Thank you I would like to introduce myself
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Thank you I would like to introduce myself
My name is Elzbieta, which is Polish for Elizabeth ~ I have been sober for 26 years which makes probably older than most of you. I quit drinking and drugging when I was 30. I've sat through 1000's of hours of AA meetings though I don't go out much anymore.
Wishing all a good evening!
Wishing all a good evening!
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Welcome, it is lovely to meet you. 26 years is wonderful.
I was thinking about long, long term sobriety today, I was thinking that it is a life time commitment and just accept that....still working on that bit..
I was thinking about long, long term sobriety today, I was thinking that it is a life time commitment and just accept that....still working on that bit..
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It was the tea that brought me here
Kindly thank you all for such a warm welcome.
Trying to get off the coke habit (and not for the nose), is ridiculously difficult. I hate water, but coca-cola, very cold.....mmmmm...Did you know that coke will clean a dirty engine? Blood? Disintegrate meat off of a bone?
Not to mention make one very fat.
So I think I found a great solution, Kombucha tea sold in the fancy grocery. You might know it, Synergy? Trace alcohol.
I love it! Low in calories, blessed by hippies, vegan friendly, organic, gluten free, probiotics, all good, yes?
But I keep coming back to wording.....trace alcohol....
So I research...seems that poor girl, Lindsey Lohan, who can't stay sober to save her life, made this drink very popular.
Mayo Clinic dismisses it as garbage ~ paraphrase, but they don't think too much of it either.
My doctor called it "hope in a bottle".
So this is how I landed here. It seems Kombucha is maybe not so good after all. Too much thinking about drinking and after so many years sober comes as a great surprise to me.
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Then somebody here comments that in his/her AA group everyone who drank this beverage ended up with a relapse.
....trace of alcohol......
Elzbieta
Very silly these little emoticons. You can say so much.
Trying to get off the coke habit (and not for the nose), is ridiculously difficult. I hate water, but coca-cola, very cold.....mmmmm...Did you know that coke will clean a dirty engine? Blood? Disintegrate meat off of a bone?
Not to mention make one very fat.
So I think I found a great solution, Kombucha tea sold in the fancy grocery. You might know it, Synergy? Trace alcohol.
I love it! Low in calories, blessed by hippies, vegan friendly, organic, gluten free, probiotics, all good, yes?
But I keep coming back to wording.....trace alcohol....
So I research...seems that poor girl, Lindsey Lohan, who can't stay sober to save her life, made this drink very popular.
Mayo Clinic dismisses it as garbage ~ paraphrase, but they don't think too much of it either.
My doctor called it "hope in a bottle".
So this is how I landed here. It seems Kombucha is maybe not so good after all. Too much thinking about drinking and after so many years sober comes as a great surprise to me.
.Then somebody here comments that in his/her AA group everyone who drank this beverage ended up with a relapse.
....trace of alcohol......
Elzbieta
Very silly these little emoticons. You can say so much.
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Welcome, Elzbieta!
My wife and I quit drinking wine two years ago, and got totally hooked on seltzer with lime. We buy it by the case. It is the cheapest, healthiest soda you can find.
My wife and I quit drinking wine two years ago, and got totally hooked on seltzer with lime. We buy it by the case. It is the cheapest, healthiest soda you can find.
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Originally Posted by JanieJ 
Welcome Elzbieta. What a beautiful name.
26 years of sobriety is amazing !!
There are quite a few "oldies" on here, including me.
Good to meet you
26 years of sobriety is amazing !!
There are quite a few "oldies" on here, including me.
Good to meet you
I wondered if any other oldsters were about. You don't see too many at AA meetings. I supposed most of us just go on with our lives after awhile.
I am glad in searching though I found this forum. Especially at night when the snoring beasts and insomnia are my companions.
E.
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