New Years Eve
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New Years Eve
The thing I look forward to on New Year's Eve is going to bed early and waking up with a clear head. What is everyone "celebrating"? Tons of money going into the pockets of the liquor distributors for addicting us to a powerful depressant which has killed many and has nearly destroyed even more. Compensate them for their role in breaking up families and endless job loss, death by car accident, homelessness, misery? Celebrating?
I'm going give the dog a good brushing and turn in for the night. How about you?
W.
I'm going give the dog a good brushing and turn in for the night. How about you?
W.
Happy New Year
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Soberville, USA
Posts: 4,174
Best sober New Year yet. Stress level way down.
Biggest release ever this year.
New Years resolution....
I believe in myself 100%. I have had a fine life.
This year and forever now, I except others that do not respect me, that think I am full of it, that hate me.
I will no longer back bite or begrudge the people that thin less of me. It is there right to feel how ever they choose.
I will focus on doing my best for me and my family.
Thanks.
Biggest release ever this year.
New Years resolution....
I believe in myself 100%. I have had a fine life.
This year and forever now, I except others that do not respect me, that think I am full of it, that hate me.
I will no longer back bite or begrudge the people that thin less of me. It is there right to feel how ever they choose.
I will focus on doing my best for me and my family.
Thanks.
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 3,550
Happy New Year to y'all! That dawg! He sure likes a brushing! Got him groomed Saturday. He's very proud of his looks! Very sober but with a hidden agenda! A real codependency we've got here!
Bill
Bill
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Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: uk
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I had a lovely peaceful night. Breathing in the calm of my home. I wouldn't swap this for anything.
Woke up this morning looking forward to enjoying my day. Feeling well and shame free. Best feeling ever.
Happy New Year all.
Woke up this morning looking forward to enjoying my day. Feeling well and shame free. Best feeling ever.
Happy New Year all.
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Baton Rouge, La.
Posts: 15,236
Let's see.... 
I spent the day covering most all my backyard
gardens and plants due to the cold tempts we
are to have for the rest of the week. The wind
kicked in and was blowing the blankets off what
I had already covered making it a frustrating
task to control the situation...wind and keeping
blankets in place. Whew..!!!!
See, what ive learned over the past 27 yrs
sober, I have NO control over the weather,
and in fact, not much of a lot of other things.
However, i have learned some valuable tools
to use in making life a tad easier to cope with
everyday situations in life.
Acceptance is the key. So once i continue to
practice acceptance on a daily bases i can
calmly take care of situations that baffle me
and tasks at hand.
As an early riser everyday, between 4 and
4:30am, i retire to bed early too. Same thing
happened last night. Of course my bedtime
works for me, but doesn't necessarily work
for others, even my neighbors.
Their driveway runs down the side of
bedroom window making it easy to
hear everything from rolling the garbage
can to the front or hearing foot steps,
or the dog barking to chitter chatter
of male and female voices. Car doors
opening and closing.....OMG..!!!!
Thank God my husband installed a
small A/C window unit that i can turn
on to drown out the noise. Cold air
in the summer and fan air in the
winter. Plus ear plugs for extra help.
Soooo, i have no control over the neighbors
either nor anything they do over there. I
have to remind myself that they live a different
lifestyle than we do.
With all the noise cancellation i had going
on in my room, i was still awoken thru out
the night with fireworks they strung out till
12:30. OMG...!!!!
I'll tell you what, with all the crap that
goes on in my life or in my head sometimes,
being sober and having a program of recovery
as a guideline to avoid making a huge
mistake by getting drunk or much worse,
crazy or dead is an absolute blessing
and gift.
Anyway....Happy safe, sober and sane
New Year...!!!!
I spent the day covering most all my backyard
gardens and plants due to the cold tempts we
are to have for the rest of the week. The wind
kicked in and was blowing the blankets off what
I had already covered making it a frustrating
task to control the situation...wind and keeping
blankets in place. Whew..!!!!
See, what ive learned over the past 27 yrs
sober, I have NO control over the weather,
and in fact, not much of a lot of other things.
However, i have learned some valuable tools
to use in making life a tad easier to cope with
everyday situations in life.
Acceptance is the key. So once i continue to
practice acceptance on a daily bases i can
calmly take care of situations that baffle me
and tasks at hand.
As an early riser everyday, between 4 and
4:30am, i retire to bed early too. Same thing
happened last night. Of course my bedtime
works for me, but doesn't necessarily work
for others, even my neighbors.
Their driveway runs down the side of
bedroom window making it easy to
hear everything from rolling the garbage
can to the front or hearing foot steps,
or the dog barking to chitter chatter
of male and female voices. Car doors
opening and closing.....OMG..!!!!
Thank God my husband installed a
small A/C window unit that i can turn
on to drown out the noise. Cold air
in the summer and fan air in the
winter. Plus ear plugs for extra help.
Soooo, i have no control over the neighbors
either nor anything they do over there. I
have to remind myself that they live a different
lifestyle than we do.
With all the noise cancellation i had going
on in my room, i was still awoken thru out
the night with fireworks they strung out till
12:30. OMG...!!!!
I'll tell you what, with all the crap that
goes on in my life or in my head sometimes,
being sober and having a program of recovery
as a guideline to avoid making a huge
mistake by getting drunk or much worse,
crazy or dead is an absolute blessing
and gift.
Anyway....Happy safe, sober and sane
New Year...!!!!
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Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 1,476
Happy New Year All!
First sober holiday in many years and it felt great to get up on New Years day without a hangover! Feb 22, 2017 I stopped drinking and this has been the best year I have had in a long time! Of course there have been many challenges throughout 2017, but it was a hell of a lot easier to deal with them with a clear head.
Thank you all for keeping me on the right path. Cheers to a wonderful 2018!
CT
First sober holiday in many years and it felt great to get up on New Years day without a hangover! Feb 22, 2017 I stopped drinking and this has been the best year I have had in a long time! Of course there have been many challenges throughout 2017, but it was a hell of a lot easier to deal with them with a clear head.
Thank you all for keeping me on the right path. Cheers to a wonderful 2018!
CT
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 1,518
Hi Bill , Hope you feel good today after your early night .
We were in bed by 10pm and up at 7am ,just a normal occurrence really .
My Mood : bla bla bla feels flat and empty I don't want to see or talk to anyone outside of immediate family . I must be depressed , i feel just numb .
Even after my favourite dinner I asked myself what am I eating this for .
strum strum strum I hate this time of ******* year .
We were in bed by 10pm and up at 7am ,just a normal occurrence really .
My Mood : bla bla bla feels flat and empty I don't want to see or talk to anyone outside of immediate family . I must be depressed , i feel just numb .
Even after my favourite dinner I asked myself what am I eating this for .
strum strum strum I hate this time of ******* year .
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Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 131
Even when I was drinking I never understood NYE?! Most people go home after midnight and I could and would get drunk most nights of any week!! Nice to wake up sober another New Years Day! Played golf and went to cinema, couldn’t have done that with a hangover!
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Location: Lakeside, Arizona
Posts: 1,138
Originally Posted by wpainterw 
The thing I look forward to on New Year's Eve is going to bed early and waking up with a clear head. What is everyone "celebrating"? Tons of money going into the pockets of the liquor distributors for addicting us to a powerful depressant which has killed many and has nearly destroyed even more. Compensate them for their role in breaking up families and endless job loss, death by car accident, homelessness, misery? Celebrating?
I'm going give the dog a good brushing and turn in for the night. How about you?
W.
I'm going give the dog a good brushing and turn in for the night. How about you?
W.
It was rough but a record night for the bar.
This situation puts me in a bit of a conundrum, before I considered giving up my alcohol addiction I didn't have any kind of moral ragrets getting folks intoxicated. Now I think about it sometimes. I'm one of those people lining the pockets of the liquor distributors. I provide a place for alcoholics to be alcoholics and profit off of it.
Not all of our clients are alcoholics and we serve amazing food, there's something about helping folks enjoy their evening that makes for a satisfying profession. If we're doing our job right we're making people happy.
There's way too many businesses built around selling people useless junk!
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