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Alcoholic named Mark

@lawnmowerdude.bsky.social
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Last drink 1986, definite program worker because all of my plans never worked. Retired, cut grass as service work. Love a good lazy boy and an iPad. PS I listened to what those old guys told me to do, and I became one.

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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Saying no also works
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
I know that feeling, not shooting the wounded. Grateful you’re back. Welcomed and needed 💪
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I chose the second option, and repeated whatever the time came up to need to. That one showed a problem and I got a colonoscopy where they remove five pre-cancerous polyps.
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
It never sounded like fun to me either, the doctor offered a card that you send in after you smear a small sample of your poop on it, Gross. The second option is a kit comes in the mail with a small container that’s suspends in your toilet that you poop in and send it off to be tested. 
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
#sobersky youtu.be/VI_oJZaFR2A?...
youtu.be
What I've Learned in 5 Years of Sobriety
YouTube video by Andy's Little Homestead
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Maybe you just forgot to mention cake, but sobriety dates require some cake. I think it’s a law or something.
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yep, things aren’t always fair. For me my brain always says I know how to fix this, and that’s the old behavior. I hang around recovery guys, and the best thing to do is talk about shit when it comes up.
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The reason they don’t have a signage is we need to learn to ask for help
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I love that Hazelden doesn’t have any signage how to get around for a very specific reason
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I care
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Cake, definitely some cake!! it’s the law
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I just annexed Jesse, Walters house and car, but he’s gonna have to keep his wife
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
He doesn’t seem to like force, I don’t think he learned a lesson yet
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Pom is doing it with everything she has, mine are keeping me from getting coffee!
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Noise is canceling headphones might do the trick 💪
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I think we plan for that day when it seems like a good idea to drink again, whenever I give my phone number out to somebody in recovery I make sure that they understand that I’ve experienced crazy thoughts at super inconvenient times at night, call anyway.❤️
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I found out alcoholism does not have a great retirement plan. As well as a few other drawbacks.
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I do love that after day 100, if we handle it right, we can get today 101. that’s no small task, I know. But about it one year there’s a chance that there’s some cake involved and I’ve done pretty weird things to get cake.
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It’s some weird times happening for sure. Being sober means I don’t have to match everyone’s highs and lows. I look around and find people deciding for themselves how to feel and what to do. Maybe we bring a sense of calm and measured response to the crazy. Thriving sounds nice, but I’ll take better
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The alcoholic dream, someday I can handle it. It’s different now and here’s why was what I said every relapse. so it’s a little more than 40 years since my last drink, I hang them around with recovery people mostly new but I still see the old timers. I’ve seen too many people die. I choose sober.
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Some folks can try drugs, but for some it a ticket for a roller coaster with no safety straps. Retirement plan sucks but hang on tight
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
My aim is to make bigger and better mistakes, or at least different ones than before
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Normal seems over rated
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Peach tea mix from Aldi is my drink of choice, makes a quart
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I had a thought once and then I moved the back of the garage out a little bit
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
No, I don’t think you’re taking it for granted, but sometimes we can enjoy at least part of a job more
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Too much of a good thing! Maybe just need to rotate different things to talk about or find a comfortable point to switch. I don’t know if that’s possible.
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
 Try to enjoy what you do for work, I’ll bet there’s somebody out there who wish they had your job
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“Bumper sticker simple” is sometimes the only thing that comes to mind when I’m in the middle of all hell breaking loose.
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
When you say special interest, are they things that you obsess a little too much on, i’m just a little confused, but I don’t mean to be harmful
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Personally, not a hater. But you have your reasons and I have mine
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Easier, I doubt it. You start to feel better about yourself, I hope so. My story ⬇️
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I might be past midlife essential crisis, but I do some no cost grass cutting for nonprofits. It’s my happy place.
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
And I think there should be cake, I’ve done some pretty weird things for cake!
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Sober support I suppose, or show and tell. I brought my dogs to recovery center for years.
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I was looking for sobriety before there was social media, but I think people who post here are looking for help, support, direction. I insisted that I could do it myself, hundreds of times! I couldn’t, but it took a long time to figure that out. My bottom line is, I don’t want people to die
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Feels like some long time pain in need of healing❤️
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Probably both! Glad to hear you’re using everything to stay connected.
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Zoom recovery meetings work, do you know how to find them?
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Good orderly direction - GOD
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
youtu.be/vYvZTH746yg?...
youtu.be
Keynote with Dr. Nicole Labor
YouTube video by OhioWalshUniversity
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
youtu.be/vYvZTH746yg?...
youtu.be
Keynote with Dr. Nicole Labor
YouTube video by OhioWalshUniversity
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What if it only took a day? That would be a dream.
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I always thought I could figure out how to quit, the only problem was that never worked. Hundreds of times tried but failed. I realized I’m not a good listener or taking direction.
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Peach tea is the drink of the day when Donnie bites the big one, but that’s my normal. My American flag goes up proudly whenever it happens.
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
What is Google, oh that thing we used to use?
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
To me it’s when I said to myself that’s it. I am truly done and I meant it in a way I hadn’t before. It’s when I changed.
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
#sobersky youtu.be/7XB4FFbl8hQ?...
youtu.be
The Woman Behind the AA Curtain - Henrietta Seiberling
YouTube video by Two Way Prayer
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Alcoholic named Mark @lawnmowerdude.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Sounds like you’re resting and recharging your batteries, and that’s an important thing to do.
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