I have just gotten my second in November. I didn’t take the breathe test so I will see how this goes. I was surprised the toe company let you take the car home, I had to prove I had a licensed driver with me

I just had my 5th arrest for D.U.I. Didn't do FST or PBT, My attorney got it dismissed. I'm 42 years old, didn't give the state enough for it to stick. Say nothing pretty much. Good luck

Hey Vanessa you are looking good.!!

Hey. Also a Vanessa. Love to you.

Happy Late Birthday.....!!!!

Very timely! Lately I’ve been feeling like light, lightness too but mixed with inner darkness/chaos. I know it will pass but I have to go through it. Part of this weekend was mind mapping my notes. A subsection became meetup style so I get it. Another section was from an advisor I follow, Ramit: 1. Start small 2. **Focus** on all of the things that could go RIGHT 3. Get honest about what's stopping you 4. If you want to start a business, put time **and** money behind it. 5. Embrace constraints. No expensive rent, no expensive inventory, low overhead! Full circle, meetup costs money but small groups sounds awesome and manageable and meaningfully led. This weekend showed multiple areas of my notes where it stops at purpose and higher aspirations… I can’t tell if it’s all connected yet but it feels right for the journey.

Happy birthday! Love the idea of connecting with God, travel, and reflection. The persona fatigue can be real and nice to drop the mask

F.Y.I. Michelle Lee Neives has a KZbin channel and a private paid podcast for ''members'' where her guest discuses narcissist abuse recovery. If you develop a channel like hers, you can find what you're looking for.

Many people are offered help, yet they don't take it or refuse to appreciate it. The people you've talked about helped you to help yourself, but in the long run-You Helped Yourself. You have a lot to be proud of. ''What's in peoples future and what's in peoples past is nowhere as important as what's inside of them''. Said by Ricardo Montalban.💯

Happy Birthday! ❤️🎉🎂

OK this one was really interesting. Three times this week. I’ve had conversations about authenticity and I felt like I had to defend myself. It’s interesting because I feel like part of it is masking. It also feels like it’s masking because if I was totally honest, it would hurt people‘s feelings.

I followed all of it ❤

Neat post . Neat book … Thank you

Hi friend 😊

To understand alcoholism better, on The Joe Rogan Show a guest explained that some people have a unique digestive enzyme that helps digest alcohol. As a result, they drink a lot and frequently. This often leads to them becoming Alcoholics.

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I was having dinner with a friend the other night (who still drinks and I do not now obv) and she was debating cocktails or wine. She said “I’m going to go wine because I’m not really a big cocktail person.” I was so shocked because I thought about all the times her and I had downed cocktails all night and she was very plainly like “Yeah…that’s because YOU like cocktails.” It was purely my delusion that surely everyone wants to have 4-5 cocktails on any given evening, not realizing that I was the one actually instigating and sweeping them up into my chaos 😂 oh how different the world looks from this vantage. It was the same with drug benders or whatever the hell else kind of reckless behaviors I was projecting onto people subconsciously distributing the blame

You are great at this! I am also a recovering people pleaser and hold resentment for people taking my “nice” actions at face value but then not reciprocating in the way I feel they should. Very much related to that.

Going to quote you on Sober living is exhilarating in the most anxiety ridden way 😂 so spot on

Haha I was going to say as a Sagittarius you probably love new things- then you said it! 😂 As a Gemini, I’m the same! I feel like it helps keep us present and moving forward rather than obsessing on the past or anxieties.

Where we are going in life is more important than where we have been.

''Love is the creative energy of the universe. When the whole world truly learns to love the Devil will finally be destroyed.'' Said by Ricardo Montalban.

Today is 56 days complete at midnight and it's been fairly easy not to drink until the last few days when he relapsed it has me very frustrated. And just quite upset because it's frustrating living with active alcoholism while I'm trying to avoid drinking. I don't know about him but I can't afford to drink anymore, whether he can drink successfully or not is up to him to know, or find out. But it's pretty darn irritating because he got drunk, plays negative music I can't stand, starts dancing and grabbing me. I was actually considering a drink but thankfully I can come in my room and listen to your KZbin lessons so thank God for that way to share recovery. It sure helped me a lot tonight

Wow this share helped me a lot..my sober roommate has relapsed and is being really annoying drunk..I am extremely frustrated and there are no meetings this late. And because he says he relapsed because everyone at our meeting "knows his business, I don't want to call anyone in "our group"..thank you for reminding me alcohol is the enemy not this man who has this disease. I'm also planning to attend the 6:30 meeting in the morning. I was actually frustrated beyond words I'm glad your teachings are online to share recovery and a lot of your insights help me a lot

Yes we have gain that fellowship from this experience in life, that reflection we get back from them is wonderful . Side by Side 🙌 . Yeah I have to start giving aswell . Thanks for showing up 😊 and your hair is okay. I have this awesome friend from recovery that always checks up on me and always says kind words.

RIP Sam Kinison what a legend

This is a good one! I agree completely on the importance of being able to share everything we face when fighting against alcoholism and see that these people have also experienced those things. And I feel like in the beginning having people cheer me on really helped me heal the shame too. It was like wow, everyone here wants everyone to be victorious against this thing! So cool. Thank you for this!!!! Love you!!!!!!! ❤

Thank you. 🙏 Yes people being there for people genuinely to building that trust bond is so healing. That desperation part is very true so relatable. Thank you for making me think better.

That was amazing! Thanks for sharing!

lol “If more than 5 people piss you off in a day, it’s not them: it’s you”is so good. My first impulse when I get the big sad is to withdraw but I love idea of just telling people you’re thinking of them. It’s obvious when you hear someone else say it! Thanks for this.

''Good things come to those who wait, but not to those who wait too late''. Said by musician Bill Withers-1976.

My story, over 15 years ago I did not want to use Marijuana, because I was afraid it might have a poisonous narcotic-hard drug on it. I used anti-depressants instead. After several years I was about 100 lbs. overweight, my A1C was +8.5, had Type two diabetes, my I.Q. was very low. Now I use high quality vitamin supplements, exercise every day, and I am physically stronger and healthier than I have ever been. Most people think I'm about 15 years younger than I am. I'm not an alcoholic but I give sympathetic to those who are and I hope to inspire them to become athletes. Also, animals don't use drugs, so why should I? P.S. How can a drug deal ''go bad'', when it was bad to begin with? Why do they say drugs get people ''high'' when all they do is bring people down?

Lmao the cringe shares. It’s always funny to me how many similarities there are among alcoholics - I’m a huge self help junkie (no pun intended) as well. But opening my heart to God has been very very recent and it is still mind blowing to me how well it actually works. Where so many other strategies have failed. And it’s also true that I feel like the work is just beginning. Now that I’m sober enough to realize when I’m trying to control the entire world, I can take a beat before I impulsively act. Thanks for doing this series, it is reaching those who need it. 2 weeks sober (again) tomorrow!

Loved this reading ❤

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To compliment your self-respect and integrity: ''Shame is a terrible weight to carry through life''. Said by Senior Ricardo Montalban. He would know because he had none. 🌹

I appreciate you ❤

We live by the words we speak and here.

Your amazing. I'm like so guilty of "shoving the program down peoples throat," which turned out disasterous for me so now I see I was playing God. You make so much sense

Yes I'm very stubborn lol

If you go as a guest speaker to some of the classes you've been to and are talking about in order to inspire others conquering alcoholism, what will happen?

Happy birthday month!!!!! ❤❤❤ I love this topic- so good!

“Sometimes being of service is just not being an ass.” I agree! Well said! Sometimes it’s OK to give ourselves credit for simple things.

I’m very sorry for the loss of Tony Campolo. 😢 By making this video, you introduced his spirit and Red Letter Christians to me. I might not have heard of either of them without this video, and I needed to hear about them. My biggest difficulty with believing in a loving god is wondering “ why are so many religious people so judgmental and cold and cruel?” But whenever I hear about someone like you, it makes me wonder if maybe there is a loving God.

I’m back in 12 step rooms after many years away. Addiction kicked my a## again, I am at the bottom again, and my home meeting is my lifeline. I struggle with God in the same way you describe your struggle many years ago. I hope I can find it as you did. Thank you for this video!

10-16-24 is my sobriety day

But I've just recently begun to go back thru my 12 step process

I did go thru the 12 steps from Wally p back to basics book in late March 2013. I did a 5th step with my sponsor at the time who told me not to reconnect with my GF because she was still using so of course I fired him and went back to her. Abd of course just like he said in 2016 I did relapse