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From: anne@fate.eng.buffalo.edu (Anne Pfohl)
Newsgroups: alt.recovery
Subject: Re: Those winter blues
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Date: 16 Jan 90 19:18:39 GMT
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In article <1990Jan16.154431.8304@hriso.ATT.COM> merkel@hriso.ATT.COM (Thomas Merkel) writes:
>
>I try to cope by staying active - physical activity,  a hobby,
>keep up my meetings.  It has gotten easier to deal with,  but 
>it still is there.  I'm dreaming of May flowers already!
>

Just yesterday I was visiting with my folks - we were watching a TV
movie based in California - sunshine, green grass, warm beaches - we
just sat there and sighed and said "Doesn't that look great!"

It's been pretty cold and snowy here in Buffalo this year (no, it isn't
THAT bad EVERY year, contrary to popular belief!), and the past few days
we've seen a bit of a thaw.  I saw little shoots of grass coming up from
beneath the snow.

I start to feel a bit down in the dumps heading into February.  It feels
like I am just slogging ahead - feeling the muck inside as well as
seeing it and moving through it outside.

Like you, Tom, I've been staying busy - seeing friends, starting Tai Chi
class, and an Ornithology class (birds).  We went on a field trip - saw
over 25 different species of birds - and it was snowing and cold, but it
was an awful lot of fun.

Having you all and alt.recovery to check in on helps too.  And I still
feel the hope of spring, and a greater ability to enjoy the moment,
winter or not, thanks to my recovery.

Anne
anne@fate.eng.buffalo.edu

>-Tom
>--