Half Naked Thursday

Hey this guy maybe the founder or really wants to join half naked thursdays HNT Founder?link

405

I am sitting in a sea of traffic. A traffic alert sign said 1 hour delay, but it didn't say to where. Sitting in traffic allows my head to start running. I was day dreaming that I was at the beach sitting on a patio drinking one beer. Then I snapped out of it and this question appeared in my head, why just one idiot.

The Hand

I was just looking at my hand on the keyboard, when all of a sudden I had a flashback from the movie "The Hand". That movie scared the hell out of me.. posted on HNT.

Los Angeles

It seems like I am in LA almost every other day and it has been hot. Today I was in China Town and I stopped for a quick bite. I had beef and broccoli in a place with no AC. I was sweating eating the hot dish. I ended up leaving half of it, because I couldn't stand the heat. The meeting went ok and I headed home sober.

Gone

When I was drinking I would often think of killing myself. It was to stop the pain, but a lot of the time it was "They will be sorry. I will show them, they are going to miss me". Why would I want to hurt others around me as well as myself. It is all about "me" and the sad fact is life moves on. I realized it in rehab when I went out in the courtyard to smoke and heard cars on the highway of people going to work. I must be truly a pompous ass to think they would have stopped working because I was in rehab. I don't think that way all the time, now that I have a God and the 12 steps. Today I will be ok.

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Serenity

This guy shared about challenges vs. serenity. The need we have to keep ourselves challenged I feel is greatly ignored. I can't have serenity with out being challenged. I could sit in a box believing that I was full of serenity and never come out.  What takes me out of that box are challenges. I have talked to many so called AA Guru's out there who appear to be a serene being, but are truly unhappy and fearful inside. This is my 2nd chance at life and I want to make the most of it being sober. I love this quote "what would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?"

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Heroin

We had a guy that OD on heroin. He had been struggling to stay sober for years. Working with multiple sponsors in an effort to try to get this thing we call sobriety. Sobriety is a fragile thing that we can lose at anytime and there are no guarantees of staying sober. The only guarantee we will have is a seat in a meeting of alcoholics anonymous.

Mr. T

I sat down down to see what my kids were watching and it was a Mr. T cartoon. This was that old cartoon reject from the 80's. My kids were laughing at the stupid kid talking like Mr. T. Quality time spent sober laughing with my boys. "I pitty the fool who picks up the first drink"

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Waiting Game

I was talking with a friend of mine and he told me he had a problem with alcohol 10 years ago, but now he just drinks a couple. I really have only seen him drunk a couple times in 6 years. Wow I thought that must be nice I would love to be able just to have a couple. I unfortunately need more than just a couple and a couple just wouldn't do it for me. The problem with me is that my disease just waits until I am at a low point and then hits me hard. My life is unmanageable when I drink, so therefore I am grateful I am sober today and for my friend good luck.

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Performancing Metrics

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Saturday

No more soccer till fall. I wanted to pick up another meeting for saturday mornings. However my wife wants to work out at the gym 9:00am 9:15am. I am going to have get a early meeting around 7:00am and thank god I am in San Diego where meetings are plentiful. I have been to other cities and the meetings are not as easy to work into your schedule.
Sunday night is my last night as secretary and I will be lacking a commitment. I was thinking about going to the rehab center where I attended and work with people in detox. I think this will be a really good opportunity to give something back.

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Copulator

The shit that people come up with truly amazes me. This guy I guess had blisters on his hands from over use.

My Office

I am going to have to look for a new office. This place was a good one in sobriety. The building is on church property and a blind guy Jim lives upstairs. It is a safe place for me to be at.

Moleskine

I am glad friday is here. I am still trying to organize myself and finally I think Moleskine has got the tool for me. They have a new calendar book that is exactly what I have wanted. I have been searching endlessly for the right system and now it is here. The week is on one side and the notes on the other (to do list). moleskine

Young Son

This is the guy that creates all the havoc in my family. Anything that is going on good or bad, you will find him. He is the one who wants to play every sport and seems to be a natural athlete. I have been playing with him a little more than the other two, because he is the one asking all the time. The other two saw their father drunk, mainly the older one. I feel sad sometimes because of all the shit I caused. I need to try and balance the time I spend with each boy. I am still struggling to be the best father I can to my boys. I sometimes find myself as one of them and that is usually when the problem starts.

Arm This...

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Alcoholic Mind

I am glad that I don't have the cross hairs on me today.

Today Will Soon Pass

I have finally figured out why I have been in this half ass mood. I have been in my head to long so therefore the committee starts talking and the next thing you know your on vacation in your head. It is a very dangerous place to be stuck alone. I was listening to all the bullshit and before I knew it, I felt like the only way to solve my problem was to have a drink. That thought only lasted a few minutes, however the feeling lingered to long for comfort. I need to go to more meetings and stay close to the pack or my ass is going to be shot off.

Lack of Sleep

The job search is not yielding any immediate promises and my ability to get a good night sleep is gone. I feel like a zombie. What scares me is at the meeting (home group) we have had a couple people go out. I don't have enough energy to go out and make it back. I need to go to a meeting and pray to my god for help.

Fathers Day

I don't remember doing something like this when I was drinking, but who knows. I don't remember to many things about my drinking days except for bits and pieces. The one thing I will remember is today's father's day. I was sober today and had fun and had a lot of hugs from my kids. My dad who is still drinking and will die soon from alcoholism did not call. I really don't care that he didn't call me either.

Jobbb??

I am going through a funk on this whole job issue. I made some calls and nothing yet. I really don't believe they know what they are doing. Are they crazy, I am on the market the calls should be flooding in. I should even be getting calls from people who don't know I am looking for a job offering me a job. The problem is that is not real. People have there own agendas and maybe just maybe they might be busy. So I am not on the A-list I will get over it. Once again life on life terms and not mine. I haven't been as fearful because I am sober, however if I was drinking everyone around me would be paying the price for this problem they created for me. Not only would I be miserable but so would everyone else around me. The whole concept of drinking again gives me the chills, nothing good ever came from me drinking.

Over Understanding The Steps

I feel as though I am in a void of Time. Not knowing where to start or qualified to start because of living steps are a type of internship. It’s the amount of time you had addressed and worked in the steps. It also includes big book reading and the amount practice you have applied in the real world. Based upon this method I have 6 years of sobriety.

Can you find Waldo ?

San Fran

My wife is in San Francisco for two days and I am watching my boys. I have bids due tomorrow and the youngest one has a fever. I totally went blank as what to do, which scared the hell out of me. Then it hit thermometer, Motrin, Gatorade and I had it all. I went into action like a pro leaving all doubts behind. He had a fever of 101, so I watched him closely until the Motrin kicked in and the fever went down. I checked on him again and it was still down. It hit me all of a sudden, what if I had been drinking. Well the first thing my wife would have never left. She raised the kids when I was drinking, because for some reason I never had the time. Today I have the time because of a simple program called alcoholics anonymous.

My Job

I have to help create a product that is in the customers mind.

Motivation

I made this for my wife as a joke. I will now be the one waiting.

WNBR cuming to your town

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"NEW" 3/12 Program

I having been working the 3/12 program and it has been working fine for me. Or better yet I have been doing the working life steps. Seems confusing, well I will simplify the process. The first thing you do is get through the first three steps and then you sit on step four for awhile. You then attend a step study once a week and don't do anything. You then pick up a bible study class. You talk to other alcoholics divulging your skeletons until you feel more at ease. You talk to your sponsor on a daily bases to keep you on track. Do you feel better now? If not, the reason is you have to finish the steps and work with other alcoholics. If you truly want the promises the steps have to be done and you must sponsor another alcoholic. Ok having said that where does the family fit into this new ever changing schedule. I spoke to a few wives of people in the program and their husbands are either at the horse track or a meeting. Too many meetings can kill a family and not enough can kill you. The balance I believe is through your higher power. Back to the steps you need to complete them sooner than later, because the longer you wait the harder it gets to finish. I should have done them sooner, because the pile just seems to grow.

Good Day

Today we had two soccer games going on. One was my 4 year old and the other my 7 year old. My youngest son is the natural athlete and the middle one is the aggressive one. The middle one is like me and he likes to do things his way. My oldest son is the intellect and at 9 he has been tested at a 6th/7th grade reading/math level. He gets that from his mother. They all have a fairly normal life now since I am sober. One of the biggest things I see now at 2 years is the chain being broken. It is something I get to do for myself and my family. It is not always easy being sober, but knowing that the bulldozers and wrecking balls are right behind me seems to help keep everything fresh. Today I guess I am just thankful to be alive. Note: This gif was floating around.

Zarqawi

No Virgins aghhhh.....

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Memories

I can't help but wonder what my kids remember from my drinking days. I really hope they don't remember walking over their dad laid passed out in the middle of the floor. The falling down and splitting the head open or having to go to hospital because their dad needed medical treatment. Memories for me are still painful even after a couple years. The difference is that they didn't see me fall today or pass out, because today I am sober.

An Apple a Day

might not keep Danny away! Post on TNT

Love at First Bite

This couple is wacked. I have heard of tattoos, jewelry, etc for showing your bond of commitment, but this is over the edge. Read their story.

Kids Meltdown

They just could make it another 4 hours. They where all crying for mom ma. Geez I didn't do anything, I guess they are just anxious for her to get home.

Kid Shows

Are the Japanese corrupting our kids? I spent time analyzing the shows my kids watch. Robot Boy is a strange one and I kept looking for the hidden messages. They have young girls with short dresses that blow up with wind. I think they are a little sick and border being rated xxx.

Japan Ad Designers Rock

This is one of the paths I didn't take, advertising. Also an american design firm actually designed the ad.

Weekend Almost Done

I have made it through the weekend still sober after watching my three boys. It has been typical, expecting something worse than it turns out to be. The expectations are an on going problem that I continue to work on. I am really happy today because I organized my work week, cleaned the house and played with the boys. I didnt have to hardly raise my voice and for that I am grateful.

Beach

Look closely you can almost see the beach.

Wife Gone

My wife is out of town attending her grandmothers 90th birthday. I am home alone with the three boys. I have a new respect for my wife, because being dad the taxi is killing me. Today I had two different soccer games and a birthday party and a play date. All this was accomplished by the seat of ass. I used almost a tank of gas today shuttling back and forth. I ended the day by taking my kids to my sponsor’s house for a swim. It was the first time he met my kids. It ended up being pretty cool. I have kept my kids sheltered from AA. I believe they are too young to understand as well as they would blow my anonymity. Finally we ended up at Baskin Robbins eating ice cream and laughing. Today I am sober and only have quality problems.

BUSH

Out

I am running into more and more people going out on meds. They don’t pick up that first drink, however picking up a bottle of pills and that isn't different. We are alcoholics and addicts and gravitate to things that will take us away from our life. Ones over the counter and the other ones behind the counter. It was interesting talking to some of the people, they seemed to all have a few things in common, they all were distant from there higher power and from meetings. I just thank god for what ever reason, I am a sober person today.

YUK.....

10 Things To Make You Want to Puke Submitted by Amused and Bemused on Thu, 2006-06-01 07:37. :: Blog Posting What is the weirdest thing you ever ate? I can eat almost everything as my big frame can attest, but there are limits to even my gluttony. I realize that foods that one eats and enjoys are culture based and the love of sushi, kimchi, and a rare steak are cultivated based on where you were raised, but some things are just plain disgusting (at least to my plebian brain). Here are my choices for 10 the Weirdest Things That People Eat:

Burning Man

What a fucked place I went there for a short time and left. I was still drinking and using however this place was a little to free of the sex for me. I was there 3-4 hours and then bolt. You can feel the devil breathing on you at this place.

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Hollywood

Has anyone seen "Hollywood Dave"

Moss Bitch

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Snoopy and Charlie Browns

Hey, which charlie brown do you like better?

Salt Lake City

I have to fly to Salt Lake City tomorrow for a meeting. I am prepared for the meeting, well I think so.. I hate doubting myself, because it just makes things more difficult. It is like some days you have the mojo and other days you don't have shit. The only thing I can do is pray to god that I will have what it takes tomorrow to get the deal done. It is the whole thing about getting the little man off my neck. I believe if I just get a inch I will be better off. I feel like the dog chasing the rabbit and I just need to catch it once in a while.

Serenity?

30 Boxes Calendar

30 Boxes is a real cool easy to use Calendar. This is a good way to stay organized and is the best calendar I have seen.

Need a Cab in San Francisco

Cab Spoting Man this is totally cool. To bad they don't show the people getting hit by the SF cabs.

Alcoholic Mind

Try to read the words...

Alcohol vs AA

The promises that alcohol makes are lies. The promises in AA are the truth.

Cake Night

I take my two year cake tonight and my sponsor is giving it to me. I just know I am lucky that I'm sober today and the last two years haven't been easy but my life is truly better. Today I went with my 7 year old son to a birthday party for a classmate of his and we played putt putt golf. I tagged along with my son because he asked me to go with him. That is one of the promises in this simple program; the rewards of living life sober with a god of my understanding and being loved by your family. Milk goes better with cake than coffee...

Kids

My boys are driving me nuts today.... I fixed haloscan for JJ and now everyone in my neighborhood know what a odeo is.. I had my volume up loud "What the Fuck is odeo"...jj

"I have a serious bladder problem."

Man I could have used this when I was drinking, I would have always been on time.

Back in the Water

My 9 year old is bugging me to teach him how to surf. I haven't been in the water for a while, so I am not looking forward to the arm burn from paddling. He really wants this bad so I am getting the boards out this weekend to check for any repair issues. Maybe this will help our relationship grow stronger.

Cool Aids Awareness Video

This French AIDS awareness video, wherein a young woman has sex with a variety of unsatisfying partners until finally finding “the one,” has been making the internet rounds of late. At first I thought it was awful progressive that one of the young lady’s suitors is a black man—progressive, that is, until the stereotyping begins…

Back from Vegas (hell)

I am back from sin city and I am sober. For someone like me that is a miracle.

still in VEGAS

I have made it through today being a sober person in a drunk city.I give the credit to alcoholics anonymous and god. This year seemed much more managable than last year. Why because of belief in a program and god. My life has never been better.

Vegas

Thank god for the blackberry the wifi is down at the hotel I am staying at the Wynn hotel and the place is unbelievable. The have a plasa tv in the bedroom and the bathroom. However my demon lurks in the minibar and the casino below. I loved to come here when I was drinking and its no wonder. Free alcohol was the key for me and it didn't matter how much I lost. The casinos where my higher power, no actually alcohol was. I am sober today and I don't need to waste my families money.

MIA ty HP

Scott W. Where the fuck are you?????

Airport

I am sitting here at the airport way to early(2 hours prior to flight). I guess it is just my comfort zone. I am a little anxious about seeing my boss. I just don't know how he is going to act and Iam struggling to stay on my side of the street. I have to keep the gratitude infront of the feelings of poor me. I have to keep trying to put my trust (full trust) in god. I always seem to take the controls away from god and by doing so my world turns to shit. I am giving it back to now and hopefully that where it will stay.

Working Parents

My wife and I are both working now and we are scrambling for: -Finances -Family time -Business time -Personal time -Together time.... Just any time....

Las Vegas for a Convention

I will be in Las Vegas for a convention and I have my big book (5 1/2" x 8"), my phone list and a meeting schedule printed as well as on pdf  for my blackberry. This has always been the hardest time of the year for me because as you know Las Vegas is a city with few if any morals. This was my sobriety testing ground last year and will be the same for this year. My boss (salary cutter) and friends will be gambling and getting drunk. I on the other hand can't gamble from lack of funds and can't drink for lack of tolerance. I know when I get on that plane Saturday morning the circus will be starting. I will just have to stay close to god and my friends in Alcoholics Anonymous.

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