meJane, still sober and evolving at 82

Octogenarian with a wayward brain, artist: life began when I stopped drinking. Discovering I am neurodivergent is changing my life, even now.

[meJane, still sober and evolving at 82 @mejane80]

Art, like life, doesn't always go as planned. Sometimes the what if I try this works, and sometimes it doesn't.

[meJane, still sober and evolving at 82 @mejane80]

Meditation can help me get past all the surface noise and chaos of daily life and enables me to pay attention to the quiet strength of the depths.

[meJane, still sober and evolving at 82 @mejane80]

@hwinkler4real the waist opening

[meJane, still sober and evolving at 82 @mejane80]

@hwinkler4real plus the waist 16

[meJane, still sober and evolving at 82 @mejane80]

There are days when it seems to be time to sit back and take stock. For me, doing a symbolic meditative-type drawing helps me figure out what's bothering me.
20260717 FRIDAY https://t.co/6HppuuaBQG

[meJane, still sober and evolving at 82 @mejane80]

@bravesnsweettea In the early years, if it was bad, I would go to a meeting or talk to someone. Now, I rarely get one but if I do, I acknowledge it and tell it, no, we don't do that anymore, but I don't get afraid that I will drink because I know I decided I am not a drinker anymore.

[meJane, still sober and evolving at 82 @mejane80]

A visual meditation which would have been a bit different if I had realized I was using a pen that did not have waterproof ink in it.

[meJane, still sober and evolving at 82 @mejane80]

Drawing & painting are one of the ways that helped me learn about myself and deal with life throughout recover life.
20260716 THURSDAY’S THINKING https://t.co/SXdQcIaF9n

[meJane, still sober and evolving at 82 @mejane80]

@arthurjack I consider curiosity and hope to be my absolute best attributes, if that's the correct word. I'm always saying, what if I try ...

[meJane, still sober and evolving at 82 @mejane80]

Mr. Kitty has left the building and I miss him already
20260714 TUESDAY THOUGHTS https://t.co/esKmttA9Eb

[meJane, still sober and evolving at 82 @mejane80]

@OpenlySober My refrain was, I'll look into it when I get my nerves straightened out. Yup, that was never going to happen as long as I kept drinking.

[meJane, still sober and evolving at 82 @mejane80]

@arthurjack I started drawing detailed mandala (circle) images and could get lost doing things like shading, measuring. These days I am using neuroart to do the same thing. I get started and the next thing I know, an hour has passed.

[meJane, still sober and evolving at 82 @mejane80]

Daily life for a recovered Libra alcoholic, more or less.
20260712 SUNDAY MORNING THOUGHTS https://t.co/XfR0nvoLPj

[meJane, still sober and evolving at 82 @mejane80]

Never stop changing, never stop growing - except my weight, I do wish that would shrink, but I guess I can't have everything. Darn.
20260708 EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING https://t.co/dmnWHZsHjC

[meJane, still sober and evolving at 82 @mejane80]

I guess it's never too late to make a decision about where you want your life to go
20260704 EARLY SATURDAY THOUGHTS https://t.co/iaskYJp5qu

[meJane, still sober and evolving at 82 @mejane80]

@lady_valor_07 journalling

[meJane, still sober and evolving at 82 @mejane80]

Life doesn't stop happening when you get sober, it just continues on and, well, we have to deal with it.
20260703 ANOTHER HOT FRIDAY https://t.co/hlvaWVQ8AK

[meJane, still sober and evolving at 82 @mejane80]

Happy Canada Day from a grumpy, for no reason, recovered and grateful alcoholic.
20260701 GRUMPY CANADA DAY https://t.co/64WdMPJOnz

[meJane, still sober and evolving at 82 @mejane80]

@DrDoyleSays I kept telling a co-worker that when I got my nerves in order, I would talk to her friend about AA, whatever that was. Fortunately for me, she didn't listen that one time, I got a call, I understand you think you have a problem with alcohol. For once, I said yes.

[meJane, still sober and evolving at 82 @mejane80]

Just another day for the neurodivergent brain
20260625 RAINY THURSDAY https://t.co/XXZsOGGN0p