Class of October 2013 - Part 4
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Class of October 2013 - Part 4
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Hi everyone! I'm feeling better in spirits today, still a little under the weather. I've been rather tired! I'm on day 11 but I've been trying to not really count the days. Earlier today. I finished reading There is a Solution in the Big Book. I talked to a mechanic and my car should be ok to get me to the meeting and back until he can fix it Monday. I hope all the Tobers are well 
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Originally Posted by DoubleDragons
It is frustrating, Tempe. I have some guilt and shame and lately, I am annoyed that I spent that much time of my life in a haze. Even when I wasn't making a fool of myself, I only half remember movies, events, holidays and vacations that were all precious days of my life. I am kind of sad that the wake-up call took this long. However, the positives of all this, is that I now have a special appreciation of sober life, I have more empathy for people in general, I am taking much better care of my physical health, and I have no "wonder what it is like" about partying/drinking. I got the full tour on that one . . . . :P
I'm right there with you DD. Wish it didn't take me so long to wake up and get sober but still lots of life ahead. Can't change the past, only learn from it!
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Wow... Such insight. Thank you both and everyone else who responded. Your posts so eloquently express how I feel.
I guess my job now is to move forward and let people judge/accept based on current BEHAVIOUR as sober friend. Accept my past, but change my future and let them see me walk my talk.
Prayers and courage to all in this new life.
It is frustrating, Tempe. I have some guilt and shame and lately, I am annoyed that I spent that much time of my life in a haze. Even when I wasn't making a fool of myself, I only half remember movies, events, holidays and vacations that were all precious days of my life. I am kind of sad that the wake-up call took this long. However, the positives of all this, is that I now have a special appreciation of sober life, I have more empathy for people in general, I am taking much better care of my physical health, and I have no "wonder what it is like" about partying/drinking. I got the full tour on that one . . . . :P
I'm right there with you DD. Wish it didn't take me so long to wake up and get sober but still lots of life ahead. Can't change the past, only learn from it!
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'I'll change, I'll change, Not tomorrow but today...'
Nikki Sixx
Wow... Such insight. Thank you both and everyone else who responded. Your posts so eloquently express how I feel.
I guess my job now is to move forward and let people judge/accept based on current BEHAVIOUR as sober friend. Accept my past, but change my future and let them see me walk my talk.
Prayers and courage to all in this new life.
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>>>quietly creeps in<<<
Hi all. I am a woefully bad Tobermate! I've been trolling...and keeping up, but have had little time to post. I'm going to try to catch up with posts tomorrow.
All is good in this hood!
Stay well everybody!!!
Hi all. I am a woefully bad Tobermate! I've been trolling...and keeping up, but have had little time to post. I'm going to try to catch up with posts tomorrow.
All is good in this hood!
Stay well everybody!!!
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Hey all. I was in middle of a profound post (or so I thought at the time), but then my battery went dead and 10 hours later I can't remember what it was about. Guess my memory is pretty bad even sober :/. Well, day 16 almost over, watching tv with my husband. I have a wine glass filled with cranberry juice on the table. I do like my fancy glasses. Set a goal to get back to gym tomorrow morning. Keep fighting the good fight everyone!
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Hey guys! I'm 25 days in. Today I was in the crappiest b*tchiest mood ever. However, this may sound crazy to some but I was happy. I was a b*tch, but a sober one. Its felt great to have a crappy day and not have liquor, being drunk, or withdrawals to be the blame.
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Hi Tobers,
Thank you guys so much for the support yesterday. Today was a MUCH better day. I feel like I have a little better handle on my urges now. I've read once again about urge surfing and I think it actually sunk into my brain this time around! I did a online SMART meeting earlier, I learned some great things. So all in all day 10 was pretty great. I can only hope tomorrow will be more of the same! *fingers crossed*
Thank you guys so much for the support yesterday. Today was a MUCH better day. I feel like I have a little better handle on my urges now. I've read once again about urge surfing and I think it actually sunk into my brain this time around! I did a online SMART meeting earlier, I learned some great things. So all in all day 10 was pretty great. I can only hope tomorrow will be more of the same! *fingers crossed*
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for anyone who doesn't know...this thread continues into next month and beyond...but we move to the Daily Support forum. after the 31st
Next months newbies - the Novembers - will take your place in this forum.
I'll leave plenty of redirects, but pass it on..we always seem to lose peeps in the move
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Next months newbies - the Novembers - will take your place in this forum.
I'll leave plenty of redirects, but pass it on..we always seem to lose peeps in the move
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Hi, Party People. (kidding!) It is officially a month for me. Today I had some pure moments of joy of just feeling really, really good for no one particular reason. It was so great. I really hope that is a reoccurring event due to sobriety. Joy while drinking is just so manufactured and chemical. Pure, healthy, natural connected joy is the bomb!!!
Night, night Tobers! Good on everyone's sobriety. Seems like everyone has been having good days the last couple of days. Let's just keep on keepin' on!!
Night, night Tobers! Good on everyone's sobriety. Seems like everyone has been having good days the last couple of days. Let's just keep on keepin' on!!
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Hey All,
I'm headed to western Colorado tomorrow and then taking my folks to Palm Desert on Thur.
I'm not taking my computer but will have my Android, so I'm not likely to post much in the next 11 days until I get back home.
Stay Strong--enjoy your sobriety, and I'll just be reading for a while.
I'm headed to western Colorado tomorrow and then taking my folks to Palm Desert on Thur.
I'm not taking my computer but will have my Android, so I'm not likely to post much in the next 11 days until I get back home.
Stay Strong--enjoy your sobriety, and I'll just be reading for a while.
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Hey Bilr...I totally hear you regarding reasons to get smashed with the guys. I'm a baseball fan too and always got lit at MLB games. In May I spent a weekend in NYC - a pivotal one in terms of deciding to get sober. Me and some buddies went to the Yanks game on the Friday night and never actually made it to our seats, standing in the concessions area guzzling beers and acting childish all evening. What a waste!! It was Yankees vs Red Sox no less. Drinking was such a major priority for me that it trumped everything else. What a shame. Memories such as this give me all the more motivation to live sober from here on out, otherwise life will just pass me by...
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