Comments on: Out of the Pink and Into the Gray http://discoveringalcoholic.com/recovery/out-of-the-pink-and-into-the-gray The Discovering Alcoholic is a top rated recovery blog covering alcoholism, substance abuse, treatment and recovery issues. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:17:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sobriety Is the Tip of the Recovery Iceberg http://discoveringalcoholic.com/recovery/out-of-the-pink-and-into-the-gray#comment-28301 Sobriety Is the Tip of the Recovery Iceberg Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:45:28 +0000 http://discoveringalcoholic.com/?p=65#comment-28301 [...] if you are as my friend Erin would say, slipping out of the pink into the grey, maybe its not your drug of choice you are longing for but instead the recovery you haven’t yet [...] [...] if you are as my friend Erin would say, slipping out of the pink into the grey, maybe its not your drug of choice you are longing for but instead the recovery you haven’t yet [...]

]]> By: The First Year Of Recovery: Where I Came From…Where I’m Going « What Winners Do – An Addiction Recovery Blog http://discoveringalcoholic.com/recovery/out-of-the-pink-and-into-the-gray#comment-5860 The First Year Of Recovery: Where I Came From…Where I’m Going « What Winners Do – An Addiction Recovery Blog Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:52:34 +0000 http://discoveringalcoholic.com/?p=65#comment-5860 [...] to revert back to my addictive thinking and isolating patterns and rocky like when the bottom of my pink cloud dropped out and I fell on my ass...you know, the normal recovery shit that everyone goes [...] [...] to revert back to my addictive thinking and isolating patterns and rocky like when the bottom of my pink cloud dropped out and I fell on my ass…you know, the normal recovery shit that everyone goes [...]

]]> By: Relapse:The Warning Signs Were There « What Winners Do – An Addiction Recovery Blog http://discoveringalcoholic.com/recovery/out-of-the-pink-and-into-the-gray#comment-5858 Relapse:The Warning Signs Were There « What Winners Do – An Addiction Recovery Blog Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:50:23 +0000 http://discoveringalcoholic.com/?p=65#comment-5858 [...] but there were warning signs of relapse that I didn't focus on. I realized that I had been walking around in a pink cloud. The reason I realized that I had been doing that was because all of a sudden it was no longer [...] [...] but there were warning signs of relapse that I didn't focus on. I realized that I had been walking around in a pink cloud. The reason I realized that I had been doing that was because all of a sudden it was no longer [...]

]]> By: TDA on the Sober Butterfly Effect http://discoveringalcoholic.com/recovery/out-of-the-pink-and-into-the-gray#comment-2051 TDA on the Sober Butterfly Effect Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:43:11 +0000 http://discoveringalcoholic.com/?p=65#comment-2051 [...] how some people feel they are not being amply rewarded in their new sober life.  It was sort of an out of the pink and into the gray discussion that focused on recognizing the sometimes intangible rewards of recovery compared to the [...] [...] how some people feel they are not being amply rewarded in their new sober life.  It was sort of an out of the pink and into the gray discussion that focused on recognizing the sometimes intangible rewards of recovery compared to the [...]

]]> By: Grandstander http://discoveringalcoholic.com/recovery/out-of-the-pink-and-into-the-gray#comment-43 Grandstander Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://discoveringalcoholic.com/?p=65#comment-43 it is peace within the storm. old AA saying that seems appropriate. it is peace within the storm.

old AA saying that seems appropriate.

]]> By: The Discovering Alcoholic http://discoveringalcoholic.com/recovery/out-of-the-pink-and-into-the-gray#comment-45 The Discovering Alcoholic Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://discoveringalcoholic.com/?p=65#comment-45 to even figure out that during the times I thought I was having "fun" in my drinking days were nothing more than episodes where I just lost control. I remember during my first year or two of sobriety in a downtown seedy and fleabitten apartment (oh yes, the fleas were a nightmare) I would stay at home on the weekends kind of feeling sorry for myself. I eventually started reading books, building a music collection, and working on computers. It took a while, but about the time I concluded that I had become a nerd I also had to admit to myself that I was enjoying life. As my means grew I found that not only was I a nerd, but I had become a uber-nerd. Bed and breakfasts, art shows, my wonderful cats... Wait a sec- I think I'll turn this into a blog. to even figure out that during the times I thought I was having “fun” in my drinking days were nothing more than episodes where I just lost control. I remember during my first year or two of sobriety in a downtown seedy and fleabitten apartment (oh yes, the fleas were a nightmare) I would stay at home on the weekends kind of feeling sorry for myself. I eventually started reading books, building a music collection, and working on computers. It took a while, but about the time I concluded that I had become a nerd I also had to admit to myself that I was enjoying life.

As my means grew I found that not only was I a nerd, but I had become a uber-nerd. Bed and breakfasts, art shows, my wonderful cats…

Wait a sec- I think I’ll turn this into a blog.

]]> By: Anonymous http://discoveringalcoholic.com/recovery/out-of-the-pink-and-into-the-gray#comment-761 Anonymous Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://discoveringalcoholic.com/?p=65#comment-761 The pink cloud is lifting and the grayness seems to be setling in. Each day is not as euphoric, it is now more work and effort, and I will keep doing it. I think now is the time that the real work begins on learning how to trully live a sober life. The pink cloud is lifting and the grayness seems to be setling in. Each day is not as euphoric, it is now more work and effort, and I will keep doing it. I think now is the time that the real work begins on learning how to trully live a sober life.

]]> By: The Discovering Alcoholic http://discoveringalcoholic.com/recovery/out-of-the-pink-and-into-the-gray#comment-762 The Discovering Alcoholic Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://discoveringalcoholic.com/?p=65#comment-762 addicts and alcoholics, please tell us more. addicts and alcoholics, please tell us more.

]]> By: erinsav http://discoveringalcoholic.com/recovery/out-of-the-pink-and-into-the-gray#comment-791 erinsav Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://discoveringalcoholic.com/?p=65#comment-791 When I had first written the above post I was kind of in a place of despair. Now I know that those were necessary feelings and were the beginning steps of me working on the issues that helped shape my addiction in the first place. So much has changed for the better since writing this post. I can happily report that my diligence and hard work has begun to pay off and I am truly realizing what it means to be happy and have peace of mind. So to anyone that is just being dumped off the pink cloud...hang in there. If you continue to do what needs to be done the only way you will go is UP. When I had first written the above post I was kind of in a place of despair. Now I know that those were necessary feelings and were the beginning steps of me working on the issues that helped shape my addiction in the first place.

So much has changed for the better since writing this post. I can happily report that my diligence and hard work has begun to pay off and I am truly realizing what it means to be happy and have peace of mind.

So to anyone that is just being dumped off the pink cloud…hang in there. If you continue to do what needs to be done the only way you will go is UP.

]]> By: zac http://discoveringalcoholic.com/recovery/out-of-the-pink-and-into-the-gray#comment-1492 zac Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://discoveringalcoholic.com/?p=65#comment-1492 erin, you dont happen to be from the austin, tx area are you? erin,

you dont happen to be from the austin, tx area are you?

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