My escape

Sleeping and driving have been the most mentally taxing times for me. That is when my mind has been the most active, without outside stimulus, even with the windows down and the music blaring while driving.

For me my escape has been golf with friends, and it has been friendly competition golf on the weekends. A psychiatrist would better analyze what is going on. I'm just a patient who has experienced a resurgence in my golf.

Since I was diagnosed this is what I have shot.

H	9/7/19	69	75.1/140	-4.9	Hermitage Country Club Sabot C
H	8/31/19	71	72.5/137	-1.2	Hermitage Country Club Sabot C
H	8/24/19	74	72.5/137	1.2	Hermitage Country Club Sabot C
H	8/17/19	70	72.5/137	-2.1	Hermitage Country Club Sabot C
H	8/11/19	77	72.5/137	3.7	Hermitage Country Club Sabot C
A	8/7/19	79	73.9/148	3.9	Kiawah Island Golf Resort Ocea
A	8/4/19	70	70.5/133	-0.4	Kiawah Island Golf Resort Ospr

Our Member-Member tourney is around the corner and I dropped out after my diagnosis, but as Club Pro Guy would say I am trending in the wrong direction. I am not managing my handicap properly.

I have also started riding in a cart. Spending more quality time with my playing partners, where I used to walk and you could have a lot of alone time during the round walking, I'm trying to avoid that now.

I'm going to see if there are studies out there, where people started to excel in some of their pursuits in similar situations. Lance Armstrong comes to mind (did he use performance enhancers? yes, but most were). It still takes the mental fortitude be successful, that many times, no matter what you are taking.

Mario Lemieux is someone else.