Today was another non-running day.
I watched the latest episode of Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition.
http://www.hulu.com/embed/2gaYzHHJHBOXd5CPFAcx9A/0/3469/i3466
Spoiler: Dude completes a triathalon weighing over 300 pounds. Bad ass motivation right there!
While watching the episode and felt kinda lazy just sitting there eating a small piece of pie I made Sunday and my cup of coffee. I grabbed my 12 pound dumbbells and did bicep curls and shoulder presses. How many did I do? I don’t know but it was a lot.
I even figured I may as well do my Squat Plank Pushup Challenge while watching. I even grabbed my Nagene bottle and drank almost 32oz of much needed water. I know I didn’t drink enough water yesterday when it was near scorching at 100 degrees!
Then my BFF texted me that his sister is being taken off life support due to brain damage from a serious alcoholism problem. She has been in the ICU for about a week and this is her 3rd visit to the ICU in less then 2 years. This time around she had a bladder & kidney infection, pneumonia, along with other health complications. She suffered quite a bit of brain damage this time around.
Despite in-patient rehab, AA, AlAnon, counseling, and lots of family support over this year alone, she had let the disease control her. Hiding vodka and cases of beer under the bathroom sink, placing alcohol in juice and pop bottles and cans at family functions, and telling her 16 year old daughter to lie to other family members about what and when she has been drinking.
This was not just a mental addiction but also a very physical one.
It makes me sad and I can not imagine what my friend’s family could be going through right now. It is quite a bummer right before the holiday.
Every day we all have challenges, with some more difficult at different points of our journey. We can’t give up on whatever challenges we face! I really don’t know what else to say without seeming like some babbling tard.
Off to start day 3 of my Ab Challenge and my most stressful challenge of the day – my shift at work.
Do you have a loved one that overcame alcoholism? How did they overcome it?