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Well sadly the British pub is dying out now so at least that is one less hazard to negociate. So odd that the pub in my village is re-opening after two years being closed just at the same time as I have given up drinking. It's one door down too!
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shakespeare,there was a notice up in my local shop just after i quit drinking,saying they were applying for extended liscence to serve booze at 10.30 am sundays,,,hhhmmm.the amount of times i ran out and was gasping and crawling the walls on a sunday morning! i could care less now what time they serve booze! thought about giving AA a go yet? my other half was posted in kinloss twice,between 87 and 93 and 95 for 5 yrs,,ground radio!
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Day 8. Nope. Not yet made any positive plans to attend. However, I am reading the book Steps of Transformation which is a book about the AA from an Orthodox point of view. If I feel I am beginning to wobble I might have to think about this more seriously. Having lots of vivid dreams at night now. Got through the weekend which was a hump i was worried about. I was at Kinloss at same time as your hubby, I bought a lovely cottage in Findhorn. 
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Shakespeare congrats on the 8 days sober. Fredericksburg is still pretty nice, but it is growiing way to fast for me! LOL What year were you here?
I plan on moving when I retire, I long for the serenty and peace so easily found out in the country side. Odd thing, but when I was drinking I had these great plans of stashing booze all through the woods and just drinking myself silly every day in the woods. Now I want to just enjoy the woods and all of the wildlife. Be a part of the woods instead of a drunk passed out in them.
BTW I was in the USAF, and it was a pretty party hard deal, we worked hard and we drank harder!
I plan on moving when I retire, I long for the serenty and peace so easily found out in the country side. Odd thing, but when I was drinking I had these great plans of stashing booze all through the woods and just drinking myself silly every day in the woods. Now I want to just enjoy the woods and all of the wildlife. Be a part of the woods instead of a drunk passed out in them.
BTW I was in the USAF, and it was a pretty party hard deal, we worked hard and we drank harder!
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Originally Posted by Tazman53 
Shakespeare congrats on the 8 days sober. Fredericksburg is still pretty nice, but it is growiing way to fast for me! LOL What year were you here?
Day 9. Hi, yeah I was there about 15 years ago. I was doing a Battlefield Tour with the British Army and was based in Manasses. I liked the small town feel of the place and some of the older colonial style buildiings. Slice of Old America.
I know what you mean about service life. It revolves around alcohol and yet punishes it's abuse with out mercy. I would hate to have to be a recovering alcoholic and still be in the military! I live in the countryside now and love it. With modern communications I can get most of my business done online and when I need to go work I just head off to wherever I am needed. When I visit cities now I find the whole experience jarring.
Going to bed a lot earlier lately and getting up a lot earlier. So I'm getting more done. It certainly has helped pre-planning this time by buying in beforehand a bucketful of sweets, diet cokes, ice cream etc ect. It means that in the evenings if I feel that ' I need to have something ' feeling I know I've got a kitchen full of stuff to get me to bedtime. Last time I gave up despite this regime the weight just fell off me. God knows how many calories I must have been drinking on a weekly basis!:rotfxko
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