Guten Tag!
I am hoping that all my American compatriots made it through the Thanksgiving Day in a safe and sober way. To my worldwide friends, here is wishing you the same as well.
Thought I would write a few words about being healthy.
As I left my workplace for the long rest last week, I noted that almost all of the managerial staff there was sick with something or the other. I realized that my boss, all my co-managers, and the mid-level supervisors all were coughing or sneezing with cold, flu, or something of a similar nature. A couple of them were developing bronchitis, and looked like hell, with dark circles under the eyes.
The amazing thing was that, I was not sick with anything! This is highly unusual in the extreme. For as long as I can remember, yours truly always got sick the first, or second as my immune system was never that strong. Indeed, the thing that really kick-started me on my current state of abstinence was a case of pneumonia preceded by bronchitis in December of last year.
The last few years, I was getting sick more and more often. Always a case of bronchitis, a cold, the flu or something it seemed.
Having stopped my binge drinking, and smoking, starting an exercise and diet improvement program, and getting additional nutritional supplements into my system have built my immune system up to a high degree it seems. It feels good to not be sick!
I read where pneumonia is a common cause of death for a lot of hard drinkers when they start getting older, and I guess that sort of scared me into finally making the decision. Maybe now, I can look forward to more years of life, and a good retirement run.
I know I was exposed to a massive dose of whatever had everyone down at work, as I have to sit in meetings in closed conference rooms with them several times a week. Always in the back of my mind, I wondered when the crud was going to get me! It?s had plenty of time to incubate, and here I sit now, with no trace of sniffles or coughing.
It?s just one more reason to stay the course for me. Hope you all are faring well too.
Be well.
Neil
I am hoping that all my American compatriots made it through the Thanksgiving Day in a safe and sober way. To my worldwide friends, here is wishing you the same as well.
Thought I would write a few words about being healthy.
As I left my workplace for the long rest last week, I noted that almost all of the managerial staff there was sick with something or the other. I realized that my boss, all my co-managers, and the mid-level supervisors all were coughing or sneezing with cold, flu, or something of a similar nature. A couple of them were developing bronchitis, and looked like hell, with dark circles under the eyes.
The amazing thing was that, I was not sick with anything! This is highly unusual in the extreme. For as long as I can remember, yours truly always got sick the first, or second as my immune system was never that strong. Indeed, the thing that really kick-started me on my current state of abstinence was a case of pneumonia preceded by bronchitis in December of last year.
The last few years, I was getting sick more and more often. Always a case of bronchitis, a cold, the flu or something it seemed.
Having stopped my binge drinking, and smoking, starting an exercise and diet improvement program, and getting additional nutritional supplements into my system have built my immune system up to a high degree it seems. It feels good to not be sick!
I read where pneumonia is a common cause of death for a lot of hard drinkers when they start getting older, and I guess that sort of scared me into finally making the decision. Maybe now, I can look forward to more years of life, and a good retirement run.
I know I was exposed to a massive dose of whatever had everyone down at work, as I have to sit in meetings in closed conference rooms with them several times a week. Always in the back of my mind, I wondered when the crud was going to get me! It?s had plenty of time to incubate, and here I sit now, with no trace of sniffles or coughing.
It?s just one more reason to stay the course for me. Hope you all are faring well too.
Be well.
Neil
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