Saturday Night, and I Aint Got Nobody...
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Saturday Night, and I Aint Got Nobody...
A little Cat Stevens there 
Hi guys -
thought I'd share on a challenging night
I rarely go out of my local area but one olf my friends was having an art showing in the city so I went in.
Had a good time...everyone else drinking didn't bother me. Couple of people asked if I wanted a drink, I said no thanks.
Came home about 930...and discovered I'd taken my scooter keys with me rather than my house keys.
Saturday night. Locked out...no other keys.......freezing cold. Mrs Dee not in town....
Once I know - I would have said eff it and walked down to the NightOwl and the bottle shop and bought beer and cigarettes and whatever and probably would have passed out/ slept outside and panicked anew in the morning.
Instead I called a local locksmith...he was there in 10 mins - and although it was costly it was worth at least that to sleep in my bed...sober.
We really can change.
We really can leave the past behind.
We really can change our responses,
Never lose hope
D
Hi guys -
thought I'd share on a challenging night
I rarely go out of my local area but one olf my friends was having an art showing in the city so I went in.
Had a good time...everyone else drinking didn't bother me. Couple of people asked if I wanted a drink, I said no thanks.
Came home about 930...and discovered I'd taken my scooter keys with me rather than my house keys.
Saturday night. Locked out...no other keys.......freezing cold. Mrs Dee not in town....
Once I know - I would have said eff it and walked down to the NightOwl and the bottle shop and bought beer and cigarettes and whatever and probably would have passed out/ slept outside and panicked anew in the morning.
Instead I called a local locksmith...he was there in 10 mins - and although it was costly it was worth at least that to sleep in my bed...sober.
We really can change.
We really can leave the past behind.
We really can change our responses,
Never lose hope
D
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It is amazing how much 'better' I handle everything.
Like you said, that could have been disaster. But it really was just one of those things...not a deal killer.
I had to drive from my parents house back to home (12ish hours) Thursday morning. Got going at 5:45am because I had to meet a woman to tour a home for my folks in Sacramento. Out to the car and the front tire was low. A lot low. Oh geez. So went down to the service station, which was closed and put some air in it. Prayed that I'd make it the 3 hours to Sac. I did. But it was very low again. Toured the place, made it to the tire place, had to buy two new tires.
Oh well.
In the past that would have happened 'to' me. I would have been angry or at least setting up my best victim strategy so I could drink over it. Good lord. I was like a 2 year old.
Life just happens. Feels good to be a grown up....sort of!
Like you said, that could have been disaster. But it really was just one of those things...not a deal killer.
I had to drive from my parents house back to home (12ish hours) Thursday morning. Got going at 5:45am because I had to meet a woman to tour a home for my folks in Sacramento. Out to the car and the front tire was low. A lot low. Oh geez. So went down to the service station, which was closed and put some air in it. Prayed that I'd make it the 3 hours to Sac. I did. But it was very low again. Toured the place, made it to the tire place, had to buy two new tires.
Oh well.
In the past that would have happened 'to' me. I would have been angry or at least setting up my best victim strategy so I could drink over it. Good lord. I was like a 2 year old.
Life just happens. Feels good to be a grown up....sort of!
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I cannot tell you how many times I've been locked out of something to which I have a key, but it's gone missing or it's on the other side of that locked door.
Last time it cost me $200! ...and then it turned out the keys were stuck in a corner of my backpack and I didn't see them, so I didn't even need the locksmith and the friend to drive me around and spend three hours with me. I wasn't drinking!
Only thing I can figure is that locksmith must have needed that $200 more than I did. :-|
Last time it cost me $200! ...and then it turned out the keys were stuck in a corner of my backpack and I didn't see them, so I didn't even need the locksmith and the friend to drive me around and spend three hours with me. I wasn't drinking!
Only thing I can figure is that locksmith must have needed that $200 more than I did. :-|
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Originally Posted by Bonniefloyd 
Funny how badly alcohol screws up our problem solving skills. Calling a locksmith makes so much more sense than hitting the bottle, doesn’t it? Anyway, glad it all worked out.
I hate that sinking feeling when you've lost your keys or phone or whatever. Glad everything worked out though.
Yeah, see!? Just because you're not drinking doesn't mean you can't have any more adventures.
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Thanks for sharing your experiences guys - it really is a different world..
When I got sober, it really was a revelation to me I could stay within reasonable levels of calm and that things could work out....without me drinking
but....adventures like that I can do without Dr Guy
I now have spare keys everywhere
D
When I got sober, it really was a revelation to me I could stay within reasonable levels of calm and that things could work out....without me drinking
but....adventures like that I can do without Dr Guy
I now have spare keys everywhere
D
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Yes you can change, I have. My good friend and landlord who drinks all the time was delighted when I got my DL and made the remark that now he has a chauffeur. Doesn't bother me one bit to be around him. Before this I was living with my pilled up, drunk nephew and his girlfriend and was never tempted to drink. I wasn't talking this way 9 years ago, but every time you survive a challenging situation and win you become more powerful, and perhaps not even know it. Nice thread. 
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I hid a key container in my back yard but it's so overgrown in that spot now, I doubt I could find it. Being locked out is no fun. Knock wood, I haven't been locked out for years.
Glad you had fun at the event.
And glad the locksmith was so quick in getting there.
Being locked out is no fun. Knock wood, I haven't been locked out for years. Glad you had fun at the event.
And glad the locksmith was so quick in getting there. 
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Very well done. I can totally see myself in a position like that using it as an excuse to drink.
A good reminder to all to have a second key and hide it someplace outside, even bury it in the ground in a certain spot and then when you get locked out it wont be such an inconvenience
A good reminder to all to have a second key and hide it someplace outside, even bury it in the ground in a certain spot and then when you get locked out it wont be such an inconvenience
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