This holiday season, I have much to be thankful for- but the best present I have given to myself and my loved ones- is I finally quit drinking (and smoking pot!)#- I cannot claim that it was all self discipline because I got pretty sick, surprisingly enough with Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome. But I knew I was drinking too much and it was the right time. What really did it for me was knowing how much it would extend the time left to spend with the girls in my life; Mary Ann, Roseanna and Shannon; and most especially my granddaughers Aubi and Aletheia!
Aletheia is our youngest granddaughter born to Shannon and Mike, and living in Colorado. Aubi is our oldest granddaughter born to Roseanna and Skyler, and living only 8 miles away. Aubi is the 9 year old photographer that captured and edited these before and after pictures of me! Quite the change! HaHa :)# - "It's a question of WON'T -POWER!"#
- Those are the words of my Grandpa and the real secret of how I managed to go cold turkey. From him I learned how to drink, and from him I learned how to quit. You just have to make up your mind.
Grandpa Leo Beckwith was married to Lulu Boyd, and they are the source of most of my genes. From Leo, I acquired a love for the dark brown liquor of his Scottish homeland. He was an Ironworker and an Outdoorsman; he taught me the ways of hunting, fishing, and cussing! He was also a horser-whisperer and knew how to coddle a baby. Grandpa quit drinking in his mid 40's after a bar fight in Northern Idaho. It was the first fight he ever lost, and the last. I am so incredibly thankful to him for the time he spent with me- and now my main goal in life is to spend that kind of quality time with my granddaughters! Leo (and I) a long time ago with a Steelhead he took from the Snake River, in Hells Canyon, Idaho.# - #
- This holiday season, I have much to be thankful for- but the best present I have given to myself and my loved ones- is I finally quit drinking (and smoking pot!)#
- I cannot claim that it was all self discipline because I got pretty sick, surprisingly enough with Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome. But I knew I was drinking too much and it was the right time. What really did it for me was knowing how much it would extend the time left to spend with the girls in my life; Mary Ann, Roseanna and Shannon; and most especially my granddaughers Aubi and Aletheia! Aletheia is our youngest granddaughter born to Shannon and Mike, and living in Colorado. Aubi is our oldest granddaughter born to Roseanna and Skyler, and living only 8 miles away. Aubi is the 9 year old photographer that captured and edited these before and after pictures of me! Quite the change! HaHa :)#
- "It's a question of WON'T -POWER!"#
- Those are the words of my Grandpa and the real secret of how I managed to go cold turkey. From him I learned how to drink, and from him I learned how to quit. You just have to make up your mind. Grandpa Leo Beckwith was married to Lulu Boyd, and they are the source of most of my genes. From Leo, I acquired a love for the dark brown liquor of his Scottish homeland. He was an Ironworker and an Outdoorsman; he taught me the ways of hunting, fishing, and cussing! He was also a horser-whisperer and knew how to coddle a baby. Grandpa quit drinking in his mid 40's after a bar fight in Northern Idaho. It was the first fight he ever lost, and the last. I am so incredibly thankful to him for the time he spent with me- and now my main goal in life is to spend that kind of quality time with my granddaughters! Leo (and I) a long time ago with a Steelhead he took from the Snake River, in Hells Canyon, Idaho.#
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