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Remember when that Australian guy called practically every recovery blogger on the internet, “Agents of Satan”?
Yeah, well, agent of Satan, reporting for duty. Read the rest of this entry »
Still missing the mark. But that’s fine. I set it pretty high. I didn’t actually expect I’d reach it. My theory that I tend to come in under the mark, but always by some ratio, seems to hold weight. Going to bed last night in clean sheets and waking up this morning to a clean [...]
Well, we’ve made it through the first week. It hasn’t been without problems. There have been kinks to work out. But over all? I’d say we’re doing fine.
The only way to actually have time to do homework assigned on Monday or Tuesday is to telecommute on Wednesdays. That way I’m prepared for class on Wednesday [...]
So why shouldn’t I juggle too? I’ve been juggling already. Figuring out how to live sober has been really, really tricky. I don’t even think that, on balance, I’m very good at it. I’ve complained about the big chunks of my life that really aren’t working, that I struggle with, that I’m apparently unwilling to [...]
it started to snow.
Snow!
I’m not freaking kidding. And not just a little snow, either. The forecast was for a little rain. A 40% chance of rain. And we got snow.
It was the earliest snowfall ever recorded here, beating the previous record by two days and 1/2 an inch, and while it has melted off the [...]
My mom, God bless her, my mom saves wine corks. She saves them in white plastic grocery bags and she takes them with her whenever she goes up to her cabin. Should the weather be poor up at the cabin, she’ll crack open another bottle, bust out the hot glue gun, and set about to [...]
I seem to have to try things over and over before I actually incorporate the experience into knowledge. One of the things I learned in treatment was that trying new things increases my optimism.
I put new brake pads on my scooter yesterday. I’ve never seen a brake pad in my life. After that I did [...]
My friend Robert’s sponsor told him early on that he can say anything he wants to in a meeting, anything at all, so long as it’s honest.
I guess my pride is intact on some level or something because I don’t do that, at least not at meeting level. I share honestly, mind you. I just [...]
I learned about this tool from my Irish friend because she put up a link to an online version of it on her blog.
I like tools like this, though I don’t often pick them up. Like much of what is available to me to grow spiritually. I seem to have been so desensitized to pain [...]
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