Tag Archives: Worry

The Eve of my Prohibition

Posted on March 4, 2017 by Reasonable Thinker

The Eve of My Prohibition: Without alcohol I won’t be able to self medicate and because I’m having anxiety attacks again I’m just worried as hell. What if I can’t stop drinking because I’m afraid that I won’t have that … Continue reading →

Posted in Alcohol, Life and Living | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Revisiting Optimism

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Reasonable Thinker

Optimism…Does it really work?: As long as I can remember I’ve looked at the negative side of life always taking a pessimistic view. I assume I was always like this but would like to believe that at some point in my life there … Continue reading →

Posted in Life and Living | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Financial Woes

Posted on December 16, 2016 by Reasonable Thinker

Financial Woes: What else can go wrong? Right? This morning I go out to the car ready to drive to work and the car won’t start. What now? Was the battery dead? It didn’t sound like it because I didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Life and Living | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sober… Maybe?

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Reasonable Thinker

Last night I spent my first Friday night in months sober.  I woke up early feeling wonderful and if it hadn’t been for the fact that some of our water pipes had frozen this would have been a perfect morning … Continue reading →

Posted in Alcohol, Facebook, Friendship, Life and Living, Relationships | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Reasonable Thinker

Okay, so decidedly I am not a good person.  I try to be, I feel like I care about people and try to be nice to people, but I’m not a good person and people see through me. I try to help … Continue reading →

Posted in Facebook, Friendship, Holidays, Life and Living, Relationships | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

I’m Coming Out

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Reasonable Thinker

While reading about gay people (See “Am I gay?!!“) and what was going on in the gay world I discovered a book written by a professional football player who had just come out of the closet, it was the 1970’s. Imagine … Continue reading →

Posted in Gay and Lesbian, Life and Living | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Life through the Eyes of Regret

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Reasonable Thinker

The other day I wrote a posting about my mother (Inge’s Folly) which I did it to honor my mother (and father) and to talk about some of their struggles. I meant the posting to be respectful and I did not intend … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Life and Living, Relationships | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

High Anxiety

Posted on June 10, 2013 by Reasonable Thinker

I cannot tell you how many times between my 20’s and 30’s I would rush to the emergency room believing that I was having a heart attack. Generally they would ask me if I had smoked pot (apparently pot leaves one … Continue reading →

Posted in Health | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Optimism… Does it really work?

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Reasonable Thinker

When I started “Turning Things Around” one of my goals was about making things right with my life, I wanted to focus and avoid in the future self-defeating thoughts and actions and this included my attempt at being a bit more optimistic. As long as I can remember … Continue reading →

Posted in Life and Living, Mid-Life Crisis | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment