One Year and Under Club Part 56
 

last part here

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...t-55-a-20.html

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Thanks for the new thread Dee!

Shotgun!

Thanks, Dee!

Good morning to all.

Morning Sober People!

I remember after a couple of months thinking "what am I going to do with all this time?"

Sometimes I'd sit down in front of the TV with my chocolate treats and feel sorry for myself. A gaping time void had suddenly opened up in my life. Where I used to drink the time away now there was.... nothing.

Fast forward three months and now there aren't enough hours in the day! The change in attitude has been incredible.

My brain tries to tell me that I should have a beer "to be social" but I guess like most other problem drinkers, in the end I was one of those totally unsocial tipplers who did all my drinking away from the bright lights.

Drinking killed all my ideas, my creativity and sapped the life out of me. I'm glad to be back! Sod the beer!

I made a routine and put it all in google calendar. Even down to cleaning the fish tank on a Sunday afternoon and the times to pick my Son up from college. It works ... but following the routine and tweaking it is very different from just writing it down. Man I had so many calendars in the past full of work to be done that never got done.

So learning to follow the routine is my new routine.

Have a great day everyone!

Good morning all!

Day off and the sun is shining. It's funny how endless cloudy days can really sap my energy levels and remind me that my AV isn't dead, it's just hibernating.

Have a great day everyone!

thank you Dharma--
Babs

Same to you, Dharma :hug:

Good morning, Undies!

This is exactly how I feel right now! I've never been great at setting routines, but it has become a very important part of my sobriety. I've recently upped my efforts to schedule down time into my routines. I get so busy doing-doing-doing that I'm not as attentive to internal thoughts/feelings as I need to be and before I know it, the ole AV is whispering in my ear.
Similarly, I've also had the thoughts about having a random drink from time to time; socially of course, just one. What could it hurt? All lies. I can never drink again because I it will never be just 1. It does make me feel kind of sad at times, like pulling the plug on a bad relationship....but I've read enough posts on this site to know where 1 drink leads. No where I want to be.

Yes, Simplicity - you are so right. After 13 years sober, one drink was my downfall and led to 3 years of trying to stop again. Any time I'm tempted, I think of that plus the time it took for me to get past one month without drinking and the urge disappears quickly.

Just when I think I've discovered everything that SR has to offer, I now find this thread :)
SR really IS 'the gift that keeps on giving' :)

I think we lost everyone with the new thread, lol!

I'm here Stargazer!

Morning Everyone!

There are two "Part 56" threads running concurrently at the moment so one needs to be closed I think.

SG, I'm here too :-)

Thanks, Dee.

Good morning all.

Sorry about that guys - one thread now :)

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Thanks D!

Welcome, Zana! There's always room for another here :-)

Good morning, Undies.

Hi Zana! Great to see you here!

Have a great day all!

I was sitting there, all alone on the thread, wondering where you all were, twiddling my thumbs. Then today, I couldn't even do that! Went back to my last Undie post, followed the link and here you all are!

Kopfan I really struggle with routine, I'm not good at it, yet my life is so much better and I am so much happier when I do have a routine in it. Running with the dog in the mornings has forced a getting up routine on me, which does mean I am up and about for the rest of the day's chores.