Members with less than 2 weeks-Welcome! Part 12
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Mid-Atlantic
Posts: 100
Checking in day 12. Congrats sickboy! Feeling pretty good - life is happening around me (good and not so good) but drinking is not an option. I have a big challenge with travel coming up next week (not sure why but I seem to like to get hammered in airports). I'm going to keep it ODAT and focus on the many gifts of sobriety, now and future. I love waking up feeling so good. Have a great day everyone. Today, I will not drink.
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: New England
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Hey inbloom! Good luck with traveling...I can't tell you how much time I've spent at airport bars...I used my post 9-11 flying anxiety as justification, and I loved that you could go to a bar at 9:00 am and have a beer and not feel to awkward about it, because hey, maybe I'm on a different time zone and it's really like 9:00pm for me!...I will have my first flying test in September!
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Ca.
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Originally Posted by LaFemme 
Hey inbloom! Good luck with traveling...I can't tell you how much time I've spent at airport bars...I used my post 9-11 flying anxiety as justification, and I loved that you could go to a bar at 9:00 am and have a beer and not feel to awkward about it, because hey, maybe I'm on a different time zone and it's really like 9:00pm for me!...I will have my first flying test in September!
My flying test will be in Oct.
Forward we go...side by side-Rest In Peace
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Serene In Dixie
Posts: 36,740
InBloom.....Bout .....LF and Ready.....
Y'all are really inspiring ...Keep in focus
for checking in
Y'all are really inspiring ...Keep in focus
for checking in
Last edited by CarolD; 08-19-2010 at 01:25 PM.
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Airport drinker here too. For some reason I love drinking a Bloody Mary or 2 at airport bars.
Something I hadn't thought about. I'm scared to death of flying. White Knuckled. Insanely. Irrationally.
I couldn't get on a plane without being liquored up. Gonna have to come up with a solution to that one.
That brings to mind a funny story. Flew into Seoul arriving at 6 AM. The food on that airline sucked, as another American and I were commenting in the smoking area. We were both hungry, so we went to get something. Our solution was a Korean spicy egg dish in honor of breakfast, and a beer in honor of our clocks being 12 hours off. You should've seen the old Korean lady at that kiosk serving that up at 6 AM.
Something I hadn't thought about. I'm scared to death of flying. White Knuckled. Insanely. Irrationally.
I couldn't get on a plane without being liquored up. Gonna have to come up with a solution to that one.
That brings to mind a funny story. Flew into Seoul arriving at 6 AM. The food on that airline sucked, as another American and I were commenting in the smoking area. We were both hungry, so we went to get something. Our solution was a Korean spicy egg dish in honor of breakfast, and a beer in honor of our clocks being 12 hours off. You should've seen the old Korean lady at that kiosk serving that up at 6 AM.
Forward we go...side by side-Rest In Peace
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Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Serene In Dixie
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Hmmm....
I once owned a watch with all 5's for hours.
Cocktail hour was anytime ... depending on my mood.
And that was way before my alcoholism surfaced.
Before I quit...my usual breakfast was 2 strong
Screwdrivers + 10 mg Librium.
Then out the door for work.
Bout.... I don't have a clue about fear of flying.
I'm sorry that you do.
Flying private planes was my all time favorite hobby.
Hopefully....someone else can share with you on that...
I once owned a watch with all 5's for hours.
Cocktail hour was anytime ... depending on my mood.
And that was way before my alcoholism surfaced.
Before I quit...my usual breakfast was 2 strong
Screwdrivers + 10 mg Librium.
Then out the door for work.
Bout.... I don't have a clue about fear of flying.
I'm sorry that you do.
Flying private planes was my all time favorite hobby.
Hopefully....someone else can share with you on that...
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Mid-Atlantic
Posts: 100
Originally Posted by LaFemme
Hey inbloom! Good luck with traveling...I can't tell you how much time I've spent at airport bars...I used my post 9-11 flying anxiety as justification, and I loved that you could go to a bar at 9:00 am and have a beer and not feel to awkward about it, because hey, maybe I'm on a different time zone and it's really like 9:00pm for me!...I will have my first flying test in September!
Forward we go...side by side-Rest In Peace
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Serene In Dixie
Posts: 36,740
You just might be an alcoholic if you think of being a drink cart.
I'm really enjoying your sense of humor....
Way To Go...on Day 4 and coming thru your initial de tox.
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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WTG Bout on day 5!
Day 13 here and I'm feeling really good. Had a business dinner last night which went very smooth (more ice tea and a decaf coffee after). Work related dinners have always been huge opportunities to imbibe. I felt a bit anxious at first when everyone ordered beers/wine. That lasted about a minute and I had a great time. I'm starting to like who I really am without the alcohol induced fog.
Oddly, I have had two straight nights with a couple nightmares. Not sure what that is about but suppose it's my subconscious telling me something (like - hey, whats with all this wellness? Here's a little test for ya....)
Off work today and will putter in the garden. Life is good. I hope everyone has a wonderful, sober day. Thanks for all the support as usual. Today, I will not drink.
Day 13 here and I'm feeling really good. Had a business dinner last night which went very smooth (more ice tea and a decaf coffee after). Work related dinners have always been huge opportunities to imbibe. I felt a bit anxious at first when everyone ordered beers/wine. That lasted about a minute and I had a great time. I'm starting to like who I really am without the alcohol induced fog.
Oddly, I have had two straight nights with a couple nightmares. Not sure what that is about but suppose it's my subconscious telling me something (like - hey, whats with all this wellness? Here's a little test for ya....)
Off work today and will putter in the garden. Life is good. I hope everyone has a wonderful, sober day. Thanks for all the support as usual. Today, I will not drink.
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Manchester, UK
Posts: 36
Originally Posted by Dee74
Welcome Cat
I think a lot of us could maintain the illusion of control sometimes - that's what makes the possibility that we might be alcoholic so hard to swallow....and so we keep looking for that control....
But - it was an illusion... at least for me.
I failed to control myself a lot more times than the times I managed to do it...I think now? those 'successes' were blind luck.
And seeing as alcoholism is progressive...they got fewer and fewer....
I know for a fact it was a spin of the roulette wheel really - there were many times when I needed to keep control and just have that 'one' and walk away - and I couldn't.
D
I think a lot of us could maintain the illusion of control sometimes - that's what makes the possibility that we might be alcoholic so hard to swallow....and so we keep looking for that control....
But - it was an illusion... at least for me.
I failed to control myself a lot more times than the times I managed to do it...I think now? those 'successes' were blind luck.
And seeing as alcoholism is progressive...they got fewer and fewer....
I know for a fact it was a spin of the roulette wheel really - there were many times when I needed to keep control and just have that 'one' and walk away - and I couldn't.
D
Was unexpectedly given a ticket for a football match on Monday night, then I completely took leave of my senses and remained drunk ever since. Haven't drank so far today, but the temptation is killing me. I know there's no prospect of even having fun if I do - at best I'll dull the panic for awhile. I've burned alot of bridges this time, worried my friends and family, phoned my boss in a stupor on Thursday to explain why I hadn't been in. The loneliness sat on my own in my bedroom is crippling me, but the prospect of facing anyone is terrifying.
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