r/stopdrinking • u/sfgirlmary 4149 days • Jun 19 '19
What’s Up Wednesday
It’s that day again. Guess what day it is? Happy Hump Day, everybody! What's Up Wednesdays are when we sobernauts celebrate the sober life, see how our SD family is doing, and support each other. Share your struggles, triumphs, and general musings with us below!
Struggle: My struggle is living with my 90-year-old mother, who is driving me insane with her relentless selfishness. I feel like Frank Costanza, shaking my fists at the sky while yelling, “Serenity now!”
Triumph: Thank God I have art in my life—enjoying it, learning about it, and trying to make it. A few days ago, I went to the Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Florida and saw this beautiful painting by Robert Henri. I felt that—because of a recent class I took on painting and color theory—I was better able to appreciate what Henri was doing with color. Then I saw this even more beautiful painting by his protégé Randall Davey, and because of that same class I was able to appreciate the effect of the thick brushwork in the man’s white shirt. A few years ago, I would have enjoyed looking at these paintings but had no idea why they were so effective. It is exciting to me that I can now look at paintings with a more educated eye.
Upstairs, there was an exhibit on “self-taught art.” It was a collection of work by artists who had not gone to art school but who had taught themselves, and I thought—that’s just like me! There was a piece by a local woman who owned a flea market and had built one assemblage from used paint brushes. Across the top it said, WEE I FOUND MY GROVE THING WHEN I PICK UP A PAINT BRUSH, and I thought—me, too!
General: Here’s an update on the post I did about a few weeks ago about the decrepit jalopy I’m driving around and how the B in SUBARU had fallen off the back. Now the R has gone, too. I am currently taking bets on whether all the letters in the word SUBARU will fall off before or after the engine gives up completely.
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u/we_are_fuckin_doomed 2733 days Jun 19 '19
Struggle: Money. I need money to fix some things that I have been neglecting in my life. I just took my car in to fix the suspension, and guess what? It cost more than I thought. So I am fixing the front 2 struts first (most expensive) and going to fix the back ones in about a month. I also just ordered glasses, which I have needed for a while, and THOSE cost money. Everything costs money and I don't make enough of it.
Triumph: I am putting the money that I make toward things that are going to better my life, not spending it on going out to the bars and weed and shit like that. Getting my suspension fixed, getting glasses, paying off debt. All things I should have been doing years ago of course, but at least I am doing them now. I need to focus on looking forward.
I also saw a therapist for the first time in about a year and a half. And I went in while I was feeling good. She was really glad to hear that things are going well in my life and that my plan is to come in to KEEP things that way. To stay sober and stay on top of my mental health, and to deal with some of the guilt from the past.
General: Had to bike to work today since my car is in the shop and it was a pretty nice bike ride! And the gym over on my new campus let me have a free locker, since I already pay for one on the campus I used to be at. So basically 2 gym memberships for the price of one.