Class Of January 2012 Part 5
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Hey class
Hope you are having a good Sunday, cloudy and cold in Dublin and not sure the weather ever really changes for the better here :-) Anyway, grand to read your posts as always! PLC, hear you on the PMS thing, has a serious impact on the serenity state, glad to hear you are feeling better.
Have had some great days here, went to a pub on Friday night with a group of friends and just had so much fun. It has been a bit of a thing for me, back in January before I got sober I was out with this group drinking beer and we just laughed so hard and had so much fun, the drinking was no always bad...However, I have wondered if I could ever have that type of fun again, laugh so hard I am almost falling off my chair kind of fun without drinking. Sounds weird perhaps but it has been a fear of mine. This Friday put that fear to rest, we went out, they drank beer and I was happy with my sparkling water and we laughed so hard we almost fell of our chairs and just had a great night. A small thing perhaps but huge in my mind!
Also, did my 5th step yesterday with my sponsor, that was hard and at the same time easy, took almost 5 hours and left me with a splitting headache and strangely enough a very serious desire to drink. Not surprising as it opens up a lot of emotional baggage but I went home and went down on my knees and did my 6th step prayer, then I had a bonfire with my 4th step worksheets and went to bed. Today I feel like I am slowly becoming the person I have always dreamt of being. Still a lot to learn but life is so infinitely much better today than it was 98 days ago…
Hope you are having a good Sunday, cloudy and cold in Dublin and not sure the weather ever really changes for the better here :-) Anyway, grand to read your posts as always! PLC, hear you on the PMS thing, has a serious impact on the serenity state, glad to hear you are feeling better.
Have had some great days here, went to a pub on Friday night with a group of friends and just had so much fun. It has been a bit of a thing for me, back in January before I got sober I was out with this group drinking beer and we just laughed so hard and had so much fun, the drinking was no always bad...However, I have wondered if I could ever have that type of fun again, laugh so hard I am almost falling off my chair kind of fun without drinking. Sounds weird perhaps but it has been a fear of mine. This Friday put that fear to rest, we went out, they drank beer and I was happy with my sparkling water and we laughed so hard we almost fell of our chairs and just had a great night. A small thing perhaps but huge in my mind!
Also, did my 5th step yesterday with my sponsor, that was hard and at the same time easy, took almost 5 hours and left me with a splitting headache and strangely enough a very serious desire to drink. Not surprising as it opens up a lot of emotional baggage but I went home and went down on my knees and did my 6th step prayer, then I had a bonfire with my 4th step worksheets and went to bed. Today I feel like I am slowly becoming the person I have always dreamt of being. Still a lot to learn but life is so infinitely much better today than it was 98 days ago…
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Limbo totally awesome!! I can relate Limbo, I hung with a few of my cousins yesterday we went out garage selling.... OMGawd!!!! Us girls laughed so so hard!..Over nothing really but just got a kick out of everything, tried to tell my husband about some of it, he was like I don't get it (like why was it so funny)...Guess he just had to be there... I have not laughed that hard in a long time!! It is a good feeling!... Going to check on my father inlaw today, everyone have a great Sunday!
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Hi all,
Sunny up here in northwest limbo, but cold wind.
Crazy week last and next will prob be the same, we in middle of buyin-in a house at min and it stressful stuff, but I'm happy cause there was a few evenings last week that I would have usually went to offie after work for bt to blank out pressure, its good to be able to deal with life's pressures sober.
Also all my mates where having a super Sunday today and where looking me to go on beer, I don't have confidence to hit bars yet, I told them I'm off it and they just said yeah rite, it kinda played on my mind a bit but that's to be expected.
Anyhow I hope all the rest of you having a good day
Sunny up here in northwest limbo, but cold wind.
Crazy week last and next will prob be the same, we in middle of buyin-in a house at min and it stressful stuff, but I'm happy cause there was a few evenings last week that I would have usually went to offie after work for bt to blank out pressure, its good to be able to deal with life's pressures sober.
Also all my mates where having a super Sunday today and where looking me to go on beer, I don't have confidence to hit bars yet, I told them I'm off it and they just said yeah rite, it kinda played on my mind a bit but that's to be expected.
Anyhow I hope all the rest of you having a good day
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NBC, Nel, Sean and all! Thank you for being so wonderful and lovely and supportive and inspiring! How I would love to have a "real" meeting with you all one day, shall we aim for one on our 10th anniversary :-)
Seanie, enjoy the sunshine up there...
Seanie, enjoy the sunshine up there...
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Limbo, great achievement!!!!
Sober is great isnt it.
I was at a do today, I got handed a glass of bubbly for a toast, initial panic what to do, but thought and just stood up, made the toast, sat down, handed undrunk glass to person next door (what drinker doesnt want a free drink!)
Stayed sober, but noticed how people have a habit of slinking to the bar and supping an extra one whilst they think nobody is looking,
I know, that's what I used to do.
I have actually lost count on the number of weeks I have now, that is either a good thing, or early onset senility , I suspect the latter
Have a great Sunday, for those for whom it is Sunday, it is bedtime in Manchester
xx
Sober is great isnt it.
I was at a do today, I got handed a glass of bubbly for a toast, initial panic what to do, but thought and just stood up, made the toast, sat down, handed undrunk glass to person next door (what drinker doesnt want a free drink!)
Stayed sober, but noticed how people have a habit of slinking to the bar and supping an extra one whilst they think nobody is looking,
I know, that's what I used to do.
I have actually lost count on the number of weeks I have now, that is either a good thing, or early onset senility , I suspect the latter
Have a great Sunday, for those for whom it is Sunday, it is bedtime in Manchester
xx
8.........@Billy Pilgram sleep tight 
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That's great, Limbo, It sounds like you're putting in a lot of work towards your sobriety, good for you!! It is so great we're all starting to feel "normal" My oldest son who lives with us keeps telling me he's proud of me for losing weight and getting healthy. He hasn't mentioned drinking specifically but I know that's partly what he means. I won't ever let my kids down again. They're not little anymore but they still need their Mommy, awww, I'm making myself misty. Hugs to all of my classmates!
congrats to us all!!...Today is the last day of sober month number 4 for me....on to the 5th month!! 
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congratulations to all of you 
time for a new thread tho...we continue here
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-part-6-a.html
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time for a new thread tho...we continue here
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...-part-6-a.html
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