Twelve Step Sports Addict

I have been a little nervous about this Labor Day, and now that it is almost over, I must say that I am happy. No urges today or anything. I think back to last Labor Day, getting smashed beyond recognition, alone. It’s not like I needed the actual holiday for an excuse, it just seemed to fit better in my head and didn’t make me feel like such an addict if I could justify or rationalize it somehow. I think back to all those drinks that I used to down. I got pretty bad towards the end. I started out just like any other drinker, downing beers, wine, the usual. Then the hard liquor started as my tolerance started to get bigger. Then it was rotgut Vodka that could start a small car. I am always amazed by the human body, but in that respect, I think the Lord forgot to cross a T. Drugs kill you, one way or another, they WILL kill you, yet your body adapts and lets you drink or snort more, until you feel it. So naturally, you do more damage as time goes on, to get the same effect. So, in a way, you get better at killing yourself as time goes on.

 I read an article today about how Lake County wants to start banning smoking in private residences. Wow. I am not a smoker, I dabbled, and quit, but if someone wants to smoke in their own house, so be it. I understand second hand smoke kills “other” people, but if someone wants to inhale cancer, be my guest. It is our rights as humans, what we want to do to our bodies. Why don’t they ban booze, fast food, knives, violent TV, anything that would be bad for us? They already make us wear seat belts. If I feel like flying through a window, then that is how I want to go out. A cop will hide behind a toll both and ticket people for seat belts, but they let motorcycle riders do wheelies, and wear nothing more than sunglasses. Why not ban motorcycles? If you crash on one of those, you are lucky if you survive. As I am getting older, I am amazed by how messed up the world is getting, and how much control people are losing over their own lives, it actually is starting to scare me a bit. Maybe it truly is now, I am looking at life through sober eyes, but I have to laugh about a lot of this. Yeah, let’s send 18 year olds, fresh out of high school to Iraq to get blown to pieces by IEDs, but we are gonna arrest someone for lighting up in their own house. Crazy.

 Well, long live the Viking!! When I told my brother that I was writing a blog, he made me promise to have one about one of our favorite youtube videos. I don’t understand how this isn’t as popular as the Nuna Nuna kid, Chocolate Rain, or my favorite,  sneezing Panda, but I laugh my butt off everytime I see this. In honor of my brother, I bring you Techno Viking. (At the very least, this will make you smile because it is so demented )

Also, to Mr. L, your wife is in my prayers. God Bless and good luck. ML

It was announced the other day that on the next Elite XC fighting card that Kevin (Kimbo Slice) Ferguson, will be fighting Ken Shamrock on October 4th. Being a huge MMA fan, I find myself for the first time not really knowing who to root for. Kimbo, is trying to get legitimacy, as he is a newcomer to the sport, but Shamrock is trying to prove that he isn’t at the end of the line in his career. I have never been a real huge fan of Ken as he always seems to be starting fights that he can’t finish. Talking tons of trash to competators that end up soundly beating him. But any true fan of the sport can remember the young Shamrock getting awesome wins in Japan and some in the UFC. I guess I would like to see Kimbo win a hard fought match, enough to prove that Shamrock has heart, but Kimbo is legit. People love to bash Kimbo, saying he is a circus attraction. I don’t think so, he works hard, trains with a legend (Bas Rutten), and has a deep respect for the sport. I try not to remember that he hangs around with a pretty shady entourage and sports a logo for a porno site on his shirt after fights, but that is besides the point.  I hope it is a good fight, and expect a recap after it is over on my blog here. If I am really lucky, I can get some video too.

 As for today, my day off, I had a full day. I attempted to write an article for this site about being a pro boxer and the steps one has to take. My title for my blog is an insight to what is going on in my life as a recovering alchoholic. Continuing care this morning, and a session with my psychologist later. It’s a grind, a fight, but one, I realized that I can never give up, not for a minute. I will say that I miss the White Sox games that I used to go to a few years ago, having a few beers and cheering for a win. As I am still a rabid Sox fan, I still cheer for the team, but every time I watch a game, it reminds me what I used to be. People like Kimbo and Shamrock, feel the need to prove to the world that they have it, that they are tough, I spend every day having to prove to myself, as well as others, that I’m normal. I will have lots to write about this subject as time goes on, but for now, I wanted to give a little insight to a typical thought process for me. Every day I stay in control is a won battle, in a war that will never end.ML