archives for: health
Nov-08-2005
Thirty Day Sobriety Challenge - Bonus Day
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Yeah, I figured 'Bonus Day' adds a positive spin on the fact that I just can't count. I was tempted again today to start the celebrations. After all … I made it … I'm free and clear … it's time. My friend Joy called to see if we can toss a few back tonight but no, I can't. It's not even that I can't. I really don't want to.
Nov-07-2005
Thirty Day Sobriety Challenge - Day 30
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Yep … Day Thirty! It's a bit anticlimactic though considering that there is actually a thirty first day now. Still it seemed fitting that I take the day off from work to relax and reflect. It was a remarkably difficult month. More than I thought it would be.
Nov-06-2005
Thirty Day Sobriety Challenge - Day 29
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Lisa's landlord makes his own wine which is apparently very good. Tonight he left a bottle for her and I thought, "Man it will be nice to have one glass of wine … in a few more days." Not to get drunk, but just to have a relaxing sip or two of good old-fashioned tradition.
Nov-06-2005
Walking in Hoboken
Taking an early morning stroll to spark some life into my day
This is something I have not done in a while. Walking along the river from my house down to the PATH station, NYC is completely obscured by fog. Only the sun burning thru and the hum of early morning traffic let spill the truth that there is life across the river. Joggers and other assorted fitness buffs accompany me along this trail.
Nov-05-2005
Thirty Day Sobriety Challenge - Day 28
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With sobriety comes clarity. Of course it took me until Day 28 to realize this but … I miscalculated my challenge. Ya see, I figured Thirty Days out to be One Month (10/9 - 11/8). Sounds logical, right? However, October being a long month means it actually adds up to Thirty One Days!
Nov-04-2005
Thirty Day Sobriety Challenge - Day 27
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The poster child for sobriety is on CNN Show Biz Tonight right now … Ozzy Osbourne. Anyway, I just woke up from a long nap and thought to myself, "Geez how pathetic! Here it is Friday night and I'm sleeping!"
Nov-03-2005
Thirty Day Sobriety Challenge - Day 26
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I've already started planning for Day Thirty One and beyond but something happened today that always makes me laugh. Even though I intend to take a fair share of control over my life and not fall back into my old ways, I have a soft spot for the Joe Hurley song 'Shut Up and Drink'…
Nov-02-2005
Thirty Day Sobriety Challenge - Day 25
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Last night after getting home from the Goldhawk, I fell asleep on the couch and had a very strange and disturbing night of dreams. The first dream found me at a party in a place I'd never been to in my real life. It was one of those places that not only feels real in our dream state, but is amazingly familiar. You know all of the rooms in the building or curves and bumps in the landscape.
Nov-01-2005
Thirty Day Sobriety Challenge - Day 24
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My practice of avoidance has to be set aside tonight. Eric wants to play the ArtKore open mic at the Goldhawk and it's been a while since we've been there. This is one of the bars that I've been keeping away from since it is such a source of fond drunken memories.
Oct-31-2005
Thirty Day Sobriety Challenge - Day 23
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Could this be called the homestretch? Only seven days to go after today. I did cave in today and had a cigarette. It was only my fourth since starting this so that's not too bad. As I get closer to the end, I fear more and more that I'll slip back into my old ways. This challenge has not been as gratifying as I had expected.
Oct-30-2005
Thirty Day Sobriety Challenge - Day 22
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Not much to report. That extra hour we got due to the time change messed with my head a bit. I always wonder if bars and restaurants stay open later. Of course most of them do not, but that's neither here nor there since I stayed in most of the weekend attempting to break my writers block again. I'm happy to say that I finally did.
Oct-29-2005
Thirty Day Sobriety Challenge - Day 21
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Not really being into Halloween makes it kinda easy for me to stay in. I was invited to a couple of parties, but decided to not go. Rather my intentions for today and tonight were to stay in and write. Instead I've found myself sleeping or sitting like a vegetable in front of the tube all day.