Every Mistake...

I took this photo a few years back on a cross country drive from Phoenix AZ to Damascus MD.

It was an amazing trip, and inspiration for the sentiment of the type.

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Sobriety

Now I don't want to turn this blog into something too serious, but the last few days have been pretty rough for Ryan and I.

On a related note- I have been sober since July of 2011 and last night I had a standoff with myself. I had made myself a drink, set it on the table, and I sat there thinking for 30 minutes.

I eventually got up, poured it all down the drain and made myself a cup of chamomile tea. It wasn't difficult- and I definitely wasn't thinking about the drink the whole time. About 5 minutes before I got up I thought to myself: "I want to, but I'm not going to." (Which was my mantra when I had first quit)

And I only had to say it to myself once, it was that easy for me this time around. And although I still feel like sh*t, I feel much better than I did last night and I still have pride in my sobriety.

Disclaimer: This is not meant as advice, just a little snippet of something that works for me.