Well I still don't have interweb service up here yet and sitting in the front yard (18 degrees here), to surf my neighbors router isn't practical. So I'm sitting in his guest house .
I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday. I should be home tomorrow night. Cross you fingers that my chained up truck makes it down the icy road to the state highway.
Hey Dean,happy holidays,yeah we got 18 inches here in hyde park new york,upstate,didint get plowed out until 3:00pm today,did some shovelling.got a business meeting tonight ,see who shows for that ,safe trip down the road.peace.
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Selfishness-self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles.
thanks Mike. yeah we only 12" here, but the gravel roads already had ice plus 3" so it's a little freaky teaky on 35% grade hills. I'll be loading a couple hundred lbs. or rocks in the bed of the pickup to give me a bit more traction lol.
Blizzard, bitter cold & high winds here. Thank God that the cable hasn't gone out! Had an interesting passage through Christmas-lots of reflection and gratitude for this fellowship and the gifts of recovery from this . Hope everyone is warm & sober tonight.
We got the same snow in Sevierville on the mountain. I went to work Saturday night and just now got home. Looks like it's gonna warm up though Dean, so you may get out of there soon. Like I was saying at work (a d/a treatment center)...There are worse places I could be stuck in. I'm really REALLY glad to be home though.
Brian
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True that SteveP, sobriety took the shackles off and allowed me to do a lot of stuff that I knew I just couldn't do when I was drinking. I remember clearly resenting people that were doing the things that I can do today. I was envious but told myself that I didn't want these things (having my own business, being happily married, traveling, having hobbies...) which was, of course, another big lie that my disease sold me on, so that I would keep drinking.
I like that, Dean... telling ourselves that we don't WANT a better life so that our disease can keep control over us.... good stuff to keep in mind.
I am working on a 4 Absolutes assignment from my sponsor. Part of it is making a few long-term goals that I can only achieve if I stay sober one day at a time. I know now that I don't have to sell myself short.
joni
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