Hope is Alive Weekender April 1st
A simple guy making his way
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Hope is Alive Weekender April 1st
It's always darkest before the dawn. I can attest that hope was always brightest at dawn. It was dusk that crushed my soul.
Day in and day out the constant thinking of drinking. The awful emotions of darkness. Of a complete lack of hope that I could make a change.
That's one of those things about early recovery I hated most. The humongous gap between want and action. Between a Thursday filled with optimism and a Monday filled with regret. Between hope and hopelessness.
How do I make hope wider? I thought. A funny thing to think but that's what it was. How can I close the gap between hope and hopelessness? Make a Monday bright and not something to fear.
Hope is not passive. It is an action to be taken by me. It is tangible not in my words but in me asking for help. Going to a meeting. In posting on the weekender thread. Taking my lumps and making them triumphs.
Put down the drink this weekend for the entire weekend and make hope wider for yourself. With us.
*Ring Ring*
What does it mean? In the words of Mecanix...
“The first bell is the bell of mindfulness, calling to me and you.
It says stop what am i doing right now, take some breaths, feel my body, am I holding it tight and tense? Relax… calm down… life is a journey and not a destination, make the journey as glorious as possible.
The second bell is the freedom bell and I'm ringing it for you to let you know freedom from drink and drugs is available to you, come and hear us calling out to you.”
Welcome to your sober weekend!!!
K
Day in and day out the constant thinking of drinking. The awful emotions of darkness. Of a complete lack of hope that I could make a change.
That's one of those things about early recovery I hated most. The humongous gap between want and action. Between a Thursday filled with optimism and a Monday filled with regret. Between hope and hopelessness.
How do I make hope wider? I thought. A funny thing to think but that's what it was. How can I close the gap between hope and hopelessness? Make a Monday bright and not something to fear.
Hope is not passive. It is an action to be taken by me. It is tangible not in my words but in me asking for help. Going to a meeting. In posting on the weekender thread. Taking my lumps and making them triumphs.
Put down the drink this weekend for the entire weekend and make hope wider for yourself. With us.
*Ring Ring*
What does it mean? In the words of Mecanix...
“The first bell is the bell of mindfulness, calling to me and you.
It says stop what am i doing right now, take some breaths, feel my body, am I holding it tight and tense? Relax… calm down… life is a journey and not a destination, make the journey as glorious as possible.
The second bell is the freedom bell and I'm ringing it for you to let you know freedom from drink and drugs is available to you, come and hear us calling out to you.”
Welcome to your sober weekend!!!
K
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I'm gonna read it now Ken 
Great intro into this weekend xoxo
All of your weekender threads are fantastic
Sao please go back to the last thread, I put up car pics from Havana Cuba for you and I don't want to hijack this thread with my pics again ha
Great intro into this weekend xoxo
All of your weekender threads are fantastic
Sao please go back to the last thread, I put up car pics from Havana Cuba for you and I don't want to hijack this thread with my pics again ha
A simple guy making his way
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maine
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Was up and will try to sleep again.
These are words I have used before. But the tone of the board called for them.
Hope is alive!!!!
See you later JS and congrats on shotgun!
K
These are words I have used before. But the tone of the board called for them.
Hope is alive!!!!
See you later JS and congrats on shotgun!
K
A simple guy making his way
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maine
Posts: 7,867
Welcome Delizadee!!!
Stick around and commit yourself to hope this weekend. You can stay sober. Talk to us. About everything and nothing is just fine.
Hope can feel lost sometimes but that's a lie AV tells us.
Heading to bed but look forward to hearing how you take care of yourself this weekend. Hang in there!
Ken
Stick around and commit yourself to hope this weekend. You can stay sober. Talk to us. About everything and nothing is just fine.
Hope can feel lost sometimes but that's a lie AV tells us.
Heading to bed but look forward to hearing how you take care of yourself this weekend. Hang in there!
Ken
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London
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Morning, I'm definitely in
Thoughtful post as ever Ken
Jsbhodi a saw the Cuba pics, thanks. I was more interested in the Chinabike 125 you bought in China, I think they were based on something called a Fantic
Thoughtful post as ever Ken
Jsbhodi a saw the Cuba pics, thanks. I was more interested in the Chinabike 125 you bought in China, I think they were based on something called a Fantic
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