June 2012
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GRATITUDES
1. First Pride not being drunk.
2. Cake pop from Bonnie.
3. Running into Sarah.
Motor City Pride and a Tigers game. I think Detroit may run out of Bud Light today.
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GRATITUDES
1. Learning that I will get to be in the Chicago Pride Parade, marching with the Chicago Public Library.
2. Lily’s birthday party.
3. Both my mom and my sister wanting to come with me to Mexico.
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MY DAD
Not only can Alison Bechdel and I be twins, I also related to her a lot in Are You My Mother? This book is about her relationship with her mother, not always receiving the love and attention from her mother that she desperately wanted and needed. Growing up, I didn’t have much of a relationship with my own mom. Not her fault, but my own. In fact, my mom is incredibly supportive, loving...
May 2012
106 posts
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CONTACTS
To call my mom at home, the number is still listed under “Mom & Dad” in my contacts list. I can’t bring myself to edit that.
DEFINING RECOVERY
Sobriety is not the same as recovery. If all I did was quit drinking, I would still basically be the same as I was, with the same bad thoughts and same bad behaviors. Alcohol wasn’t the problem for me, nor was it solely depression. The problem was myself. My character defects and flaws existed before I ever started drinking. It’s just that while using and while I was going through...
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GRATITUDES
1. Dog bites that don’t require stitches or rabies shots.
2. Lindsay calling.
3. Being in the Beaumont emergency room as support instead of as patient.
GRATITUDES
1. Crepe brunch with Greg and Jami.
2. Vegetarian tacos from Imperial.
3. Playing dominoes with Jami’s parents.
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GRATITUDES
1. United allowing me to change my India tickets.
2. 4 days off.
3. Bike riding to AA.
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Whoa, Ryan Hale went so viral on Tumblr.
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GRATITUDES
1. Four day weekend.
2. Ibuprofen.
3. Catching Suzie.
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GRATITUDES
1. Lunch outside.
2. Finally remembering to wish Rich “Happy Birthday”, two weeks late.
3. Mom cookies.
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GRATITUDES
1. Giving group therapy another shot.
2. Only three days between Jami visits.
3. Lessening of urges to drink.
MY MOM
I saw my mom yesterday and she asked me about my times experimenting with drugs and all the risky situations I’ve been in. Funny thing, there’s tons of those stories, sober and wasted. It’s only been since I’ve gotten sober that I’ve started telling her a lot about the things I’ve done and went through. I can’t stop thanking her for supporting me and...
THERE'S A PATRON WITH A VOICE LIKE TONE LOC
and I can’t hide my giddiness whenever he talks to me.
General Depression
Nobody knows what goes on in others. Before telling somebody to “cheer up”, “just get over it”, or “snap out of it”, please, please, please get educated. Ignorance shows.
onlinecounsellingcollege:
Depression is mental illness in which a person experiences deep, unshakable sadness and diminished interest in nearly all activities. The term depression is also used to describe the temporary...
NEVER TOO LATE
I usually work when Affirmations has their gay afternoon meetings, but I had yesterday off because I switched with Andy and got to go. But that was only after I went to work because I forgot I switched with Andy. Oh well. I like the meetings at Affirmations because they’re usually funny older gay men who talk about how much they partied in the ’70s and how hard the drunk driving...
Currently giving me chills, currently listening to...