PJ fans in 12 step Recovery

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  • i shit and i stink
    i shit and i stink Posts: 1,122
    mickeyrat wrote:
    Alrighty then. Here I find myself with some time to post here.Am in the truck at a truck stop with some time to kill before heading to my next pick up.

    Friday was my first day solo. After meeting with my "dispatcher" and finding out whats expected of me , I got the keys to my temp truck. Waited for a load assignment. As I waited fear and doubt set in. "What am I doing? I'm not cut out for this!!" Quick little prayer to HP cured that right quick.

    Now I'm starting day 5 and much more relaxed about what my job is. Let me tell you, its far more than just holding a steering wheel. I haven't even begun to learn about it. I know just enough to deliver the freight.

    Thus far , I've not had a radio/cb or any type of mind distraction. Just cant afford it yet. BUT , I'm finding a quiet peaceful mind. You know how we can get when we have time on our hands.


    Hi Mickey, Great to hear that you made it through that first day and are on the road. Thinking of you out there. :)
    Well, I'm off for the next trip.

    IF ANY of you that stop by want to PM me, whether you want to quit drinking or not, it would be most welcome.

    Peace from the road.
    we're all going to the same place...
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,550
    starmap3333 wrote:
    mickeyrat wrote:
    A safe, sober Happy New Year to my fellows!!!!

    Here I sit in a Best Western hotel in the middle of road training for my new career as Professional Truck Driver. Realizing a lifelong desire to drive for a living. This would not have been possible WITHOUT Alcoholics Anonymous and the 12 steps in my life. I have seen a sober new year since 2006. Each one better than the last. This one is a little bit more special, but bittersweet as I'll not be with the woman I love for the anniversary of our first kiss.

    Anyhoo, be safe and watch out fopr all the amateurs out there tonight!!! :mrgreen:

    that's awesome you got ahold of yourself before you got dwi convictions... at least you can still drive a truck. all i can do is wait on truckers which is exactly what I do. lol.
    No I didnt "get ahold of myself" Have one on my record. Funny thing though, once you stop drinking and driving , you usually stop getting DWI's.
    Do you work in S/R?
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  • i shit and i stink
    i shit and i stink Posts: 1,122
    Hi All,

    So, my membership is gonna expire as day now and, unless I have a late minute change of heart, I'll be saying goodbye to you all for the time being at least.

    I know it has been quiet on this thread for a while but I can tell you that it has a place in my heart that is all of its own, as without reading this thread I'd not be 2.5 years sober now and I don't feel like I'd have got to the rooms without it. I just wanna say thanks for that and wish you all much love.

    T
    we're all going to the same place...
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,550
    wow. 2 months since I have posted in here.

    well, trucking is going well enough, although I am looking at other companies that do different hauling. pays better and the pay hourly wages for working not driving aspects of this job. Current company only pays for driving. Heres hoping i get a phone call.

    I am at present 11 days from having 6 years sobriety. It appears like I will be on the road when my sobriety date comes up. Which ,I suppose, is fitting since without AA and the steps , I seriously doubt I would be doing what I am for a living right now.

    GF is doing as well as she can with me being gone. even going as far as suggesting I stay out another day or two so I can make better miles. I dont know if that will work, I've been working real close to my allowed 70 hrs in a 7 day period anyway.
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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    mickeyrat wrote:
    wow. 2 months since I have posted in here.

    well, trucking is going well enough, although I am looking at other companies that do different hauling. pays better and the pay hourly wages for working not driving aspects of this job. Current company only pays for driving. Heres hoping i get a phone call.

    I am at present 11 days from having 6 years sobriety. It appears like I will be on the road when my sobriety date comes up. Which ,I suppose, is fitting since without AA and the steps , I seriously doubt I would be doing what I am for a living right now.

    GF is doing as well as she can with me being gone. even going as far as suggesting I stay out another day or two so I can make better miles. I dont know if that will work, I've been working real close to my allowed 70 hrs in a 7 day period anyway.


    Congrats on the 6 years bud! 8-) :thumbup: :clap: I hope you get the call! :mrgreen:
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,550
    sober continuesly for 6 years today. As fate would have it, the load i have brought me back home as it doesnt deliver til 11 this morning. truck FULL of empty Mountain Dew cans.
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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • conman
    conman Posts: 7,493
    mickeyrat wrote:
    sober continuesly for 6 years today. As fate would have it, the load i have brought me back home as it doesnt deliver til 11 this morning. truck FULL of empty Mountain Dew cans.
    congrats!
  • dr0ptheleash
    dr0ptheleash Posts: 1,264
    mickeyrat wrote:
    sober continuesly for 6 years today. As fate would have it, the load i have brought me back home as it doesnt deliver til 11 this morning. truck FULL of empty Mountain Dew cans.

    That's awesome. Quite the Achievement!!!! Congratulations :clap:
  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    Congratulations on your sobriety, it is a wonderful achievement.
    Don't come closer or I'll have to go
  • oona left
    oona left Posts: 1,677
    mickeyrat wrote:
    sober continuesly for 6 years today. As fate would have it, the load i have brought me back home as it doesnt deliver til 11 this morning. truck FULL of empty Mountain Dew cans.

    Congratulations!! That's awesome.
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    bumping this thread..

    would love to hear from folks new to sobriety..

    or thinking about a sober life..

    I caught Ed's presents in 2006 and 2008 JUST because I got sober and "had enough"..
    normally I would be in the prking lot or bar drinking up until show time..
    missed all of Ed's surpise pre-sets before 10/1/2005 (the day I had enough)

    Do I believe in a higher power?

    5/24/2006 Ed plays "Porch" acoustic to about 250 people in a 3/4 empty Boston Garden and then stays on to sing
    "It makes no difference" (by THE BAND) with My Morning Jacket.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYXi6MTw ... el&list=UL



    6/28/08 ***ONLY pre-set of entire 2008 US Tour.. Ed comes out in Mansfield. Ma, feigns throat trouble and then proceeds to belt out "Throw Your Arms Around Me" to stunned crowd at Great Woods.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1m-GBKFqZ4

    6/30/08 Front row in front of Mikey (Thanks 10C and Kap) .. Our Fellow Sober brother signs his setlist and hands it to me!!!!

    Higher power indeed!

    Sober is better
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    Bumping to page one..

    Had enough??
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford
  • locked
    locked Boston Posts: 4,048
    page one..
    anyone?

    Heard a good one today..

    Break down the word GROUP.. and you have :D

    Gro(w) Up!
    "This here's a REQUEST!"
    EV intro to Chloe Dancer / Crown of Thorns
    10/25/13 Hartford
  • parintachin73
    parintachin73 Posts: 742
    I'm really glad to see this thread still kicking around. In the time since I last posted on this thread I went out again and have since been sober again for about 9 months. You hear it said in the rooms and at treatment facilities, but I will gladly testify, there is nothing good out there waiting for anybody. That is, drugs and drinking are still offering the same fucked up shit with the same rotten consequences. So, I just wanted to say to everyone, keep doing the next right thing and stay strong. There is a better way.
    Peace.
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,550
    parintachin73 wrote:
    I'm really glad to see this thread still kicking around. In the time since I last posted on this thread I went out again and have since been sober again for about 9 months. You hear it said in the rooms and at treatment facilities, but I will gladly testify, there is nothing good out there waiting for anybody. That is, drugs and drinking are still offering the same fucked up shit with the same rotten consequences. So, I just wanted to say to everyone, keep doing the next right thing and stay strong. There is a better way.
    Peace.
    Good to see you back. Curious though. Is there anything different this time around?
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    Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
    you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
    memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
  • oona left
    oona left Posts: 1,677
    It's funny. Every time I think to hunt this thread down because I haven't seen it in a while, it's on the first page the next time I look.

    It's nice to see some activity again.

    Welcome back. A genuine 'thank you' for the reminder. As often as we hear about how such experiences turn out for others, my mind will still try to imagine a different outcome for me.
  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    haven't gone to a meeting in forever. back to the same old crap. weening right now. probably should go tomorrow
  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    new summer plan. use money saved from not drinking to go to deluna for my first ever sober pj show.

    i almost could count columbia as sober pj because they ran out of plastic cups after kings of leon and i was still waiting in line when i heard can't keep start so i bolted....but technically i had a few beers that day. and possibly a weed cookie
  • davidtrios
    davidtrios Posts: 9,732
    i should be :oops:
  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    went to my first meeting in 2 years yesterday. felt weird probably cause of anxiety. cold turkey sucks. it was a speaker meeting. really related to the guy. calmed me down a bit. guess thats the point

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