One of the delusions I had when drinking is that I was a man of actions! Self destruction count?
i knew I wanted many things and wanted them on my terms and immediately!
truth is, most all did never happen. Hard to do more than dream from a barstool or sitting around the couch getting lit up.
So I have noticed a twisted memory that comes back, of when I did not try and live in the Steps of recovery, who I just did things. It is just sneaky, silly rationalization of old thought patterns.
i have a piece of gear coming my way in the mail. It is international shipping. So I have to wait as it goes thru customs. I have been checking on it lately. I just have to wait... No fretting will make it ship faster. Old thinking of 'this takes too long' will apply. Acceptance!
Just a silly daily life thing. I find my program is in the silly details. Nothing magnificent.
But I am excited to have a package coming :). It is all in the way I look at it. Fret over what I can't control or enjoy the moment.
Have a great day my friends. a new week awaits...
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"Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you."
I just received a package in the mail that was an international shipment ... I ordered it 3 months ago ... somehow it was shipped from Canada to the U.S. by way of Mumbai ... it spent forever in customs ... I had given up on it ... LOL, then, there it was ...
I just knew I had been 'ripped off' ... ... ... but now I know I was being taught patience and trust ... ... ... and yes, I see 'acceptance' in the mix as well ... ... ...
Thanks Joe
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I've acquired a bit of patience too. I also have a package coming from overseas. It was due 7 days from date of dispatch, and now it's late. The miracle is that I'm still at the same address, so there is a good chance it will find me. In the old days I could well have had to move:)
Nice post, Sober Strummer. So what's the gear yo are waiting for? Curious fellow musicians / pro audio folks want to know!
(We should talk - I hit bottom in the Los Angeles recording & pro sound industry in the late 1980's when the whole city was two feet deep in liquor and cocaine. Everybody was high, but apparently I was overdoing it too much even for the rest of the L.A. music scene! After I got sober in 1988 I was able to get employable again & I've been back in the audio industry for many years now).
Nice post, Sober Strummer. So what's the gear yo are waiting for? Curious fellow musicians / pro audio folks want to know!
(We should talk - I hit bottom in the Los Angeles recording & pro sound industry in the late 1980's when the whole city was two feet deep in liquor and cocaine. Everybody was high, but apparently I was overdoing it too much even for the rest of the L.A. music scene! After I got sober in 1988 I was able to get employable again & I've been back in the audio industry for many years now).
My ESP Snakebyte in black. Will be running into a MKIIC Mesa. Should sound like some other little band. Oh yeah... Creeping Death with be blasting! Ha! It has a Het Set in it. I'm actually wondering how it will work for 80's metal and rock. It is at the post office waiting for me. :)
I was sober a little while and quit a working bar band to dedicate my time to getting my BS degree. I went on to a few engineering jobs and manager In a large corporation. It was tough. I literally loved music so much. I never hit it big but enjoyed p,aging parties and jamming. It was always such a natural high to stand up in front of a hundred people and wail out Enter Sandman! Ha! Never was a pro...
sounds like a good idea to chat. I enjoy hearing the history of our music from the people at ground zero.
it is a recovery thing for me. I didn't play for 2 years when I sobered up. I play daily now for at least an hour. My wife loves rock and metal. We spend that time together.
The way my HP has worked out my life amazes me. If I got what I wanted... It would not be so good.
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"I spent a lifetime in hell and it only took me twelve steps to get to heaven."
"Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you."
Awesome. I'm not a guitarist, I played synths in a lot of rock & metal bands in L.A. But I have experience recording a lot of rock guitars and that set up should be a pretty serious sounding metal rig. Up to Eleven!!
After I got sober in 1988 I was able to get employable again & I've been back in the audio industry for many years now).