leg Monty. For those who've not tried it, the harness is a really bulky lederhosen-like contraption of cords, straps and hooks on your front, which secures you once you're airborne. Except, in that one zip, the harness pulled up under one leg of my shorts as I went aloft.
A photo flashing a bit of my drawers didn't seem like a very good visual metaphor for sobriety, let alone ladylike! So here's the best I could share.
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Thank you, fellow SRers, for the kind comments.
@Elseware, I'm so glad I've gotten to know you, my friend. I look forward to our exchanges in our class. We're lucky, we 8/13ers!
@Apple and Brian, thank you. I feel strongly about the "self-destruct button." I purposefully used that analogy because the truth is I'm a recovering alcoholic ... the wolf is always at the door and someday I may need to remind myself of what drinking would really be for me. Hope not, definitely hope not, but I need to be honest with myself.
And, Applecake, thank you so much for being my friend.
@Nefer, you total sweetheart. Thank you so much for that lovely rose, friend.
@Elseware, I'm so glad I've gotten to know you, my friend. I look forward to our exchanges in our class. We're lucky, we 8/13ers!
@Apple and Brian, thank you. I feel strongly about the "self-destruct button." I purposefully used that analogy because the truth is I'm a recovering alcoholic ... the wolf is always at the door and someday I may need to remind myself of what drinking would really be for me. Hope not, definitely hope not, but I need to be honest with myself.
And, Applecake, thank you so much for being my friend.
@Nefer, you total sweetheart. Thank you so much for that lovely rose, friend.
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Oh.my.word. I was sooo excited until it became time to step off that first platform that was a bazillion miles high in the canopy of the rainforest. Every fiber of my being was screaming "Don't do it" but I took that step and was in love with ziplining.
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Originally Posted by Altoids
I think there is a place not too far from where we live. Perhaps I should introduce hubby to ziplining soon. That'll be a fun adventure.
I think I'm gonna have to do it during the height of fall colors. I took my 15-year-old nephew with me last weekend. He was "too cool for school" to acknowledge that he enjoyed it too much, but my sister-in-law tells me he's been talking about it non-stop with his friends since then!
I know what you mean about that first step. It is, as the saying goes, a doozy! But soooooo fun!
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Originally Posted by LadyinBC
Whoo hooo V! Congrats on one year so proud of you! We heart you 
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.LadyinBC and others come to the meetings here on SR and I'd also give them a hearty endorsement for people seeking help. And those seeking a way to give back to this place, this labor of love that is SR. Huntington and Ladybug do a great job chairing -- they had a great teacher in Opi. They're at 8 p.m. CST Tuesdays and Fridays.
Now off to life on my anniversary. Wow, it really does feel good.
We can do this.
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