Goodbye College!

8/10/11 12:12 PM

This is the last summer class of college that I will ever take. I am so nervously excited. I have done summer school my entire college career and it will be so nice to just only have to work next summer. I will have about 2 weeks before my fall classes start up at the University of Texas at Arlington. I plan on taking a trip to see my brother for a couple of days but other than that I really just want to take it easy. Last year I thought that I wasn’t ready to graduate yet but now I am so very ready. It’s like the closer I get to it the more I want it to hurry up and get here. College has been so much fun but also very challenging in many areas. Which I guess it is supposed to challenge you. As I look back over these past four years...

Cowboys are Back!...or Are They?

8/10/11 12:12 PM

The first Cowboys preseason game is this Thursday, against the Broncos. I am so excited! I am so interested to see how our season is now without one of my favorites, Marion Barber, and with the lockout just ending not too long ago. Cowboys have only been in training camp for about a week going into this first game. I am interested to see if we get better as the preseason goes on because of more practicing time. With the Rangers going to the World Series and the Mavericks winning the Championship, the Cowboys are going to be under quite a bit of pressure. The Dallas teams have had a good year and I know I sure don’t want my favorite of the three teams to ruin that. I am planning on going to a game but I want to go when the play the Giants. The...

One is Too Many, A Thousand is Never Enough

8/10/11 12:11 PM

Being a part of a 12-step program has changed my life in so many ways for the better. I am back in school, my family trusts me, my friends actually want to be around me and want the best for me; but no matter how good this life is, my old life still calls my name every now and then. Although there was a lot of pain and mistakes made I still did have a lot of really fun times. I sometimes get stuck on those fun times and forget why I decided to change my lifestyle. Austin will never be the same again.  6th street, I’m sure, isn’t the same sober! I haven’t even been on a boat this summer because I don’t know how much fun that will be. I know it for sure won’t be as entertaining for others now that I don’t drink. Staying...

Everybody Dies but not Everybody Lives

8/10/11 12:09 PM

I tried to get clean a year and a half before December 29, 2010, but I was trying for all the wrong reasons. I wanted to please my parents and more importantly I needed a place to live. I stayed sober for about 45 days and then quickly fell back into my old ways. The next year and a half was a series of sprees, a night in jail, and almost losing every person I loved. My addiction had a tight grip on me and to recover I was going to have to change everything about my life. I was granted with the gift of desperation on my birthday, December 25, 2010. I went out for my birthday, drank too much, and ended up making a series of bad decisions that ended with a 4 a.m. text to my mom saying that I had had enough and was ready to go to treatment. Four days later I...