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Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Jun 12, 2013 - 02:52pm PT
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Go Anxious!
You will find many struggles no matter which way you turn.
It's just that you can make more of them go away sober, instead of just piling up more, wasted.
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Anxious Melancholy
Mountain climber
Between the Depths of Despair & Heights of Folly
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Jun 12, 2013 - 06:37pm PT
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Yup, day 2. Going to hang tough on that hour's worth of drive home from work tonight. Always one of my more difficult times.
BTW, anyone interested in joining me and taking advantage of a Friday June 14 entry permit? I've got room for 4 on my 7 person reservation for South Fork of Big Pine Creek. Still haven't done Disappointment Peak, so we're headed that way. You and your friends are more than welcome to join us on that little adventure, or you can bag Middle Palisade, Clyde Peak, the Thumb, or one of the awesome traverses...
Let me know!
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Jun 12, 2013 - 06:48pm PT
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Rooting for your Day 2
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Jun 12, 2013 - 08:59pm PT
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We're all counting days. Hang in there!
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McCfly
climber
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Jun 12, 2013 - 09:51pm PT
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Stop counting and start breathing.
But yes we all count for a while.. I normally give loose track after the 1.5 year mark.
That does not make me abad drunk or druggy though as i have a bad habit or relapsing at either 3 years 5 years or 7 years..
Really though breathing helps and not focusing on every little things like days.
You can do anything you really really really want to do.
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Anxious Melancholy
Mountain climber
Between the Depths of Despair & Heights of Folly
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Jun 13, 2013 - 12:01am PT
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Just finished packing for my 3 day Sierra peak bag trip. Fastest and easiest in long time. Maybe my previous efforts all those years w 12 pack support weren't such a good idea after all. LOL!
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Elcapinyoazz
Social climber
Joshua Tree
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Jun 17, 2013 - 04:32pm PT
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So damn close to relapse, the only thing that saved my ass last week was that I was too tired to get in the car and drive to the store (I thank the powers that be there was no minibar in the hotel room.)
Climbing like sh#t, somehow ended up 10lbs over my best climbing weight, nursing a couple chronic injuries, work is killing me, boss is psycho, friend's in bad health, blah blah blah. Poor pitiful me. Sober me, though.
Seemed like it had gotten so easy, until the day it wasn't.
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Jun 17, 2013 - 05:27pm PT
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Went to my first meeting in over a month, I feel much better.
Great work Hank!!
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Jun 17, 2013 - 06:29pm PT
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no matter what your problems are and we all have em. drinking makes em worse. Not better.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Jun 23, 2013 - 03:57pm PT
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My old climbing partner/drinking buddy from Co is in VT for the summer. Def a bit rough after climbing....
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Jun 23, 2013 - 04:30pm PT
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I was so, so, so tempted to "have just one" in the Valley recently. Seeing everyone sitting around with beers, after a climb, on a hot day, I was so tempted. Didn't do it though, I knew it would be too much of a slippery slope and that after one I'd have at five more every day I was there.
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Jun 23, 2013 - 06:54pm PT
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Here in Santa Monica there are a lot of meditation AA meetings where we sit for 30 minutes. Those are very helpful.
JL
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Anxious Melancholy
Mountain climber
Between the Depths of Despair & Heights of Folly
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Jun 23, 2013 - 08:12pm PT
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So thankful for this thread. This last week I've been hanging with the right crowd and reading a page here or there within the Sobriety thread. It really helps fill in some of the dangerous downtime gaps. Lots of wisdom here.
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Jun 23, 2013 - 08:50pm PT
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Amongst a group of fellow AA'ers, that must be very powerful, John.
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Chief
climber
The NW edge of The Hudson Bay
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Jun 23, 2013 - 11:09pm PT
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Stay strong Mark!
I don't think it would be the end of the world if I had a beer or toke, but I'm not going to take the chance.
PB
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Mark Hudon
Trad climber
Hood River, OR
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Jun 24, 2013 - 12:14am PT
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Thanks, Chief.
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Largo
Sport climber
The Big Wide Open Face
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Jun 24, 2013 - 12:38am PT
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Don't forget "the insanity of the first drink (toke)."
JL
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Stevee B
Mountain climber
Oakland, CA
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Jun 24, 2013 - 04:19am PT
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I hope to meet more of you out there. I had a sponsor that used to tell me, every time we spoke: "I only have to remember where I came from and that I can't do it alone." Those two things have carried me through some very dark seas to some very bright days.
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happiegrrrl
Trad climber
www.climbaddictdesigns.com
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Jun 28, 2013 - 03:04pm PT
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Just checking in.... It's been tough. Teddy is sick. It is a major systematic yeast infection. The recovery is a very slow process and I hate to see him like this. Having to explain to every person who sees him is tiring, and some people have said some things which they mean to be helpful, but aren't.
Income is still a problem, too.
(pause....)
I am at the library, and the librarian just got a cel call. He apologized afterward(for the ring)and mentioned he was waiting to hear details on a funeral service. His friend, a 27 year old mother of two was killed when her car flipped over, having been hit by a drunken driver.
Thank you God. Universe, fellow travelers on the sober path, for my sobriety.
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S.Leeper
Social climber
somewhere that doesnt have anything over 90'
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Jun 28, 2013 - 04:37pm PT
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Thanks for checking in HappieGirl.
Life gets in the way of our sobriety often, doesn't it?
I usually go to meetings on Monday, but today I went to the Friday meeting to
hear someone's first step. I'm really glad I went; it really helped me to have
ideas for my first step that I will be doing in a month or so.
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