Stay sober weekend thread 5/2-5/4
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: against the grain
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Hi everyone. Ready for a sober weekend. Heading to the gym this morning, little league with the kids tomorrow, housework on Sunday. Typical stuff. But right now, I like being typical. Life is good.
Stay sober, friends. If you are grinding through a tough one, hang in there. You'll get through it, and it gets better. Shoot, for all I know I'll find myself having a tough moment, but I I declare here and now that I will fight if I need to.
Stay sober, friends. If you are grinding through a tough one, hang in there. You'll get through it, and it gets better. Shoot, for all I know I'll find myself having a tough moment, but I I declare here and now that I will fight if I need to.
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Gatineau, QC, CA
Posts: 5,100
Reporting in for a sober weekend!
Grateful for my health, my beautiful son, my puppy... and my SR friends of course!
I'm going for the no plan, plan. Just do what I feel like in the spur of the moment. except drinking of course!
Grateful for my health, my beautiful son, my puppy... and my SR friends of course!
I'm going for the no plan, plan. Just do what I feel like in the spur of the moment. except drinking of course!
Its a cold and its a broken hallelujah.
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,887
Thank you for this Ken. I'm feeling like I need accountability this weekend.
I'm thankful for the opportunity to convalesce quietly and gently after major surgery. I'm starting to get restless and a bit stir crazy. I'm thankful I can go for short walks and that I have good wholesome nutritious food to help me heal. I'm thankful I have an amazing staff that is totally pulling it together at work in my extended absence. And I'm thankful for naps.
I'm thankful for SR.
I'm thankful for the opportunity to convalesce quietly and gently after major surgery. I'm starting to get restless and a bit stir crazy. I'm thankful I can go for short walks and that I have good wholesome nutritious food to help me heal. I'm thankful I have an amazing staff that is totally pulling it together at work in my extended absence. And I'm thankful for naps.
I'm thankful for SR.
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Posts: 25
This is my 5th day off the juice which means this is my first weekend sober in I can't remember how many years (and it's a three day w/e) - there are lot's of jobs to do around the house mind, so perhaps come Monday the kitchen might be usable again.
That bell or bike person
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: london
Posts: 4,978
good day to you all 
I woke this morning with a pounding head , a mouth that tasted like how dog breath smells , my head was spinning , my eyes were sore and itchy , my body aches , i have hot flushes and cold sweats …
Yupp … i've got a man cold .. It reminded me of when i used to wake up like that every morning due to drinking . I am grateful for the reminder the cold has given me .
Yesterday i drove to a new town i'm thinking of living in , walked along the beach , looked in the windows of the vacant houses for sale .
Take care , m
I woke this morning with a pounding head , a mouth that tasted like how dog breath smells , my head was spinning , my eyes were sore and itchy , my body aches , i have hot flushes and cold sweats …
Yupp … i've got a man cold .. It reminded me of when i used to wake up like that every morning due to drinking . I am grateful for the reminder the cold has given me .
Yesterday i drove to a new town i'm thinking of living in , walked along the beach , looked in the windows of the vacant houses for sale .
Take care , m
Stand and Be True
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Scotland
Posts: 120
Originally Posted by Gibbons2 
Joe, I too am a Stephen King fan, although I couldn't seem to get into the Dark Tower series. I have read all his other books however and I collect them as well. Stephen indeed did pretty well for himself, as someone else said, for being a hopeless drunk. Love Stephen King and I am looking forward to getting his new book coming out in June. "Mercedes" I think it is?
Anyway, ended up going out for a nice ride with my Dad on his motorbike today. Wasn't the nicest day ever but it stayed dry and there was tons of great scenery. This is a picture of Loch Fyne from today, taken from Front Street in Inverary where we stopped for a cup of coffee.
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Join Date: Apr 2014
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I'm also in for a spectacularly sober weekend, this will be my second!
I love Scotland, thank you for the photo Troubledjoe, brings back very happy memories.
This weekend I'm meeting up with an old friend, doing some shopping and sowing some runner bean seeds in the garden.
I'm feeling grateful that our hot water boiler was fixed today and I can have a lovely hot bath.
Have a great sober weekend everyone.
I love Scotland, thank you for the photo Troubledjoe, brings back very happy memories.
This weekend I'm meeting up with an old friend, doing some shopping and sowing some runner bean seeds in the garden.
I'm feeling grateful that our hot water boiler was fixed today and I can have a lovely hot bath.
Have a great sober weekend everyone.
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Gatineau, QC, CA
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Originally Posted by mecanix
good day to you all
I woke this morning with a pounding head , a mouth that tasted like how dog breath smells , my head was spinning , my eyes were sore and itchy , my body aches , i have hot flushes and cold sweats …
Yupp … i've got a man cold .. It reminded me of when i used to wake up like that every morning due to drinking . I am grateful for the reminder the cold has given me .
Yesterday i drove to a new town i'm thinking of living in , walked along the beach , looked in the windows of the vacant houses for sale .
Take care , m
I woke this morning with a pounding head , a mouth that tasted like how dog breath smells , my head was spinning , my eyes were sore and itchy , my body aches , i have hot flushes and cold sweats …
Yupp … i've got a man cold .. It reminded me of when i used to wake up like that every morning due to drinking . I am grateful for the reminder the cold has given me .
Yesterday i drove to a new town i'm thinking of living in , walked along the beach , looked in the windows of the vacant houses for sale .
Take care , m
Hope your cold goes away!
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Midwest
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Thread is heating up! For everyone who is facing a first Friday sober hang inthere. The werkend gets easier if u just get past Friday. Come here early and often. I am on train into office. I will put in face time and head home. I will pick up my daughter from the birthday party and then I am going to a meeting. Glad it is Friday.
A simple guy making his way
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maine
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That's a great photo! Thanks!
M... Sorry to hear about that man cold! Get better soon my friend!
Makrellen.... Yes! The first month or so the feeling of being sober at drunk time was intense. Going out of the house after 4 pm or even driving while dark was so strange. I am was an early drinker so I never saw 6pm for many months.
Welcome everyone! New and not so new folks!
M... Sorry to hear about that man cold! Get better soon my friend!
Makrellen.... Yes! The first month or so the feeling of being sober at drunk time was intense. Going out of the house after 4 pm or even driving while dark was so strange. I am was an early drinker so I never saw 6pm for many months.
Welcome everyone! New and not so new folks!
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Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Soooo looking forward to my first Sober Weekend in years! Friday nights were always excuse to go overboard...Saturdays always reserved for a day of miserable guilt and sickness...and Sundays to start the cycle over again.
Excited to actually be present and enjoy the sunshine! Grateful for these moments and every breath I take...more so without the stench of booze :-)
Have a wonderful weekend ya'll!!
Excited to actually be present and enjoy the sunshine! Grateful for these moments and every breath I take...more so without the stench of booze :-)
Have a wonderful weekend ya'll!!
To be content
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 80
Grateful for no endless beer cans to pick up this weekend. It's funny how so many beers can be drank, but no way could I fit 8-12 fizzy waters. No liquor spillage to clean up off the counter, no checking of the liquor bottle in the morning to see the damage done, and no feeling of doom all weekend. I will be planting my succulents, grad project, movie with a friend, and SO time on Sunday. I have a good feeling about this weekend, and wish everyone a happy sober weekend too! We can do this!
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Join Date: Mar 2012
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Originally Posted by Compass7
Grateful for no endless beer cans to pick up this weekend!
So glad I'm not doing that tonight.
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Join Date: Mar 2014
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Count me in!
Joe, I recently finished the Dark Tower series...pretty much the best series I've ever read, next to Harry Potter. My avatar is DT themed
As for gratitude, I've got a bit here to get things rolling...
Job opportunities. I'm in the middle of the interview process for a technical writer job that pays well, seems right down my alley, and is close to home.
My house.
The fact that my spouse is also sober.
A new AA meeting this weekend, and it's a bonfire meeting whic should be interesting!
Joe, I recently finished the Dark Tower series...pretty much the best series I've ever read, next to Harry Potter. My avatar is DT themed
As for gratitude, I've got a bit here to get things rolling...
Job opportunities. I'm in the middle of the interview process for a technical writer job that pays well, seems right down my alley, and is close to home.
My house.
The fact that my spouse is also sober.
A new AA meeting this weekend, and it's a bonfire meeting whic should be interesting!
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