NatGeo Gerald Natalino
43 years old
Sober/Clean Date date 4/18/22

Life experience
Peer Support Specialist
Recovery Coach
Denver Metropolitan Area Colorado

It’s our choice Happiness or Despair Scarcity or Abundance Death or Life Just for Today I chose to Live my best
04/12/2026

It’s our choice
Happiness or Despair
Scarcity or Abundance
Death or Life

Just for Today I chose to Live my best

02/27/2026

Painted my bathroom Recently here is what I learned;

Preparation is very important
but preparing is only useful when intentional action is imminent !!!
Be wary that Preparation can turn to procrastination without intentional action

When a wall or board is going to receive a new color or a “refresh”, it is to be altered. The wall or board will change. The Color will look a bit different….
The paint and ergo the color is the exterior skin of that wall. In order for change to last and be sustained;
we must go a bit deeper than skin level or else the change will only be “skin deep”

We sand , we grind and we scr**e until the item in question is brought down to bare bones.
This Process is not the same as “breaking it down to build it back up “
The technique i speak of is better decribed as Removing some of the old;
That no longer works ; in order to make room for the new.
The most effective way is to use tools like tenderness, love and presence.
Any scratches, gouges or wounds will be filled with new material and finished to a level of beauty we are capable of Creating. This is also contingent upon the level of beauty we are capable of experiencing.

After digging out all the material of the past and applying each coat of the new
We give it time to heal…

During this period that some call “curing” the area that was worked on becomes Strong
It is in the process of Healing that Beauty and strength are born.

Hope you all have a beautiful weekend

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Undead Outlaws 4 Real Change What we do …We work in the Dirt And we get to Play in the mud But we also get to Live and L...
01/24/2026

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What we do …
We work in the Dirt
And we get to Play in the mud
But we also get to Live and Love in the clothes

01/24/2026

Food for thought :
Positivity Can be just as contagious as “Covid”

And if that bothers anyone remember this
We are dead already , none of us will get out alive - so let’s live accordingly

.. From The Adventures of Sir George his Goldenness and The Hausey The Tale of the “Tiger Kitty “Part  #1 It was a Day l...
01/23/2026

.. From
The Adventures of Sir George his Goldenness and The Hausey

The Tale of the “Tiger Kitty “
Part #1

It was a Day like any other day on the docks of the Frisco Bay …
The Soupy Thick fog was waiting to burn off when the sun finally settled on its Mid morning position -
Ships from all over the world were jockeying for location in the busy Port. The Cargo of these massive steel sea beasts would soon be loaded from Ship to shore via cranes, lifts and hands.

Exactly where the ship containing The Young Siberian Tiger came from is unknown and for purpose of this story and most stories not all that important. We always want to know what it was in the past of a hero or villain that caused them to be who they turned out to be …and in most cases our environment does play a part in who we become. However in some cases a truly special situation occurs when a soul has what it takes to transcend their life situation. Once In a great while an individual has that quality that is not tangible, call It bravery, call it courage , call it charisma. Whatever it is called it is easier to feel than to Touch, see, hear or explain.

As the crane unloaded the wooden crate in San Francisco Harbor that morning even the Drivers of the awaiting Trucks could feel it in the air….
To those drivers whom were a little more Green to the ways of the “ Unknown “ it showed up as an erie uneasiness or odd type of anxiety . To the more experienced drivers and dock workers it felt almost like a moment of peace amongst the post coffee break - controlled chaos that was the Bay Area’s Port Area.

Since the “Covid” pandemic containers coming from places so far west that they became the east were under heavy scrutiny from Authorities and To save everyone a lot of Work , red r**e and expenses there was a small Group of folks that offered a solitution. Everyone knows this organization by the name it takes in the places that it lives. Although the places it operates has a tendancy of changing the name a bit, to the ones that “do the work “ of it , “ Anonymity “ is fine by them. They Live, Love and Work in the realm of the Shadows and always just one step ahead of the sun on the shady side of the street,
This Group is not inherently Good nor inherently
Evil - they are a vital cog in the machine that human kind has created. And to better describe this Organization let’s just say they are the “lubricating grease” that allows the wheels of Industry and Retail to spin. They Also allow Governments to hand a “bad guy “ and a “ scapegoat “ to their citizens as to why the taxes for Security , police and military need to be raised.

This is How The Legend that is Tiger Kitty begins
As Hausey and Sir George are getting to know one another on the long flight up from the” in between “ back to the Rocky Mountains Front Range.

See it is highly unusual to tell a tale of an individual whose aura is Powerful that it , not only is unchanged by the environment it is nurtured in but that that individual actually starts to lend Positive Change to world around it.
To tell a Story where a Group of these beautiful oddities find each other is extremely unique.

Now for what it’s worth , once in a while this could be how the world and her species
Evolve …

As the Crane loaded the truck and the proverbial
Lubricating Grease did what it does from the shadow world , the crate containing a highly illegal yet awe inspiringly Beautiful white Siberian Tiger dropped the last three feet to the back bed of the awaiting flat bed….
The crate fell and crushed into pieces another wooden box. This particular crate contained thousands of Surgical masks and rubber gloves which went flying all over the ground ….

As a shroud of dense fog circled the area , courtesy of the Mystical Branch of Our friends from the “shadow organization” if one were paying attention
One could catch a glimpse of Tiger kitty ….
But then again
“We didn’t see nothing” was the ready answer of every dock hand , operator engineer , Union steward and driver present on the day
The Legend that is Tiger Kitty
Came to The United States of America.

The Fog completely consumed the docks and then lifted 15 minutes later as the sun burned its way to its perch -
The Trucks and boxes were gone and even the ship that came from “nowhere “ and was carrying “nothing “ steamed its way past the horizon.
A Young sailor running to catch his fishing boat which was just about to cast off
Slipped on some litter left on the ground …a surgical mask !
“Freakin Doctors “ he griped and then remembered he was too self centered to care
That was the only evidence left of the days event

And so it goes and it so it goes …..

(As always to be continued )

01/11/2026

I’ve heard Humility described in many ways. To me it is easier to offer a connotation for this word rather than an exact definition.

In my experience Humility is a beautiful principle and is something to be practiced. It does not mean That I am less than any other Human Person, Nor does it mean I am Greater than any of my Fellow Travelers. To me Humility is just the act of Being A Human in this Human experience -to be teachable , to be where I am at and to give myself and others Grace and Space to be authentic and Genuine.
- There will be some posts coming from me in the near future- a group of folks I associate with
Have some stories based on our experiences. We have decided to tell these stories of Redemption, Heartache , struggle , Friendship and Over coming tremendous hardships and come out on the other side breathing , Alive and Sober.

These stories will be told through the lens of an all seeing entity and centered around Two characters.
Sir George His Goldenness , an English Cream Golden Retriever and Hausey , a Horse born in an in between dimension of existence. (A place between living and dead , positive and negative , darkness and light - )
We are not professional writers but have a message of Hope to convey -
Our Hope is these stories are read and people enjoy them and maybe
Just maybe - we can put down our differences and see what makes us The Same - Being Human

Smart People say i have no use for the past, wise people see value in the mistakes of the past in order to not make them...
11/21/2025

Smart People say i have no use for the past, wise people see value in the mistakes of the past in order to not make them again in the future.
What works for me is to know that by not following through with school i gave up my chance to “be smart “… By attempting Humility i know that i have a long way to go until this guy can claim wisdom.

When i was a young kid , just a scared little boy that never fit in and was kind of shy a person who i respect and Love to this day showed me how to box … Just the basics

Stick , move , bob , weave , right, left , duck , right hook ( never knew how that lesson would come in handy )

I live 24 hours at a time and am involved in a process that is designed to free me from my past ( without closing the door on it) so that i can live fully in the Present moment.
In doing this i have been able to recognize patterns of behavior in my life experiences.
And the Hope is to turn my dysfunctional parts ( my liabilities ) to strengths.

My Story : is like many
Got hooked on oxycontin at 19 years old around the year 2001 and proceeded to go through a vicious cycle of addiction. Substances up to and including this new one on the street “fetty”, violence , manipulation, dealing , stealing , jails , institutions and overdoses.
In 2022 after becoming “sick and tired of always being sick and tired “
i had what is known as a
“ moment of clarity”
And to be really honest this had nothing to do with Religion.

What this clarity involved was simple
If i was not happy what do i have to lose by changing everything.

Stick Move Bob Weave Right Left Duck right Hook

I was Honest with myself - “dude you are dead
What do you have to lose by trying Recovery and living your best life “ to hell be the consequences

Was open minded to the idea that maybe I am worth going against the Grain , doing something for me …. I still struggle with this on days

Willingness came to me a day later when i was Given an Opportunity to take a plane to the Rocky Mountains and Spend time with a Guy who was also a Recovering Addict.

That Experience and that person in Recovery did not save my life ( im the only Human Power that can make me not use , cannot do it alone but no one can do it for me )

What this Person dis was show me a new way to live.
It allowes me the Grace and Space to Recover
And it allowed me the Time to see the beast that was inside of me …..

The Journey of Recovery has been Wild for me.
I always thought that if i got Sober i would lose
“My Edge”
I’d be boring - lol 😂 first this is silly
Second it is the furthest thing from true and one of the lies that kept me sick…..

Today I do the hard thing first

Stick move bob weave right left duck right hook

Today because of my past experiences , I know in my heart that when the chips are stacked against us that’s when my crew and i are at our best.

When life’s fires burn the hottest and the night is at its darkest is exactly when we use the fire to light the way and crack on -

Stick Move Bob Weave Right Left Duck Right Hook

As an Addict in Recovery I have learned a tool that has helped me to grow in profound ways

The Art of Getting back up -
No matter how hard we get hit
Get back up - start again - smile
Eat that punch that life throws at us
Shake it off , even if it takes a while to get our bearings we arise …. Id rather be that person in the ring getting their “bell rung “ time and time again than the person sitting in the stands and placing a bet talking about having “skin in the game “
No to have skin in the game is to put ourselves out there - to be vulnerable
To take a chance , make a risk
Throw that right Hook

These are tough times , for everyone

But if you are still reading this then you are one of the Kind souls that needs to know you are not alone. There are people that have like minds and experiences- we are not helpless or useless. We are more than our Disease and there is Hope.

Stick , Move , Bob , weave
Right , left , Duck , Right Hook

Ain’t that some shiznit - Gratitude is so important for me - I love feeling small - For example:: I am a god I am not th...
08/26/2025

Ain’t that some shiznit - Gratitude is so important for me - I love feeling small -
For example:: I am a god I am not thee God
I’m also the Most Humble est 😎😉

07/11/2025

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