to the Weekenders
If this is your first weekend sober, or one of many, come join us for support and chat...as we know the weekends can be a struggle sometimes. (We’re here all week too!)
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Weekends Past
If this weekend was like others
I’d not know much of it,
I’d be blotto, comatose
And mostly, degenerate.
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If this weekend was like others
Amidst the empty bottles,
An itch that can’t be scratched,
Then one more drink as I crash horizontal.
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If this weekend was like others
There’d be regrets and memory loss,
Broken promises of ‘this is the last’
Whilst amid much crapulousness
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If this weekend was like others
But wait! I broke the mould,
I refused my ache for alcohol
How will my sober life unfold?
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Many sober weekends (and weekdays) on,
Seven years nearly, it will be
Since I chose the sober path,
Regrets? Not one, I reply happily.
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A poem by Mags