we are all in this journey together. what do you do that helps you stay on the path of recovery?
i am an active member of AA, i have found a higher power and use it every second, i listen to music that soothes my soul, i write, both prose and songs. i have taught myself guitar and how to write music. i stay occupied.
there are other things i want to do more of like exercise and lose weight. but those will come as i heal in recovery (18 mo.) i take each day as it comes and work a little bit harder at loving myself.
i am an active member of AA, i have found a higher power and use it every second, i listen to music that soothes my soul, i write, both prose and songs. i have taught myself guitar and how to write music. i stay occupied.
there are other things i want to do more of like exercise and lose weight. but those will come as i heal in recovery (18 mo.) i take each day as it comes and work a little bit harder at loving myself.
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Sun, January 15, 2006 - 7:39 PMI have lived in some really squalid, boring conditions. So my nice clean apartment, computer, color cable T.V., unlimited calling phone, keep me pretty satisfied. My son stays with me on the weekends and I try to keep things interesting for him.
The simplest things in life make me very happy and content.
When I get tired of life indoors, I ride my bike or take a walk.
Between the exersize and healthy eating, I'm in better shape than most car driving Illinoians.
Ive recently started visiting the gratitude list here on this group, and I find it helps to keep perspective on where I've been, and where I am at now.
Just a few of the things that keep me sober (since Sept 25). -
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Mon, January 16, 2006 - 3:34 PMI'm currently reading this book a friend recomended called "The Miracle of Mindfulness" by Thich Nhat Hanh. It's having a huge impact on me. The practice of mindfulness is helping me get through everyday. -
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Sat, January 28, 2006 - 1:23 PMfor the past three months three of which were in rehab....ive become addicted to rehab volleyball. where a requirement is yelling at the ball when the ball does go over the net right. i go to meetings every day. my home has been in a state of recovery, i still have 2 rooms left to repaint, i also do oil painting.... i listen to music. im addicted to my computer. i never smoked tabacco products but i do now!!!!!!!!!!!! -
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Sat, January 28, 2006 - 1:24 PMoh yeah clean date sept 29, 2005 -
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Sat, January 28, 2006 - 7:08 PMi live life. i've been clean for 18 months and it seems like the little things keep me fullfilled.
l also had been living with a girl for about 18 months, but we just broke up, now i live with a friend. i think this is the first time i have ever ended a relationship i didn't have the feeling that it was going to kill me, sure i'm sad, but i like my gray key chain better than a new white one. so what do i do, well i'm a student again so i study, go to meetings, stay clean. mostly focus on what is good instead of what is bad. since the break up i am starting to do all those things that i always see and think that would be cool to do. i saw a storyteller the other night, i'm going to go to nashville and visit the buddhist temple one weekend and visit the unitarians in the small town i live in sunday. it takes time to be comfortable with yourself. oh yea and follow the suggestion. -
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Sat, January 28, 2006 - 11:53 PMmark, you're going thru the grief process and sound like your dealing w/ it in a healthy manner. we probably all know relationships that ended and how we tried to keep it going long after they were dead. or at least i was like that.
recovery is so much personal growth it's best i focus on me and keep relationships at a distance. except w/ my daughter. i too have 18 mo. 7/4/5.
and autumn w/ your sober date, almost 4 months. that's so awesome. and all that creative energy .
bobz, i have never heard of that book the miracle of mindfulness. sounds inticing. could you elaborate.?
and brock, doing it bro, one step in front of the other. you too are similar to me. a whole lot of carnage.
sounds like mtgs. is an integral part of al our programs.
thank you all for sharing. lets keep in touch...... -
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Tue, May 16, 2006 - 7:01 AMODAT and hanging w/ my homegroup led me to exposure to social, spiritual and cultural sources of inspiration I could not have comprehended, much less appreciated under the influence. I chose to make my sober life a little more complicated--and was tooled up to make those choices. All the coloring outside the lines clean and sober gave me the experiences to be doing what I love for a living and be able to road trip and return alive and healthy. Good sponsors, good step study groups and a lust for life were given me as a rebirth certification by my HP. Two full LTR's in the ensuing 23 yrs. and the joys and life lessons all that carries along...child rearing, being married to a crazy poet, etc.
"Hiring" an HP of my understanding I could turn my life over to..and developing that relationship has got to be the highlight of it all......personally, I feel the pain of growth is more than worth it....................
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Wed, February 1, 2006 - 6:25 AMI recently became a grandma on 12-28-05 so thinking about her future helps.I also have this computer that keeps me connected to the world around me and away from people who might just want to ask me to "use".I'm trying to find a new job.I've got more housework than I ever want to deal with and somewhere outthere is my Mr. right..drug free and looking for me..
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Mon, February 20, 2006 - 7:06 PMI do quite a bit of things now that I'm not using. I'm currently a full time student and a part time employee. I have 2 children who keep me pretty busy too. When I'm bored I try to get a group of people together to go to coffee or just hang out and watch movies. I agree that there has to be fun in recovery or what's the point!!!
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Sun, May 14, 2006 - 10:32 AMAfter 30 years using, I'm six years sober as of April 15 and its been one amazing journey. After hitting rock bottom I was fortunate to have friends that cared enough to help me find NA and I thought I'd never make it a week much less this far. I never believed anything I heard those first few days about how things would change if I just kept coming back. I did and everything changed just as so many had said. Once I was a year clean, I began to wonder what else I might try to accomplish. Losing weight was first which I managed with ease and have never gained a single pound back. I changed my entire diet, gave up meant and became pretty much macrobiotic which continues to this day. I joined a gym and 5 years later I'm still going to at least 3 days a week. I managed to quit smoking cigarettes. Finally I met someone and got married again and I've never been happier. I love being clean and I love knowing I really am able to live a healthy life. It's difficult for people who know me today, to believe where I once was until I show them a picture of myself which was almost 50 pounds heavier and looks a lot like the BeetleJuice character ...
