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    Sobriety and Baldness

    Here is an interesting analogy I thought of today.

    I went out for dinner today with family and saw a half bald guy with few hair in front of his head.... Drinking beer ! And what ever hair were left they were nicely combed and protected. Over all look of the guy was as it he is not happy about his current state of his hair style. He was holding beer glass and his eye were saying ... Why me ? Now the funny thing is that was me about 2 years back. Half bald ! And when ever I used to see myself in mirror I used to feel bad, sick, and felt why me ? Used to find it really ugly. Half bald guy in early 30's. Then I was partial grey ... So used to feel sick applying hair color to half baldness. And it happend very fast I lost most of it in last 8 years !

    So one day I was drinking ... Got drunk and decided to shave myself ... Completely !went to barber shop got the job done and since then I was able to eliminate the root cause ... No hair no regrets ! But there was big challenges and reliefs. Challenges how to stay bald. How to shave everyday. I recall once in Zurich I paid EURO 80 for a head shave. Then got tools like electric razors, then special razors. But slowly learned it. Now I shave my head everyday ... Finally I became a confident fully bald guy ... No change in my look when ever I go to see myself in mirror. Same me ! That happened 2 years ago ....

    Now I had a similar problem with AL when ever I used to drink it I used to feel sick. When I wanted to give up I could not. Looking myself in mirror, Red eyes, bloated stomach and more importantly depression, guilt, shame .... Why me ? Similar feeling of disguise and anger. Then I did the crazy thing one day while I was shaving My hair I decided to stop drinking ! I logged on to MWO ... Met lots of people. But being sober was hard I needed tools and guidance and advice. Support. And now I am mastering my long term sobriety just like I mastered shaving my head ! No drink ... No guilt, no shame.

    Now I am a sober bald Happy Guy !

    So moral so story if u want to be sober ? Shave your head ! :H
    Rahul
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    Sobriety and Baldness

    Good comparison, Rahul. Being AF is a skill and we need to build it. Overtime we wil get better and better at it. Hard work always pays off.
    AF since 10/20/2013
    Smoke free since 09/24/2007
    Meat free since 09/20/2008
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    With will one can do anything - Samuel Smiles

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      #3
      Sobriety and Baldness

      Oh Rahul! lol very funny.
      AF free 1st December 2013 - 1st December 2022 - 9 years of freedom

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        #4
        Sobriety and Baldness

        Yeah I was in a good mood that day ...
        Rahul
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          #5
          Sobriety and Baldness

          ha hahah, great analogy

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            #6
            Sobriety and Baldness

            So how many of I have shaved your head ?
            Rahul
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            Updating brain "attitude" firmware ... done ...
            Rebooting ... done ...
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              #7
              Sobriety and Baldness

              Male pattern baldness is all-pervasive in my family. I was genetically fortunate to escape that fate, but I did decide as a young man that if I did lose my hair I would shave my head. Nice comparison with alcohol. Never would have thought of it in a million years.
              In the middle of my life's journey, I found myself in a dark wood, as I had lost the straight path. It is a difficult thing to speak about, how wild, harsh and impenetrable that wood is. Just thinking about it recreates the fear. It is scarcely less bitter than death, but in order to tell of the good that I found there, I must tell of the other things I saw there. --Dante, paraphrased

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                #8
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                I'll be shaving my head when all my hair starts to fall out due to chemotherapy.
                New life started on 1st May 2014, One day at a time I will work at continuing it forever!

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                  #9
                  Sobriety and Baldness

                  Rahul, you make me so proud.
                  Learning to be sober is a skill! It takes the right tools and it can be learned by anyone willing to put in the time and effort! Here's to smooth sailing in both departments! Hugs, B
                  All you gotta do, is get thru this day. AF 1/20/2011
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                    #10
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                    DD wish you all the best.

                    Well drinking seems like a thing of past now. Yet there are times when I feel

                    hey what will I do when go there ? y am I still going there ... Oh I have to go ... I am now here and its so boring ! Y did I even bother. Coming here ? I know now it was just for AL ! Man how much time I wasted on AL. I had no life ! Just a hungry dog seeking AL daily !

                    I know this realization can be a double edged sword ! If taken in positive spirit it keeps sword sharpened and if not taken by me positive spirit it will make sword blunt and will make me go back in hell.
                    Rahul
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                    Rewiring my brain ... done ...
                    Updating brain "attitude" firmware ... done ...
                    Rebooting ... done ...
                    Restarted program called "Life" ... started successfully ...

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                      #11
                      Sobriety and Baldness

                      Sometimes the mood hits and I just have to shave my head. Not all the way like you, I suppose, but pretty darn short. It kinda freaks some out to see a woman so shorn. Some even have asked if I was a cancer survivor! Nah, just tired of fussing with it. It is liberating though and so is sobriety!!!! I've been enjoying your posts when I see them, thanks.

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                        #12
                        Sobriety and Baldness

                        Ja, I guess it takes gutz for a women to shave her head ... Tell what kinda cool person u r ...
                        Rahul
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                        Rewiring my brain ... done ...
                        Updating brain "attitude" firmware ... done ...
                        Rebooting ... done ...
                        Restarted program called "Life" ... started successfully ...

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