Kiya

Good afternoon everyone. It's 1240 eastern from Ohio and I'm checking in for another 24 hours.

Kris47

Hiya, Kiya.

Good catching up at least a little.

SnowDawg

Can't remember if I checked in late lastnight, but I'm calm and sober. Ready for another 24 from rainy Tacoma, WA at 10:27 AM.

Cheetos

Day 3 24 days until 4

FacingFuture

I'm in for 24 more.

10:49 am here.

FaithfulAndFree

2:53pm here in DC. Going for 24 more!

VikingGF

It is CHOCOLATE DAY!!! Get those tasty M&Ms out of the freezer! Eat your hoarded Hershey's kisses! Enjoy your Scharffenberger! Whatever chocolate you prefer- have a great day!

Here for 24 more. 3:22 PM in MA.

AlcoholFree66

Wednesday 6.20 am and off to work soon. Committing to another 24 hours of sobriety.

PurpleKnight

In for another 24hrs!!

SoberLeigh

Wait; what???!!!! Mashed Potato Day followed by Chocolate Day???!!!! (There really is a Hog Heaven!!!!).

DaneK

I missed check-in yesterday, but I'm still sober. I completed my Eighth Step list and discussed it with my sponsor. So now I'm officially on Step Nine. Ahh... the fun step. In that I am looking forward to be freed from my guilt, shame, and remorse!!!

Stepping at 3:04 pm in TX

ChloeRose63

Signing in for 24 more at 3:25pm.

Hevyn

Needing me another 24 in New York at 4:42pm.

Kaneda8888

National Chocolate Day ? As if I needed an excuse to indulge

Another 24 hours of loving kindness, serenity and sobriety pls ! Its 9:17am here !

Bubovski

Had a few pressures of late, but by communicating with my H.P. as I understand that concept, am truly keeping the grog and drugs at bay...,......

One day more!

Resolv

1724 - Another 24 please. Thanks.

BarbieKen

Home after our trip, my cats are all cuddled on the bed with me. It's early for me to check in, but feeling like bedtime can't come soon enough. I'll sign in for my next 24 hours of recovery, thanks to my HP & AA.
: Bobbi

courage2

Good Evening, friends!

Welcome to growpath! Welcome back to ZeldaFan ! Whether you’re new to SR, new to this thread, just coming back, counting days or years, we’re glad you’re here!

Congratulations to Jsm273 on 1 Giant Month to MyTime86 & Rachel77 on 3 major months each to Waterfalls2013 on 4 wonderful months and to SnoozyQ on 16 Months WOW!!! and to all, congratulations and thanks for today!

Here’s the list of those who’ve made part of their commitment to sobriety include posting on this thread from about 8:30 p.m. October 27 to 8:30 p.m. on October 28, NYC local time:

1newcreation
afloatsober
airwick
AlcoholFree66
altoids
Alynn
Alysheba
ANewDayNYC
ardy
BarbieKen
Beanie25
biminiblue
Bubovski
Cascabel
charleesavedme
Cheetos
ChickChick
Chiffon
ChloeRose63
Coldfusion
courage2
DaneK
dcrr
Dee74
DrakeCKC
EJM824
erfra7
FacingFuture
Findingtheway
forabetterlife
ForgiveMeAll
ForMeForThem
fromadistance
GentleSoul
Gilmer
Goat
goose333
Grateful11
growpath
grtgrandpa
gvrecovery
HeartsAfire
Hevyn
jsm273
Kaneda8888
Kiya
Kris47
least
Marcher13
martina12
mystified
Purpleknight
Resolv
sickofthiscrap
SnowDawg
SoberLeigh
sthlondonab
Tamerua
tgirl
tootsl1
trachemys
Try18
venuscat
VikingGF
yukonm
ZeldaFan
zeppodog

Counting down to Halloween night. #4: Fairies and Elves. Elves and Fairies. Monsters? What else would you call them? They’re definitely supernatural. Like demons, they’ll cause you mischief and harm just out of pure malice. Cross them and you’ll be sorry. Plus, they earn an extra half-point on my rating scale for being so very, very attractive.

Terry Pratchett always gets his monsters right, and he’s not a fan of elves. In the Discworld novels, elves hunt humans for sport. Pratchett writes,

Quote:

Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder.
Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels.
Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies.
Elves are glamorous. They project glamour.
Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment.
Elves are terrific. They beget terror.

Elves typically spin their attractions onto the opposite sex. Here’s Keats, “La Belle Dame Sans Merci”:

Quote:

I met a lady in the meads,
Full beautiful—a faery’s child,
Her hair was long, her foot was light,
And her eyes were wild.

La Dame takes the knight to her elfin grotto, feeds him & kisses him, and then abandons him while he sleeps:



But in his dreams,

Quote:

I saw pale kings and princes too,
Pale warriors, death-pale were they all;
They cried—“La Belle Dame sans Merci
Thee hath in thrall!”

Poor fella. The fairies got him. Ladies watch out, too – fairies like to steal your children and they'll dance you to death! Here’s a drawing of Susanna Clarke’s Gentleman With Thistle-Down Hair, a male fairy who seduces many an English lady in the novel Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.



The worst bit about elves & fairies is not the harm they do, but how much they make us want it, over & over again. It’s always a fun time for the fairy, even though you’re bleeding in an emergency room somewhere. Last words from Terry Pratchett: “They'd smash up the world if they thought it would make a pretty noise.”

Look past the glamour, and live another sober 24 hours to tell the tale!

Grateful11

Thanks Courage2!

I am in for another 24.

8:51pm CST in the Chi....

growpath

Courage...AWESOME POST!!!! AMAZING!!! That made my night That dedication is greatly appreciated!

So 9 PM now here and made it through another day sober.

Double digits conquered. 10 days

Thanks for the support all.

See ya tomorrow for another 24 when I check in and out