Weasel1966

Hey Gator!!! How are you doing? I have not heard much recently and want to be sure you are doing ok. Any thing been standing in front of your sobriety? You getting along with living sober?

K

Weasel1966

Glad to hear the weekender helped! Great team here!

Have fun with the family.

K

MLD51

I'm in!

Great introduction, Ken. Thanks.

gatorman

Doing really well Ken...day 62 for me. I check in every morning in the '24-Hour Recovery Connections'.

Wife and I both are amazed at how sobriety feels.

More time for running trains.

Weasel1966

Seems the gym has eluded me once again. Drat!

Off to work. Must walk later. Grrrrr.

MrPL

Haha. Happens to the best of us Ken.

I'm heading to the gym myself, tend to do it at lunch time instead of staring at my screen.

Also really helps with staying sober!

P

LBrain

Unless of course he starts the thread at 0237 Eastern time, then it would be 0737 for you.

wow Behan, 20 months with the weekender... I recall the discussion of why you changed your avatar to that truck thing... 'to fit in' I believe

Welcome Elle, It is important for you to understand that you do not have to feel obligated to comment or involve yourself in all of the goings on with the folks who share their days here. But you are more than welcome to, in fact, encouraged to join in. What is important is that you do not feel intimidated by the familiarity between the many who post regularly on the "weekenders". As Behan said, he was 'new' at one time. We share our daily lives, what we do/did to get and stay sober and how we cope with the daily grind. We like to share our accomplishments. For example, I am working on completing a landscape project I started well over ten years ago but it somehow was cast aside as I went deeper into the bottle. I didn't care about much for a very long time. After getting sober I finally got back my self-respect and incentive to work on the many things I neglected over the years. This thread has become a sort of running diary for me.
Many of us have lost friendships over the years, and it seems for some like me, this place is my only social network.
What is most important is that everyone here is concerned about the sobriety of others, especially the new 'faces' and will jump in to help them get through troubling times if they are struggling with keeping sober. Stick around and you will learn a lot. I'm sure Weasel can also attest to the gratitude felt when we see how someone improves over a period of time. It is like a family here.

However, if you are having any difficulty at all getting through the weekend, you become the priority here. Don't be afraid to call out for help, the troops will circle the wagons and come to your aid.

CLAS

Hi guys- new guy jumping in ready for a sober weekend.

Flossyteacake

Evening, all (8.36pm in my corner of the world - Sydney, Aus).

Nice intro, as ever.

I'm not a big contributer to the weekend thread, but I read. And, more importantly, I commit to another weekend sober. This one shall be spent on the water, giving the kayaks a run out. And baking, 'cause it's important to have balance in life.

Hope everyone has a good one planned.

MLD51

Welcome, Elle and Clas!

LadyBlue0527

I'm in!

Thanks for starting this Ken. My problem was also weekends so I knew that once I posted and was on the bus, that was it for me, no chance of drinking the entire weekend.

I see that newcomers are finding their way here which is great, it's a good community thread to become a part of and to get to know people.

I like coming here but I also like to take a few minutes and read other posts from people in the Newcomers Forum. We have a great little world in here but many of those folks seeking help don't find their way here and could benefit from those who feel secure in sobriety. I often see Marty out there.

Recently I found that maybe there should be an addition to tips on urge surfing. Come here and try to keep up with the number of posts between visits! I love this thread and have to use the last "like" that I did as the gauge of where I left off.

Not much time these days but I don't know what I'd do without you guys and my morning coffee!

Behan

Welcome CLAS. What are your plans for a sober weekend?

Dee74

Welcome Elle and CLAS
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Olive1

Morning Enders!
Thank you, Weasel, for a lovey intro!

It's 4:24am here in Seattle right now.

I remember when I first got sober, I attended a lot of AA meetings. They were always mixed with a lot of different people, with different lengths of sobriety. Getting sober was so, so hard for me. Brutal. But, I saw that there were folks that were sober and happy.
And I thought, I really want what they have.

And what they had was really possible.

This is why I love the Weekender thread. It shows that life can be great living soberly. Even with the bumps.

I'm in!!!

MLD51

Petals, it's 6:30 am where I am. I'm close to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Dee74

I'm always ten hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time Petals

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LadyBlue0527

Same time zone here as Ken (Weasel). I think we live about three miles from each other.

MrPL

I can really associate with the unfinished project thing. Not counting a couple of slips it's been a bout a month since I decided to stop and motivation is coming back to me big time.

In my case I m recording an album I started about 5 yrs ago, so it'll be a weekend full of singing for me.

What's your landscaping project? My wife has a few and intends to use me and my utter lack of skills in this area to execute them over Autumn. Glad I ll have been sober for a few months then as it'll need a lot more motivation!

P

cwood3

I have "fallen off the wagon" before, I hope I never fall off the bus..........

bandicoot2

Thanks for the intro and history lesson Ken -

I'm on the bus and even though I can't keep up with you all, it's nice to pop in at times. Take care all!