There is something to be said about finding comfort in oneself.
We are regularly stripped of our outward belongings, whether that means family or personal possessions. Regardless of what we lose, the tools we have to seek happiness are inside of us. It is up to us to use this.
Alright, enough of all the sappy bullshit.
I can only force myself to get like that for so long till my fingers start withering and lose interest. Granted, I do believe what I said, I don't find it necessary to keep harping on it. I got what got and I take it day by day. Nothing in this world is going to change the way things go, all I can do is control myself.
I've been on this weird 90s house music tip right now. I just want to fucking dance.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Dharma Bum
Tonight was the first night I got out to a meeting.
For the past few days I have been doubting myself and my reasoning for moving here, but tonight I felt a huge relief. In the company of addicts I felt welcome and a connection to the outside world. My problems felt insignificant compared to those around me. I need my ego battered from time to time to keep me grounded and I sometimes forget about the progress I have made in lieu of the mental battles I am facing now.
Today was a good day.
For the past few days I have been doubting myself and my reasoning for moving here, but tonight I felt a huge relief. In the company of addicts I felt welcome and a connection to the outside world. My problems felt insignificant compared to those around me. I need my ego battered from time to time to keep me grounded and I sometimes forget about the progress I have made in lieu of the mental battles I am facing now.
Today was a good day.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Lonesome Traveler
We all pay the price inevitably ... with interest.
I can't begin to describe the internal battles that went through my head today. I went from complete blackness, racing anxiety concerning my future and if I would be able to make my amends to the people I have hurt.
Without being over dramatic, I did my best to relinquish control to something else. What this something else was, I don't know. I have been trying to convince myself that I need to give up my desire to fill the voids that people and things once left.
I don't know if I made any head way, but I know I will be able to sleep tonight. One day at a time.
Oh yeah, fuck NJ. I got ticket by the Gestapo and paid $9 for a pack of cigarettes.
I can't begin to describe the internal battles that went through my head today. I went from complete blackness, racing anxiety concerning my future and if I would be able to make my amends to the people I have hurt.
Without being over dramatic, I did my best to relinquish control to something else. What this something else was, I don't know. I have been trying to convince myself that I need to give up my desire to fill the voids that people and things once left.
I don't know if I made any head way, but I know I will be able to sleep tonight. One day at a time.
Oh yeah, fuck NJ. I got ticket by the Gestapo and paid $9 for a pack of cigarettes.
Monday, February 7, 2011
New Day
Sobriety has got to one of the most wretched, disgusting, heinous feelings ever bestowed on a human being.
'Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water'
Boredom. Loneliness. Incessant questions from friends and family questioning whether or not I am sober.
No sunshine. No dancing bears with unicorns on top of chocolate fountains. No smiles. No laughs. Just you. You and your thoughts.
People compare addiction to being the jail bars that holds an addict in place. What does that make sobriety?
I asked myself this tonight. I constantly go make and forth on questioning myself a fundamental question -- is sobriety for me? Do I even need to have answer? What the fuck am I doing [more importantly -- have been doing] with my life?
What I want most, I cannot get. That's life. When I got myself into sobriety, I realized really quick that chances are I'm never going to get an answer. The only thing I can do is trudge on, and accept peace of mind can only be achieved by seeking it. Sobriety is my window to the world. With it, I can choose to make the right decisions for myself, something I found impossible to do while using.
I need to get to a meeting. Fucking GPS conked off on me on my way to NA and couldn't find the church it was being held in.
'Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water'
Boredom. Loneliness. Incessant questions from friends and family questioning whether or not I am sober.
No sunshine. No dancing bears with unicorns on top of chocolate fountains. No smiles. No laughs. Just you. You and your thoughts.
People compare addiction to being the jail bars that holds an addict in place. What does that make sobriety?
I asked myself this tonight. I constantly go make and forth on questioning myself a fundamental question -- is sobriety for me? Do I even need to have answer? What the fuck am I doing [more importantly -- have been doing] with my life?
What I want most, I cannot get. That's life. When I got myself into sobriety, I realized really quick that chances are I'm never going to get an answer. The only thing I can do is trudge on, and accept peace of mind can only be achieved by seeking it. Sobriety is my window to the world. With it, I can choose to make the right decisions for myself, something I found impossible to do while using.
I need to get to a meeting. Fucking GPS conked off on me on my way to NA and couldn't find the church it was being held in.
Friday, November 20, 2009
Day 1523...
...Of graduating college and being completely devoid of all purpose.
Granted the state of the economy has hindered my job search up north and I am waiting on something back from graduate school, I tend to get very pessimistic very fast.
Maybe I've had my expectations too high for myself.
Granted the state of the economy has hindered my job search up north and I am waiting on something back from graduate school, I tend to get very pessimistic very fast.
Maybe I've had my expectations too high for myself.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
I am Legend
I guess it was a good movie. I'm not terribly into the intense movies anymore, but at least the ending was pleasant as opposed to most zombie movies that end with terribly depressing endings. That's all.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Narmada Dam Project
I just watched this video (http://www.globalonenessproject.org/video/Medha-Patkar/1) on the Narmada River Dam.
For those of you who don't know, dam projects have been viewed with much pride in India beginning with Jawaharlal Nehru in the 50s. It was believed these dams could be used to power the newly born India into a super power status.
In the past 20 years India has become the largest recepient of funds from the World Bank, much of it for these dam projects.
Specifically Gujarat has a serious water shortage problem. However this dam will not be a solution. A simple wikipedia search will yield the impact of hydroelectricity, so I will not go into that. The impact on people will be huge: farmers who depend on the water and the nutrients in the water, those who live downstream, people who live along the canal system. Up to 200000 will be displaced, this number does not include the number of people whos livelyhood will be affected (http://www.irn.org/wcd/narmada.shtml).
Cui bono? World Bank, international contractors (who are all out of their dam building jobs in their own country so they go to the developing world), Indian contractors, and Indian politicians.
The solution will not be simple, however this does not seem like the right way to go. Personally, in my humble opinion, if there is a place in the world where sustainable energy can be used effectively, it is India.
See:
http://www.narmada.org/
http://www.irn.org/programs/india/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narmada_Bachao_Andolan
Video:
http://www.globalonenessproject.org/video/Medha-Patkar/1
PEACE
For those of you who don't know, dam projects have been viewed with much pride in India beginning with Jawaharlal Nehru in the 50s. It was believed these dams could be used to power the newly born India into a super power status.
In the past 20 years India has become the largest recepient of funds from the World Bank, much of it for these dam projects.
Specifically Gujarat has a serious water shortage problem. However this dam will not be a solution. A simple wikipedia search will yield the impact of hydroelectricity, so I will not go into that. The impact on people will be huge: farmers who depend on the water and the nutrients in the water, those who live downstream, people who live along the canal system. Up to 200000 will be displaced, this number does not include the number of people whos livelyhood will be affected (http://www.irn.org/wcd/narmada.shtml).
Cui bono? World Bank, international contractors (who are all out of their dam building jobs in their own country so they go to the developing world), Indian contractors, and Indian politicians.
The solution will not be simple, however this does not seem like the right way to go. Personally, in my humble opinion, if there is a place in the world where sustainable energy can be used effectively, it is India.
See:
http://www.narmada.org/
http://www.irn.org/programs/india/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narmada_Bachao_Andolan
Video:
http://www.globalonenessproject.org/video/Medha-Patkar/1
PEACE
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