AF Daily - Monday - June 22nd

[dill]

Marking and running!

From Daily Recovery Readings:

"Moments of perception can build into a lifetime of spiritual serenity, as I have
excellent reason to know. Roots of reality, supplanting the neurotic underbrush, will
hold fast despite the high winds of the forces which would destroy us, or which we would
use to destroy ourselves."

I had such a moment last evening as the day was ending. I was out planting a perennial daisy and thinking, "Last summer I would have been drinking at this time of night and concerned only with drinking more." What a vastly different summer I am having! It was a small achievement, but hopefully, that daisy will return next summer and be a symbol to me of all the good things an af life can offer.

Have a wonderful day, abbers.

[greeneyes]

AF Daily - Monday - June 22nd

Morning abberroosters!

Hi dill, thanks for the great kickoff! I cherish moments like that. They do ground us and deepen our roots.

All is well here and I hope it stays that way.

I hope everyone is finding peace in the choices they make and pleasure in the things they do.

[Cinders]

AF Daily - Monday - June 22nd

Good Morning AFers,

I had a wonderful sober weekend with family. I imagine, though it was not stated, that hubby had a good day yesterday purely because his wife was not drinking.

I think it is the best gift I can give to him, even though it is for myself. Sometimes we forget how our addiction affects our loved ones.

Det said something yesterday that is so true, "I can either drink or be happy." That is me, there is no intersection between drinking and happiness, it is either or.

Dill, you sound wonderful today. No plugging/plodding for you!! I, too, love planting things that I know will be there for years. It is a satisfying feeling to add a bit of beauty to our world. Unfortunately, my broken arm is making it difficult this year, even though it is getting better. The flowers in my beds look at me accusingly as the weeds creep in....

Greenie, Hi!!

All to come, have a wonderful Monday. I do love Mondays. A fresh start every week.

Love,
Cindi

[Accountable for Me]

AF Daily - Monday - June 22nd

Good morning abbers!

It is quiet in here this AM.

We had a blast yesterday. I went downtown with a friend and our daughters and had a wonderful time at the petting zoo and feeding the seals. I then went to my dad's and had a great father's day eve with him. A good day in all. Got home around 7pm and Little AFM was wiped right out.

Here is a picture of the two resident seals that we fed fish to at Fisherman's Wharf, down in the Inner Harbour. They are the cutest, eh? I must say that they are huuuuuuuuge. They must get fed all day long!



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[Determinator]

AF Daily - Monday - June 22nd

Happy hangover-free Monday ABland!

Dill , very nice start thank you.

feeding the seals? how cool is that?

Cindi, so happy for you and hubby

hey, gotta run, Dx and I are off boating today!!!!!! be spending the night at a lake a couple hours from home. I think I'll have internet but not sure.

be well everyone and all to come

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily - Monday - June 22nd

Happy Monday all! Dill thank you for kicking us off today with such a great post. The words "neurotic underbrush" LEAPED off the screen at me LOL! Yes, that was my life and my thinking and I still have to work at keeping the neurotic underbrush cleared so the roots of long term sobriety can get well established.

AFM - LOVE the pictures (thanks for sharing!). Glad to hear you had a good day including your Dad visit.

Cinders, so happy for you and your good weekend! You are so right that we often forget how our drinking affects others. LOL - Friday was me and Mr. Doggy's 11th anniversary. We don't do gift exchanging which is our agreement - we are both fine with that. He gave me "a sober sweetie" this year and I gave him the same thing.

Greenie, thank you for the peace and pleasure vibes - and here are some comin' right back at ya!

From yesterday - Det I want to hear tales of your fishing adventures!

Sunny, thank you for telling us more about yourself. Looking forward to getting to know you better upon your return. Hope you have a great vacation!

Speedster, great to see you and congrats on your agility accomplishments! Wow it sounds like your garden is in full swing!

AA - hope you got that massage yesterday!

Lavande good to see you. I hope I didn't miss anyone - Big Hello in case I did!

I am so relieved that the nursing home my father is in for now is light years better than the previous one he had to stay in. (it doesn't take much to be light years better than THAT dump!) He is in a private room that is a bit more like a hotel room (not the Ritz of course) than a jail cell (the last place). At least one of the staff was actually pleasant. I'm hopeful that this will be tolerable for a couple of weeks for him. We had a decent visit and he wasn't overly grumpy which was a blessing. (I don't blame him for being grumpy when he is - it's just more pleasant when he's not)

Mom is now officially having trouble with both of their vehicles. The one she normally drives has been stuck at my house since Friday, and now the one my Dad normally drives has a problem that we are hoping is not the transmission. When it rains it pours.

It is a sunny day and it's getting HOT. I guess summer had to arrive sometime...but I sure enjoyed the extended spring.

Today the phone has been ringing lots which I hope is a good sign for business. At least it is making for a good business day today, and for that we are grateful. Hope everyone is having a good one. I need to always remember that no matter what else happens, every sober day is a good day.

DG

[hiddengoal]

AF Daily - Monday - June 22nd

Checking in with AFreedom Riders -

I have to do some reading to catch up, as have been gone since Friday. A lovely family weekend, now back to every-day living.

Last evening was absolutely beautiful - watching a pink red horizon over one of the Great Lakes - gorgeous. Hubby & I used to sit in a swing and enjoy that sort of evening, sometimes me with wine and he with a beer. Well, last night I REALLY felt like sitting there with a cold glass of Chardonnay (and there was one in the cupboard). I have not said this AF would be forever for me...just haven't gone that far - ODAT, I guess. So, I asked hubby if he wanted to finish our chores and then sit in the swing with a glass of wine. He said that sounded nice, so I put the bottle in the freezer and finished my chore. By the time it was cold, we went in to get it and he had changed his mind. I had the wrapper off the bottle and the corkscrew just about in the cork. He wondered what we would do with the bottle after we had a glass, I said it might be two and we could put it in frig. He decided he'd rather have something else (he does not have any obsession or bad habit really, drinks a beer here and there and likes fine wine with a meal on occasion). So, I stood there, having just said earlier that IF I DID have wine, I would make the rule not to have it alone and not more than two glasses. Well, now I would be alone......so I put it away.

Geez, it was SO close. I don't think I would have felt bad, or that it was a 'slip or mistake' - as long as I stuck to my rules. But I didn't go down that road and don't see it coming again very soon.

So, who knows?, this pure AFreedom could just go on and on.......

[Accountable for Me]

AF Daily - Monday - June 22nd

DG, congrats on 11 years! I am also glad that your dad was pleasant yesterday. He is very lucky to have a daughter like you. I am also sorry about your mom's car troubles. You are right, however; when it rains it pours!

[AllApologies]

AF Daily - Monday - June 22nd

Hey all, checking in and feeling a bit better than I have been, am going to try and get out of the bad habits I've been slipping into lately over the next week or so, have been dealing with alot of stress lately with family and other stuff. Todays stress is fear factory pulling out fo the festival i'm going to, and an imensely hot back caused by allergy patch testing. On the plus side I will hopefully find out part of whats causing my eczma, and have also had a nice weekend with my boyfriend, swimming in his families pool (lucky for some eh?)

DG: I'm so glad to hear that your visit with your father went well, where I work we deal with alot of medication for nursing homes and it does make you aware of how varying the quality of those places are. I'm glad you've found somewhere reasonable.

Det: good luck with the boating, sounds like a nice way to spend a day or two

AFM: loving the seals, so cute!

anyway, happy monday to you all, and will try and check in tomorrow.

-TG