Class of May 2020 Part 3
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AC/DC was what people wanted to see! It was craziest concert I've ever been to. I actually was quite sober. Had 4 coworkers with me. Two women, parents from Shri Lanka. They were dressed up. Wearing high-heels. They had to leave, understandably! I was one of the dudes throwing bottles at Justin Timberlake!
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Originally Posted by Wastinglife 
AC/DC was what people wanted to see! It was craziest concert I've ever been to. I actually was quite sober. Had 4 coworkers with me. Two women, parents from Shri Lanka. They were dressed up. Wearing high-heels. They had to leave, understandably! I was one of the dudes throwing bottles at Justin Timberlake!
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Good morning on day 2. Just back from a nice walk. Looks like it's going to rain.
Started rereading Rational Recovery yesterday. It's a good read. Very helpful but very anti-AA so not recommend if AA is working for you.
Started rereading Rational Recovery yesterday. It's a good read. Very helpful but very anti-AA so not recommend if AA is working for you.
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Morning classmates 
Happy Sober Saturday! Every day is great waking sober but Saturdays seem especially special. even if I didn't drink in the week Friday was a definite drinking night.
Citrus-glad you got back ok and your day sounds fun.
FF-great result on day 2-congrats on getting through yetserday I like RR too. Though agree if AA is working for you not to read it. They are polar opposites aren't they. Hope it helps you. The Naked Mind is also a really good read.
Hi Berony, WL, KAren, Daria, Coz Dee & Venus and everyone else-waving to you all!
Fallow-MrRAL is a lobster and crab fisherman so we eat what he catches if he has some to spare
Myst-we are definitely showing our ages!! I'm closer to 50 than 40 which is really very depressing. We didn't even have a TV till I was 7. My father thought it more important to read. Well that worked for me I suppose. Now addicted to reading! Hope your son is ok.
Day 12. I woke this morning feeling good. no headache no backache no grogginess for the first time I have lost 5 pounds in weight in 12 days and think I look slightly better. Less puffy and bloated, skin still red though hard to tell what is sun exposure and what is alochol induced. Sure my nose looks slimmer though!
Weather horrible here again today. Too windy to paint. Did all the housework yesterday. Reading it is then!
Hope everyone has a good day/sleep.x
Happy Sober Saturday! Every day is great waking sober but Saturdays seem especially special. even if I didn't drink in the week Friday was a definite drinking night.Citrus-glad you got back ok and your day sounds fun.
FF-great result on day 2-congrats on getting through yetserday
I like RR too. Though agree if AA is working for you not to read it. They are polar opposites aren't they. Hope it helps you. The Naked Mind is also a really good read. Hi Berony, WL, KAren, Daria, Coz Dee & Venus and everyone else-waving to you all!
Fallow-MrRAL is a lobster and crab fisherman so we eat what he catches if he has some to spare
Myst-we are definitely showing our ages!! I'm closer to 50 than 40 which is really very depressing. We didn't even have a TV till I was 7. My father thought it more important to read. Well that worked for me I suppose. Now addicted to reading! Hope your son is ok.
Day 12. I woke this morning feeling good. no headache no backache no grogginess for the first time
I have lost 5 pounds in weight in 12 days and think I look slightly better. Less puffy and bloated, skin still red though hard to tell what is sun exposure and what is alochol induced. Sure my nose looks slimmer though!Weather horrible here again today. Too windy to paint. Did all the housework yesterday. Reading it is then!
Hope everyone has a good day/sleep.x
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I am sure it must be way hard parenting through grief darling Mysti. 
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I do think you are doing a wonderful job love.....it is going to take time for all of you to heal, and you are talking to your kids about your feelings and letting them express theirs freely....that is being an awesome mum in my books. ❤️
sI do think you are doing a wonderful job love.....it is going to take time for all of you to heal, and you are talking to your kids about your feelings and letting them express theirs freely....that is being an awesome mum in my books.
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Day 3. Woke up in a ton of sweat even though I felt chilly. Still better than waking up hungover!!!! Chugged water. Going to see parents today to keep busy. Maybe go shopping since business is open again. No restaurants tho. No drinking. Happy sober Saturday.
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Congrats on day 2 Freedom! And on day 3 Splash! Is that your kitty in your avatar? So cute! I hope you're feeling so much better today.
Mysti, you are a wonderful mom helping your children through this. I know it's hard for you, too. Sending hugs.
I just couldn't get interested in anything on television last night, so I ended up watching several episodes of Fatal Attractions. OMG! It's on Amazon, about people who try to keep wild animals and get killed by them.
I tried to buy the Rational Recovery book but got the wrong one and ended up with Refuge Recovery. It's all about meditation and Buddhist practices. Interesting in a way, but not really for me even though I'm really fond of meditation and spirituality. I don't like any program that knocks other programs. I joined a facebook group for about 15 minutes that was recovery related but when I started reading I saw they were all about knocking AA, and I left a message politely saying how I felt and left the group.
So lovely to wake up sober on a Saturday with the whole day ahead. Day 47 here. Who would have thunk it??
Mysti, you are a wonderful mom helping your children through this. I know it's hard for you, too. Sending hugs.
I just couldn't get interested in anything on television last night, so I ended up watching several episodes of Fatal Attractions. OMG! It's on Amazon, about people who try to keep wild animals and get killed by them.
I tried to buy the Rational Recovery book but got the wrong one and ended up with Refuge Recovery. It's all about meditation and Buddhist practices. Interesting in a way, but not really for me even though I'm really fond of meditation and spirituality. I don't like any program that knocks other programs. I joined a facebook group for about 15 minutes that was recovery related but when I started reading I saw they were all about knocking AA, and I left a message politely saying how I felt and left the group.
So lovely to wake up sober on a Saturday with the whole day ahead. Day 47 here. Who would have thunk it??
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WL / I was at the SARS TORONTO concert too!!! You’re dead on that AC/DC stole the show. And while we didn’t lose our group it was insane trying to get home. We had to ride the TTC home to Ryerson Uni campus and what took us about 30 minutes to get there for the concert took us over 3 hours to go back the other way home. It was amazing to see basically an entire country focused on Downsview Park when everyone really needed a “pick me up” and we were a part of it. We had brought a massive Canadian flag that we unfurled during AC/DC. We never got it back. Didn’t care that we didn’t get it back
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Hi everyone, can I join your lovely thread please? I’m on day 3 of stopping daily wine drinking. Today has been the hardest for me so far with it being Saturday! I have work until 8pm and I know I’m going to struggle not to pick up a couple of bottles from the shop on my way home.
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Originally Posted by Time4Change2020
Hi everyone, can I join your lovely thread please? I’m on day 3 of stopping daily wine drinking. Today has been the hardest for me so far with it being Saturday! I have work until 8pm and I know I’m going to struggle not to pick up a couple of bottles from the shop on my way home.
It's going to be hard but not impossible to bypass the shop completely. Check in here when you finish work. Someone will be here. You got this.
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Good morning everyone. I am so happy to be up before the rest of the house to enjoy the quiet and a coffee. ❤
Mysti I understand how you are feeling grieving and trying to guide grieving kids. My Mom passed away a little over 2 years ago and my kids where incredibly close to her. We had several close losses before here and two more after. I think you are doing fantastic. 🖤 Everyone grieves in their own way, especially kids. I think being open to talk about the person they are grieving in a positive way, like remembering the good times and things you loved about them is really helpful for kids. And just being there when they need hugs and cuddles. I think it helped my kids some when I am honest with them and tell them I am missing Nana at the moment and ask that they give me a hug. I feel like they like to help me as well.
I also think it is wonderful that you read for the radio station! I am sure kids will enjoy listening to you.
WL and Dig, that does sound like quite the concert!!
Good morning Suze!
Sober369 congrats on 47 days! That is amazing.
Slash well done on day 3. I also love the kitty in your avatar! So cute.
RAL I am addicted to reading as well. TV just doesn't hold my attention the way a good book does.
Hoping everyone has a great Sober Saturday!
Mysti I understand how you are feeling grieving and trying to guide grieving kids. My Mom passed away a little over 2 years ago and my kids where incredibly close to her. We had several close losses before here and two more after. I think you are doing fantastic. 🖤 Everyone grieves in their own way, especially kids. I think being open to talk about the person they are grieving in a positive way, like remembering the good times and things you loved about them is really helpful for kids. And just being there when they need hugs and cuddles. I think it helped my kids some when I am honest with them and tell them I am missing Nana at the moment and ask that they give me a hug. I feel like they like to help me as well.
I also think it is wonderful that you read for the radio station! I am sure kids will enjoy listening to you.
WL and Dig, that does sound like quite the concert!!
Good morning Suze!
Sober369 congrats on 47 days! That is amazing.
Slash well done on day 3. I also love the kitty in your avatar! So cute.
RAL I am addicted to reading as well. TV just doesn't hold my attention the way a good book does.
Hoping everyone has a great Sober Saturday!
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Originally Posted by mystified
We're showing our ages RAL 
My tribe are utterly astonished when I tell them we used to have to get up out of our chairs to push a button or twiddle a dial to change channel or adjust volume.
A family I knew in the 80's had a coin operated TV. Back then you could rent a really good, posh television set and pay for it with 50p coins that you fed into a meter at the back. They were giant, bulky things back then too, weren't they? Not like the slim, sleek things you hang on the wall like a picture that we have these days.
My tribe are utterly astonished when I tell them we used to have to get up out of our chairs to push a button or twiddle a dial to change channel or adjust volume.
A family I knew in the 80's had a coin operated TV. Back then you could rent a really good, posh television set and pay for it with 50p coins that you fed into a meter at the back. They were giant, bulky things back then too, weren't they? Not like the slim, sleek things you hang on the wall like a picture that we have these days.
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