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	<title type="text">Walking in Sober Boots</title>
	<subtitle type="text">Footfalls on a Recovery Path</subtitle>

	<updated>2023-07-27T15:00:51Z</updated>

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		<author>
			<name>damien</name>
							<uri>https://letterstofrank.org</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Time Takes Time]]></title>
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		<id>http://steady.org/?p=9430</id>
		<updated>2023-07-27T15:00:51Z</updated>
		<published>2023-07-27T15:00:51Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="soberlife" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="death" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="emotional sobriety" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="gratitude" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="grief" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="grieving" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="loss" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="recovery" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="sober thoughts" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="sobriety" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="steadylife" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="struggles" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been twenty-seven days since my brother died suddenly during his sleep. We got the cause of death about a week ago and I have been sitting with it. He&#8217;d had a mysterious illness that the doctors could not diagnose. His only symptoms were that he had a fever that wouldn&#8217;t go away and that &#8230; <a href="https://soberboots.org/2023/07/27/time-takes-time/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Time Takes Time</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></summary>

		
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>damien</name>
							<uri>https://letterstofrank.org</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Words for You, Words for Us]]></title>
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		<id>http://steady.org/?p=9421</id>
		<updated>2023-07-13T13:46:54Z</updated>
		<published>2023-07-13T17:00:00Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="soberlife" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="death" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="grief" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="mourning" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="poem" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="poetry" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="struggles" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I catch myself again; Looking for you in the doorway. Expecting you to walk out onto the porch, wrap an arm around my shoulder, and hold me close as you did when all the others died. Not this time. No, not this time, you are not here. Still, I won’t believe it; my aching heart &#8230; <a href="https://soberboots.org/2023/07/13/words-for-you-words-for-us/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Words for You, Words for&#160;Us</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></summary>

		
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>damien</name>
							<uri>https://letterstofrank.org</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Insidious Thoughts]]></title>
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		<id>http://steady.org/?p=9418</id>
		<updated>2023-07-08T02:08:38Z</updated>
		<published>2023-07-08T02:08:38Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="soberlife" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="recovery" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="sober thoughts" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="sobriety" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="struggles" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[As a person who’s life could be described as one traumatic event after another, I’m really good at catastrophic thinking.&#160; I can plan for the worst with the best of them.&#160; I mean, I used to think about the fact that terrorists could hijack a plane and use it as a missile ever time I &#8230; <a href="https://soberboots.org/2023/07/07/insidious-thoughts/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Insidious Thoughts</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>damien</name>
							<uri>https://letterstofrank.org</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Grateful]]></title>
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		<id>http://steady.org/?p=9413</id>
		<updated>2023-06-29T01:56:25Z</updated>
		<published>2023-06-28T23:29:41Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="soberlife" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I’m grateful that I’m a sober dad. My boy had all four of his impacted wisdom teeth extracted yesterday and I was able to be present and attentive because I am sober. Of all the things that caused me shame during my drinking days, nothing caused more self loathing than the knowledge that I was &#8230; <a href="https://soberboots.org/2023/06/28/grateful/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Grateful</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></summary>

		
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>damien</name>
							<uri>https://letterstofrank.org</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Living the Steady Life]]></title>
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		<id>http://steady.org/?p=9410</id>
		<updated>2023-06-13T22:41:26Z</updated>
		<published>2023-06-13T14:03:06Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="soberlife" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Over the 547 days since I last wrote here my life has changed for the better dramatically. Without going into any details, I’ll just say that my family and I have emerged from some very challenging circumstances. Personally, I have put in a great deal of work to be in a better place and have &#8230; <a href="https://soberboots.org/2023/06/13/living-the-steady-life/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Living the Steady&#160;Life</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></summary>

		
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>damien</name>
							<uri>https://letterstofrank.org</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Our writer has lost his voice]]></title>
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		<id>http://soberboots.org/?p=9387</id>
		<updated>2022-11-10T03:34:25Z</updated>
		<published>2021-12-13T17:04:38Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="soberlife" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="emotional sobriety" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="growth" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="MondayBlogs" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="recovery" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="sober life" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="sober thoughts" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="storytelling" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="struggles" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="writing" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I feel that I’ve lost my voice in my writing. Since I started this blog, my posts have been largely confessional in nature. Early on, a lot of my posts were about my struggles with various aspects of the 12 Step world as I understood it at the time. Some, but not all, of those &#8230; <a href="https://soberboots.org/2021/12/13/our-writer-has-lost-his-voice/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Our writer has lost his&#160;voice</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></summary>

		
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		<author>
			<name>damien</name>
							<uri>https://letterstofrank.org</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t Call It a Comeback]]></title>
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		<id>http://soberboots.org/?p=9384</id>
		<updated>2021-09-04T15:39:42Z</updated>
		<published>2021-09-04T15:39:42Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="soberlife" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="cycling" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="fitness" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="running" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="struggles" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I feel like I lost time this summer. The entire month of July feels like it was lost. Most of August as well. It was hot, and humid, as it always is in Maryland over the summer. I stayed mostly indoors.&#160; Back in June, I made a decision that I needed to stop running because &#8230; <a href="https://soberboots.org/2021/09/04/dont-call-it-a-comeback/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Don&#8217;t Call It a&#160;Comeback</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></summary>

		
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			<name>damien</name>
							<uri>https://letterstofrank.org</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Making Amends to Ourselves — a Path to Self Forgiveness]]></title>
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		<id>http://soberboots.org/?p=9359</id>
		<updated>2021-06-06T12:46:23Z</updated>
		<published>2021-06-06T00:20:58Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="soberlife" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="12step" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="12steps" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="alcoholism" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="amends" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="compassion" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="emotional sobriety" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="feelings" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="forgiveness" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="growth" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="healing" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="honesty" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="recovery" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="self care" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="sobriety" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="struggles" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="the promises" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="willingness" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all. I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea of self forgiveness lately. I think that self forgiveness presents a challenge for many people, in and out of recovery. As humans, we often judge our own actions through &#8230; <a href="https://soberboots.org/2021/06/05/making-amends-to-ourselves-a-path-to-self-forgiveness/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Making Amends to Ourselves — a Path to Self&#160;Forgiveness</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></summary>

		
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>damien</name>
							<uri>https://letterstofrank.org</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Don’t Fake It — You Might Not Make It]]></title>
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		<id>http://soberboots.org/?p=9354</id>
		<updated>2021-04-06T18:09:57Z</updated>
		<published>2021-04-06T14:56:05Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="soberlife" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="addiction" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="alcoholism" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="denial" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="faith" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="God" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="God of My Understanding" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="growth" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="honesty" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="recovery" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="sober life" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="sobriety" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="spirituality" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="surrender" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[“This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” — Polonius, Hamlet, Act 1, Scene III Polonius’s advice to his son Laertes comes in the context of finances and very likely was received by an Elizabethan audience &#8230; <a href="https://soberboots.org/2021/04/06/dont-fake-it-you-might-not-make-it/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Don’t Fake It — You Might Not Make&#160;It</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></summary>

		
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>damien</name>
							<uri>https://letterstofrank.org</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Gratitude &#8211; 26 Mar 2021]]></title>
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		<id>http://soberboots.org/?p=9350</id>
		<updated>2021-03-26T19:00:26Z</updated>
		<published>2021-03-26T18:43:33Z</published>
		<category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="soberlife" /><category scheme="https://soberboots.org" term="gratitude" />
		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[I passed my final certification test for work yesterday. I am grateful to have that off my plate. Tests make me extremely nervous. I spent time connecting with coworkers to discuss a weekly article related to the balancing act of work. It is really cool to connect with people out of my own org and &#8230; <a href="https://soberboots.org/2021/03/26/gratitude-26-mar-2021/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Gratitude &#8211; 26 Mar&#160;2021</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></summary>

		
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