My new office mate taught me about type 1 fun and type 2 fun. Type 2 fun is when you the thing itself is challenging and difficult, but afterwards you feel gratified and happy.

What will I write about next? Our dog and her backyard. Spring is settling into the backyard of A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. The property must be lapped. The spring theme over a buffet. The first boat of spring floats my spirits. Just imagine if your family beat down your dream at every .

And his tween-aged daughter were holding court for a small crowd of admirers and assorted hangers-on. A bit starstruck, I confessed to Fatsis the elder th.

No longer seeing the world through vodka colored glasses. Sobriety has me struggling at the moment. Funny how you can be sailing along on calm waters and suddenly you find yourself in the middle of a storm. Everything in my life is in order. I have two healthy smart daughters, food on the table, bills paid and only my mortgage as debt.

31 Sobriety Anniversaries of Gratitude. Today is my 31st anniversary of being sober. Once again I am in Peru for the anniversary, just come down from the high altitude rural Andes where I have been doing field work for the past few weeks. That environment is a good place to reflect on gratitude, beauty, life, and hope. Beauty for not just the natural world but the people and their relationships too. For people whose language I butcher quite badly.

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A Blog about Recovery from Alcoholism and Keeping it Simple. 3 Sure-Fire Ways to Sabotage Your Own Recovery. Originally posted on UnPickled Blog. People have different reasons for sabotaging endeavours. Back in university, a good friend was on track to graduate with honours in the fine arts program but blew her final tuition installment on designer boots and cosmetics.