Germaine notes and shares

 I want to share how much easier and better it is handling difficult situations whilst being AF. BTW AF is A lcohol F ree. I've been a bit quiet as shit was hitting the fan for me last week and I'm still getting into the routine of journaling...  Looking back I still can't believe last week, but I'm fine, I'm truly doing OK, I'm calm and kinda grounded too.  These are amazing new feelings and states of mind I have not experienced for a very long time. [My alcohol history: happy daily drinker all my adult life, everyone around me drinks, never saw any issues with it, and was pretty good at holding my drink too.  Happy drinking till drinking was the only happy thing in my life.  So my alcohol free days were at 0% up to November last year.  Then I tried to cut down, which was horrible.  Alcohol was on my mind all the time and not drinking it was very hard.  My alcohol free percentage probably reached 20% between December 2023 to March 2024. ...

So my intention was to journal most days in the week right?  Well there has been about 3 weeks of inactivity here so far.  Whilst, so much has happened in this very lifey life. (I'll update on that soon)  I'm not going to beat myself up about not journaling, I'm here now and that is a gain. Yay! So I will develop this further but essentially establishing a solid morning routine that does not require any thinking in the first 2-3 hours every morning is vital. Mine would (ideally) look something like: Wake at dawn - set smart alarm clock to wake me each morning at dawn no snooze permitted count 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, and get up out of bed  brush teeth /get dressed into walking/running gear - garments laid out the night before leave the house with both dogs / and dog treats (also prepared the night before) / and phone exercise for at least 1 hour in the early morning light that is meant to be so good for us synchronize breakfast time with kids [around 7:30] drive kids to schoo...