Thank you guys for thinking of me and reaching out. I can see on my phone email when someone responds or reaches out on talking sober but can’t respond or post right away.
For the most part nothing but good things to update or post. I had the best Christmas, birthday and holiday season I have had in a very long time. I feel like the highlight was going to see my brothers wifes family on christmas eve and even stayed the night. It felt so good to be able to actually be there because in the past I woulda been in detox or rehab or just not answering my phone. Also with me still adjusting to driving it was a 60 mile drive one way and at first my anxiety got the best of me but quickly I realized it could be like a mini road trip and I brought my skateboard, basketball, guitar plus plenty of snacks and a over night bag so I wouldn’t have to worry about driving back at night because I struggle to see at night with driving. Then christmas day I spent time with my immediate family and then for my birthday yesterday I went to the beach first thing and also the skatepark.
As alot of you know biking and walking around the city was a huge part of my recovery but since I moved out to my parents house its more of a country environment so I started playing basketball as my new exercise or anxiety remedy. Been getting in 2 hours a day even on the days I work. I played plenty of baseball, skateboarding, hockey, football and pretty much all sports except basketball growing up so learning to play basketball has been actually fun and rewarding.
I been at my parent’s house for about a month and over all I feel like I’m past the weird transition part and feel like I’m fully adjusted to the move for the most part. I found a church to go to on sundays and a AA meeting club that I been going to a couple days a week. Still unsure if I want to stay at my job in Jacksonville because after the 10 hour day and 2 hours of driving I only have about 3 spare hours a day but I guess that’s not a bad thing.
I have a couple appointments with a counselor at the florida state college campus and she is going to help me figure out a plan for schooling and pretty much go over the pros and cons and what would be best for my personality and energy levels. I always told myself that I could not go back to school because of learning disabilities and mental health but that hasn’t stopped me from getting everything else done so it wont stop my education dreams!!!
Thank you for checking up on me and as always thank you for the love and support that I always get on here!!
So happy to read this update and see how well you are doing.
