90+and still building

June 30th I finished building my bridge over the stream in our back forest. It was a metaphor.

I built a bridge... And got over it. http://www.blipfoto.com/entry/3220903

The "it" was alcohol. I'd been an increasingly heavy drinker, and decided to stop. My last drink was the day before I finished that bridge.

I said that if I could prove it to myself and stay dry for 90 days I'd tell others. I was afraid I'd say I was doing it and then fail. So far so good. Easier than I expected, actually. I owe the strategy to a book: The Easy Way to Stop Drinking actually, the title was why I was so skeptical, but its true. Likely the most influential book I have ever read considering how profoundly it helped me change.

I realized tonight as I was finishing building a chainsaw sawhorse that it was day 90 (some months have 31 days, ya know). So if the bridge is dedicated to day one, the sawhorse is day 90, and proof that I'm dry and still building. (Heh, "proof". Get it?)