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Carved small pumpkins with my kids! Went to the store with my son before my wife and daughter came home, and he was dying to carve a pumpkin. Where I live, if you carve one too early it will be liquid within a week from the heat. So I compromised and bought smaller ones that we will keep in the house. They drew the design and I carved them up!

Passed all the poison in the store and ignored it. I have to say at this point my body feeling cleansed is winning over my mind being numb. My mind is still acting like it's being rejected for not complying to the urge to drink, but it needs to keep losing.

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CommunityDawn

Good on you, Toss. That's success.

Mizzuno

Very wholesome. Enjoy!

lilgolden73

Sounds like a great night to me!!! Glad you passed the poison!

FreeFall

I bet your family loved it, and I bet you felt great making them happy! Glad it's going well for you

Needsassistance

Nice, toss. Wait until the morning, your going to feel even better, good night, remember everything, no hangover, regret, etc... Great stuff!

NatalieN

That's a great idea Toss. I am sure your kids loved it. I had a similar feeling the other day when helping my 10 yo with a science experiment. I relapsed in June of 2011 and school started in August. I didn't get sober until May, a month before school ended, so I wasn't really there for her last school year as far a help with homework and stuff like that. Even after just a couple of glasses of wine, the last thing I wanted to do was spend time encouraging or reviewing homework. My kiddo is having a very different school year this time around. I am super involved with her class work, have met with a couple of teachers, etc, etc. Sobriety does pay off and the benefits to our kids are huge.

You sound great. Best wishes on this journey.

Natalie

debsam

I totally agree...you're going to feel brilliant in the morning Toss!

I learned in a meditation class while in rehab to relax your body first and the mind will follow...it works for me.

Kept that body cleansed . You're doing great.

Toss

Luckily I have a very strong wife who compensated for me the last year. I was very active, would help with most things, but still not enough.

So glad to hear your story, it sounds alot like mine. We just have to keep our eyes on the horizon and when it starts to dip, we know what to do.

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Toss

That is so true! I have always loved music and I can get lost in it, let my mind go wherever it wants, no rules! To me that is a form of clearing the mind!

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Choppersled

Good deal Toss, glad to hear it! Are you in lower AL by chance? I am and I agree, after about three days the pumpkins will turn to orange goo.

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I am, and if you want a natural scarey pumpkin, they will turn to mush!

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Anna

That sounds like a great evening, Toss. I'm glad you're feeling good.