Becoming Sober (Page 26)

Bump!

Hope y'all are getting through the days or hours or minutes okay!

Awewsome..  Happy B-Day!

Happy belated birthday, and what a great way to have spent it.... mark the end of one year by doing things to ensure the next one is better  

(and thanks for the bump to the thread, annie!)

I need to rally the courage peloton today.

As first domestique, I went for a short run, emailed an acquaintance for help with a proposal I need to submit by tomorrow and  I'm now drinking fruit juice cut with water and spiked with lime.

I'm now off for a half hour of brainstorming ideas and searching for articles on gender differences in reading selection.

Please let me know if you got to a meeting, made it through another 10 minutes or got yourself off the couch.  No effort is too small.

I slept in and just woke up (such is the virtues of vacation) and haven't yet worked out or hit a meeting, but here's Today's Thought from Hazelden for you:

It is a cheap generosity which promises the future in compensation for the present.
--J. A. Spender

Living in this moment is all we really have. We are constantly bombarded with advice to live for the future, but it perpetually exists beyond our grasp like the carrot tempting the donkey. We are told to be mindful of our career paths, to save for the future, and to sacrifice now for later rewards. We put off spending time with our children, but later they are no longer the same children. We postpone seeing friends now and discover later we have lost our relationships.

Of course, we can't be foolish about our future. We need to make some plans and delay some immediate pleasures. But for now, we can only have a rapport with ourselves and others and experience life in this moment. The present is the only time when anything can happen, any change can occur. This moment is like a fresh, cool breeze. The rest exists only in our imaginations or memories.

May I feel the exhilaration of being alive in this moment and maintain a balance in my perspective today.

Those are the gifts that sobriety brings us

I'm very happy for you.

I'm well... just continually trying to find balance in my schedule for work, life, training, and meetings.

Hi Erica,

Congrats on choosing to "Show Up" for your life. It's amazing, really how much easier / better things are when you're not hungover. I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir on that one. Anyway, I hope you're having a great Christmas season and I'm almost jealous of you getting that whole new experience of life without alcohol, as you realize how cool all those parts of your life are without looking through the haze of beer goggles.

The other cool part is that even the things that are difficult aren't as hard as trying to deal with them while hungover and / or dealing with the shame of trying to remember what happened last night. I don't think I'd like to do it again just for that experience but I'm sure you'll agree it's pretty cool to go through that experience.

Merry Xmas!

Danger

Hope all is well.

My Christmas will be a non-christmas of sorts as I'm in Bahrain.  This is okay.  It is possible to get alcohol here but I have yet to find it other than at a couple dinner parties.  I did pick up a Sunni friend at the airport last night who is here for Christmas.  We sucked down a heavy round of ginger tea before she went to bed.  Nothing like the followers of Mohammed to keep you straight.

Erica, if things get bad come on out to the Persian Gulf and I'll serve you a cuppa.

Yeah, no darn hangover! Hosted Christmas Eve for the family again, some tasty beverages around but stuck with my tonic & lime.

Congrats on the 1 year!!!

The hardest one is behind you.

Heck of a Christmas present to your loved ones, that's for sure