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Just checking in
Hi SR peeps -- I just wanted to check in, and also say out loud (or type out loud) that I'm an alcoholic, and I'm grateful to be sober today.
I've been on vacation, traveling in Spain for a couple of weeks, and haven't gotten to any AA meetings while here (I'll go this weekend when I return home).
I must say, there's a heck of a lot of booze in the open-air cafés here -- wine bottles everywhere I turn. Today we had lunch at a restaurant, with diet cokes, and when they brought the check, they stuck a glass of dessert wine under my nose (not ordered, of course, just a freebie). I just pushed the glass away.
I'm really grateful that the problem has been removed for me and I have not wanted a drink despite it being all around me. I'm so grateful to feel healthy every morning, walk all day seeing the sights, and be actually present for my husband/travel companion. I'm grateful my plans don't have to revolve around drinking and I'm free to go anywhere and do anything.
Thanks for listening SR friends... This is the longest I've gone without a meeting since getting sober 14 months ago, and I don't want to take my sobriety for granted. Just wanted to connect with others who understand.
I've been on vacation, traveling in Spain for a couple of weeks, and haven't gotten to any AA meetings while here (I'll go this weekend when I return home).
I must say, there's a heck of a lot of booze in the open-air cafés here -- wine bottles everywhere I turn. Today we had lunch at a restaurant, with diet cokes, and when they brought the check, they stuck a glass of dessert wine under my nose (not ordered, of course, just a freebie). I just pushed the glass away.
I'm really grateful that the problem has been removed for me and I have not wanted a drink despite it being all around me. I'm so grateful to feel healthy every morning, walk all day seeing the sights, and be actually present for my husband/travel companion. I'm grateful my plans don't have to revolve around drinking and I'm free to go anywhere and do anything.
Thanks for listening SR friends... This is the longest I've gone without a meeting since getting sober 14 months ago, and I don't want to take my sobriety for granted. Just wanted to connect with others who understand.
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Originally Posted by tursiops999 
Thanks for listening SR friends... This is the longest I've gone without a meeting since getting sober 14 months ago, and I don't want to take my sobriety for granted. Just wanted to connect with others who understand.
You have a lot to be proud of - I know the vaca must've been challenging.
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Originally Posted by tursiops999
Hi SR peeps -- I just wanted to check in, and also say out loud (or type out loud) that I'm an alcoholic, and I'm grateful to be sober today.
I've been on vacation, traveling in Spain for a couple of weeks, and haven't gotten to any AA meetings while here (I'll go this weekend when I return home).
I must say, there's a heck of a lot of booze in the open-air cafés here -- wine bottles everywhere I turn. Today we had lunch at a restaurant, with diet cokes, and when they brought the check, they stuck a glass of dessert wine under my nose (not ordered, of course, just a freebie). I just pushed the glass away.
I'm really grateful that the problem has been removed for me and I have not wanted a drink despite it being all around me. I'm so grateful to feel healthy every morning, walk all day seeing the sights, and be actually present for my husband/travel companion. I'm grateful my plans don't have to revolve around drinking and I'm free to go anywhere and do anything.
Thanks for listening SR friends... This is the longest I've gone without a meeting since getting sober 14 months ago, and I don't want to take my sobriety for granted. Just wanted to connect with others who understand.
I've been on vacation, traveling in Spain for a couple of weeks, and haven't gotten to any AA meetings while here (I'll go this weekend when I return home).
I must say, there's a heck of a lot of booze in the open-air cafés here -- wine bottles everywhere I turn. Today we had lunch at a restaurant, with diet cokes, and when they brought the check, they stuck a glass of dessert wine under my nose (not ordered, of course, just a freebie). I just pushed the glass away.
I'm really grateful that the problem has been removed for me and I have not wanted a drink despite it being all around me. I'm so grateful to feel healthy every morning, walk all day seeing the sights, and be actually present for my husband/travel companion. I'm grateful my plans don't have to revolve around drinking and I'm free to go anywhere and do anything.
Thanks for listening SR friends... This is the longest I've gone without a meeting since getting sober 14 months ago, and I don't want to take my sobriety for granted. Just wanted to connect with others who understand.
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