Good afternoon, everyone. On day 132, it appears we have fortunately avoided the most severe weather conditions, a welcome change from previous instances where we typically experienced the brunt of such events. We have only encountered minor sleet and rain, which is a bonus.
So, day 132! Feeling really good about that. No cravings for alcohol.
My work took me into my old ‘local’ this morning at 11:30 am. People were singing and dancing their way to another day lost to alcohol, smoking, and the lies it tricks us into believing. Sober me can recognize those lies for what they are. The nicotine monster was dispatched years ago, and the alcohol monster is also going that way too.
My son and his girlfriend are coming to stay over tonight, and my son’s girlfriend and I have a little challenge to do. That is to eat the world’s hottest crisp, flavored with Carolina Reaper chillies. I’ll be totally transparent and tell you all now I am not looking forward to it, but my son and his girlfriend’s dad have already done it. I can’t let Newcastle win twice in one week!
Hope you all have a good one
I know people on this thread don’t always read the check in thread but I want to let you know I’ve created a DM thread to discuss current events, including the political landscape. Reply to this post or DM to join the thread!
Good morning everyone. Ive just looked at the bbc news headlines and read the following about the protests in Iran.
“The country’s attorney general, Mohammad Movahedi Azad, said on Saturday that anyone protesting would be considered an “enemy of God” - an offence that carries the death penalty.”
This statement is angering me just as much as the shooting in MN.
Made it through town, cycling on ice to work and back two days in a row. Without the help of any god. Just me and my senses. And a healthy dose of caution and a bit of fear of crashing. Tonight ice rain will fall, tomorrow it will be gone as a thaw sets in. Which is fine with me. Glad I’m off tomorrow so no skating to work early morning
This is a great thread and lots of it resonates with me personally. I have a friend who is 20 years sober with the help of the AA and I’m sooo glad it worked for him because if it hadn’t he wouldn’t be with us now. It just doesn’t seem to be my thing, though.
Welcome to the thread Phil! Glad you find it helpful. It has been very helpful to me. I’ve just been looking back at how this thread started, it’s been a bit of a struggle early on. After that it has been rather quiet for a long time but has picked up again in the last months. Happy for that.
The opposite of addiction is connection. It’s that phrase that has been at the core of my recovery/discovery. Connection to my peers in addiction is an essential part of that. There’s atheists and agnostics that can look around and beyond the higher power and god stuff in the 12 steps programs and good for them. I can’t.
I do feel it works for them because of the connection they find there. I find it here, and in my work, and sometimes in Dharma Recovery, even though I still feel a bit too much of a 12 step like approach to addiction and how to recover from it.
It’s been a few days since my last checkin. Nothing abnormal caused my absence. It was my work weekend which is just busy for me.
I’m almost positive I have figured out what’s going on with Haley. I think she has gerd. She refused to eat her normal food when we got home for the vet and some hours later she ate a small amount but then threw up. I went to the store and got her some Cesar brand food and she has been eating and not throwing up since then. Last night she ate her first bigger meal since being home and she then whined after until she burped/ gagged. Anyways I looks up dog symptoms for gerd and she literally has almost all of them. They sent her home with some pepcid so I plan to continue to give that to her and feed her multiple small meals throughout the day. I’m pretty baffled at how I could come to this conclusion but the vet didn’t. Maybe they could have with more days of observation
I know a good deed is only a good deed if you don’t tell anyone about it but I’m feeling so very emotional right now. I went to Albertsons to get bottled water exchanges and there was a man with his very beautiful red nose pit sitting outside. The man wasn’t asking for anything. They were just sitting there. As I walked past I asked if I could grab him anything (his big dog put his head in my hand so I started petting him. He was such a big sweet guy) a sandwich or some water or dog food. He said yes and I asked turkey or ham. He said ham so I grabbed him two sandwiches from the deli, water and a bag of dog food. I rarely give money to homeless people because around here you see a lot of the same ones and it’s hard to tell if they are truly homeless or if they are pandering. I could tell he was so grateful and the tears in his eyes triggered me. Almost everyone is a few paychecks from losing their house. How privileged I am to be buying fresh bottle water for my water machine because I don’t like tap water and taking it back to our house where my dogs sleep in a warm bed each night. I feel sad for this man whose story I don’t know and at the same time I feel grateful for so many different things in my life.
Good luck 
