Addiction & Recovery

...I have had all kinds of surgeries and illnesses. I've been there and done that. You name it,
and I have had it or something similar....Here is the point....................................................
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I am alive and reasonably healthy is incredible...I can walk up the stairs of my townhouse, cook my
own meals, have enough money to pay for food and other stuff, I can drive a car which I own,
and can turn on the computer and see what is happening in the world and Democratic Underground.
I grew up in Chicago and finished college in 68, watched ..the original ..."Star Trek" on a black & white 10 inch TV after I went on my own into the world...

....The computers and the hand held talking phones (Beam Me Up Scotty)...were all science fiction..
Once I took a class on early use of computers when they took up a whole room...and the teacher said
that one day the computers would be small enough to hold in your hand and cheap enough for anyone
to buy and own, (It was the late 70s or early 80s)....I thought the teacher was totally nuts...

...What matters is this: I am alive and well enough to read the news on the computer, walk up and down the stairs of my home, can call my friends & family, and go out for a 20 minute walk outside with no trouble....I try to remind myself of that each and every day...Often I forget this lesson, and obsess about politics, money, the weather, the electric bill, am I going to buy a new computer or car and so on, and on, & on, & on......

....REPEAT.....I AM ALIVE AND REASONABLY HEALTHY. I CAN WALK UP & DOWN THE STAIRS IN MY HOME, CAN USE THE COMPUTER, CALL FRIENDS AND FAMILY..GO HERE AND THERE, AND GO OUTSIDE AND TAKE A 20 MINUTE WALK IN THE NEIGBORHOOD...