No tricks.... All treats! - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

Weasel1966 · 10-21-2012, 04:00 AM

I am not scared!

I cannot be fooled so easily!

Sundays I am bedeviled by my addictive voice.

Well the Jason mask won't work this time. The fear is gone.

I have been sober everyday this month except the last two Sundays.

I have a cold right now and a fever. That seems to make it easier to want to stay sober since I feel like crap to begin with. But I make no assumptions.

I have three meetings at various points in the day should I feel up to leaving the house.

I will be making chicken soup. First the chicken stock and then the soup. That's a nice slow process that keeps me occupied and gives me some sense of satisfaction.

But I want another kind of satisfaction. That won't come until tomorrow morning getting ready for work. When I have broken my patterns.

If you know me then you must be tired of me always reaffirming my commitments on Sundays. if you know me then you also know how long in the making this victory is. There have been other sober sundays but not when I have been doing so well that this is the final remaining weak spot to overcome.

No tricks today!

Only treats!

I will be on SR all day so it would be nice to hear from you.

How are you staying sober today???

K.

Blondie0419 · 10-21-2012, 04:09 AM

Sounds like you have a good plan to stay sober today, soup sounds good! Sundays are not triggers for me, weekend nights are. I have a wedding to go to, going to be the first wedding ever without drinking.... I need to start coming up with a plan for myself for this upcoming Saturday night! Posting on here is a good way of holding yourself accountable. Looking forward to a post from you Monday morning talking about your success.

**Dee74** · 10-21-2012, 04:12 AM

I'm going to bed LOL - have a good, sober day Ken

D

Fandy · 10-21-2012, 04:14 AM

Hope you feel better soon and make an extra large batch of soup, stick some in the freezer.

Weasel1966 · 10-21-2012, 04:17 AM

I agree.... Be accountable is an element to this that I need. I have to speak with my sponsor and that's a huge motivator.

My job has escalated in responsibilities. I want to be sharp because I love what I do and it requires some thought.

Nothing is more satisfying than to be able to form sentences on a Monday morning.

Not hiding from co workers because I am shaking.

Not covering my breath with gum all day.

Being able to look people in the eye.

None of these things was a motivator in the past. Because I just did not want anything but drinking. They are motivators today. Because I don't want drinking in my life any more.

That is such a huge changes for me.

Good luck at the wedding. Good you are planning now.

Sleep well Dee!

lilgolden73 · 10-21-2012, 04:22 AM

Have a great sober Sunday!

mecanix · 10-21-2012, 04:25 AM

As Dee kinda referd to , you have been sober all Sunday in Australia already today .. just need to keep your eye on the sweep of time across our planet to make it through ..

On my apps i have the time in Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Moscow, London, New York, Chicago & San Dieago it sometimes helps to watch it somehow .. back when i was counting the miuites i found hunting web-cams from those places reassuring , seeing the sunset over Sydney harbour bridge and those auzzies going home , looking at time square seeing the evening ..

Keep warm , M

Weasel1966 · 10-21-2012, 04:29 AM

It's all in the perspective isn't it M!!!!

aasharon90 · 10-21-2012, 04:34 AM

I definitely remember how aweful I felt
with a hangover the next day after a day
and night of drinking. However today, I
dont need the drink to make me remember
because all I have to do is forget how much
salt they put in those deliver pizzas and
get so dehydrated during the night, wake
up spinning, drink water then throw up. YUK.!!

There's too many other things in life for
me to experience to remind me how much
I hate that sick hangover feeling after drinking.

Too much sun, not enough water, salty foods.

Im happy and grateful to be sober and not
spinning and throwing up my insides today.

Thepatman · 10-21-2012, 04:42 AM

Weasel, I can totally relate about the work things. I have a super good IT career in government and was having the same issues as you. I would come in from a wekend binge, and even if I slowed down on the Sunday, Monday morning was the worst. I was so stressed about shaking, my breath. That in itself is worth the pain I'm going trough.

Fandy · 10-21-2012, 04:45 AM

You've got a great positive attitude to start the day. That is 90% of your success.
you are giving yourself a gift every day you are staying sober.

freshstart57 · 10-21-2012, 05:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Little Engine that Could

I think I can, I think I can.

I think you can, too.

Have a great day, Ken and remember, it is really hard to put enough garlic in your chicken soup.

Wolfram · 10-21-2012, 06:19 AM

And you really make me want to do soup too today

.

Happy sober sunday!

Fandy · 10-21-2012, 06:26 AM

thank you for sharing your Sunday with us....you motivated me to do some positive things for myself (and my little sobirety dog) today too.

Weasel1966 · 10-21-2012, 07:08 AM

That's awesome Fandy!

I have the chicken simmering to make the stock.... Chicken , carrots, celery, thyme, sage, rosemary, garlic and turnip. Classic.

Cold hits and goes so riding the waves.

K

Blondie0419 · 10-22-2012, 03:14 AM

Weasel, how is your Monday going?

Weasel1966 · 10-22-2012, 03:32 AM

Hey! Thanks for asking!

Bright eyed and bushy tailed! LOL

I still have an aweful cold but sober and ready for a busy workday!

Hope you all have a good morning! Thanks for the support.

K

pipparina · 10-22-2012, 03:33 AM

Good to see you up and about. I really dislikes Mondays!
How was the chicken soup?

Weasel1966 · 10-22-2012, 03:42 AM

P the chicken soup cam out better than expected. Needs a little salt though. :0)

I like monday mornings actually. When I am sober. I have a meeting at 2 that I need to get in early and prepare for so at least my mind will be occupied all moring. That makes it go quick.

Maybe I will find time to post some here if I need a break.

K

FreeFall · 10-22-2012, 10:30 AM

Ken, congrats on a successful Sunday!! WooHoo!!

10-21-2012, 04:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
Weasel1966 A simple guy making his way Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Long Island New York Posts: 2,197 Blog Entries: 36	No tricks.... All treats! I am not scared! I cannot be fooled so easily! Sundays I am bedeviled by my addictive voice. Well the Jason mask won't work this time. The fear is gone. I have been sober everyday this month except the last two Sundays. I have a cold right now and a fever. That seems to make it easier to want to stay sober since I feel like crap to begin with. But I make no assumptions. I have three meetings at various points in the day should I feel up to leaving the house. I will be making chicken soup. First the chicken stock and then the soup. That's a nice slow process that keeps me occupied and gives me some sense of satisfaction. But I want another kind of satisfaction. That won't come until tomorrow morning getting ready for work. When I have broken my patterns. If you know me then you must be tired of me always reaffirming my commitments on Sundays. if you know me then you also know how long in the making this victory is. There have been other sober sundays but not when I have been doing so well that this is the final remaining weak spot to overcome. No tricks today! Only treats! I will be on SR all day so it would be nice to hear from you. How are you staying sober today??? K.

10-21-2012, 04:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
Dee74 SR Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Seas Posts: 65,558	I'm going to bed LOL - have a good, sober day Ken D __________________

10-21-2012, 04:14 AM	#4 (permalink)
Fandy Enlighten and Expurgate Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 14,241	Hope you feel better soon and make an extra large batch of soup, stick some in the freezer. __________________ I've seen too much to go back and pretend

10-21-2012, 04:22 AM	#6 (permalink)
lilgolden73 Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Somewhere in the sands of time Posts: 1,206 Blog Entries: 11	Have a great sober Sunday! __________________ Lola "First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you." "It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth". "Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness."

10-21-2012, 04:25 AM	#7 (permalink)
mecanix Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: uk Posts: 1,389 Blog Entries: 8	As Dee kinda referd to , you have been sober all Sunday in Australia already today .. just need to keep your eye on the sweep of time across our planet to make it through .. On my apps i have the time in Sydney, Tokyo, Shanghai, Moscow, London, New York, Chicago & San Dieago it sometimes helps to watch it somehow .. back when i was counting the miuites i found hunting web-cams from those places reassuring , seeing the sunset over Sydney harbour bridge and those auzzies going home , looking at time square seeing the evening .. Keep warm , M __________________ Ups and downs still happen, it's how we deal with them that counts. gave up 3rd sept 2011. I post because i have some experience , not because i have any answers for you .

10-21-2012, 04:09 AM	#2 (permalink)
Blondie0419 Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 83 Blog Entries: 1	Sounds like you have a good plan to stay sober today, soup sounds good! Sundays are not triggers for me, weekend nights are. I have a wedding to go to, going to be the first wedding ever without drinking.... I need to start coming up with a plan for myself for this upcoming Saturday night! Posting on here is a good way of holding yourself accountable. Looking forward to a post from you Monday morning talking about your success.

10-21-2012, 04:17 AM	#5 (permalink)
Weasel1966 A simple guy making his way Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Long Island New York Posts: 2,197 Blog Entries: 36	I agree.... Be accountable is an element to this that I need. I have to speak with my sponsor and that's a huge motivator. My job has escalated in responsibilities. I want to be sharp because I love what I do and it requires some thought. Nothing is more satisfying than to be able to form sentences on a Monday morning. Not hiding from co workers because I am shaking. Not covering my breath with gum all day. Being able to look people in the eye. None of these things was a motivator in the past. Because I just did not want anything but drinking. They are motivators today. Because I don't want drinking in my life any more. That is such a huge changes for me. Good luck at the wedding. Good you are planning now. Sleep well Dee!

10-21-2012, 04:29 AM	#8 (permalink)
Weasel1966 A simple guy making his way Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Long Island New York Posts: 2,197 Blog Entries: 36	It's all in the perspective isn't it M!!!!

10-21-2012, 04:34 AM	#9 (permalink)
aasharon90 Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Baton Rouge, La. Posts: 5,546	I definitely remember how aweful I felt with a hangover the next day after a day and night of drinking. However today, I dont need the drink to make me remember because all I have to do is forget how much salt they put in those deliver pizzas and get so dehydrated during the night, wake up spinning, drink water then throw up. YUK.!! There's too many other things in life for me to experience to remind me how much I hate that sick hangover feeling after drinking. Too much sun, not enough water, salty foods. Im happy and grateful to be sober and not spinning and throwing up my insides today. __________________ "A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED" SHARON B. Baton Rouge, La. 8-11-90 I turn my will and life over to the care of a Power greater than I on a daily bases for guidance, care and protection.

10-21-2012, 04:42 AM	#10 (permalink)
Thepatman Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Gatineau, QC Posts: 904	Weasel, I can totally relate about the work things. I have a super good IT career in government and was having the same issues as you. I would come in from a wekend binge, and even if I slowed down on the Sunday, Monday morning was the worst. I was so stressed about shaking, my breath. That in itself is worth the pain I'm going trough. __________________ Only a man or women who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his/her soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even. Muhammad Ali

10-21-2012, 04:45 AM	#11 (permalink)
Fandy Enlighten and Expurgate Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 14,241	You've got a great positive attitude to start the day. That is 90% of your success. you are giving yourself a gift every day you are staying sober. __________________ I've seen too much to go back and pretend

10-21-2012, 06:19 AM	#13 (permalink)
Wolfram Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Quebec Posts: 71	And you really make me want to do soup too today . Happy sober sunday!

10-21-2012, 06:26 AM	#14 (permalink)
Fandy Enlighten and Expurgate Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 14,241	thank you for sharing your Sunday with us....you motivated me to do some positive things for myself (and my little sobirety dog) today too. __________________ I've seen too much to go back and pretend

10-21-2012, 07:08 AM	#15 (permalink)
Weasel1966 A simple guy making his way Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Long Island New York Posts: 2,197 Blog Entries: 36	That's awesome Fandy! I have the chicken simmering to make the stock.... Chicken , carrots, celery, thyme, sage, rosemary, garlic and turnip. Classic. Cold hits and goes so riding the waves. K

10-22-2012, 03:14 AM	#16 (permalink)
Blondie0419 Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 83 Blog Entries: 1	Weasel, how is your Monday going?

10-22-2012, 03:32 AM	#17 (permalink)
Weasel1966 A simple guy making his way Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Long Island New York Posts: 2,197 Blog Entries: 36	Hey! Thanks for asking! Bright eyed and bushy tailed! LOL I still have an aweful cold but sober and ready for a busy workday! Hope you all have a good morning! Thanks for the support. K

10-22-2012, 03:33 AM	#18 (permalink)
pipparina Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: NYC Posts: 1,226	Good to see you up and about. I really dislikes Mondays! How was the chicken soup? __________________ "The mind is its own place; it can make a hell of heaven or a heaven of hell" Milton

10-22-2012, 03:42 AM	#19 (permalink)
Weasel1966 A simple guy making his way Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Long Island New York Posts: 2,197 Blog Entries: 36	P the chicken soup cam out better than expected. Needs a little salt though. :0) I like monday mornings actually. When I am sober. I have a meeting at 2 that I need to get in early and prepare for so at least my mind will be occupied all moring. That makes it go quick. Maybe I will find time to post some here if I need a break. K

10-22-2012, 10:30 AM	#20 (permalink)
FreeFall Clear Eyes Full Heart Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,011	Ken, congrats on a successful Sunday!! WooHoo!! __________________ “When you quit drinking you stop waiting.” ― Caroline Knapp, Drinking: A Love Story

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