I have found through the years being a sober person one of the most relaxing therapeutic things to do is pull weeds. I know sounds insane but it saves on therapy bill. One day i realized for years i had been walking matilda(my velcro dog) pulling up weeds trying to put my mind at ease. Even though it hurts my joints a bit it works for me. I know still crazy after all these years. Some of those defects of character are who make me who i am and that doesn't hurt me or anyone else.
I remember spending all those years wanting and trying to die and now i just want to live. Isn't that awesome?
Dealing with alcoholism and other mental illness issues is a challenge but not impossible. Sometimes i am just more interesting than others. lol
I have found through the years being a sober person one of the most relaxing therapeutic things to do is pull weeds. I know sounds insane but it saves on therapy bill. One day i realized for years i had been walking matilda(my velcro dog) pulling up weeds trying to put my mind at ease. Even though it hurts my joints a bit it works for me. I know still crazy after all these years. Some of those defects of character are who make me who i am and that doesn't hurt me or anyone else.
I remember spending all those years wanting and trying to die and now i just want to live. Isn't that awesome?
Dealing with alcoholism and other mental illness issues is a challenge but not impossible. Sometimes i am just more interesting than others. lol
sarge
Agreed
Chop wood carry water they say in zen with good reason
I love working in my yard, watering, pruning, mowing, posting photos of my flowers on FB for my friends, I love to cook, I love to drive on windy Northern California roads, they all take me out of myself, they quiet the monkey in my head, who I am sick to death of, he's always awake
Wonderful opening post, welcome, pull up a chair, set awhile
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Build a man a fire and he will be warm for a night, light a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life
Glad to meet you,thanks for coming by to share your ESH.The things we find to do that takes us places where we find serenity are true gifts from our HP.Talk to you on the rebound!
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Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles.
Welcome, Sarge! I look forward to reading more from you. You have what...almost 28 years in? I'm still twisting my ankles in the chuck-holes of my first year but I keep getting back in the path. You folks with decades of sobriety help so much. I like this board, too. It's a great supplement to my real-world program.
Hey aquaman, you know what they say who ever got up earliest this morning been sober the longest. One day at a time. I remember far to well just trying to get through 5 min. at a time.
Welcome to the board Sarge! Good to have you and we sure can use another old tmer to help us stay sober. Especially with 1 or 2 newcomers logging on here daily.
Welcome Sarge...interesting avatar...kinda like a metaphor for anonymity...Welcome to the board. I look forward to reading your input. I go to every meeting like it was my second one. I found I needed the discipline as a very attention deficit oppositionally defiant alcoholic. I forget easy and then find myself in the weeds that are over my head. I did that this morning attempting to want sobriety for another drunk more than he wanted it for himself. The problem is in personalities and I need the principles in stead. I guess I should leave the whacker in the tool cabinet and just pull them out by the root huh? Keep coming back. (((((hugs)))))
-- Edited by Jerry F on Sunday 16th of May 2010 02:35:40 AM
Mornin' It was refreshing to read your post. Been pulling weeds for a bit of time myself. Interesting is good. I have some spots in me that are still fragile so it is welcome to feel yours. Never Alone. Toad
I have found through the years being a sober person one of the most relaxing therapeutic things to do is pull weeds. I know sounds insane but it saves on therapy bill. One day i realized for years i had been walking matilda(my velcro dog) pulling up weeds trying to put my mind at ease. Even though it hurts my joints a bit it works for me. I know still crazy after all these years. Some of those defects of character are who make me who i am and that doesn't hurt me or anyone else.
I remember spending all those years wanting and trying to die and now i just want to live. Isn't that awesome?
Dealing with alcoholism and other mental illness issues is a challenge but not impossible. Sometimes i am just more interesting than others. lol
sarge
sarge,
Thank you for posting.
I have starting walking again. I take the walking trails near my house and walk all over the place. I stop and look at things,touch things,smell things and pray. AGO says he is agnostic, as I am, yet he hangs faith on something, even if he kind of doesn't seem to understand it, and that's where I am right now.
I think, that's a pretty good feat for me considering I am almost agoraphobic.
In an attempt to clear my head of too many negatives, that I can conjure up about anything and everything...I am feeling better and coming to terms with things going on in my life.
Very good therapy.
Quote: "Dealing with alcoholism and other mental illness issues is a challenge but not impossible. Sometimes I am just more interesting than others. lol"
It is words such as yours, that help me to realize I really am not that much different,lol. Challenged as I often am,lol.
It simplu means that just by pulliung up the all weeds you could also save money on therapy bill,even you could also easily clean ou the garden & lawn. Nice job.
