PhilosophicallySober
@PhilosophSober
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Recovering alcoholic; sober since 11/15/16. Blogger, adventurer of the great outdoors, hiker, dad, husband. Friend of all in recovery.
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I created because it's something I would have liked to read along my journey of
#sobriety
. Come visit,
#recoveryposse
There's no charge. No membership. Just my attempt to curate some philosophical wisdom and apply it to being
#sober
.
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There's no room in my life for alcohol anymore. I've filled that space with good stuff.
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90 months sober today. At 90 days, I thought I had it all figured out. At 90 months, I know I'll be learning for as long as the universe will have me. Thank you for the fellowship,
#recoveryposse
.
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Sobriety was more to me than giving up booze. I gave up negativity. I gave up resentments. I gave up gossip. I gave up dishonesty. Once the booze was gone, there was a lot of work left to do. The work continues, but it's joyful,
#recoveryposse
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She's a rescue. I adopted her 17 years ago, but her run will end today. At my low, taking care of her was the only thing I was doing that made me feel I had any purpose at all on this earth. I later built a family around her, and we will always love her. Go get your wings,
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In
#sobriety
, I have become a man she can look to for guidance.
#recoveryposse
, this is one of the countless rewards of recovery from alcoholism.
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@LMaccomber
Take what knowledge you can from the slip and start again with renewed purpose. Those were still six sober months. They count. You can do it.
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I need her to grow up with a sober dad. She needs to know this is possible.
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Once I got sober, I started looking for new hobbies and activities that would be fun and fulfilling. Of those, kayaking is near the top. It's peaceful, fun, and good exercise.
It's easy to learn, and you can probably find rentals at a local park/marina. Highly suggest.
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I woke up with 1k followers! Crazy. I've interacted with a lot of you regarding you sobriety and want to continue that. I will keep up the blog too and have set up a youtube channel recently. No content there yet, but I'm thinking. Stay sober, y'all!
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Did you ever sit down somewhere and think you'd be fine to stay there forever? I used to feel that way at a barstool. Now, it's generally near a stream, mountain, or forest. Sobriety has many benefits, including better views.
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A level of serenity I could never have achieved while active in my addiction. I am free to do what I want to do, and sometimes, that's to do nothing at all.
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Normal drinking is so foreign to me. A guy a table over at dinner tonight had a beer. His wife had a glass of wine. He ordered a second beer, drank half of it, and left after he paid the check. I could never, ever do that. It's inconceivable to me a person even would.
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I was saved by people the world had once given up on. I owe everything to addicts who chose sobriety.
#recoveryposse
, I promise to pay it forward.
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Let's see if we can get the
#recoveryposse
to give you the love you deserve for five years of sobriety. Congrats!!!
I'M NOW 5 YEARS SOBER! ♥️ I let alcohol break me down into nothing & completely destroy me as a person, I threw my entire life away for it. NOT ANYMORE! Today I choose to fight! & I'll continue to fight till the day I die. 📷
#sober
#soberlife
#addiction
#recovery
#peace
#love
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My boy and I at our spot. No cooler full of beer. No corruption of this perfection by substances. Just he and I trying to catch one more before heading home.
#recoveryposse
#sobriety
#odaat
#soberdad
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I hope you are amazed at your life in sobriety,
#recoveryposse
. These two give me a ton of inspiration to do the work of recovery and live as an example of joyful recovery from alcoholism.
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I hope waking up sober has the
#recoveryposse
feeling on top of the world today.
(this is actually a sunset, but just go with it)
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Right around now is when I'll have more time sober than drunk in the time since I met my wife. It's very surprising to me to realize that the Ryan in recovery is now the majority experience. Want to keep it that way because this is working out much better.
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This feed is about sobriety. But also nature. Sometimes books. Also, occasionally, dogs. Who doesn't like dogs?
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Getting sober gives you the gifts of time and opportunity. What you do with those gifts is where the true wonder of recovery can lead.
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Going through life drunk is like playing a video game on hard mode: Less health, fewer resources, and more difficult enemies. Life is hard enough. Live it sober.
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You'll generally get more proficient at anything you do daily.
I was great at finding ways and excuses to drink. Every single day.
Now, I put that same energy into things that improve my life. Reading/writing, exercise, rest, hobbies, time with family, etc. It's much better.
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Beauty through the lens of a guy who once couldn't see it.
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My best Halloween effort ever. The kids flipped when they realized I shaved my head to make it work. But, I'm a clown at heart and I love The Office. My next blog post is based on an Office quote. Should post today. I hope you'll check it out at
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We lost my FIL 7 years ago today. My kids were too young to know him well, but they know he loved fishing. So we go on the ann'y of his death every year. He taught my kids to fish, so when they do it, he's alive, in a way. That's legacy. He tried to teach me too. 😎
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I have been much less cautious with my anonymity lately. I think it springs from comfort in my recovery and that the life I lived is in the increasingly distant past.
#Sobriety
has given me freedom in that way.
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This was about 9 months into my sobriety, 7 years ago. Believe me when I tell you I have had a blessed life, regardless of the struggles along the way.
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"What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself." --Seneca
#recoveryposse
, continue to be a friend to yourself. Recognize your progress, meditate on where your recovery could be improved, and never stop growing.
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I walked this trail for 6.5 miles and got 150 new followers. They were ticks, unfortunately. 🥵
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Every 3 minutes in the U.S., someone dies as a result of alcohol.
500 a day.
The cost of alcohol addiction is unbearable.
#RecoveryPosse
#sobriety
#sober
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Time to go home. Thanks for letting me share the highlight reel.
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Good morning
#recoveryposse
! Let's make the most of today. Respond to negative situations with positive action.
I'll be here tonight fishing in honor of my father in law's heavenly birthday. He always sends a few our way.
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Working the steps...all 2,744 of them at the Manitou incline. This was a couple years back, and trudging up that monstrosity, I was aware I'd have not attempted it in active addiction. Felt good to get to the top,
#recoveryposse
. My body has healed a lot in the last 7.5 years.
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Today is
#NationalSoberDay
and I want to give much love to my sober brothers and sisters. For anyone who is considering a life of sobriety, I hope you will ask for any help you need, as a life in recovery is joyful and worth the work.
All my love and support to you.
--Ryan
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Don't let the limitations of your addiction persist into your sobriety. It's a new life. You're free to build the life you want.
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It's somehow already been a month without her. 17 years together and now a month without. It's manageable, but I don't want to lose the grief entirely.
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"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom" --Viktor Frankl
No one and nothing can make you relapse,
#recoveryposse
. You decide how you will react to people and situations.
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Spent the weekend around a lot of drinking and folks smoking weed on the river. It's all good, no temptation, but I'll tell you those folks don't look nearly as cool as they think they do.
Glad there's no instant replay of the times I thought I was that awesome while bombed.
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"The more we value things outside our control, the less control we have." --Epictetus
Do you agree,
#RecoveryPosse
? Stoicism is the Serenity Prayer in action.
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"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive – to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” – Marcus Aurelius.
Make time for a little fun out there today, folks. Let life in.
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Alaska so far has not disappointed. Have been blessed by good weather and show-off wildlife.
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Had an unfortunate accident lately and I'm looking at a few grand out of pocket. It's cool, though, hear me out:
1. I set a bit aside automatically every month. It goes into an account I think of as the "sh*t happens" fund.
2. This will wipe out 6 months of deposits, but
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"A man is what he thinks about all day long." --Ralph Waldo Emerson
I'll think about how to be of maximum service to my sobriety friends, then.
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"We are never tired, so long as we can see far enough." --Ralph Waldo Emerson
I'm lacing up the hiking boots soon
#recoveryposse
and I'm going to renew my faith that I am meant to see the world in its splendor, rather than sequester myself away drinking to oblivion.
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@Sober_lifestyl
Nobody ever got anywhere without a Day 1. It's brave to put oneself out there in early sobriety. I wish her much luck and success.
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I had no appreciation for this stuff when I was active in my addiction. I could have sat here for hours,
#RecoveryPosse
. It was so peaceful. What have you learned to appreciate in
#sobriety
?
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Once you weed the garden, it's up to you what gets planted.
Sobriety is the same. Cultivate the life you want.
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An ode to the dog who steals your spot as soon as you get up and falls fast asleep. This is the furniture version of Gone in 60 Seconds.
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"In the woods is perpetual youth." Ralph Waldo Emerson. Hiking is one of the best things I picked up when I put down the booze,
#recoveryposse
. Find things you love to do and fill your life with them for joyful
#sobriety
.
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Someday, he will ask me to take him fishing and it will be the last time he asks. I remind myself of that before I answer.
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"What I must do is all that concerns me, and not what the people think." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is nice to receive praise for the work we do to achieve sobriety, but the praise is not essential. The work must go on, even if no one else notices.
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My bucket list had some pretty random items on it, and this was one of them. Happy Friday,
#recoveryposse
, I hope you enjoy a beautiful and sober weekend.
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Never thought I could travel sober, but found my enjoyment of new places to be more immersive when I wasn't worried about how and where I was going to get loaded. This was Iceland 3 years into
#sobriety
and I was enchanted,
#recoveryposse
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First balloon day on X. I thought I'd be too cool to share it, but I'm not.
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@FindingStephen
Don't worry about every day of the rest of your life. Just stay sober today. You can do it.
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Hiking was just not something I was into while I was in active addiction. Once I untethered from the bottle, I became free to enjoy what Nature had in store for me.
#recoveryposse
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@FindingStephen
I'm glad you will be getting some more hands-on help. Find a sponsor right away if you can. Take care!
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Strongly recommend my sober friends get a library card if they don't have one. Some reasons:
1. Early sobriety can feel a little dull. There are lots of resources there. Books, obviously, but also video games, movies, newspapers, magazines, etc.
2. Library apps are
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Holding a tiny hunk of what was an iceberg and before that, a glacier. So much change in nature. Some is very gradual, and some is frighteningly abrupt. We live on an absolute miracle of a planet,
#recoveryposse
. Go experience it
#sober
.
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Even on a Monday morning, this is worth keeping in mind. Let's put up another sober 24,
#recoveryposse
.
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Most of the pieces in my life, the big ones anyway, are the same today as when I first got sober. Same wife, same kids, same job, and same house. Why am I so much happier now? Because I am not suffering from active addiction. I can appreciate the life I had so imperiled.
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Take care of yourselves today,
#recoveryposse
. The progress you want in sobriety is happening. Sometimes, the change is so gradual, you don't notice it until you react to a situation in a totally new and reasonable way. Then it will occur to you the work is yielding benefits.
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My son and I got out to our spot tonight. The crappie and bass were biting, but our friends had most of the luck. Oh well, perfect night all the same.
#sobersaturdaynight
#recoveryposse
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Third night out here this week. Just another
#sobersaturday
fishing with my best friend and my son. Hope you had a good one,
#recoveryposse
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@Hollyfulicious
It doesn't have to be. I've met great people in support groups, sober activities, and through experiencing sobriety with folks on this app and others.
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I'm going hiking again soon. This next one will be much more challenging than my family has done before. Lots of miles, lots of weight, and lots of question marks about the weather and condition of the trail. We will be careful, as always, and I'll be sharing what I can.
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For some people, it's beaches, but for me, a rushing mountain stream is where I could stay all day to just think, read, and enjoy. I have a hiking trip coming up, and I'm excited to share what catches my eye with the
#recoveryposse
.
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Hiking up sand dunes is tough. Your feet sink as you go, so it's two steps forward and one step back the whole way.
#Sobriety
can be like that too, but in both cases,
#recoveryposse
, the answer is to keep going!
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I have typed and deleted three different responses to an email this morning. This is generally my cue to not respond at all, or at least give it some more time.
Sobriety for me requires this type of restraint because the old me plunged into drama and then drank at it.
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Slaughter Ridge Trail somewhere between Seward and Anchorage.
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Getting
#sober
was scary at first, but there were others to light the way and guide me. Kind of like when my wife convinced me it would be cool to kayak through an abandoned, flooded mine. 🤪 In
#sobriety
,
#recoveryposse
, I know I can face new challenges.
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"Every rational creature has all nature for his dowry and estate. It is his, if he will." --Ralph Waldo Emerson
This is one of those fairy tale looking places I stopped at in the Great Smoky Mountains.
#recoveryposse
, I believe addiction prevents us from appreciating nature.
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This week will be the end of coaching my son's baseball team. It's been 3 great seasons. Never expected to have the gig. Just ended up having to do it because there was no coach. I dived in and ended up loving it. Will definitely miss doing it, but the kids are moving on.
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Maybe running is like eating vegetables. You tend to hate it when someone's making you do it. Just went for a run. Third in the last week. I'm not a runner, but I went a bit further than last time and it felt pretty good. 4 miles.
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#sober
hiking is safer,
#recoveryposse
! Big love to my wife, who doesn't mind me slowing down our progress to play around a bit. This was in Arches NP.
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Your peace of mind is priceless. Bear that in mind before giving it away. For those of us in recovery, what fair exchange can be made for our serenity? Blog entry on this coming.
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@syl_the_strange
The sole criterion for you at this point is whether opening up on here helps you stay sober. Don't worry about your followers or engagement.
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Exercise is a way to make amends to my body. Sorry for everything I put you through, bud. Here's a different kind of pain. 😂
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I ran across this a few years back. It was left for anyone to see by who placed it, but it felt like it was just for me. With whatever time I have left,
#recoveryposse
, I choose sobriety.
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"Nature is made to conspire with spirit to emancipate us." Ralph Waldo Emerson
What will you do with the freedom of sobriety,
#recoveryposse
?
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This is a 7 year old photo. I noticed something while I was mowing the yard...a figure through the back window. My 3 year old daughter looking down and smiling at me. I was 6 months sober and had recently learned the importance of stopping to appreciate the good stuff.
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First pitch in a few minutes. Heck of a night for youth baseball.
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A guy at work thought my Alaska Goldpanners mascot Happy Boy was hitting a crack pipe and I'm a little less excited about my Kazoo Club Tee.
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I have to work today.
I have to exercise today.
I have to coach baseball today.
Substitute with:
I get to work today.
I get to exercise today.
I get to coach baseball today.
Same agenda, different attitude. Gratitude unlocks happiness.
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I'm taking my dad to a baseball game today. Good chance it's our last. Great weather today and the hometown team is in contention. Bittersweet that our time is so limited, but I'll focus on the sweet.
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44 years ago today, my dad held his newborn son not far from my mom's first post-natal heater.
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I'm working my program whenever I put an obligation before a desire. Tonight, that meant doing dishes when I'd rather plop my butt down and read. I have an instinct to half-ass things and cut corners. That does not work with sobriety,
#recoveryposse
.
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I don't cut and run when things get tough, but I also don't sacrifice my well-being for relationships and situations that are no longer healthy for me. There's a balance there,
#recoveryposse
. I'm trying my best to maintain it.
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Heck of a message in the book I am currently reading. Perhaps
#recoveryposse
will take it to heart.
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In the throes of my active addiction, I thought the world was against me. I now realize how fortunate I was to have made it through. I can't imagine all the close scrapes I survived and the grace and forgiveness I was shown but didn't recognize. I am so grateful.
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One thing recovery has given me is the drive to do the damn work, whether that be job, home, exercise, or whatever. I was a procrastinator and a shortcut taker. Sobriety drove those traits out. I don't want to work out right now, but I'm going to.
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