(Alcoholism) - Can I run every day?

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tonyp2604 Nov 2015 9:03pm, 12 Nov 2015 249 posts	0 tonyp2604 permanent rose - OK, I appreciate your reply. I was just thinking of how you could vary your activities to keep your motivation up (every now and again my running goes a bit flat and I have mini time outs). But it is personal to you and you will know what approach to take. Hope everything works out for you. Baroness above mentioned about logging runs - i think that's an excellent idea and will definitely help focus your motivation.
Jazzer Jogging Nov 2019 2:25pm, 2 Nov 2019 61 posts	0 Jazzer Jogging I’m not an alcoholic but I’ve been very close to people who are ( one devoted AA member ) Running has helped me cope and so has gardening and so has dog walking .i think there is a saying in AA “ take what you need and leave the rest “ Whatever someone is struggling with ive always thought that about sums it up .
swittle Nov 2019 2:35pm, 2 Nov 2019 58,123 posts	0 swittle The quote also appears in The Band's song, 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down' [1969]. It tells of raids on the south during the final year of the American Civil War.
Jazzer Jogging Nov 2019 2:45pm, 2 Nov 2019 62 posts	0 Jazzer Jogging Oh ok ! Don’t know the song .not sure about civil wars but in AA I think it just means ...you will probably hear a lot of peoples stories and you will probably get “ advice “ and it’s fine to take what you need from those things and it’s fine if some stuff doesn’t resonate ....just take what you need at the time ( and give what you can ,when you can too I guess )
swittle Nov 2019 4:26pm, 2 Nov 2019 58,124 posts	0 swittle Robbie Robertson of The Band spent 8 months working on the song. As for the quote .'Take what you need and you leave the rest', I couldn't find one definite author. The USA-based organisation, 'Recovery', uses it. My interest? I've been sober for 40 years. recovery.org Here's the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VShpcqd3zE
Jazzer Jogging Nov 2019 6:11pm, 2 Nov 2019 63 posts	0 Jazzer Jogging That’s a fantastic thing swittle
swittle Nov 2019 9:07pm, 2 Nov 2019 58,134 posts	0 swittle The Recovery site, or me kicking the booze? Indirectly, going sober led to me taking up running. Thank-you.
Nellers Nov 2019 9:16pm, 2 Nov 2019 35,118 posts	0 Nellers I just checked back and permanent-rose, the fetchie who started this thread way back in 2015, no longer has an active account. I wonder what happened to them? I hope they managed to stick with the running and off the booze. Don't suppose we'll ever know.
Ness Nov 2019 9:27pm, 2 Nov 2019 10,781 posts	0 Ness Don’t suppose we will. Shame really cos I’d like to think things got better for them.