Sober Valentine - Weekenders 14 - 17th February 2020
Sober Valentine - Weekenders 14 - 17th February 2020
Welcome to the Weekenders
Valentines is nearly upon us..... people round the world may be celebrating.
So planning ahead can help keep you on the sober road whilst having a Valentine’s evening or weekend you can remember.
Avoid situations that make you uncomfortable in your sobriety.
You can have an enjoyable time without alcohol and drugs. It’s so much better when you’re present for the evening and weekend.
Waking up hangover free feels great!
Join us on the sober road for another sober weekend.
If this is your first weekend sober, or many, come join us for support and chat...as we know the weekends can be a struggle sometimes.
(Psst. We’re not just here to talk about the good stuff, if you’re struggling.....shout out).
(We’re here all week too!)
Thanks for the new thread Mags and good luck at the hospital. You are doing a great job opening the thread, thank you.
Yes you do, congratulations HeadEast!
Rare for me to be able to post early on a new thread. Have a great day people.
Here is the haunting voice of Moses Sumney
https://youtu.be/6VFoh5AbpBM
Yes you do, congratulations HeadEast!
Rare for me to be able to post early on a new thread. Have a great day people.
Here is the haunting voice of Moses Sumney
https://youtu.be/6VFoh5AbpBM
Thanks Mags ~ hope your hospital visit goes well.
Manta hope you are feeling a bit better this morning. I know I am not as good as others with words but I do try to reach out. I too am sensitive and sometimes over analyse peoples responses or lack of them.
Yesterday I formerly got diagnosed with ME/CFS by a specialist. It explains why I am often so restricted in what I can do and why sometimes I barely even leave my bed. Good and bad days physical and mental.
Anyway I must stay home tomorrow to facilitate all the flowers and chocolates that will arrive throughout the day from numerous secret admirers. And pigs might fly.
Manta hope you are feeling a bit better this morning. I know I am not as good as others with words but I do try to reach out. I too am sensitive and sometimes over analyse peoples responses or lack of them.
Yesterday I formerly got diagnosed with ME/CFS by a specialist. It explains why I am often so restricted in what I can do and why sometimes I barely even leave my bed. Good and bad days physical and mental.
Anyway I must stay home tomorrow to facilitate all the flowers and chocolates that will arrive throughout the day from numerous secret admirers. And pigs might fly.
Thanks Mags
And thanks Manta, you’d be very welcome back in our May class of 2018. Even though I bombed out of class I still hang out there. It’s pretty quiet these days though. Bumblebee is still sober since then, she’s rocking it! The rest of us are plodding along after relapses, but I still take comfort from there. I tried again in November 2019, and again in January 2020. So far I have 44 days in my latest attempt to get and stay sober. Not great but not to be sneezed at. I’m still struggling with tackling the underlying reasons to drink. Sometimes the AV almost has me convinced it would be ok. It can be very persuasive. But the rational me knows it’s a liar.
Although I have to admit, I just ate an entire packet of chocolate coated liquorice bullets in one sitting. The alternative was a bottle of red wine which was extremely tempting but I really didn’t think that was a good idea so the bullets it was. Right before bed is probably not conducive to a good nights sleep, but at least I won’t have a hangover tomorrow. Well not an alcohol one anyway. Perhaps a chocolate one... and perhaps a liquorice belly but that beats a hangover I reckon. Night night everyone. Hopefully tomorrow is a better day x
And thanks Manta, you’d be very welcome back in our May class of 2018. Even though I bombed out of class I still hang out there. It’s pretty quiet these days though. Bumblebee is still sober since then, she’s rocking it! The rest of us are plodding along after relapses, but I still take comfort from there. I tried again in November 2019, and again in January 2020. So far I have 44 days in my latest attempt to get and stay sober. Not great but not to be sneezed at. I’m still struggling with tackling the underlying reasons to drink. Sometimes the AV almost has me convinced it would be ok. It can be very persuasive. But the rational me knows it’s a liar.
Although I have to admit, I just ate an entire packet of chocolate coated liquorice bullets in one sitting. The alternative was a bottle of red wine which was extremely tempting but I really didn’t think that was a good idea so the bullets it was. Right before bed is probably not conducive to a good nights sleep, but at least I won’t have a hangover tomorrow. Well not an alcohol one anyway. Perhaps a chocolate one... and perhaps a liquorice belly but that beats a hangover I reckon. Night night everyone. Hopefully tomorrow is a better day x
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G'day all, and g'weekend head.
Mine will be in NYC, Friday night till Monday (3-day Presidents Day weekend in U.S.).
I'll end youse* a post card.
* that's Brooklynese, as in "Moy fadda was bawn in Brooklyn; moy mudda too, inda Williamsboig neighborhood" (both over a century ago, 1917 and 1919)
Mine will be in NYC, Friday night till Monday (3-day Presidents Day weekend in U.S.).
I'll end youse* a post card.
* that's Brooklynese, as in "Moy fadda was bawn in Brooklyn; moy mudda too, inda Williamsboig neighborhood" (both over a century ago, 1917 and 1919)
Thanks mags!
I am in for a sober weekend.
Just a shout out to all the single folks here. Don't sweat this so called valentines day. It ain't nothing but what I call a Hallmark holiday. Just a reason for the man to take your money.
No offense to those who do celebrate it.
Manta, kaily and willow I'm thinking of you guys and hoping good things come to y'all soon.
I am in for a sober weekend.
Just a shout out to all the single folks here. Don't sweat this so called valentines day. It ain't nothing but what I call a Hallmark holiday. Just a reason for the man to take your money.
No offense to those who do celebrate it.
Manta, kaily and willow I'm thinking of you guys and hoping good things come to y'all soon.
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My wife and I won't be doing anything on Valentine's because it's a madhouse at restaurants that day. We will be going to a Brazilian Steakhouse with two of our more mature friends the next night. We are going to hit up an early dinner, then be home in time to hang out and maybe do some work assembling my new Millenium Falcon lego set. Gotta keep occupied and find some fun things to do sober!
Chocolate and licorice sounds like something they would have on crazy flavors day at the ice cream shop my wife likes to go to.
A good friend of mine is of Greek ancestry and they had an open bar at his wedding. I tried the ouzo. Talk about licorice flavor! I'm sure that was just another party in which I made a total azz of myself.
A good friend of mine is of Greek ancestry and they had an open bar at his wedding. I tried the ouzo. Talk about licorice flavor! I'm sure that was just another party in which I made a total azz of myself.
Oh Willow, sorry to hear all that and I am sorry about your fur baby passing. I think I might chat more with you more regularly on our class of May thread and hopefully we can help each other get our sober back x
Hi Andy, good to see you x. I feel like I need to relearn everything all over again. Slowly but surely over the past 6 months I seem to have reverted back to the mindset I had before I went to rehab. The positivity and CBT has all gone, I don’t feel it in me anymore and the journey back seems so overwhelming. I’ve lost the ability to focus and seem to be back at that horrid cycle where I keep trying to fix it all in one go, which obviously fails and feeds my low self esteem as I don’t succeed. I think I need to break it all down into manageable goals because I am almost setting myself up to fail. Self sabotage was always a key skill I had lol.
I finish work on Thursday next week and have 8 days off. I am going to use this time to try and get back to basics and not put so much pressure on myself to be this perfect person. I want to get back to liking myself again as currently I am my worst critic and not being very nice to myself. xx
Hi Andy, good to see you x. I feel like I need to relearn everything all over again. Slowly but surely over the past 6 months I seem to have reverted back to the mindset I had before I went to rehab. The positivity and CBT has all gone, I don’t feel it in me anymore and the journey back seems so overwhelming. I’ve lost the ability to focus and seem to be back at that horrid cycle where I keep trying to fix it all in one go, which obviously fails and feeds my low self esteem as I don’t succeed. I think I need to break it all down into manageable goals because I am almost setting myself up to fail. Self sabotage was always a key skill I had lol.
I finish work on Thursday next week and have 8 days off. I am going to use this time to try and get back to basics and not put so much pressure on myself to be this perfect person. I want to get back to liking myself again as currently I am my worst critic and not being very nice to myself. xx
Anyway, so much love. s xxx ❤️
And all the best for hospital darling Mags. s xxxxxx ❤️
What does the doctor say can help? More rest, change of diet? Can anything help? SO many hugs. xxxxxxxxxxxxx s
Now bullets are my nemesis and OMG do I miss them....Willow honey....do you have Coles there? I am in love with their chocolate coated raspberry bullets. Drool.
Cannot eat bullets. Way too fat.
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