Dave the Gerbil Weekender 10 - 12 Feb
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Ugh there has to be more to life than just work, pay bills and die.
I need to think of something fun to do next week. I told my dad I might stay here on Friday night and I may get the bus to their house on Saturday. My dad just said "yeah a sleep in and a walk around town and a coffee on Saturday morning will be nice for you".
Things have changed since I stopped drinking. I still think back to when all my money and cards were taken off me and I was barely allowed to go to the bathroom by myself.
It is nice to be trusted.
I need to think of something fun to do next week. I told my dad I might stay here on Friday night and I may get the bus to their house on Saturday. My dad just said "yeah a sleep in and a walk around town and a coffee on Saturday morning will be nice for you".
Things have changed since I stopped drinking. I still think back to when all my money and cards were taken off me and I was barely allowed to go to the bathroom by myself.
It is nice to be trusted.
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Join Date: Oct 2015
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LadyB...9 months!! Saying it that way makes it sound even bigger than a year! Makes me think that when I get there I'll keep counting in months! Someday I'll be saying "yes, I just celebrated 24 months". And then later "soon I'll have 328 months!"
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Maine
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Thanks Everyone!
Tetra, you need need need to do something FUN! Too much whirlwind stuff going on. You need a break.
BixBees, I never thought of it that way lol. I don't think I often post how long it's been for me but this one represents a milestone. I am halfway to the 18 month mark which is what I was a few days shy of when I walked the last time. There will be no walking away this time.
Also, AA counts milestones in this manner
Day 1
30 days
60 days
90 days
4 months
5 months
6 months
9 months
1 year
18 months
then every year mark
so it fits with my program of choice. I guess it's whatever makes you feel good about the success. We could always break it down and say 23,670,000 seconds. Sounds pretty monumental doesn't it?
Tetra, you need need need to do something FUN! Too much whirlwind stuff going on. You need a break.
BixBees, I never thought of it that way lol. I don't think I often post how long it's been for me but this one represents a milestone. I am halfway to the 18 month mark which is what I was a few days shy of when I walked the last time. There will be no walking away this time.
Also, AA counts milestones in this manner
Day 1
30 days
60 days
90 days
4 months
5 months
6 months
9 months
1 year
18 months
then every year mark
so it fits with my program of choice. I guess it's whatever makes you feel good about the success. We could always break it down and say 23,670,000 seconds. Sounds pretty monumental doesn't it?
EnjoyingTheJourney
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 3,847
Nice OP Sao and thank you! Please count me all in.
If I had treated the humans in my life as well as I treated my pets during my active drinking, my amends list would be much shorter. Somehow I always did the right thing with my fur kids....maybe it was all that unconditional love?
I'm working on the family & friends amends -- that will take awhile.
In the meantime my home is certainly benefiting from my sobriety, with lots of cleaning and painting going on. It's funny how layer after layer of cleaning reveals something else to fix or replace.....and I'm certain there's a recovery analogy in amongst all this house work.
Wishing everyone a good Sober weekend
If I had treated the humans in my life as well as I treated my pets during my active drinking, my amends list would be much shorter. Somehow I always did the right thing with my fur kids....maybe it was all that unconditional love?
I'm working on the family & friends amends -- that will take awhile.
In the meantime my home is certainly benefiting from my sobriety, with lots of cleaning and painting going on. It's funny how layer after layer of cleaning reveals something else to fix or replace.....and I'm certain there's a recovery analogy in amongst all this house work.
Wishing everyone a good Sober weekend
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Midwest
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Sao, I think that in the history of soberrecovery.com, there never has been and never shall be again as creative a title as yours. I tip my hat to you.
Congrats, LadyBlue, on nine months. That's fantastic!
Congrats, LadyBlue, on nine months. That's fantastic!
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Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: Saskatoon, SK
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Awesome post, and I agree gettin sober for someone else doesn't work, got 3 days of snowboarding and hanging out at the cabin cutting firewood and snowmobiling with my son planned, the women are staying home this time so it's a boys weekend, something that doesn't happen very often so some quality father/son time for us, just hope I have enough time to fit everything in that I got planned, lol.
I'm on the bus
saoutchik
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London
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Welcome to Weekenders Sober369 and to any other first time Weekender posters (I hope I haven't missed anyone
Friday lunchtime here, there is not much work for me to do so I may have to spend this afternoon annoying my co-workers to alleviate the boredom
Friday lunchtime here, there is not much work for me to do so I may have to spend this afternoon annoying my co-workers to alleviate the boredom
saoutchik
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London
Posts: 16,203
Home time! The weekend has properly started.
I read some of the posts here about quitting for others and it occurred to that my behavior then resembled that described more than a decade ago by American comedian Chris Rock whereby a certain group of (male) individuals wanted to be given credit for things they are SUPPOSED to do. That was me, I felt that I deserved thanks for doing the bare minimum of things I was morally obligated to do
Incidentaly, I cannot post the sketch i am referencing on SR as it probably breaks every single rule this forum has but I expect many of you know the one I am talking about. It's actually so scurrilous that I couldn't even give guidance to look it up
I read some of the posts here about quitting for others and it occurred to that my behavior then resembled that described more than a decade ago by American comedian Chris Rock whereby a certain group of (male) individuals wanted to be given credit for things they are SUPPOSED to do. That was me, I felt that I deserved thanks for doing the bare minimum of things I was morally obligated to do
Incidentaly, I cannot post the sketch i am referencing on SR as it probably breaks every single rule this forum has but I expect many of you know the one I am talking about. It's actually so scurrilous that I couldn't even give guidance to look it up
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You're such a Desperado, sao.
It's so easy to slip into doing the wrong thing. Takes so little effort. The consequences are overwhelmingly not worth the moment(s) of stolen glee.
My big battle continues to be food. I have to continually remind myself how much better I feel and how much healthier I am at this weight. Short term pleasures are not worth the long term misery of being over weight.
It's so easy to slip into doing the wrong thing. Takes so little effort. The consequences are overwhelmingly not worth the moment(s) of stolen glee.
My big battle continues to be food. I have to continually remind myself how much better I feel and how much healthier I am at this weight. Short term pleasures are not worth the long term misery of being over weight.
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