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Old 09-30-2016, 04:52 PM
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I almost drink today ugh 😑

5 o clock happy hour at work I excuse myself I said I have plans. One girl say to me you are so rude I said sorry 😐 meanwhile my soul was screaming stay drink 🍹 oh boy I am going to cave in eventually. This is so hard and I'm so depress by it.
Help......God the universe whoever...,,😩Happy Friday everyone
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Old 09-30-2016, 04:55 PM
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Relapse is not inevitable soberandhealthy - honestly

do you have any kind of recovery plan - a plan to help you stay sober?

are you still going to meetings?
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Old 09-30-2016, 05:11 PM
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Time for me to go bed goodnight everyone x
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Old 09-30-2016, 05:38 PM
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Good night SW.

Hi Dee,

I messed up last week at 7 days and stopped calling my sponsor and going to meetings. I stopped drinking the next day and I'm 6 days now.

My only plan now is coming to this site and eating and smoking like a maniac everytime I have a craving which is mostly all the time. 😰
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Old 09-30-2016, 05:43 PM
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If staying sober is tough for you, wouldn't it be better to have that added layer of AA too tho?

or is it more than embarrassment that's stopping you going back?

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Old 09-30-2016, 06:50 PM
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Good job not drinking, soberandhealthy.
I'm happy to be home on this Friday night. I got tons done today so I have the weekend free.
I hope everyone enjoys their sober weekend!
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Old 09-30-2016, 08:27 PM
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I understand Dee but I absolutely hate the meetings and I don't like being in a room full of people. I am also very embarrass because I disappeared and now how am I going to go back? I really don't think AA is for me AA triggers me. Sorry to be a pain I know I'm being childish I need to do whatever it takes I got it I just can't. I am trying here...
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Old 09-30-2016, 08:28 PM
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Thank you happyandfree I'm happy to be safe tonigh as well
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Old 09-30-2016, 08:33 PM
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Sharing my strength and hope - got my post out there. If you are up to reading a book, check it out. Relapse doesn't have to happen. It can be stopped dead. Today I know that.
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Old 09-30-2016, 08:51 PM
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you don't have to do anything you don't want to do soberandhealthy.
SR was enough for me, I hope it will be enough for you too.

It's tough having to be a responsible adult 24/7 but it can be done
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Old 09-30-2016, 09:53 PM
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Hi all,
feeling grateful for the weekender. It feels like a such a familiar place, a good place to offload knowing you won't be judged.
I'm not doing as well as I've done in the past.
Going through a bit of change and my plan is not keeping up to speed
with the change going on.
I've decided to say goodbye to interacting with 3 close friends I was trying to
keep close in old ways. In truth, I wasn't willing to embrace the new me with the old me. I wanted both and it doesn't work.
I couldn't manage the AV and them, something's had to give and it can't be me. ��
So back to basics for me.
Refreshing the plan. Refreshing me. I feel lighter. The true friends don't care, it's not them it's me.
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Old 09-30-2016, 11:19 PM
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Morning everyone

Welcome to Weekenders soberandhealthy, hang in there, finding a task or activity to keep you occupied when your cravings are at their worst can help to keep them at bay. It is hard in early recovery but it is not like that for ever

Good luck with the changes you are making Trees, they sound positive

The canal seemed quieter than usual this morning . Off to work soon, ugh
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Old 09-30-2016, 11:34 PM
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Saoutchik I love crazy golf! Although my competitive streak comes out and my youngest daughter (aged 8) sometimes gets a bit huffy lol!
Feel brilliant waking up sober today. No real plan for the day other than housework and a nice dinner when the girls get back from their dad's. Oh and X Factor and popcorn too tonight!
AA was (literally) very sobering last night as a girl with the same sober date as me turned up having drank a litre of vodka. Was a real wake up call and just shows how quickly it can take hold of you.
Gratitude high this morning.
Happy weekend everyone xxx
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Old 09-30-2016, 11:55 PM
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Morning everyone.
Hang in there soberandhealthy we can beat this
Day 4 for me ☺
Looks a miserable day (UK) but got indoor plans for today anyway. Have a great day /weekend x
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Hi, all.

Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

For newcomers - stay strong. It does get better.

I am out of potable water. Darn. I still have fever and have to go outside to buy water.

Drawbacks of living alone and being short for money to afford delivery.

Have to gather myself up. My prize will be coffee though - have none at home.

See you all later after mission is accomplished.
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Old 10-01-2016, 12:03 AM
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It;'s hard for me to conceive having to go and get water MB. I'm sorry but I hope it's a trip thats as easy as possible.

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Old 10-01-2016, 12:03 AM
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Thanks jo, Crazy Golf is a great way for me to socialise with my friends who are not alcoholics but who do drink sensibly. It is the best of both worlds, they can have a drink but it is not the focus of the evening like it would be at a pub or bar, some of the younger ones will go on somewhere else at the end.

Enjoy your coffee MidnightBlue, you deserve it


Usually my Tube station is packed at 7:40am. Saturdays things are a little different, admittedly a train had just left when I took this but for about a minute I was the only person on the platform - spooky!
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Reminds me of a Jam song Sao...

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Old 10-01-2016, 12:13 AM
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Think of the AV as a hissing snake sneering ....SSSSSSSSSSSshakes......SSSSSSSSSSSSweats.....S SSSSSSSShitssssssss - works for me - I don't EVER want that snake catching me and giving me the 3 S's again.
Morning guys
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Old 10-01-2016, 12:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Zanna View Post
Think of the AV as a hissing snake sneering ....SSSSSSSSSSSshakes......SSSSSSSSSSSSweats.....S SSSSSSSShitssssssss - works for me - I don't EVER want that snake catching me and giving me the 3 S's again.
Morning guys
Hey Zanna mine is Gollum from Lord of the Rings........trying to get me to drink "the precious" haha weird but it works for me!
Have a great day hun......xxx
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