AF Army - 9th September 2008
Hi everyone, so good to see new (and new/old!) troops joining up!! Zumba! Latin dance exercise-thing... I saw some folks doin' it once, but was too shy to join in! But it does look fun, and a great workout. Getting that blood flowing is HUGELY important for brain cell re-generation, which in turn is EXCELLENT for improving mood, which helps in recovery from substance abuse! And recovery from substance abuse ALSO improves mood... all these things seem to work in a reciprocal fashion, so everything we do that is positive and healthy works in our favor.
Anyway, good night to UK and Europe and South Africa, happy evening to USA, good morning to NZ and AU (do we still have an Australian or two around here?). I got in a good bicycle ride after doing all I could to begin getting ready for my mother getting out of the psych hospital. Will find out more, MUCH more, tomorrow. Best news of all is that it appears that nobody at the hospital has yet told her that she can be discharged at any time, so she is not raising hell with the staff, and not calling my phone over and over demanding to be taken home INSTANTLY.
I was sitting outside this evening at a little cafe-plus-Italian-restaurant, waiting for a friend to join me for dinner. Watching glasses of wine being taken past me on trays, watching folks drinking a beer or a glass of wine, and also watching my own thoughts and feelings. It was intriguing, there was a little bit of a "pull," but much more a feeling of disinterest, as if I were observing something that just had very little to do with me. That was really nice. I know that will not always be the case, there will inevitably come times when there's an internal demand for a drink... or a more subtle "why not?" kind of seductive voice. But that's OK. Every day that I am AF, I believe I get stronger and more capable of recognizing those voices for what they are, and letting them go without acting on them.
wip
Hi everyone, so good to see new (and new/old!) troops joining up!! Zumba! Latin dance exercise-thing... I saw some folks doin' it once, but was too shy to join in! But it does look fun, and a great workout. Getting that blood flowing is HUGELY important for brain cell re-generation, which in turn is EXCELLENT for improving mood, which helps in recovery from substance abuse! And recovery from substance abuse ALSO improves mood... all these things seem to work in a reciprocal fashion, so everything we do that is positive and healthy works in our favor.
Anyway, good night to UK and Europe and South Africa, happy evening to USA, good morning to NZ and AU (do we still have an Australian or two around here?). I got in a good bicycle ride after doing all I could to begin getting ready for my mother getting out of the psych hospital. Will find out more, MUCH more, tomorrow. Best news of all is that it appears that nobody at the hospital has yet told her that she can be discharged at any time, so she is not raising hell with the staff, and not calling my phone over and over demanding to be taken home INSTANTLY.
I was sitting outside this evening at a little cafe-plus-Italian-restaurant, waiting for a friend to join me for dinner. Watching glasses of wine being taken past me on trays, watching folks drinking a beer or a glass of wine, and also watching my own thoughts and feelings. It was intriguing, there was a little bit of a "pull," but much more a feeling of disinterest, as if I were observing something that just had very little to do with me. That was really nice. I know that will not always be the case, there will inevitably come times when there's an internal demand for a drink... or a more subtle "why not?" kind of seductive voice. But that's OK. Every day that I am AF, I believe I get stronger and more capable of recognizing those voices for what they are, and letting them go without acting on them.
wip
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