Comments on: Living with the Complicated Glass http://www.thebridgemaker.com/living-with-the-complicated-glass/ A blog about faith, inspiration and stories of personal change. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:05:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Alex Blackwell http://www.thebridgemaker.com/living-with-the-complicated-glass/comment-page-1/#comment-1449 Alex Blackwell Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:36:03 +0000 http://www.thenext45years.com/2008/07/living-with-the-complicated-glass.html#comment-1449 @Ben: You make a great point about our baggage from childhood. It can be difficult to leave it behind us; but when we do, we have the freedom to move forward and live the lives we have today. @Ben: You make a great point about our baggage from childhood. It can be difficult to leave it behind us; but when we do, we have the freedom to move forward and live the lives we have today.

]]> By: Ben http://www.thebridgemaker.com/living-with-the-complicated-glass/comment-page-1/#comment-1446 Ben Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:52:13 +0000 http://www.thenext45years.com/2008/07/living-with-the-complicated-glass.html#comment-1446 Hi Alex, Don't beat yourself up mentally for not reaching 100 consecutive days without drinking. The death of one close to you is a very stressful event and life sometimes derails one's best intentions of habit change. Reaching 53 days was a really good effort - and under different circumstances you may have reached the 100 days. Focusing on the positives that you found during the 53 days would be a good starting point for how you approach drinking in the future. You just might surprise yourself the next time you go for 100 days free of drinking. The baggage of childhood can be hard to leave behind. One can't physically go back and change the past - one can only try to control how one does or doesn't ruminate on the past. I've only really grasped this as I approach the big 4-0 and I still haven't quite mastered it. Hang in there because the time will come around again when you feel like challenging yourself for 100 days. Hi Alex,

Don’t beat yourself up mentally for not reaching 100 consecutive days without drinking. The death of one close to you is a very stressful event and life sometimes derails one’s best intentions of habit change. Reaching 53 days was a really good effort – and under different circumstances you may have reached the 100 days.

Focusing on the positives that you found during the 53 days would be a good starting point for how you approach drinking in the future. You just might surprise yourself the next time you go for 100 days free of drinking.

The baggage of childhood can be hard to leave behind. One can’t physically go back and change the past – one can only try to control how one does or doesn’t ruminate on the past. I’ve only really grasped this as I approach the big 4-0 and I still haven’t quite mastered it.

Hang in there because the time will come around again when you feel like challenging yourself for 100 days.

]]> By: Alex Blackwell http://www.thebridgemaker.com/living-with-the-complicated-glass/comment-page-1/#comment-1448 Alex Blackwell Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:34:01 +0000 http://www.thenext45years.com/2008/07/living-with-the-complicated-glass.html#comment-1448 @Suzie: Thanks for your positive energy - I appreciate it more than you know! @Suzie: Thanks for your positive energy – I appreciate it more than you know!

]]> By: Suzie Cheel http://www.thebridgemaker.com/living-with-the-complicated-glass/comment-page-1/#comment-1447 Suzie Cheel Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:32:34 +0000 http://www.thenext45years.com/2008/07/living-with-the-complicated-glass.html#comment-1447 Hi Alex, i am with Becky- Put your right hand up in the air and pat yourself on th eback. Celebrating the life of a loved one i know from experience does give one to rise a glass, unless you are totally puritanical. I understand what you have been through- have been there, just this week i was asked to go dry for a month. I will support here. I have now learnt maybe like the French , a glass of red is good fo me and i love having a glass with dinner. i think you have been amazing and i love your blog Thanks for speaking out loud Suzie Hi Alex,
i am with Becky- Put your right hand up in the air and pat yourself on th eback.

Celebrating the life of a loved one i know from experience does give one to rise a glass, unless you are totally puritanical.
I understand what you have been through- have been there, just this week i was asked to go dry for a month. I will support here. I have now learnt maybe like the French , a glass of red is good fo me and i love having a glass with dinner.

i think you have been amazing and i love your blog

Thanks for speaking out loud

Suzie

]]> By: Alex Blackwell http://www.thebridgemaker.com/living-with-the-complicated-glass/comment-page-1/#comment-1450 Alex Blackwell Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:44:13 +0000 http://www.thenext45years.com/2008/07/living-with-the-complicated-glass.html#comment-1450 @Becky: Thank you for you kind words of encouragement and support. Your advice is very helpful. While grace is important to share, it's just as important to give grace to ourselves from time-to-time. @Becky: Thank you for you kind words of encouragement and support. Your advice is very helpful. While grace is important to share, it’s just as important to give grace to ourselves from time-to-time.

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