Class of June 2018 Part 2
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Good morning junipers! Day 41, 11:02 am
Finishing our last leg of our road trip. Should be at the beach in 3 hours. Our turtle (cargo carrier) just flew off the top of our car on the highway. Thankfully no one got hurt and police helped us get it.
The hotel last night was nice. The girls just have so much fun with everything, the room, the pool, even the elevator!
Not drinking was totally fine last night. Feels nigh pretty good today. Hopefully my AV stayed at home the whole vacation.
Enjoy your day guys!
Finishing our last leg of our road trip. Should be at the beach in 3 hours. Our turtle (cargo carrier) just flew off the top of our car on the highway. Thankfully no one got hurt and police helped us get it.
The hotel last night was nice. The girls just have so much fun with everything, the room, the pool, even the elevator!
Not drinking was totally fine last night. Feels nigh pretty good today. Hopefully my AV stayed at home the whole vacation.
Enjoy your day guys!
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day 39 completed
my dreams seem more real than reality at the mo
arms snapped off my sun-lounger (a bit too plump for it)
got a nature ramble organised tomorrow - see if can get some wild-life shots
I'm doing OK - a little better every day - once you get past a month you can start to believe you are going to give it all you have to succeed
anyway - well done if you made it another day :-)
my dreams seem more real than reality at the mo
arms snapped off my sun-lounger (a bit too plump for it)
got a nature ramble organised tomorrow - see if can get some wild-life shots
I'm doing OK - a little better every day - once you get past a month you can start to believe you are going to give it all you have to succeed
anyway - well done if you made it another day :-)
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Originally Posted by Minion09 
Morning Junipers!! 39 and Sober Saturday!! Last night was a bit of a funk for me... kinda like the clouds rolled in, was feeling sad, lonely, tired, kinda sick (allergies I think). So I read these posts and others, prayed for my will to get the heck away and I went to bed. Weird dreams but I rested. Woke up still kinda funky but way better than last night. Going to hit a meeting and then see what the day holds. No real plans, but gotta have no idle hands. Have a great day! 💕
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My goodness Bumblebee, that would have been scary! Glad you got it back on ok. Enjoy your holiday!
Redcardid you’re going great! I agree it gets more believable the longer we’re sober
Have a great day/ night Junipers! It’s 8.30am Sunday here and we’re having a family lunch. I’m not at all tempted to drink! ❤️
Redcardid you’re going great! I agree it gets more believable the longer we’re sober
Have a great day/ night Junipers! It’s 8.30am Sunday here and we’re having a family lunch. I’m not at all tempted to drink!
❤️
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Originally Posted by Willow68
So glad you made it through and went to bed, I was worried about you. Well done!!! Together we’re stronger ❤️
Hipe your day is fantastic!! Just one more day!!
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39 coming to a close!! The day was funky all day, so I did what’s working for me. Hit 3 meetings, all different, all just what I needed to get through today. I didn’t drink... sober is far better! The funk will pass as long as I don’t pick up! Anything but that! Going to bed now and grateful that I’ll awake tomorrow on day 40! Good night all! 💕
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40 days!! Grateful to see that number and profoundly aware of the victory as well as the fact it can be gone with one irrational decision. It’s been a year and a half since I’ve had anything resembling that number Sober!! So much is different! My way of thinking is shifting... I know for the first time ever that I’m an alcoholic and I cannot drink! I fought it for soooo long, making countless excuses, coming up with countless reasons and situations justifying I could. I’m now fully embracing the disease, the severe allergy that I have and it feels good. I know it’s a constant choice to not choose my will but to leave it in the hands of something far greater than myself and for me that is working!! One day at a time and still some days when it’s one moment or minute at a time. So grateful for SR, for this Juniper group and others. For AA, which is for me, but not all. For my sponsor, for my framily who really are my chosen family! For my higher power!! Living one day at a time, not picking up for just this day! All of it is a gift!
Yesterday was rough! I felt all day that any moment I would cave but I placed myself in the places where I knew I’d find support and reprieve for the moments and while it was so out of the ordinary for me, it was where I found the victory.
Keep on Junipers!! Keep working your plans! Love you guys! 💕 Just for today!
Yesterday was rough! I felt all day that any moment I would cave but I placed myself in the places where I knew I’d find support and reprieve for the moments and while it was so out of the ordinary for me, it was where I found the victory.
Keep on Junipers!! Keep working your plans! Love you guys! 💕 Just for today!
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Minion, keep powering thru. 40 days is a great accomplishment. My "weekend" actually went rather well, but I had a pretty "funky" period last week that I had work thru. Par for the course at this juncture I suppose?
Hope everyone's weekend has gone well. Looks like your's is wrapping up in AU as I type Willow. Good job getting through another one. I see you have popped in @ the 1 year and under group. I'll probably wander over there at times going forward.
Hope everyone's weekend has gone well. Looks like your's is wrapping up in AU as I type Willow. Good job getting through another one. I see you have popped in @ the 1 year and under group. I'll probably wander over there at times going forward.
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Hi junipers! Day 42, 11:21 am.
I also have periods of feeling funky and blah. Luckily I haven’t recently, but I know realistically that I have a long ride of emotions to go.
We got to our beach condo yesterday. It seems there was a bottle of Chardonnay (my fav) left behind by the previous renters. That bottle talked to me for a while. ‘You can fake this without anyone knowing. Yum. It is your vacation.’
But the realization that I would lose all my hard work of 41 days that I am proud of, for a hangover set in. And now I feel I am over it.
Sitting in the beach now, enjoying my fam. Enjoyed waking sober and ran on the beach. Not because I was due to workout, because I wanted to.
Enjoy your day, and be proud if it one more
I also have periods of feeling funky and blah. Luckily I haven’t recently, but I know realistically that I have a long ride of emotions to go.
We got to our beach condo yesterday. It seems there was a bottle of Chardonnay (my fav) left behind by the previous renters. That bottle talked to me for a while. ‘You can fake this without anyone knowing. Yum. It is your vacation.’
But the realization that I would lose all my hard work of 41 days that I am proud of, for a hangover set in. And now I feel I am over it.
Sitting in the beach now, enjoying my fam. Enjoyed waking sober and ran on the beach. Not because I was due to workout, because I wanted to.
Enjoy your day, and be proud if it one more
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day 40 completed
my last post on this thread (moving to the 'under a year' topic/thread)
a bit selfish - but I need to be pulled along by those in front at this stage, rather than being a puller of those behind (when I get to 90 days I think will be able to genuinely offer support - but I cannot do it in good faith in my present state - I have to look forward, not back)
it has been a good thread for me - some real (perhaps inappropriate) laughs, dismay at failures (when they were doing so well) and a cautionary glimpse at people's sadnesses and stresses that have caused relapses (or was the root of their descent into alcoholism)
I think this thread has saved me from drinking a few times - so thank you all
anyway - well done if you lasted another day :-) God bless
my last post on this thread (moving to the 'under a year' topic/thread)
a bit selfish - but I need to be pulled along by those in front at this stage, rather than being a puller of those behind (when I get to 90 days I think will be able to genuinely offer support - but I cannot do it in good faith in my present state - I have to look forward, not back)
it has been a good thread for me - some real (perhaps inappropriate) laughs, dismay at failures (when they were doing so well) and a cautionary glimpse at people's sadnesses and stresses that have caused relapses (or was the root of their descent into alcoholism)
I think this thread has saved me from drinking a few times - so thank you all
anyway - well done if you lasted another day :-) God bless
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Hi everyone! 
Congratulations on making it through another sober weekend
I always find the weekends the most challenging...
Posting and reading on SR and playing the tape forward to the hangover that would result from “just one drink “ helps keep me on track. Plus having tasty treats and nonalcoholic drinks on hand for tricky moments
Have a great day/night everyone
Congratulations on making it through another sober weekend
I always find the weekends the most challenging...
Posting and reading on SR and playing the tape forward to the hangover that would result from “just one drink “ helps keep me on track. Plus having tasty treats and nonalcoholic drinks on hand for tricky moments
Have a great day/night everyone
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Day 40 coming to a close and I’m grateful! It has been a rough weekend, but I’m sober and that is right where I need to be. Facing the ups and downs and learning how to navigate through them sober. I’ve gotta be a little easier on myself, I drank almost daily for over a year this last time out, so I can’t expect peaches and cream every day with only a few days in comparison. My body needs time to heal and in that there will be some days that are simply a struggle but I cannot revert back to old thinking. I have to embrace the rough as much as the good and be ok not necessarily being ok every day. So, that’s where I’m at! Grateful to go to bed sober tonight and God willing wake up sober tomorrow and live in the moment. I appreciate you folks! Hope your weekend was great whatever you did or the number of days... one more!
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Originally Posted by Willow68
Hi everyone!
Congratulations on making it through another sober weekend
I always find the weekends the most challenging...
Posting and reading on SR and playing the tape forward to the hangover that would result from “just one drink “ helps keep me on track. Plus having tasty treats and nonalcoholic drinks on hand for tricky moments
Have a great day/night everyone
Congratulations on making it through another sober weekend
I always find the weekends the most challenging...
Posting and reading on SR and playing the tape forward to the hangover that would result from “just one drink “ helps keep me on track. Plus having tasty treats and nonalcoholic drinks on hand for tricky moments
Have a great day/night everyone
Have a great day! Just ONE more!!
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Originally Posted by Bumblebee2
Hi junipers! Day 42, 11:21 am.
I also have periods of feeling funky and blah. Luckily I haven’t recently, but I know realistically that I have a long ride of emotions to go.
We got to our beach condo yesterday. It seems there was a bottle of Chardonnay (my fav) left behind by the previous renters. That bottle talked to me for a while. ‘You can fake this without anyone knowing. Yum. It is your vacation.’
But the realization that I would lose all my hard work of 41 days that I am proud of, for a hangover set in. And now I feel I am over it.
Sitting in the beach now, enjoying my fam. Enjoyed waking sober and ran on the beach. Not because I was due to workout, because I wanted to.
Enjoy your day, and be proud if it one more
I also have periods of feeling funky and blah. Luckily I haven’t recently, but I know realistically that I have a long ride of emotions to go.
We got to our beach condo yesterday. It seems there was a bottle of Chardonnay (my fav) left behind by the previous renters. That bottle talked to me for a while. ‘You can fake this without anyone knowing. Yum. It is your vacation.’
But the realization that I would lose all my hard work of 41 days that I am proud of, for a hangover set in. And now I feel I am over it.
Sitting in the beach now, enjoying my fam. Enjoyed waking sober and ran on the beach. Not because I was due to workout, because I wanted to.
Enjoy your day, and be proud if it one more
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Originally Posted by MrWolfie68
Minion, keep powering thru. 40 days is a great accomplishment. My "weekend" actually went rather well, but I had a pretty "funky" period last week that I had work thru. Par for the course at this juncture I suppose?
Hope everyone's weekend has gone well. Looks like your's is wrapping up in AU as I type Willow. Good job getting through another one. I see you have popped in @ the 1 year and under group. I'll probably wander over there at times going forward.
Hope everyone's weekend has gone well. Looks like your's is wrapping up in AU as I type Willow. Good job getting through another one. I see you have popped in @ the 1 year and under group. I'll probably wander over there at times going forward.
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It’s soo quiet here!! Hope you all are doing ok. I’m still going to post here but also need to seek other spots cause if I’m not working my plan that includes SR, then I’m in a family spot of complacency. Live u Junipers!! One more for today! 42!
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