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No MLD. I took my children out for frozen yogurt at a fancy place where you get your own from a variety of flavors, sprinkle your own toppings, and enjoy (after a jillion dollars). BUT that isn't stopping me from having more ice cream before bed. I had their coconut flavored and it was delicious.
Cat and I sitting here watching bad TV. Kids melting in their beds. So freaking humid here. Heat is sticking around. I hope my brother has his AC running tomorrow.
Love the 3,692 one days at a time, Olive. That's how I roll. One day at a time.
Cat and I sitting here watching bad TV. Kids melting in their beds. So freaking humid here. Heat is sticking around. I hope my brother has his AC running tomorrow.
Love the 3,692 one days at a time, Olive. That's how I roll. One day at a time.
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Mesa, I'm refusing to be a crazy cat lady. Two at a time, thank you.
Tetra, I get lonely at night too. Doesn't matter sometimes if there are other people around, either. I just try to distract myself and say that it will be better in the morning.
Tetra, I get lonely at night too. Doesn't matter sometimes if there are other people around, either. I just try to distract myself and say that it will be better in the morning.
A simple guy making his way
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maine
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Good morning everyone!!!! Up extra early. Not sure why. But I will head to the gym.
Sorry for not jumping in as much this weekend. More lurking from my phone where ever I have been at.
Nothing planed for today. Just lazy on the chair I think. I will be joining in more today.
Happy sober Sunday!!!
Sorry for not jumping in as much this weekend. More lurking from my phone where ever I have been at.
Nothing planed for today. Just lazy on the chair I think. I will be joining in more today.
Happy sober Sunday!!!
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Join Date: Jan 2015
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Morning all!
Well done on 10 yrs Olive! Amazing! Oh, I finished Wayward Pines last night and decided I do not like it! Got sucked in. The acting is terrible.
Just catching up with all you good folks with my morning coffee.
B
Well done on 10 yrs Olive! Amazing! Oh, I finished Wayward Pines last night and decided I do not like it! Got sucked in. The acting is terrible.
Just catching up with all you good folks with my morning coffee.
B
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London
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Morning everyone,
Congratulations Olive, 10 years is fantastic
Ruby our firm looks after a fleet of frozen yoghurt buses, they're called SNOG buses. They have told me the want to expand to other UK and European cities
It's a lousy day here weather wise. Whatever happened to summer?
Congratulations Olive, 10 years is fantastic
Ruby our firm looks after a fleet of frozen yoghurt buses, they're called SNOG buses. They have told me the want to expand to other UK and European cities
It's a lousy day here weather wise. Whatever happened to summer?
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Here's how I kick lonely/restlessness ass:
What do I imagine my life to look like in ten years time?
Then I realise I have the majority of my list right in from of me but I'm still to focused on the negative sometimes to even see it.
Works every time.. It's like jumping into the future and my future self giving me a kick up the bum.
I hate feeling lonely.
What do I imagine my life to look like in ten years time?
Then I realise I have the majority of my list right in from of me but I'm still to focused on the negative sometimes to even see it.
Works every time.. It's like jumping into the future and my future self giving me a kick up the bum.
I hate feeling lonely.
A simple guy making his way
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Maine
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Originally Posted by Trees39 
Here's how I kick lonely/restlessness ass:
What do I imagine my life to look like in ten years time?
Then I realise I have the majority of my list right in from of me but I'm still to focused on the negative sometimes to even see it.
Works every time.. It's like jumping into the future and my future self giving me a kick up the bum.
I hate feeling lonely.
What do I imagine my life to look like in ten years time?
Then I realise I have the majority of my list right in from of me but I'm still to focused on the negative sometimes to even see it.
Works every time.. It's like jumping into the future and my future self giving me a kick up the bum.
I hate feeling lonely.
When I drank I was Mr. Popular. I spent so much time in bars that when they are no longer an option the loneliness has settled in as the new norm. Yes... I have had to refocus. I have and continue. Just relationships take time to build.
You may be a world away but you are not alone. A big SR hug from afar.
Thanks for joining in every week. Always good to know you see my day and can assure me everything will be just fine.
Ken
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Join Date: Apr 2012
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Originally Posted by Trees39
Congrats Olive.. You always have a wonderful zen like vibe to your posts.
Originally Posted by trachemys
Don't let Olive fool you folks. She's nuts.
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Good Morning All You Sober Peeps!
Glad to see the weekender thread continues to inspire newcomers and oldcomers alike.
More of the same for me today: working at something and living sober.
Be well all!
Glad to see the weekender thread continues to inspire newcomers and oldcomers alike.
More of the same for me today: working at something and living sober.
Be well all!
A simple guy making his way
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Slow cooked beef stew today!
Rainy here.... Now I just need to get my skinny butt moving. Lay-ZEE!
Speaking of skinny... Someone yesterday who had not seen me since last year could not believe how much weight I lost. Officially 25 lbs. and that was all the huge turkey I looked like I had stuffed in the front of my shirt.
All very bad alcoholic weight. Gone!!!!
I felt so damn good!
Rainy here.... Now I just need to get my skinny butt moving. Lay-ZEE!
Speaking of skinny... Someone yesterday who had not seen me since last year could not believe how much weight I lost. Officially 25 lbs. and that was all the huge turkey I looked like I had stuffed in the front of my shirt.
All very bad alcoholic weight. Gone!!!!
I felt so damn good!
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Originally Posted by saoutchik
It's a lousy day here weather wise. Whatever happened to summer?
I'm ready for fall and football.
Wishing all the best day!
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good morning... slept pretty good in the newly cleaned bedroom - went for the hidden dust and plugged in an air purifier...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atuU12Ye9F8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atuU12Ye9F8
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for some reason I had led zeppelin on my mind this morning,
saoutchik gave me a hint for a couple more LZ songs to make it a morning to get the led out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NaQZojWi6U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ty_WlmIKvY
saoutchik gave me a hint for a couple more LZ songs to make it a morning to get the led out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NaQZojWi6U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ty_WlmIKvY
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Join Date: Jan 2015
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Good morning all!
Glad to hear I'm not a bad person for eating ice cream twice in one day! Yeah ruby - the frozen yogurt "help yourself" stores must be making a killing. I never spend less than 4-5 dollars, and I don't really load on the toppings.
In order to counteract my debauchery yesterday I'm going to go for a long hike this morning, before it gets too hot. Supposed to hit 87 again here today. Ugh.
Loneliness was a big problem for me when I first stopped drinking. Or at least I thought I was lonely. I was used to going out to the bars and chatting people up for hours. I would talk to anyone. When I stopped doing that, I sat and moped for a while. But I began to realize the people I chatted up weren't really friends - just other drinkers looking for some human interaction. I don't have a lot of real friends. I don't have a partner. But I'm learning to be ok with that, and be patient in the building of new relationships. Better ones. It's been a challenge at times - I didn't like myself at all so being forced to spend time alone was torture. But as sober time time goes by, and I'm not doing the stupid stuff that caused me to not like myself, It's getting better. I just call it solitude and I like it. I get lots of good thinking done. Some of it not fun. But I work through it.
Glad to hear I'm not a bad person for eating ice cream twice in one day! Yeah ruby - the frozen yogurt "help yourself" stores must be making a killing. I never spend less than 4-5 dollars, and I don't really load on the toppings.
In order to counteract my debauchery yesterday I'm going to go for a long hike this morning, before it gets too hot. Supposed to hit 87 again here today. Ugh.
Loneliness was a big problem for me when I first stopped drinking. Or at least I thought I was lonely. I was used to going out to the bars and chatting people up for hours. I would talk to anyone. When I stopped doing that, I sat and moped for a while. But I began to realize the people I chatted up weren't really friends - just other drinkers looking for some human interaction. I don't have a lot of real friends. I don't have a partner. But I'm learning to be ok with that, and be patient in the building of new relationships. Better ones. It's been a challenge at times - I didn't like myself at all so being forced to spend time alone was torture. But as sober time time goes by, and I'm not doing the stupid stuff that caused me to not like myself, It's getting better. I just call it solitude and I like it. I get lots of good thinking done. Some of it not fun. But I work through it.
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