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2021
They tell you to count the days, but I am not really sure why…Oh, I know how long it has been.It was 9 weeks ago that I had my last drink. I can do the math. That is 63 days…But I certainly don’t count every day. I stopped counting the days a long time ago…I just don’t think about drinking very o...
12/30/2021
Good afternoon!!So here I sit. Back at my favorite Naperville Starbucks. Back in my very favorite seat…It is Monday, December 27th. It is damp and overcast outside. The high will be 45 degrees today…It feels good to be in a warm, dry place, with a hot cup of coffee by my side…As I sit, I find mys...
12/27/2021
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Good afternoon!!I believe in chasing your dreams…Finding your passion. Going for it…For far too many years, I did what I thought I was supposed to do…I always got pretty good grades. Went to a good college…I ran cross country and track. My whole family did, so I was just following in others foots...
12/26/2021
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Good morning!!This morning I woke thinking about gratitude...I woke fairly early. 5:09 am. It is Sunday, December 26th, the day after Christmas…I had a wonderful holiday weekend…Christmas Eve was perfect. I spent most of the day with my two daughters, Erin and Morgan…We went to church. Exchanged ...
12/26/2021
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Good morning!! It is amazing how many people have so much inside they need to share… The need to share their feelings. Their hurt. Their pain… They want to share their memories. Their experiences… The struggles they face. The dark thoughts they dare not tell others… The loss they deal with. Even ...
12/24/2021
8 weeks of sobriety, and the lessens I have learned… Hello. My name is Ken Tracy. And I used to abuse alcohol. I abused the poop out of it… Heineken was my drink of choice. It was delicious. It probably still is… But I wouldn’t know. For one day, 8 weeks ago today, I decided that I had had e...
12/23/2021
Good morning!!I woke this morning thinking about dreams…I woke fairly early. 5:09 am. I woke from a deep sleep...And this morning, as I woke from my deep sleep, I woke startled from a dream…Dreams can seem so real. Stir up emotions that we thought were gone…Remind us of memories good and bad…Remi...
12/23/2021
Good afternoon! I sit here, at my favorite Naperville Starbucks, at the very best seat in the house… My feet up on the table in front of me, I have a large coffee, a water, and some note cards all begging for my attention… “All in due time,” I say aloud to the inanimate objects that I have on t...
12/22/2021
Good evening!!I was having lunch this afternoon…I was eating at my favorite local watering hole, The Lantern, right in the heart of Downtown Naperville…As I was finishing up my sandwich, a poor boy with a side of onion rings, an old friend walked into the bar, along with two female colleagues…I h...
12/21/2021
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Good morning!!I woke this morning with a hint of sadness…I woke early. Just before 4 am. Athough I was comfortable in my bed, I started thinking about two conversations I had had the night prior…The first was with a buddy. He and some other old friends want to go out this week to watch a big bask...
12/21/2021
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