Monday, July 28, 2003
[coda]
i have lost all desire to be near a computer or on the internet. however, i forgot 2 things during the blogathon:
1) so we all have figured out i'm an alcoholic, but why was i blogging for k-street?
when i had finally had enough, when i was finally sick and tired of being sick an tired, i started a program of recovery known as alcoholics anonymous. one of the suggestions for staying sober is to attend a meeting every day for your first 90 days of sobriety, which i committed to do. the first saturday, i planned on attending the 6PM meeting being held at k-street. i walked by the storefront, saw all of the people sitting on couches, and thought absolutely not. no way. i didn't go in, rationalizing to myself that i had already been to a meeting that morning - folding chairs, church basement, urn o' coffee - that's what i was looking for.
however sunday i could not use that excuse, and walk in for the 6pm meeting. one of the things that helped keep me sober was seeing familiar faces at different meetings over and over again, and i saw some there that night. i've come to realize that no matter what day of the week it is, i will always see a familiar face there - there became slightly more comforting about a "place" as opposed to a "group".
renting a storefront in Boston's Fenway neighborhood isn't a cheap endeavor, and even with a forgiving, tax-writing off landlord, funds to keep it open as a safe meeting place for people in recovery are scarce. i was able to raise $283.00, which will help with...well, I don't know, that's not my job.
A.A. is self supporting, declining outside contributions or endorsements as to not align itself with any politic or religion. K-street however, is not self supporting, and is safe place available to all GLBT recovery groups...and has bills to pay.
2) FOLLOW THE CHAPS MAN (i totally forgot to link this).
thank you to all my sponsors, friends and fellow blogathoners for an excellent night for a cause close to me. i could not have done it alone.
this blog is done. for more, feel free to visit me at data jockey.
1) so we all have figured out i'm an alcoholic, but why was i blogging for k-street?
when i had finally had enough, when i was finally sick and tired of being sick an tired, i started a program of recovery known as alcoholics anonymous. one of the suggestions for staying sober is to attend a meeting every day for your first 90 days of sobriety, which i committed to do. the first saturday, i planned on attending the 6PM meeting being held at k-street. i walked by the storefront, saw all of the people sitting on couches, and thought absolutely not. no way. i didn't go in, rationalizing to myself that i had already been to a meeting that morning - folding chairs, church basement, urn o' coffee - that's what i was looking for.
however sunday i could not use that excuse, and walk in for the 6pm meeting. one of the things that helped keep me sober was seeing familiar faces at different meetings over and over again, and i saw some there that night. i've come to realize that no matter what day of the week it is, i will always see a familiar face there - there became slightly more comforting about a "place" as opposed to a "group".
renting a storefront in Boston's Fenway neighborhood isn't a cheap endeavor, and even with a forgiving, tax-writing off landlord, funds to keep it open as a safe meeting place for people in recovery are scarce. i was able to raise $283.00, which will help with...well, I don't know, that's not my job.
A.A. is self supporting, declining outside contributions or endorsements as to not align itself with any politic or religion. K-street however, is not self supporting, and is safe place available to all GLBT recovery groups...and has bills to pay.
2) FOLLOW THE CHAPS MAN (i totally forgot to link this).
thank you to all my sponsors, friends and fellow blogathoners for an excellent night for a cause close to me. i could not have done it alone.
this blog is done. for more, feel free to visit me at data jockey.
# posted by keith @ 6:40:00 PM 
