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Day 8... "I've got this" and I'm bored" and "Recovery is like a part-time job"
Hello friends, family, people who do not like me and anyone else I did not include. I took a few days off of writing. No from recovery. I am in the process of installing new hardware on my CPU. I am trying to start new and healthy habits and making them become part of who I am. Reading and writing has to be part of that process, and I will work on that moving forward. I went to group today and there are three individuals who want to leave sooner rather than later. Guy #1, he
boltedjet84
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Day 4 - Self Reflection & Over-thinking
As an active alcoholic all I cared about was how I felt about things and how things affected me. I also over think every little thing. It is an exhausting way to go through life. I would convince myself that I was different. I cared about my family. I would make elaborate food for my family. I would build amazing pillow and blanket forts for my kids. Even though I had NO money. I taught myself how to bake so that I could teach my kids to bake and spend time with them. BUT the
boltedjet84
4 days ago2 min read
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Day 3 - Acceptance
Yesterday was my day 3. I attended a new PHP program and really enjoyed the day. After 60 days in the same program with the same instructors and clients; it was a breath of fresh air. One of the topics we discussed was acceptance. I told them that I have been trying to get sober for years. I have been working on myself, have been activity listening to the thoughts that enter my mind. If I consider it an unhealthy thought, I end the thought. I do not allow the unhealthy though
boltedjet84
4 days ago1 min read
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Day 2 Gratitude
I am the proud father of not 1, not 2, but THREE girls. I am most defiantly a proud girl dad. That includes having my toes nails painted more time that I'd care to remember, make overs with ALL the make up! I have always told my older daughters that bad things in life happen, that's just part of life. I also told them not to look for the next bad thing BUT instead to keep their eyes open for the next good thing. No matter how small and when a good thing happens no matter how
boltedjet84
6 days ago2 min read
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