I have come a long way
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: New Orleans, LA
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Proud, proud, proud of you.
I too spent my childhood reading alone (I was an only child). The world feels large, and often, things that other people do so casually feel like immense adventures. As you described the train, and the costumed corporates inside it, and their shiny shoes, it was a powerful visual observation of the "others."
The simplicity and care with which we undertake each new way of being is my favorite part of sobriety - without the alcohol, every change is deliberate. Alcohol allowed me to throw myself in, but, sober, I actually feel all the parts of the new experience. Anticipation, preparation, action, completion, evaluation - feeling everything that happened. I used to get stuck in anticipation, and miss the experience of the other four aspects.
Congratulations! You are very inspiring and interesting to me. Thank you.
I too spent my childhood reading alone (I was an only child). The world feels large, and often, things that other people do so casually feel like immense adventures. As you described the train, and the costumed corporates inside it, and their shiny shoes, it was a powerful visual observation of the "others."
The simplicity and care with which we undertake each new way of being is my favorite part of sobriety - without the alcohol, every change is deliberate. Alcohol allowed me to throw myself in, but, sober, I actually feel all the parts of the new experience. Anticipation, preparation, action, completion, evaluation - feeling everything that happened. I used to get stuck in anticipation, and miss the experience of the other four aspects.
Congratulations! You are very inspiring and interesting to me. Thank you.
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Canada
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good stuff Tetra!!! you definitely have come a long way! and what a great attitude. I hope you get this job, but even if you don't...every little step is a step forward and you are breaking free of the anxiety that was holding you back from being YOU.
you should be very proud of yourself
you should be very proud of yourself
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