SUNDAY GRATITUDE EXTRAVAGANZA
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I’m grateful for a day off. I’m grateful for an early morning and really good coffee. I’m grateful for the thin band of orange right before the sun comes up. I’m grateful for feeling lit from within. I’m grateful to be sober today.
LAST WEEK ON TFLMS:
song of the week:
Freedom From Shame
I’m here to tell you that alcohol is a very excellent way of dealing with internal feelings of shame—at least early on. The problem is that the way alcohol works actually ends up producing lots of legitimate reasons to feel very, very ashamed later on. It’s kind of ironic that way, I guess.
Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys
I'm grateful that despite the political shitstorm I found myself slowly being sucked into as the day unfolded I was able to stem a potential spiral by helping a newcomer who reached out, helming a cherished AA meeting, and going for a run where strong winds deafened my thoughts. I'm grateful for pushing myself to write in long-form when I wasn't feeling it because in the end it did help me regain a sense of peace. I'm grateful to my grandfather for telling his grandkids during weekly havans to loudly repeat "I will always, always, always be disciplined" - a memory than once haunted me is something I now realize has served me well in life and in the context of AA. I'm grateful for my capacity to set boundaries is getting better.
TFLMS Weekend: Where Sobriety Isn’t Just a Consequence…
(last weekend)
SUNDAY GRATITUDE EXTRAVAGANZA
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