Marking! Running!
Good morning and Happy Friday to all AFsters. I still have lots of catching up to do here with everyone. Life is good on "3D" life for me - absolutely no complaints. Even with business sucking the big wazoo I'm thinking that we are still better off than we would be on unemployment, which is sadly what too many families are trying to live on right now. I am just grateful for all that I have. The "plus" column is way longer than the "minus" column, that is for sure. Being hangover free is a huge plus.
OK, after that you are probably barfing from the sweetness of it all, but that's really how I'm starting to feel a large % of the time and it makes me so happy I could cry to be in such a good place compared to the hell hole that was my drunken life for so many years.
Today will start out with the Friday leads group meeting which will be nice to get back to normal after the holiday, and meetings being cancelled for the last week. I've missed the gym for 2 days in a row which is NOT cool so after leads group I am going for a thorough workout! It will be upper body and cardio. Extra ab work. Yeah! I want to step it up a notch and get rid of a couple extra % points of body fat and build some muscle if I can on this old frame. I keep saying this but I MUST get back into daily accountability on the abbercise thread. Exercise has been a really important component of my sobriety. Endorphins are good. Very good.
Interesting topic from Speedster yesterday about fear. I haven't read Emotional Alchemy yet but am starting to explore underlying fears as part of my step work. Amazing how such an old (relatively speaking!) program covered so many of these important psychological bases without the benefit of all the modern science. What's really weird about this exploration is that I have no idea that I'm even fearful of things it's layered so deep underneath stuff. It's hard to describe and that probably didn't make sense....it's just interesting. I am also learning to start looking more for "my part" in things on a daily basis which is helping greatly to resolve problems or feelings of anger (since I CAN control what "I" do - I'm the only one I can control!). This helps to minimize the resentments I carry around. And gives me so much to think about, who has time to think about drink????
Well, have a good day all and a better weekend. Strength to all who might be faced with temptations to drink today. WE CAN STAY SOBER TODAY!!!
DG
Good morning and Happy Friday to all AFsters. I still have lots of catching up to do here with everyone. Life is good on "3D" life for me - absolutely no complaints. Even with business sucking the big wazoo I'm thinking that we are still better off than we would be on unemployment, which is sadly what too many families are trying to live on right now. I am just grateful for all that I have. The "plus" column is way longer than the "minus" column, that is for sure. Being hangover free is a huge plus.
OK, after that you are probably barfing from the sweetness of it all, but that's really how I'm starting to feel a large % of the time and it makes me so happy I could cry to be in such a good place compared to the hell hole that was my drunken life for so many years.
Today will start out with the Friday leads group meeting which will be nice to get back to normal after the holiday, and meetings being cancelled for the last week. I've missed the gym for 2 days in a row which is NOT cool so after leads group I am going for a thorough workout! It will be upper body and cardio. Extra ab work. Yeah! I want to step it up a notch and get rid of a couple extra % points of body fat and build some muscle if I can on this old frame. I keep saying this but I MUST get back into daily accountability on the abbercise thread. Exercise has been a really important component of my sobriety. Endorphins are good. Very good.
Interesting topic from Speedster yesterday about fear. I haven't read Emotional Alchemy yet but am starting to explore underlying fears as part of my step work. Amazing how such an old (relatively speaking!) program covered so many of these important psychological bases without the benefit of all the modern science. What's really weird about this exploration is that I have no idea that I'm even fearful of things it's layered so deep underneath stuff. It's hard to describe and that probably didn't make sense....it's just interesting. I am also learning to start looking more for "my part" in things on a daily basis which is helping greatly to resolve problems or feelings of anger (since I CAN control what "I" do - I'm the only one I can control!). This helps to minimize the resentments I carry around. And gives me so much to think about, who has time to think about drink????
Well, have a good day all and a better weekend. Strength to all who might be faced with temptations to drink today. WE CAN STAY SOBER TODAY!!!
DG
Thanks for that unintentional bit of encouragement!
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