Members with less than 2 weeks-Welcome! Part 12
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.
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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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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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
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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
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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...
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
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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.
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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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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