Rob, do you do any stretching and/or yoga? I put it on a different thread the other day, but I have lumbar arthritis. Daily stretching (usually once in the AM, once in the PM), some pt exercises, and incorporating some hip and back-specific yoga positions really has helped me. I also got an at-home TENS unit for $30 or $40 that has lasted years, and is great for when it’s particularly sore or I just want a lil massage lol.
Doesn’t solve it, nothing will, but it makes it better, allows me to do most of my fitness stuff, and decreases the frequency of flare-ups pretty drastically.
It’s time-consuming, but better than the alternative. Wush I had started before it became a problem!
This is a quick 6-stretch routine that I add to the end of my night stretching. Feels good, and the follow-along aspect makes me hold it for the full time, rather than rushing. Maybe it can help you too.
Awesome @TMAC I appreciate the link and suggestions! I don’t currently do any yoga but it’s definitely something I need to get back to doing. Being off work for 4 months recovering from surgery with tubes in my back really weakened so many muscles that are crucial to proper support (core especially). Time to get healthy again but in a controlled manner (gym) not random manual labor. Thanks brother have a great day!
Checking in day 478
I haven’t been doing too many checkins on here lately. I do love to give support and celebrate everyone’s milestones. But my checkins seem to be mostly entirely on the gratitude thread these days. And I’ve finally come to terms that “I’m good with that,” I read a lot around here like a lot of you. Sometimes I think I’m on here too much. I am. But I’m sober. Don’t fix something that isn’t broken right. I see new people coming and going. Old people coming and going and coming back, because I reckon TS is working. I don’t know what it is about this place. But all you wonderful people make this place work. Every little share you do probably helped someone somewhere somehow. And maybe you’ll never know it. But mostly your shares are helping you. And you are so worth it.
Keep coming back.
It works if you work it.
Take what you want. Leave the rest.
If you are struggling, keep an open mind when it comes to your sobriety.
Open minded people don’t care to be right. They care to understand. There’s never a right or wrong answer. Everything is about understanding.
So my diet restart hasn’t gone well, I binged at lunchtime and felt awful about it, managed to nap to escape the self-loathing, then had a really bad nightmare. Ugh. This is the final habit I need to get in control of. My eating disorder therapy is starting soon, after waiting since February 2020, so maybe that will help some
There’s some kind of garden/street party going on nearby, I’ve got my window open so it’s very loud, I can hear dramatic, cinematic music and lots of cheering, I don’t mind it so much but Prince is hiding, Wolfie is sat in the window, he’s not bothered by noise.
I bought some new plants today, a Money Tree for good luck, and a spider plant. I also ordered the last one on my wishlist online, as neither of the garden centres I visited this morning had one, it should arrive in a few days. Wolfie has already decided to give the spider plant a haircut! I don’t know why he never learns not to eat our plants, and even though none of them are toxic to cats, they still make him sick, but he doesn’t seem to make the connection
312 days. Turned out the interview I wasn’t really excited about yesterday is the position that has pulled to the forefront of my mind. We talked for over an hour and I felt both confident and comfortable with the two women. Next week won’t be easy as now I’ll be waiting to hear back about not one but four jobs. I’m at peace knowing that whatever’s meant to be will be and feeling amazing as I see the light at the end of this tunnel. Still feeling somewhat drained and am just going to accept it and get as much rest as I can.
Thank you each and everyone for wishing me a Happy Birthday. When i woke up today i wanted this day to be over already. But my Kids and husband Made this day such a special and wonderful day today. Filled with Love, laughter and happiness. In a Long Time this was a sober Birthday. i managed to Not Drink today. On my Birthday and it was Not as hard as i thought…
Checking in late on 3 days. Sober and safe in bed
I do remember. Every time a helo landed on the Nassau, I was hoping it had mail for me. Also remember hunting for a payphone to call home when we hit port. International long distance was $1.00 a minute in most countries.
This evening I had a coworker tell me that I seems more like “the old me”. She is vaguely aware that I have gotten into some legal trouble, but not all the details. She told me it seems like getting in trouble did me a lot of good. Honestly, for whatever reason, that meant a great deal to me. It sort of validated how I feel like I’m getting back to being myself. I just wanted to share that little bit of positivity from my day.
Totally have no idea what you were commenting on but the meme with the lil guy and the drums is awesome. I used to do that a lot like almost anytime i was being a smartbutt.
I really appreciate that you’re always ready to celebrate milestones and other stuff! I hope you have a good rest of the weekend!
I thought I’d share a couple pics from my visit to Rockport.
