Class of May 2015 Part 7
Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Florida
Posts: 298
Welcome HN! Odis, happy for you--almost done!! 
Allie, I love that you laughed so hard it hurt! We all need to laugh like that from time to time.
Ishallnotwant, hope you've come up with a recovery plan. There is always hope, so don't give up. Maybe face to face help would be good for you like AA or counseling?
Casey--awesome 100 days/birthday coming up soon! I'll bring the cake and candles (the kind that won't stay blown out lol--that way you can make wish upon wish).
Wishing all a wonderful day!
Allie, I love that you laughed so hard it hurt! We all need to laugh like that from time to time.
Ishallnotwant, hope you've come up with a recovery plan. There is always hope, so don't give up. Maybe face to face help would be good for you like AA or counseling?
Casey--awesome 100 days/birthday coming up soon! I'll bring the cake and candles (the kind that won't stay blown out lol--that way you can make wish upon wish).
Wishing all a wonderful day!
Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: STL
Posts: 388
Don't congratulate me yet Casey. This day is not over and it's gonna be a fight with every ounce of fight I have in me. Apparently my husband just doesn't get it.... Understandably he thinks I'm full of it when I say I'm not drinking but maybe the reason I'm full of it is because he starts talking about beer at 9:30 am on a Sunday!!! He knows what I want and yet he wants to drink so he will just pretend I never said anything. Not cool. I'm super upset about it.
Re-Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 7,909
Sorry to hear that, Allie. Anything you can do to get out of the house for a while? Perhaps something with your daughter? Living alone most of the last few years, I can only imagine how hard it would be to sober up with an active drinker in the house, so I don't really have any good suggestions. You might consider popping up in the "Weekender" thread on the Newcomers board. I know for sure there are some folks there with long term sobriety who have spouses who are still drinking, some of them alcoholically. You're in my thoughts and prayers today...
Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: STL
Posts: 388
Lol I just realized this isn't a fight I'm having with myself about drinking. I know what I want! It's a fight with him because he is the one with a problem today. Not me! Why should I let his drinking problem drag me down?!?
Member
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 327
Happy Sunday all Day 64, nothing special today just another work day, not off now until Tues and just the one day off this week so I'll have to make good use of it.
Thanks for the welcome KaleGrrl
Congrats on day 7 Allie, 1st week is in the books! fight the good fight.
I don't live with a drinker, my wife doesn't drink a lot, probably seen her drunk a handful of times in our 29 years of marriage but similar story is smoking, I quit smoking 8 years ago (I quit drinking on the same day I quit smoking May 31 only 8 years apart, didn't plan it that way just happened lol) and she didn't, she still smoked in the house, in the car, right beside me and it bothered me and I told her so and I wished that she would quit and I told her so.
Speed up 8 years and she still smokes in the house and I'll either go outside or to the garage, she smokes in the car and I put the windows down, I'm not going to change her or expect her to change for me, that's on her but what I can do is change me and the way I think, deal and handle things and not once did I pick up a smoke in these last 8 years. I don't know if I'd have the same mindset if it was alcohol, I'm not in that situation but there is wine in the fridge and she has had a drink by the bonfire and I choose not to drink.
Have a great day everyone
Thanks for the welcome KaleGrrl
Congrats on day 7 Allie, 1st week is in the books! fight the good fight.
I don't live with a drinker, my wife doesn't drink a lot, probably seen her drunk a handful of times in our 29 years of marriage but similar story is smoking, I quit smoking 8 years ago (I quit drinking on the same day I quit smoking May 31 only 8 years apart, didn't plan it that way just happened lol) and she didn't, she still smoked in the house, in the car, right beside me and it bothered me and I told her so and I wished that she would quit and I told her so.
Speed up 8 years and she still smokes in the house and I'll either go outside or to the garage, she smokes in the car and I put the windows down, I'm not going to change her or expect her to change for me, that's on her but what I can do is change me and the way I think, deal and handle things and not once did I pick up a smoke in these last 8 years. I don't know if I'd have the same mindset if it was alcohol, I'm not in that situation but there is wine in the fridge and she has had a drink by the bonfire and I choose not to drink.
Have a great day everyone
Blue Belt
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: Soberville, USA
Posts: 4,174
At the SunCoast Casino Bowling Alley..Haven't been here sober before. Feels strange. I constantly look around to see who is drinking. My son beat me bowling. First time bowling sober. My new sense of balance is stil adjusting.
Been reading some terrible threads today. God help all those souls struggling so hard. So far, it sucks, but gets better everyday.
Thanks for everything.
Been reading some terrible threads today. God help all those souls struggling so hard. So far, it sucks, but gets better everyday.
Thanks for everything.
Re-Member
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: USA
Posts: 7,909
Finishing day 87. Well, I guess it's actually already over since it's after midnight here. So starting day 88! Getting very close to 90 and only five days until I can get my three month chip at my home AA group. Sobriety is feeling more and more like my natural state of being every single day. I really don't think I've even thought about alcohol for even a second--except as it relates to others asking for help here on SR--in four or five days now at least. Probably more like eight or nine actually.
Good day. Did some house cleaning this morning. Read some. Had to be work at 3:45. It was pretty blah tonight. I should have been out of work by nine tonight but one of my co-workers who was scheduled to close started throwing up in the middle of her shift so I agreed to stay on. So I just got home about twenty minutes ago.
I've taken on a new responsibility here at SR starting today. I'm keeping track of monthly and yearly sobriety anniversaries or "milestones" for the 24 Hour Recovery Connection thread on this same daily support forum. Pledging on that thread on a daily basis to stay sober for the next 24 hours has been a big part of my daily routine since sobering up on May 8 of this year. So I'm grateful to be given the opportunity to give back to others in that thread for a while.
Going to go watch tonight's new Rick and Morty before going to bed. I love that show so much. I've already watched last week's episode three or four times this past week.
D122y -- I just realized tonight at work that the company I work for owns the Golden Nugget so if I ever did go to Vegas I'd get 75% off everything there. I knew they owned a casino there but didn't remember which one it was until I was looking through a brochure tonight. Then I was like, "Hey! I recognize that pool from the other night on SR!" Hmm...with that discount maybe a trip there wouldn't be such a bad idea someday after all.
I like your Homer avatar. Your story about the man breaking his arm...ouch...I could almost hear it happening here in Texas hours later.
There is some real suffering going on by folks on these boards. Grateful I'm in a better place today as I've been in those situations before. Grateful to this forum and class for showing me a better way.
Allie -- I really wish you'd give a local face-to-face recovery program of some kind a chance--get to meet some ladies who have been in your exact situation before and still recovered from alcoholism. I know it's possible because I've seen it happen in others many times. You're in my thoughts and prayers...
Wishing everyone sweet dreams. Will talk to you all tomorrow!
Good day. Did some house cleaning this morning. Read some. Had to be work at 3:45. It was pretty blah tonight. I should have been out of work by nine tonight but one of my co-workers who was scheduled to close started throwing up in the middle of her shift so I agreed to stay on. So I just got home about twenty minutes ago.
I've taken on a new responsibility here at SR starting today. I'm keeping track of monthly and yearly sobriety anniversaries or "milestones" for the 24 Hour Recovery Connection thread on this same daily support forum. Pledging on that thread on a daily basis to stay sober for the next 24 hours has been a big part of my daily routine since sobering up on May 8 of this year. So I'm grateful to be given the opportunity to give back to others in that thread for a while.
Going to go watch tonight's new Rick and Morty before going to bed. I love that show so much. I've already watched last week's episode three or four times this past week.
D122y -- I just realized tonight at work that the company I work for owns the Golden Nugget so if I ever did go to Vegas I'd get 75% off everything there. I knew they owned a casino there but didn't remember which one it was until I was looking through a brochure tonight. Then I was like, "Hey! I recognize that pool from the other night on SR!" Hmm...with that discount maybe a trip there wouldn't be such a bad idea someday after all.
I like your Homer avatar. Your story about the man breaking his arm...ouch...I could almost hear it happening here in Texas hours later.
There is some real suffering going on by folks on these boards. Grateful I'm in a better place today as I've been in those situations before. Grateful to this forum and class for showing me a better way.
Allie -- I really wish you'd give a local face-to-face recovery program of some kind a chance--get to meet some ladies who have been in your exact situation before and still recovered from alcoholism. I know it's possible because I've seen it happen in others many times. You're in my thoughts and prayers...
Wishing everyone sweet dreams. Will talk to you all tomorrow!
Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Palm Bay
Posts: 41
Good morning, all!
Another week underway! This weekend was good ... visited my grandmother in Boca Raton on Saturday. She knows I'm in the program, so that's a non-issue. Had a nice time, although she's a rather negative person, so she kind of zaps whatever positivity you're feeling right out of you.
Yesterday was uneventful. Cleaning during the day and then hanging out with an AA friend in the evening. Ate dinner with him at a local pizza joint/bar (next to a university), so the conversation from the waitress quickly turned into "What's your favorite drink/shot/etc.?"
I told her I didn't drink ... mind we're both college-aged, and I was pleasantly surprised by her response ... "Oh, that's cool. Not everyone drinks."
Anyway, have a great day today, everyone!
CC
Another week underway! This weekend was good ... visited my grandmother in Boca Raton on Saturday. She knows I'm in the program, so that's a non-issue. Had a nice time, although she's a rather negative person, so she kind of zaps whatever positivity you're feeling right out of you.
Yesterday was uneventful. Cleaning during the day and then hanging out with an AA friend in the evening. Ate dinner with him at a local pizza joint/bar (next to a university), so the conversation from the waitress quickly turned into "What's your favorite drink/shot/etc.?"
I told her I didn't drink ... mind we're both college-aged, and I was pleasantly surprised by her response ... "Oh, that's cool. Not everyone drinks."
Anyway, have a great day today, everyone!
CC
Member
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,343
Allie, I'm really sorry that you're having such a hard time. I live with an active alcoholic. He even said a few times to me early on that "I know you'll drink again." or "have a glass of wine... you'll feel better." 
Every time he would say that it made me want to either punch him in the face or join him for a drink... I chose to just walk away. My point is that it does get easier with time. I'm going on 2.5 months now and he doesn't mention booze around me anymore. He even asked me last night if I truly felt better now that I'm sober... my answer: YES!! There's still hope that he will join me some day.
Keep trying... you can do this!
Every time he would say that it made me want to either punch him in the face or join him for a drink... I chose to just walk away. My point is that it does get easier with time. I'm going on 2.5 months now and he doesn't mention booze around me anymore. He even asked me last night if I truly felt better now that I'm sober... my answer: YES!! There's still hope that he will join me some day. Keep trying... you can do this!
One Day At A Time
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Midwest, USA
Posts: 2,054
Hi Class!!
Checking in, 81 Days Sober!
Casey, congrats on the new responsibility for SR. That is awesome. If I hadn't found this community, I have no doubt I would still be drinking. It is really great you are giving back
Checking in, 81 Days Sober!
Casey, congrats on the new responsibility for SR. That is awesome. If I hadn't found this community, I have no doubt I would still be drinking. It is really great you are giving back
Currently Active Users Viewing this Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
