What A Weekend!
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Join Date: Oct 2013
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What A Weekend!
Today at 5:30pm was my 7th full day of sobriety.
This weekend was amazing completely sober as a functional father and husband.
Went to daughter's high school football game (Friday night) and worked the concession stand with my wife and younger daughter vs. being home passed out by 9pm, home alone. Note- No she doesn't play football, was referring to the HS she attends.
Watched the Red Sox game on Saturday night at home with both daughters, while my wife was able to go to visit her sister overnight and run a road race the next morning vs. getting drunk Saturday morning or afternoon forcing my wife to cancel her plans. Or, I would have found a way before getting drunk on Saturday to help my daughters find friends houses to sleep over. As we all know, you become a master at setting the table and making sure you get your drink on.
Spent the day on Sunday driving my awesome daughters to their practices and activities vs. arranging everything around getting drunk. As a bonus, I was able to stay up and watch my Red Sox beat Detroit in one of the great postseason comebacks of all time. The comeback and game ended around midnight. I would have been long gone by this point.
As you can see, I didn't climb any mountains or achieve any great accomplishments. What I did do was live my life for a weekend with the people I love, because I wasn't drunk!
This weekend was amazing completely sober as a functional father and husband.
Went to daughter's high school football game (Friday night) and worked the concession stand with my wife and younger daughter vs. being home passed out by 9pm, home alone. Note- No she doesn't play football, was referring to the HS she attends.
Watched the Red Sox game on Saturday night at home with both daughters, while my wife was able to go to visit her sister overnight and run a road race the next morning vs. getting drunk Saturday morning or afternoon forcing my wife to cancel her plans. Or, I would have found a way before getting drunk on Saturday to help my daughters find friends houses to sleep over. As we all know, you become a master at setting the table and making sure you get your drink on.
Spent the day on Sunday driving my awesome daughters to their practices and activities vs. arranging everything around getting drunk. As a bonus, I was able to stay up and watch my Red Sox beat Detroit in one of the great postseason comebacks of all time. The comeback and game ended around midnight. I would have been long gone by this point.
As you can see, I didn't climb any mountains or achieve any great accomplishments. What I did do was live my life for a weekend with the people I love, because I wasn't drunk!
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Join Date: May 2013
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That's wonderful! Thanks for sharing how just doing "little" things can make you feel fulfilled and joyful and for drawing such a stark contrast between what it would have been like if you were drinking.
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Awesome post Basketball! I am also a father and newly sober and appreciate all of your words. This past weekend for me was similar and you summed it up great about "I didn't climb any mountains or achieve any great accomplishments.What I did do was live my life for a weekend with the people I love, because I wasn't drunk!"
I also thoroughly enjoyed the ball games this weekend.
I also thoroughly enjoyed the ball games this weekend.
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