- Dark and wet outside. Doesn’t look it will be dry anytime soon. This is where I got my gym membership for so I’ll hop over there in an hour or so. Would like to bike or hike but I need a new raincoat. Any tips @anon12657779? @undercoverkuscheltie Big congrats on 700 & I hope it gets dry for you, enjoy your ride!
Very nice and inspiring to catch up here this morning. @Butterflymoonwoman happy to see you back here. Indeed make your recovery your no. 1 priority for some time to come. It’s the only way. @anon86726034 Happy for the good news Kevin, and for the way you are handling this. Clean and sober. @M-be-free49 Safe travels friend. In more ways then one. @everyone Thanks for being here all. It helps so much to know I’m not alone. Have a good Sunday all. Love from a gloomy Amsterdam.
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@Dazercat & @IcanIwill I won’t choose between Arizona and Colorado. Both are magical. First pic is from the Navajo Nation in April 2018. Second one from Lost Mine Trail just outside Ouray almost a year ago to the day. Want to be back to both. I will be.
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I got a pretty good north face rain jacket with big ventilation zips but the waterproofness is getting worse. Time for something new. Goretex is a bit too expensive for my liking. I like vaude. I’ll look around. Thanks.
Light and breathable for this time of year Menno.
Depends how fast you move! 
My grandparents lived in Montrose. Small world indeed.
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Day 589 / 73
There’s been quite a lot of talk here recently about Facebook/social media and it being a negative influence. It got me thinking and the only app I still use is Instagram but I got rid of it last night. There is a lot of really cool stuff on there but upon reflection I realise I do still waste too much time just scrolling through garbage. My meme game is gonna suffer big time tho until I find a new plug 
Typical Sunday for me so far, catching up with the ‘news’, plenty of coffee and some weird jazz on the stereo. Perfect 
Have a great day folks 
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Checking in. Fever is gone, I even could work a bit this morning.
I don’t have real cravings but I miss the opportunity to forget about myself. It’s so hard to re-learn how to be happy, I feel so trapped and miserable. It’s hard to figure out if the real problem is within me or in the circumstances as well. Should I just change my approach or should I change my life also? I know, that alcohol wouldn’t help answering this, it doesn’t help getting a solution. But I don’t know if there is any solution at all.
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Haha, so true!! 
Although, I would consider horizontal sleet bad weather 
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Hmm; I guess that sounds fun. I was just thinking of the tub in the bathroom with jets installed. 🤷😊
I’m sorry if you’ve already answered this, but do you have any access to therapy? With telemedicine you have an easier time finding someone who works for you. Now that you’re sober, you can address these questions in an honest state and save yourself time and headaches and pain down the road.
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Looks cool. Do you guys celebrate Halloween over there? This year in the states, it feels as though more are throwing themselves into it. Hmmm. Wonder why. Interesting trees. Willows? Thanks for posting
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Day 37. Working on week 6! I read somewhere that Mel Gibson- take him with a grain of salt - said you don’t begin to feel the benefits of sobriety until 6 months. It’s just that few have the patience to stick it out that long. Wonder if that’s true. Plan to beat the stats and find out!
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Yes, actually I’m seeing a therapist, it helps a lot, but I still struggle with these issues. Sobriety also helps, this is the only way I can solve my problems for sure.
Also I know that it takes time to re-build my life and myself. It’s a hard work and sometimes I’m just too tired of it, it would be good to have some break and forget about everything.
I live in Europe, so telemedicine is not for me I guess. I can meet my therapist in person, my quarantine will be over till the next session.
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Well, you probably have much more affordable health care so that’s a blessing! Hang in there. It’ll get better.
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Good morning!
Another rainy day here, but I kind of like them. It appears I’d better since it’s not going anywhere fast,
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- Nothing is ever perfect. Sobriety has given me an outlook that drinking never did. My significant other and I are not seeing eye to eye right now. As an active alcoholic, I would have been selfish and petty and got completely hammered last night. Sobriety gave me a non-selfish approach. I kissed her on the forehead last night, told her I was tired, and was going home to go to bed. I am up early on my only day off, buying lumber and repairing her barn. We may not be seeing eye to eye right now, but I can still do things out of love. Another gift of sobriety.
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Boy, if my son hasn’t taught me that, lol. It’s just a part of life, really. 
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