Sober Sunday #6- original

It's Sunday.  I have been for a nice walk with a friend; Walking is important.  More importantly, I am sober today.  It has been more than a year and eight months since my last alcoholic beverage.  I almost thought I would never see the day.  I had an extended drinking career which spanned more than twenty years.  I am becoming healthy.

Readers of Thirsty Thursday will remember that I also quit smoking cigarettes and I don't do drugs.  I had also smoked for a long time and had done several different drugs over the years.

I am now working on having control over how much I eat and what sort of food I am putting into my body.  It's difficult sometimes when there is only burgers in the house so one thing I do is shop at the bulk food store and buy nuts and dried berries.  I don't eat a lot of bread or breaded products.  In the summer, I eat a lot of vegetables in season.

I do my best to work at what I know how to do but I am not afraid to try new things.  I was on the plane three times this year.  I never did that before.  The short trip was two hours and I thought that was fabulous.  Imagine!  Getting things done in a fraction of the time.  I like that!  The longer trip was five hours and that was actually a little too long.  I don't like not being able to move around for that long of a time with only the tiny bathroom to go to which is almost worse than sitting there in the seat.  How long does it take to fly over the ocean?

There was a moment yesterday when I thought that I was going to drink.  I was certain of it.  It was so strong, the moment dragged out around an hour.  That was the longest urge ever.  I thought it would never end.  The urge passed, after that I felt fine and I was glad to remain sober through it.

I do not wake up in a great mood, glad to meet the day.  In fact, I thought that after a while, life would become more fun, that I would enjoy living more.  That never happened yet.  I wake up and then I look for something to smile about or be happy about, I don't find the thing but while I am thinking about that then other ingrained habits kick in and thus begins the day.  There are moments that happen during the day which I enjoy, like the walk I was on this morning.

With that, happy Sober Sunday~

I'll have another 24!


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