I have less pain and more energy, which is great except that it makes me want to do more than I should. Recommendations for Netflix or HBO series is greatly appreciated, also any books, blogs, online shopping, or other time-wasting, seated activities are needed desperately.
I guess that means today it is your turn to write to me rather than me to you. That’s a good thing – remember how helping other people stay sober helps us help ourselves?
Go on then….I have a whole month to fill yet!
UnPickled 
“Each time, we ask, “Who am I?”, we answer the question differently. Our identity evolves, as it is the sum of our thoughts, words and deeds. To be ourselves, we have to remember ourselves, which makes our very identity conditional. Each time we remember, we reaffirm our individuality. Our existence as an independent person depends on it, but we don’t exist as self-enclosed units of matter. Who we are cannot be remembered or forgotten. Our identity, as we perceive it, only appears in consciousness. Underneath, it exists in a thoughtless, wordless awareness, in which there is no “We” or “I”, just an “Amness”…simply an indescribable sense of being.”
That was an excerpt from a free Ebook titled “We Are One”. If this sounds like something you may be interested in, please view it on https://quantummediocrity.wordpress.com/2017/02/05/we-are-one/
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21 Jump Street – the movie – was fantastic. We rolled and laughed and I think you could use a laugh. It’s just a belly laugh and so clever and I think you and your hubby will enjoy.
Meru – this is a documentary about a climbing expedition but also overcoming and not giving up. Great stuff
Hell or High Water – one of the best movies of 2016 and a great story about two brothers.
War Dogs – two young guys win a multi million dollar military contract. Very entertaining.
Good luck!
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Silver Linings Playbook – awesome rom-com, pure escapism, feel good movie.
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I just finished watching ‘The Night Manager’- short series and just started ‘Goliath’.
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Australian Open is happening! Day Two is today, will be going on til Jan. 29. Catch it on ESPN2 and online at ESPN3.
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I just finished ‘Wolf Hall’ by Hilary Mantel and loved it. If I want something lighter, I reach for an Agatha Christie. Currently the Ms. Marple set… Looks like you have lots and lots of ideas to choose from. *smile* Wishing you well.* -HM.
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Sorry about your leg/hand. I’ve been keeping this list of good and better reads since I started my recovery 3 years ago. I send this to friends and I consider you one, since you’ve helped more than you know. Forgive the typos> Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Mrs. Tom Thumb – Melanie Benjamin
The Aviator’s Wife – Melanie Benjamin
The Circle – Dave Eggers
The Dog Stars – Peter Helm(?)
The Brothers K – David James Duncan
The 100 year old man who Climbed out the window – Jonas Jonasson
TransAtlantic – Colum McCann
Wild – Cheryl Strayed
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie – Mary Ann Shaffer
11/22/63 – Stephen King
The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
Homer and Langley – E.L. Doctrow
Becoming – Rebecca Scherm
Me Before You – JoJo Moyes
Case Histories – Kate Atkinson
When will there be good News – Kate Atkinson
Big LIttle Lies – Laine Moriarty
Etta, Otto, Russell and James – Emma Hopper (my recent FAVE)
Orphan Train – Christina Baker Kline (loved)
All of the books by Kate Morton (loved)
Anything by David Sedaris
The Girl on the Train – Paula Hawkins
All the Light We Cannot See – Anthony Doerr (loved)
One plus One – JOjo MOyes
The Universe vs Alex Woods – Gaven Extence (Also a fave)
all books by Tana French (Irish mystery, read in order)
Wayfaring Stranger – James Lle Burke
Where’d you go Bernadette – Maria Semple
The Storied Life of AJ Fikry – Gabrielle Zevin
Joyland — Stephen King
All Fall Down – Jennifer Weiner
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry – Rachel Joyce
Straight Man – RIchard Russo
The Age of Miracles – Karen Thomson Walker
The Westing Game – Ellen Raskin (I missed this as a kid, but it’s really fun!)
Recent reads below
Girl Waits with a Gun – Any Stewart
At the Waters Edge – Sara Gruen
The Night Circus – Erin Morgenstern
True Girt – Charles Portis
The Light Between the Oceans – ML Steadman
The Rook – Daniel O’Malley
The Chaperone – Laura Moriarity
The Good Lord Bird – James McBride
The Martian – Andy Weir
In the Shadow of Blackbirds – Cat Winters
The Little Stanger – Sara Waters
The Turner House – Angela Flournoy
Big Stone Gap – Adriana Trigiani
Lilac Girls – Martha Hall Kelly
The Good Father – Noah Hawley
Lily and the Octopus – Steven Rowley
I Capture the Castle – Dodie Smith
Britt-Marie was Here
Love Letters to the Dead – Ava Dellaira
Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore – Robin Sloan
Flight Of Dreams – Ariel Lawhon
Be Frank with Me – Julia Claibrone Johnson
The Forgetting Time – Sharon Guskin
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend – Matthew Dicks
A Man Called Ove – Frederick Backman
The Nest – Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
End of Watch – Stephen King
Before the Fall – Noah Hawley
The Name of the Wind – Patrick Rothfuss
The Flood Girls – Richard Fifield
Lilac Girls – Martha Hall Kelly
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Wow that’s an impressive list! I’ve read a few of these and am currently enjoying The Flood Girls. Thanks so much, I’ll dig in.
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great Netflix documentary is The Minimalists. Not quite what you think but very eye opening and easy way to live more simply
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how about writing letters to folks you admire,products you love and people who need a Come to Jesus meeting! Learn more about breathing,watch Orphan Black and Saving Grace!! Love you..Heal quickly!
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Writing letters is a lovely idea!
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Wishing your leg a speedy recovery! Do you knit or crochet?
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I don’t – I have a sister for that lol and also my thumb is in a splint making things tricky!
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Books: Nightengale, War Brides
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On Netflix -” Miss Fishers Murder Mysteries”… Australian accents – GORGEOUS costumes, a touch of romance and a nice murder to solve… about 30+ episodes.. Great fun 🙂
Also a good read “All The Light we Cannot See”. a page turner.
Stay strong! you’ll be roller skating before you know it!! Xoxo
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Just added Miss Fisher to my list. Thanks!
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Sending you love and the very best of health.
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Netfflix: Orange is the new black, Penny Dreadful, Making a Murderer, Breaking Bad, Damages, Wentworth, The Ranch, American Crime, The Killing (season 1 & 2; season 3 & 4 meh), Harry Bosch, OA, The Crown. I love anything BBC especially the historical series. If you like public television, download the PBS app. Lots of binge worthy free stuff, and if you make a donation, unlocks even more. Let us know what you are watching, binge on!
Reading: author Kristen Hannah and Kate Morton always have a good read. Just picked up a few of Kristen Hannah books on Kindle for 2 or 3 dollars each. Laine Moriarty is another author I have recently found. Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch (tons of books), Jeff Wheeler has really good sets of fantasy series. Historical fiction authors: Elizabeth Chadwick, Susan Higginbotham. The Complete Works of Jane Austen. Here are some others:
Maude by Donna Foley Mabry
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
A Piece of Cake by Cupcake Brown
Fever by Mary Beth Keane
Six Scary Stories by Stephen King
The Good Girl and Pretty Baby both by Mary Kubica
The Daughters of Hastings series (3 books) by Carol McGrath
Before You and After You both by Jojo Moyes
Let me know if you need any other recommendations…….me, mom, sisters, and friends are all huge readers……
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Whoa, awesome. Thanks Jane!
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I second Wentworth!
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We watched the Richard Curtis film About Time recently and enjoyed it greatly. think it’s on Netflix. After a slightly weak rom-com start I thought it really goes from strength to strength. Sending you love and virtual seasalt chocolate! xx
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I just finished binge watching the entire first season of The Crown on Netflix. Very, very engrossing. Well worth the watch! Hope you heal quickly!!!
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Check out Marvel’s Jessica Jones on Netflix. Suspenseful with a strong female lead.
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Yoga Nidra for recovery! You can find guided meditations on YouTube. I LOVE this. Also, House of Cards on Netflix. Have you ever had a chance to look at all of the recovery documentaries? The Anonymous People? There are others to, just do a google search. Girl on a Train, Where’d you go Bernadette for fun reads. Soul Collage, google it! You can do this!
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House of Cards on Netflix – Kevin Spacey Robin Wright.
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The Wire is great!
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Stranger Things with Winona Ryder. I didn’t think I would like it because I’m not really into paranormal/alien type stuff but it’s Sooo good!
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Oh yes that’s a gooder!
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Have you seen Risky Drinking on HBO?
Thanks for staying in touch every day. We all benefit from you being sidelined, but hope you are up romping around really soon. Especially liked your piece about all the pain–seeing it as a process like what we’ve gone through to quit drinking. Take good care.
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better call saul! breaking bad! Friday night lights!
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Battlestar galactica – the 2004 tv update with Edward James Olmos.
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Seriously???
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Yep!
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Ha – I just came back to see your comment. Yes-seriously! I hope you try it – it is a great series!
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If you happen to get an HBO subscription…Game of Thrones. Despite my initial resistance to it, I started watching it recently and am totally sucked in! They have some strong female leads and characters. Check it out
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Waiting for the new season..
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Just started season 4!
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Two favorites of mine, Mad Men and Jane the Virgin. Mad Men is about an “ad” guy in the 60s. But he has a lot of baggage and the back drop of New York and all that occurred during the late 50s is great. I must admit, Mad Men has a lot of drinking, but it did not want to make me drink, in fact, it did the opposite, made me glad I don’t. As for Jane the Virgin, a telenovela within a telenovela, very clever, funny, good acting.
Books, I am reading Cooking for Picasso, so far I love it.
Hope you are healing quickly. I love all the blog posts, they are uplifting in this cold and dark time of the year.
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Great suggestions. I devoured Mad Men as it aired, but I never got past the title on Jane the Virgin so I’ll give it a shot. Thanks for the suggestions!
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Grace & Frankie/Netflix, Chef & the Farmer/PBS
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Hey Jean, you are doing great with keeping plugged in, I know a lot of us may tend to isolate and that would not be useful to us recovering folks, but its so good you are reaching out! Heres some of my favorite binges, Nurse Jackie I believe on Netflix, Ray Donavan on Showtime, one of my husband and I’s favorite shows, I know you said HBO but maybe they will give you a free month especially if you tell them your situation and you could say, if you you will pay for it going ahead, worth a try. Also I like Frankie and Johnny on Netflix, its funny and light and entertaining. If you like a good mystery we loved “The Killing” on Netflix, all the seasons were great but we loved season one and the twist in the end, season two and three were good too but some parts hard to watch, but the end of the whole season was great! The two main characters you will fall in love with. I am reading Glennon Doyle Meltons books and am getting a lot out of them all, learning a lot about myself, she’s a good writer. My hub and I also liked Tribe by Sebastian Junger a great look at how we are all connected and we liked The Couple Next Door, a pretty good mystery! Happy watching, reading and healing!! Glad you are feeling better.
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How about Mad Men from the beginning.I loved that show. Even though the drinking culture is a big part of it, the show does go on to reveal how the secrets and lies and double lives -and alcohol-catch up with everyone.Intense!!! I like the episodes where Don’s drinking catches up to him and he realizes that he has to change his ways. Love the episode where he’s standing in his kitchen pouring all the liquor down the sink. Been there.
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This is Us is a great new show!
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I was skeptical about this show, and ended up loving it!
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A 30 day journey to stillness will occupy 5 minutes a day… lol
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Hi – I have listed some of my favourite podcasts at https://stoporstartsite.wordpress.com/2017/01/14/start-happiness-practices/. You’ll see Bubble Hour is listed. I’ll second Black Mirror and Crown on Netflix, and a documentary called The Minimalists, and a doco Freakonomics. Also a book called Changing on the Job, a great book about how people make sense of the world – really helps understand those people who sometimes drive you nuts.
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Versailles on Netflix! I’m reading “This Naked Mind,” by Annie Grace and it’s an awesome sober resource so far! Hope you feel better soon, I can relate, broke my foot last year. I did a lot of coloring, very zen!
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The Leah Remini Scientology series on A&E. So good.
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The Crown on Netflix is excellent. Fills in the blanks about the history of Queen Elizabeth and her life in the early years. On the opposite spectrum is The Ranch with Sam Elliott, Debra Winger and Ashton Kutcher. It can be very crass, but funny.
Enjoy and get better soon.
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Some of the episodes are a little dark, but if you haven’t seen Black Mirror (Netflix) it’s definitely worth watching 😊
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