back to the routine.
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
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back to the routine.
Anyone else kinda looking forward to getting back to work and away from this "holiday season / booze fest"
I know I am.
I've been camping with my family since boxing day and there is just no getting away from it.
People are drinking from lunch time on, boozy camp fires each night, even opening a rubbish bin lid..... Full of empty beer bottles..... It's bloody everywhere
Having said that, at least I have a sponsor and sober friends I can call and of course the SR crew who understand too.
I don't normally vent this kind of thing, but, by golly, it helps, thanks for being there everyone.
Keep your eyes on the prize and keep sober and hope to see you all in 2015 continuing your paths.
Take care, Hawks
I know I am.
I've been camping with my family since boxing day and there is just no getting away from it.
People are drinking from lunch time on, boozy camp fires each night, even opening a rubbish bin lid..... Full of empty beer bottles..... It's bloody everywhere
Having said that, at least I have a sponsor and sober friends I can call and of course the SR crew who understand too.
I don't normally vent this kind of thing, but, by golly, it helps, thanks for being there everyone.
Keep your eyes on the prize and keep sober and hope to see you all in 2015 continuing your paths.
Take care, Hawks
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: California
Posts: 2,693
Happy New Years Hawks! I always love your posts.
It will be kind of a relief. I didn't realize how hard the holiday season would be. I had two nights that would have broken me if I were 1% less secure in my sobriety than I am.
Any other year I would have said the infamous:
"I'll just drink over the holidays and stop after New Years Eve."
I am actually shocked I made it through. Any other year. ANY OTHER YEAR I would have did the "drink through the holidays" B.S. I am so glad I didn't. Only drinking during the holidays would have been trying to moderate and I would be going through daily withdrawals and restarting my six months of PAWS that I recently finished.
I am so glad I made it through. Feel like I can make it through anything now!
It will be kind of a relief. I didn't realize how hard the holiday season would be. I had two nights that would have broken me if I were 1% less secure in my sobriety than I am.
Any other year I would have said the infamous:
"I'll just drink over the holidays and stop after New Years Eve."
I am actually shocked I made it through. Any other year. ANY OTHER YEAR I would have did the "drink through the holidays" B.S. I am so glad I didn't. Only drinking during the holidays would have been trying to moderate and I would be going through daily withdrawals and restarting my six months of PAWS that I recently finished.
I am so glad I made it through. Feel like I can make it through anything now!
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Midwest
Posts: 9,029
I'm ready though I've worked both weeks. Routine and the relative sanity and structure at work have been very helpful in sobriety. I don't do so well with unstructured time.
My experiences camping always involved a lot of alcohol. Well done on staying sober.
My experiences camping always involved a lot of alcohol. Well done on staying sober.
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 848
I grew up in the missouri woods. Camping was amazing for us poor people. They were some of the best times of my life. I wasn't around alcohol then though. I am glad you found a way to stay sober during all of it though.
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