Election day is not an excuse to drink!

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11-08-2016, 06:41 PM

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Gilmer

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Hear, hear!

11-08-2016, 06:43 PM

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Oct2016

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No drinking, but I'm binging on the rest of the Halloween candy 😋

11-08-2016, 08:13 PM

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happyandfree

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I'm eating junk food instead! Drinking sure would be a waste.

11-08-2016, 08:37 PM

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Delilah1

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I have definitely felt anxious all evening. No thoughts of drinking, but hate feeling so anxious.

11-08-2016, 11:39 PM

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bexxed

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It's pretty hard for me. I can't get political here but it's very personal. I'm a queer woman on the border. My entire life is at stake and my profession too. That's all I will say.

I can't believe I didn't drink. I practiced everything I know, and have learned here. But I want to smoke so bad, and I'm giving myself permission to. Too bad it's so late. I'm all keyed up and unable to sleep. Kind of paralyzed. I've sat in the same spot on the couch for three hours and haven't even drank water. I'm horrified.

11-08-2016, 11:41 PM

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sleepie

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I am so sorry bexxed

For all of us. I am thinking of my queer friends and fellow minorities.

11-08-2016, 11:52 PM

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Outonthetiles

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America had too much PC pushed down our throat and we pushed back. Also, Hillary was a terrible, terrible candidate.

11-09-2016, 12:11 AM

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Dee74

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Congrats on your win OOTT, and commiserations to those who supported other candidates..

For this thread though I'd ask everyone to try their best to keep to the topic of election results and drinking.

It's not being 'PC' or practicing 'censorship' - this is a newcomers forum and recovery is our focus.

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No posts of an overtly political or religious nature OR posts promoting advocacy of particular personal, medical, legal, religious, political, or non-profit causes. The forums are intended for offering mutual personal support related to recovery from addiction or recovery for family and friends. This is our primary purpose

I figure there are plenty of other places to argue politics.

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11-09-2016, 12:13 AM

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sleepie

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Well in any case I am off to buy some 2 a.m. "EFF IT ALL" peanut butter and chocolate iced cream, it was nice knowing you, pancreas...

11-09-2016, 12:43 AM

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Carlotta

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I hear you Sleepie. I mindlessly ate a giant bag of gummy bears while watching those darn elections. I hope I don't wake up with a sugar hangover tomorrow.

to you Bexxed.

11-09-2016, 02:00 AM

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Outonthetiles

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I celebrated with a burger and Oreo Blast from Sonic.

11-09-2016, 02:06 AM

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sleepie

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I decided against ice cream... no use in harming myself on account of impending apocalypse.

11-09-2016, 04:05 AM

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thenewguy

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I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue...

11-09-2016, 05:06 AM

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entropy1964

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ugh

11-09-2016, 11:07 AM

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LadyBee

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I drank. After 43 days or so. The election has been a huge trigger for me anyway, but my husband is losing his job. All it did was confirm what I already knew. I don't have a huge regret. I don't want to do it again. I probably should have come here first.

11-09-2016, 01:10 PM

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shockozulu

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LadyBee

Don't drink today. And now you recognize what would have helped you from relapsing. Keep coming back and posting. I'm proud that you were able to come to SR today and admit you drank last night. Pride was what kept me drinking after my relapse. I couldn't admit I had drank so I drank to hide that feeling as well as thinking "well why not now that I drank last night. What more harm is there in a second day..."

11-09-2016, 01:13 PM

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CAPTAINZING2000

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Originally Posted by thenewguy

I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue...

Lol

Well I never did glue but everything else was fair game

11-09-2016, 01:15 PM

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Delizadee

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LadyBee, please don't drink. You are better off and better for yourself, your husband and us and the world sober

You deserve to be healthy and happy. I know hard times are hard.
But we can do hard things!

11-09-2016, 01:42 PM

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Dee74

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I'm with the others LadyBee - drinking helps nothing and only changes things for the worst.

Keep posting here...plug yourself into SR for a few days

11-09-2016, 05:24 PM

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thomas11

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I was quite heavily invested in this election cycle and for a split second considered have some drinks. That split second went by pretty quick and crisis averted.