Day 5 and heading for the cottage
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Day 5 and heading for the cottage
I have reached day 5, with the help of 3 AA meetings this week and I am heading up to our cottage tonight to meet my parents who took my kids up earlier today. It would be so easy to cruise the 3.5 hours up there with two vodka lemondaes and make the ride go so much faster. In the long run though, I think it would be even easier to make the drive completely sober and spend the time relflecting on this past week and not let myself and all of you down.
Have a great weekend everyone. Stay strong!!
Have a great weekend everyone. Stay strong!!
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Mecanix, I know exactly what you mean. There was "drunk" daddy, who was fun and played with them but then could not remember it the next morning and now there is sober Daddy, who remembers the entire 2 hours I cuddled with my boys on the couch last night talking and watching pre-season football. You are right, you can be there WITH them when you are drunk, but you be there FOR them when you are sober.
It seems so damn simple, why does it have to be so hard sometimes?
It seems so damn simple, why does it have to be so hard sometimes?
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Originally Posted by Formykids99 
Mecanix, I know exactly what you mean. There was "drunk" daddy, who was fun and played with them but then could not remember it the next morning and now there is sober Daddy, who remembers the entire 2 hours I cuddled with my boys on the couch last night talking and watching pre-season football. You are right, you can be there WITH them when you are drunk, but you be there FOR them when you are sober.
It seems so damn simple, why does it have to be so hard sometimes?
It seems so damn simple, why does it have to be so hard sometimes?
Enjoy the drive and your boys.
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firstymer, congratulations my fellow 5 day'er. Remember a weekend is less than 5 days and you have already handled that. Remember that the days all end in Y. They are all 24 hours. Remember what you did to handle Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and today and then do the same things that worked for you on Saturday. Don't even worry about Sunday right now, when the time comes just do whatever worked for you on Saturday. Keep going, one day at a time really does seem to be working for me. We will both have great reports for each other after the weekend.
Take care.
Take care.
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"It seems so damn simple, why does it have to be so hard sometimes?"
Getting and staying sober is simple, we just don't drink and life (we) get better. We seem to complicate "a free lunch" with our complicated thinking sometimes. I know I still do, which shows we're still human. BE WELL
Getting and staying sober is simple, we just don't drink and life (we) get better. We seem to complicate "a free lunch" with our complicated thinking sometimes. I know I still do, which shows we're still human. BE WELL
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