One Year and Under Club Part 58
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welcome Purplrks it is good to see another person learn from this thread! Congrats on 2 months. That is really great!
Helen- you probably know this but we have a pop up too. I love it. I feel it is the perfect option since you are not on the ground in a tent but it feels like your camping just the same!
Drake- I hope you enjoy the visit with your sister. I am sure it will feel nice to get out.
Happy Memorial day to you also.
Barb- I hope you enjoy your camping trip!
I am going to go take my walk. It is gorgeous outside!
Helen- you probably know this but we have a pop up too. I love it. I feel it is the perfect option since you are not on the ground in a tent but it feels like your camping just the same!
Drake- I hope you enjoy the visit with your sister. I am sure it will feel nice to get out.
Happy Memorial day to you also.Barb- I hope you enjoy your camping trip!
I am going to go take my walk. It is gorgeous outside!
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All this talk makes we want to go camping. I've only done the cabin thing over the past ten years or so. There's a campground with some great mountain biking trails I want to checkout.
Here's to another sober weekend for all of us and thanks to all the vets for their service!
Here's to another sober weekend for all of us and thanks to all the vets for their service!
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Hi all and welcome purplrks!
Hope the funk has lifted a bit Drake? How's your weekend with your sister so far?
Beautiful day in the UK today and walking down my local high street I couldn't help being struck by the number of people boozing: sitting outside cafes in the sunshine, carrying bottles of beer en route to parties, sipping cider in the park etc.
It made me feel a little wistful - this is the first really hot spell since I quit at the end of last summer and there's obviously a very close connection in my brain between sunshine and booze! I know that I'm not going to drink while pregnant, but I did have an AV thought creep in about maybe next summer, maybe if it's strictly just at weekends etc. Managed to catch myself and play it forward - but I was a bit surprised to find that sort of thinking still breaking through.
Loved your post about the karaoke, Sandy - I think I needed to read something like that. Yes - it's good to actually live and remember life!
Hope the funk has lifted a bit Drake? How's your weekend with your sister so far?
Beautiful day in the UK today and walking down my local high street I couldn't help being struck by the number of people boozing: sitting outside cafes in the sunshine, carrying bottles of beer en route to parties, sipping cider in the park etc.
It made me feel a little wistful - this is the first really hot spell since I quit at the end of last summer and there's obviously a very close connection in my brain between sunshine and booze! I know that I'm not going to drink while pregnant, but I did have an AV thought creep in about maybe next summer, maybe if it's strictly just at weekends etc. Managed to catch myself and play it forward - but I was a bit surprised to find that sort of thinking still breaking through.
Loved your post about the karaoke, Sandy - I think I needed to read something like that. Yes - it's good to actually live and remember life!
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SSOH, I remember having the same feelings the first hot days in my first year, watching others drinking a nice cold beer. It's great you played forward the tape, AV will try its sneaky best at any opportunity, so don't feel as if it is anything you are doing wrong. It can undermine the best, given the right circumstances. AV is always looking for that weakness, that one tiny glimmer of opportunity to attempt a take over of your mind.
You are doing great. Remember that!
You are doing great. Remember that!
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Thanks Toots! Yes - AV is sneaky! I imagine there are some pretty hungover and dehydrated people around this morning - whereas I was able to get out early and walk the dog (granted - she took the opportunity to find some fresh fox poo to roll herself in, so it wasn't the most successful walk... but still!).
Hope you're having a good weekend.
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Hope you're having a good weekend.
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We have a large BBQ every year on Memorial Day with lots of beer and warm weather. Talk about triggers. I did my first one with just over a month of sobriety. It was a bit of a challenge. My AV does suggest that it would be fun to have a cold one with friends, but I am smart enough to know where that would lead. I'm sticking to water and soft drinks today.
Enjoy the day all!
Enjoy the day all!
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My AV acts the same way. It's not like I have any immediate cravings, but it shows up in the back of my mind trying to make future plans. Guess that's why it's important to work on recovery daily so we don't stray. 
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It was an incredibly beautiful May evening last night.
I was coming back alone in my car from a meal I had with two friends.It was still early, around 8 o’clock, the sunset was just beginning. I could hear music coming from houses, children screaming outside and It looked like the time had stopped. In a word, it was magic.
My AV went bezerk in telling me how good a ice cold beer pitcher would be at the bar where I was hanging in my active life.
It was just at 10 minutes away if I wanted to, just one wouldn't kill me.
The image from a Guess Who LP came back to my mind... (Artificial Paradise - 1973)
The scene on top is very corny but it was as I was feeling at that very moment : should I go on the left at the bar or on the right at home?
I went on the right
I was so happy to be sober and in a super shape when I woke up this morning, I have no words for it!
I realize that the first year is the encounter of all the possible events.
I went through Christmas time and it was very hard but I have experience now and I have a good idea what the triggers will be next December.
I don’t have any experience passing through the “spring fever” and it’s hard. The summer will be something too I’m sure…
The life of an Undie is an exciting life full of discoveries!
Have a good week mes amis, thanks for existing
I was coming back alone in my car from a meal I had with two friends.It was still early, around 8 o’clock, the sunset was just beginning. I could hear music coming from houses, children screaming outside and It looked like the time had stopped. In a word, it was magic.
My AV went bezerk in telling me how good a ice cold beer pitcher would be at the bar where I was hanging in my active life.
It was just at 10 minutes away if I wanted to, just one wouldn't kill me.
The image from a Guess Who LP came back to my mind... (Artificial Paradise - 1973)
The scene on top is very corny but it was as I was feeling at that very moment : should I go on the left at the bar or on the right at home?
I went on the right
I was so happy to be sober and in a super shape when I woke up this morning, I have no words for it!
I realize that the first year is the encounter of all the possible events.
I went through Christmas time and it was very hard but I have experience now and I have a good idea what the triggers will be next December.
I don’t have any experience passing through the “spring fever” and it’s hard. The summer will be something too I’m sure…
The life of an Undie is an exciting life full of discoveries!
Have a good week mes amis, thanks for existing
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I love this phrase, Canadian koala
"The life of an Undie is an exciting life full of discoveries!"
I'm seeing and experiencing life a new way. It's fantastic. (Although undies to me usually means underwear!!)
Had a great morning gardening and playing with my dog and cat. Just arrived in
"The life of an Undie is an exciting life full of discoveries!"
I'm seeing and experiencing life a new way. It's fantastic. (Although undies to me usually means underwear!!)
Had a great morning gardening and playing with my dog and cat. Just arrived in
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Love it CK, yes that fork in the road analogy is a great visual. And I love that you think of the journey in early recovery as exciting, it is! It has plenty of challenges, but better to think of it as a rollercoaster ride than something to fear.
Positivity is a massive factor in helping us find our way through the maze of early recovery, when there is temptation at every turn. Accepting the challenge face on and smiling at AV with a gleam in your eye as you March steadily forward will give you extra strength when you need it.
Positivity is a massive factor in helping us find our way through the maze of early recovery, when there is temptation at every turn. Accepting the challenge face on and smiling at AV with a gleam in your eye as you March steadily forward will give you extra strength when you need it.
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