For Members with Less than 2 Weeks Part 8
Forward we go...side by side-Rest In Peace
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Serene In Dixie
Posts: 36,740
Yes.....parties .. weddings ... social and business events
sometimes are part of our lives.
Here are some tips that have worked for me
and I have left sober each time....
Go late ...leave early
Take your own car....or Taxi fare.
Ask a sober friend to go with you.
Take sober peoples phone numbers to call if you get antsy.
Turn your wine glass upside down at dinner
..denoting to the server you don't plan to drink
When toasts are made raise a glass of water
Get your own beverage from the bar. then
carry around a glass with something non alcoholic
(Club soda and Lime ..Coke with a cherry...Virgin Mary)
When asked "want a drink"?
you then say..."No thanks I have one"
When you leave your beverage ...smell before drinking.
It's easy to mix up the glasses.
Dance often and enjoy!
sometimes are part of our lives.
Here are some tips that have worked for me
and I have left sober each time....
Go late ...leave early
Take your own car....or Taxi fare.
Ask a sober friend to go with you.
Take sober peoples phone numbers to call if you get antsy.
Turn your wine glass upside down at dinner
..denoting to the server you don't plan to drink
When toasts are made raise a glass of water
Get your own beverage from the bar. then
carry around a glass with something non alcoholic
(Club soda and Lime ..Coke with a cherry...Virgin Mary)
When asked "want a drink"?
you then say..."No thanks I have one"
When you leave your beverage ...smell before drinking.
It's easy to mix up the glasses.
Dance often and enjoy!
Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 235
Day 5 today for me. I'm doing well. My roommate once again tried to pressure me into going out last night. I will tell her straight, "you KNOW I cannot drink like a normal person. If I go out tonight, I'll be drunk the entire weekend." and she still tries to place blame on my boyfriend for taking away "fun lindsay." I do realize that she's being selfish...and just seeing this as ruining her friday night, but it has kind of started to be hurtful. She's seen me at my absolute worse with alcohol, she knows there's a problem. It's almost like she's unwilling to accept it. She definitely has problems of her own. I got back from the gym last night around 6:45 and she was passed out in her bed after drinking a bunch of wine. OK, enough rambling...
Today's plan: Once I feel like I'm awake, I'm going to go get a nice, long workout in, go grocery shopping, do some cleaning around the house, then eventually head over to my boyfriends house. I don't have the desire to drink at all right now...but I know that once I hit the one week point I tend to have cravings...
GREAT job everyone! We can do it...
My mom is coming to visit me in two weeks. I would LOVE to have 3 weeks sober when she gets here.
Today's plan: Once I feel like I'm awake, I'm going to go get a nice, long workout in, go grocery shopping, do some cleaning around the house, then eventually head over to my boyfriends house. I don't have the desire to drink at all right now...but I know that once I hit the one week point I tend to have cravings...
GREAT job everyone! We can do it...
My mom is coming to visit me in two weeks. I would LOVE to have 3 weeks sober when she gets here.
Adjusting my Sails
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,021
Originally Posted by electrickery 
Its interesting that your room mate "practically begged" you to come out and your boyfriend (who seems very supportive of YOU and what YOU say you want) "BEGGED" you not to go out yet you chose to go and drink with your room mate.... how sure are you that you weren't in the "mood to drink". Just asking because addiction can be a slippry beast and its all to easy to put things onto others.....
I'm not trying to pick on you Lindsay I just think that is spot on and something to think about. I also think your boyfriend was right on the money when he asked you what you are going to do different. I had a sponsor that would ask me that when I relapsed....
It's great to see all the support here on the front lines. You have all made my weekend.
Forward we go...side by side-Rest In Peace
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Serene In Dixie
Posts: 36,740
At my noon AA meeting....we had a young man ...
who had never been to a meeting before.
Anyway...when a new person is there....we always have
the same topic.....Step 1.
"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol
and our lives had become unmanageable"
We went around the tables....20 of us sharing
how our drinking had harmed us...all sorts of
different ways ....and none exactly the same.
Alcohol is the great leveler ...it brrings alcoholics
down to the depths of despair.
I'm so glad y'all are finding your way
into a healthy productive future
I so hope he will too.
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who had never been to a meeting before.
Anyway...when a new person is there....we always have
the same topic.....Step 1.
"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol
and our lives had become unmanageable"
We went around the tables....20 of us sharing
how our drinking had harmed us...all sorts of
different ways ....and none exactly the same.
Alcohol is the great leveler ...it brrings alcoholics
down to the depths of despair.
I'm so glad y'all are finding your way
into a healthy productive future
I so hope he will too.
.
Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 983
Lindsay, i'm the same, I joined here a year ago, my longest run was 3 months sober and then my mind decided that I had to fight for my right to drink, and everyone else was just overreacting and I didn't have a problem.
When I resorted to hiding booze in my closet so I could take a drink every so often without being noticed, I couldn't hide from the fact at how ridiculous i'd become.
I don't want to be that person.
When I resorted to hiding booze in my closet so I could take a drink every so often without being noticed, I couldn't hide from the fact at how ridiculous i'd become.
I don't want to be that person.
Adjusting my Sails
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 1,021
Right on Steam, first things first. Without sobriety nothing else matters because we will eventually lose it we keep on going, I'm sure you already know it only gets worse. I'm glad your here sharing with us and not trying to stay sober all alone.
Hi scoob, glad your you decided to hang here for your first days of sobriety.
The meeting I go to usually does the same thing Carol. Seems like most Friday nights are when we have necomers lately. Admitting the truth about myself has been so hard for me but so important.
Hi scoob, glad your you decided to hang here for your first days of sobriety.
The meeting I go to usually does the same thing Carol. Seems like most Friday nights are when we have necomers lately. Admitting the truth about myself has been so hard for me but so important.
Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: NW AL
Posts: 2
Hello, everyone! I signed up here back close to the first of the year, but this is my first time posting. I thought the last time I was here I could do it on my own, but I only lasted about 6 weeks. I guess I was still hesitant about telling the world I had a problem then or something. I have realized that enough is enough, and if I made it 6 weeks on my own the last time, hopefully with some support, I can beat this addiction for good this time!! I'm currently on my second day sober this time around. I want to say "thank you" to everyone here for doing what you do! It is great to know a place like this exists, and you all seem so kind! Hope to get a chance to know everyone better in the near future!
Forward we go...side by side-Rest In Peace
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Serene In Dixie
Posts: 36,740
My day went very smoothly ....thanks for asking.
Good to know you are making progress blackcat.
My last de tox period was simply miserable
so much that I never want to go thru it again!
:
If you have any questions or concerns
please share them with us. SR is a good resource
for information and personal experiences.
Yes! you too can quit and stay quit.
Good to know you are making progress blackcat.
My last de tox period was simply miserable
so much that I never want to go thru it again!
:If you have any questions or concerns
please share them with us. SR is a good resource
for information and personal experiences.
Yes! you too can quit and stay quit.
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