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Important To Remember, Easy To Forget

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Important To Remember, Easy To Forget

OMG I needed to read this today.

"Right now you might be in a situation that you think you won't survive but six months ago you were in a situation that you didn't think you'd survive and two years before that you were in a situation you didn't think you'd survive and the point is you will always surprise yourself and you will always make it through."

– Unknown

#sobriety

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A dude who thinks, bakes, writes, learns, and teaches. And I make a LOT of sourdough.
Shawn Van Daele / SJ Van Dee

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Mastering the Day (one step at a time)

"You're not going to master the rest of your life in one day. Just relax. Master the day. Then just keep doing that every day."

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Mastering the Day (one step at a time)
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Connection

I struggle to connect with so many people and things. Alcohol is the one thing that is always ready, willing and waiting for me. Ready to numb all my connectors so I don't have to think and I don't have to care. And music. Music is always there to try and bring me back to life, or to help me lose myself even more...

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Connection
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Message In A Bottle

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Message In A Bottle
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The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (And a little Buddha, too)

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The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (And a little Buddha, too)
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Learning To Laugh At It All

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Learning To Laugh At It All