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Birthday Morning – Grateful!

by | May 21, 2018 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Well today is my birthday.  40 years old and I am celebrating by going to my Outpatient, working and class.  The good thing is that I am sober and I have about 2 and a half months clean.  I can actually accept happy birthday from loved ones and even strangers...
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Self-Care

by | May 23, 2018 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

I keep getting told that I need to make time for self care and for some reason I find myself resisting this and justifying not doing it.  This weekend I go back home to visit my fiancee and I was asked what I would do to take time for myself, or if things get too...
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Mental Toughness

by | June 23, 2018 | Uncategorized | 0 Comments

Last night I had another drinking dream.  It was odd.  I vaguely remember that I was kicked out of a program for drinking and then I went to a liquor store and bought a fifth of vodka, after which I went to my elementary school and walked around trying to keep the...
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2 months in

by | May 19, 2018 | Uncategorized

Well I'm 72 days in and my motivation has gone down.  Recently I got a thought of how great it would feel to have a few drinks.  Just to be able to relax a little bit.  Although I know that there is no way that I would be able to just stay relaxed.  I would get drunk...