{"id":3875,"date":"2019-09-18T08:49:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T15:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/?p=3875"},"modified":"2019-09-18T20:12:12","modified_gmt":"2019-09-19T03:12:12","slug":"sep-18-2019-38-years-sober","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2019\/09\/18\/sep-18-2019-38-years-sober\/","title":{"rendered":"Sep 18 2019 38 years Sober"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I think I&#8217;ve improved in a lot of ways because of being able to stay clean and sober.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rob Halford<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>September 18 1981: I went to meet with a man from a 12 step program. He said words that forever changed my life.<\/p>\n<p>He asked &#8221; what caused all the problems I am having right now?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Without thinking about it I answered &#8220;Drinking did&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I have been sober since that moment. I can&#8217;t say my life got wonderful after that, or that I didn&#8217;t have any more problems.\u00a0 I had plenty, maybe more than my share. I did get to face those things without alcohol.<br \/>\nI can&#8217;t say I was without drugs during that time. Illegal drugs&#8217; no. Drug doctors gave me after the multiple car accidents yes, Morphine, tramadol, Demerol, and host of others but the second I left the hospital I stopped those.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks Bill<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/09\/71157c5328475d8d777b6e357bbb7f64.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3878\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2019\/09\/18\/sep-18-2019-38-years-sober\/71157c5328475d8d777b6e357bbb7f64\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/09\/71157c5328475d8d777b6e357bbb7f64.png\" data-orig-size=\"500,364\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"71157c5328475d8d777b6e357bbb7f64\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/09\/71157c5328475d8d777b6e357bbb7f64-300x218.png\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/09\/71157c5328475d8d777b6e357bbb7f64.png\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3878 size-medium\" style=\"border: 4px solid #000000;\" src=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/09\/71157c5328475d8d777b6e357bbb7f64-300x218.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/09\/71157c5328475d8d777b6e357bbb7f64-300x218.png 300w, http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/09\/71157c5328475d8d777b6e357bbb7f64.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-responsive-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rY2M1-88KSI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"youtube-responsive-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2zNSgSzhBfM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>What I didn&#8217;t mention earlier I woke with a severe headache, possibly a small stroke. The only reason I mention it here is in case something does happen.<\/p>\n<p>I felt the pulse in my temple and it was strange, it would beat once then pause, beat two more times then pause, and then beat four times then long pause. I am no doctor but it seems that something was interrupting the blood flow. Pulse on my wrist normal. Pulse on my right temple not so normal.<br \/>\nWill I do something about it today probably not. I will mention to a doctor next time I want to waste my day sitting in the ER.<\/p>\n<p>The fun stuff started my new compressor for the first time and filled my big tank, the big tank held but the new safety valve didn&#8217;t it leaks. I have one ready in my Amazon shopping cart.<a href=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/09\/20190918_125912.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3894\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/2019\/09\/18\/sep-18-2019-38-years-sober\/20190918_125912\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/09\/20190918_125912.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"5312,2988\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-G870W&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1568811552&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;40&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0032467532467532&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20190918_125912\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/09\/20190918_125912-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/09\/20190918_125912-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-3894 size-thumbnail alignright\" style=\"border: 4px solid #000000;\" src=\"http:\/\/rodbinder.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/09\/20190918_125912-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nI filled the two tires on the donor truck. I will wait till tomorrow to see if they hold air.<\/p>\n<p>If they do I will try to get my garage doors open. The ones I sealed with foam, I anticipate have to cut through the foam with a Sawzall, to get them open. Then comes the fun part towing the thing outside and try to move it over so it is not in the way for snow removal.<\/p>\n<p>Oh just had a bad thought, the snowblower will throw rocks from the driveway right through the windows. I will have to see if I want to move the truck up the hill for the winter. If I do that there will not be any way to bring it down again until May. More decisions<\/p>\n<p>Last thing I heard something somewhere that made me belly laugh. Maybe you won&#8217;t find it funny but I did.<\/p>\n<h4><em><strong>Why would an alien visiting Earth leave his lights on?<\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I think I&#8217;ve improved in a lot of ways because of being able to stay clean and sober.&#8221; Rob Halford &nbsp; September 18 1981: I went to meet with a man from a 12 step program. He said words that forever changed my life. 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