Saturday, November 29, 2014

That was Unexpected

As I sit here on day 42, exactly 6 weeks from the day I had my last drink, I am thinking about what has surprised me the most so far in this journey.

If you had told me 6 months ago that I would be blogging I would have never believed it.  I have never considered my self a writer and I would have thought of blogging as a chore.  Now as I wake up each morning I am immediately thinking about what I might want to write about.  Things I have learned, experiences I have had.  Those first days I felt like there was so much in my head that I needed to get it out.  Writing about some of my worst drinking experiences was a way to acknowledge them and I can look back to them when I need a reminder. 

Of course I got the idea to start a blog from reading other blogs.  The first blog I stumbled upon during my day 1 hungover internet search was Mrs. D's.  She was telling my story!  Then I found another blog and she was also telling my story.  I sat for hours and hours those first few days reading blog after blog.  My favorites are all listed here on my page and I continue to discover more and more. 

That brings me to possibly the most unexpected and exciting part.  All of these people are in all different parts of the world!  And they are just like me.  I guess living in the United States had led me to think the world revolves around us and honestly I had never given much thought to it and of course when I decided to get sober I had no idea what I would find.

I have to admit that geography is NOT my thing, never was.  I've actually pulled up a map more than once to see where some of these people are.  I find myself wondering about all of these places I've never been.  What's it like there, what time is it there?  Unfortunately, it seems that the prevalence of alcohol is the same everywhere...that's what brings us together!

7 comments:

  1. Hi. I have just discovered your blog. I too was inspired by Mrs D, I am a fellow new Zealander like her. she even commented on my blog the other day. I have printed it out. omg!!
    day 105 for me, the blogging community is fabulous
    hugs from nz
    Lisa
    www.thecword-compassion.com

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    1. Hi! Thank you for being here. Rachel Black is another one of my favorite bloggers and she said she'd seen my blog. I just about died! You are over the 100 day mark, that is great! I am going to check out your blog :)

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    2. Lisa I like your blog. I noticed that pissed = drunk for you guys. Here, pissed = mad.

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  2. Oh that's funny. I'm in Australia, I have travelled a bit including to the US so roughly know the time differences. Yep we are all the same. Sometimes reading these blogs makes you think someone is reading your mind and writing your exact thoughts. Congrats on day 42. I'm on day 41. Yay to all of us.

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    1. YAY for 6 weeks! I've added some new time zones to my iPhone...ha ha. It's so funny to me that it's a whole different day there sometimes. And it's summer now?

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  3. Yep it's officially summer as of today 1st dec. it's been hot for a while. No white Christmas here. It usually really hot. Here pissed also means drunk. Pissed off means mad. My step daughter has started saying pissed for mad and it always confuses me.

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