Day Two of Sobriety Journey

 Day Two of Sobriety Journey

I had a long night of many troublesome dreams. In one I was hunting lions, and fishing for chub in Lake Erie. Then I was working at an underground laboratory machining microscope slides out of copper, and was covered in copper dust. Then in the last dream, weed dealers kept calling me on the phone and trying to get me to buy pot. Like I said, it was trouble all night long.

I weighed myself this morning. Was right down to 193 pounds. That was in my PJs though, so it might have been a pound high. My ears are seemingly unstopped this morning, and the tinnitis is abating. The sun is just beaming this morning, and I have a plan to avoid alcohol at all costs today.

Despite the troubling dreams, I had a restful sleep and didn't even wake up in the middle of the night as I sometimes do. I had another dream where I was riding my mountain bike, but I am going to stay in my own back yard with that thing from now on. The traffic on the roads is just too hairy for me to dice with death. I am done tempting fate. And beer, the thought is making me sick.

I am not going to live in the past and wallow in regret. I am not going to follow some dopey 12 step program either, and try to apologize to everyone I've hurt along the way. If I hurt anybody, they probably deserved it, or at least triggered me. I am also not going to admit that I am powerless over a destructive drug like ethanol. That is just cowardice but then, I am a proud old man, and if I have to change my ways, I will.

I think I am going to roast some chicken leg quarters for dinner today and sweet potatoes wrapped in foil. It's good that my weight is moving in the right direction, but I am still obese. That is going to change. Right now it is early morning, and I have a new day to record as the day unwinds. Dreams are behind me, and I am moving on with my life.

It is Saturday, 6/28/2025, 7:33 AM.