I wish it was mine no I found it this picture sums up exactly what it felt like for me to get sober the transitioning from one life to the painful emergence to the next. Its odd I have been sober almost five years now my life is sooo much different I can not even get my head around it.
Drowning thats what it felt like every day. Like I was drowning and I was fighting to keep my head above the water and failing on a daily basis. I just did not know how to swim at that time I guess. Life is so much easer now. especially when I remember not to struggle.
Thanks gene that was a much needed reminder that my life here is not my own and that it is only by helping others that I can truly help my self
Hey Bill, I can say I always admired your determination and drive. ITs funny, when I see that photo, I am reminded of resolve but in a different way. My true thoughts, the thoughts that count, are always mired in the sea of OCD turmoil, and that's something I can neither be dragged down by or ever truly escape. Existentialism is a grand maze as they say, but for all the blood the struggle sucks out, it leaves those breathes above the sea all the more sweet, all the more intoxicating and all the more worthwhile. I truly do respect what you have acheived. Most of all, I think its wonderful that you have reentered your daughter's life that she might find the father that has returned. I don't know, that might be too personal. I'll be honest and say I always used to want to ask, but I knew it would be too painful. In the end, though, I know being with her must be one of the greatest gifts you ever received. I wish you both much happiness and bliss. Gene
Thanks for posting all the cool pictures; I've downloaded about a third of them. My favorite so far is the odd shot of the swimmer's face in the water since it reminds me of a Geiger creature.
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Drowning thats what it felt like every day. Like I was drowning and I was fighting to keep my head above the water and failing on a daily basis. I just did not know how to swim at that time I guess. Life is so much easer now. especially when I remember not to struggle.
Thanks gene that was a much needed reminder that my life here is not my own and that it is only by helping others that I can truly help my self
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