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1 week without a drop.... ...I will make it the rest of my life. I have decided I want an alcohol free life. I will do this because there is so much life to live still and My drnking was keeping me on the couch watching tv every weekend night......spending my whole work week looking forward to only that. That life is behind me now. Hello world...I am sober. |
Sober Sunday , my plans involve coffee , fried egg muffins and hugs :) later m |
I'm sober too Myturnaround :) congratulations on a week , there must be lots of great things to do in Switzerland, summer is on the way . |
Ended up walking 4.25 miles in the end. Drinking used to mean I was lying in a dark bedroom all day, feeling ill and wishing I was someone/somewhere/something else. Sobriety meant that my Sunday morning looked like this: http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/...psxpwzbq3m.jpg |
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Good morning everyone. Easter dinner at the in-laws today. Not really looking forward to it 'cept to see the little ones. They are all big drinkers and the 'man of the house' is known to say some pretty racist things when he's had a few. I'll be packing my own drinks thank you very much. |
Good morning everyone! Wow Tony, beautiful pictures! Sao, love the comment on April and the ex :D There were over 1 million people watching the birth yesterday. Wowza. STDragon, Venecia, and bim, I see you were watching too. :) I made a discovery about myself. One I'll have to keep in mind. A plan is one of the most essential things about recovery. I found out something else that's equally important to me, routine. At least for a while anyway, I'm sure life won't always be like this. My Saturday morning routine is coffee while checking local news and checking in here. Then, shower, groceries, over to the sponsors, meeting in the afternoon etc etc etc. With the birth of the giraffe my entire routine was thrown. We had it up on our 60 inch watching and I was glued until around 11:00. I had to shift things around but in the end I found I felt really off. Feelings that would get my mind going in the wrong direction. My niece's birthday party was last night, being held at a popular bar around here that's almost a restaurant (but mostly a favorite drinking spot for many). As secure as I feel in sobriety I decided not to go. I had no interest in putting myself in that environment, especially with feeling off the mark as I did. So, it appears that a plan is important but also routine in earlier sobriety. Not to say you can't ever be spontaneous but I think the more you follow a routine the less the mind has a chance to take "other" things into consideration. Off to the center this morning. Happy Easter to all who celebrate! |
Enjoying the weather bit breezy but not bad in a hoodie & shorts |
I will be looking for the fun! |
Originally Posted by Dee74
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Same goes for you Brenda - nows the time to really use SR, and not just as a time filler...if you ask for help you'll get it :) D |
Originally Posted by saoutchik
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I hope I am not standoffish towards anyone that was or is drinking BrendaC or Tetra. That would kind of defeat the object of what SR stands for. I would be really pleased if you were both not drinking of course but I still think it is better to post, either here or elsewhere on SR. Dee uses the phrase "we don't shoot our wounded here" which means encouraging people to succeed not condemming failures. I drank until the age of 54 so I am in no position to put down anyone. Stop Press: I just read that world's oldest person and the last person to be be born in the 19th century has just died. 117 years! I'm not even half way yet. I have had people insult me, I have had people openly say they were laughing at me. |
Originally Posted by BrendaChenowyth
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I have had people insult me, I have had people openly say they were laughing at me. I hope you choose to stick around. Tony. |
Text my ex, he said it wasn't his number anymore.. called, got his name and voice on his voicemail, text and told him that.. called today and I hear his son in law's name and voice on the voicemail outgoing. I just rolled my eyes so hard I saw my brain. |
Nice church service this morning. I should probably go a little more often. |
Kicking back watching Broadchurch |
I have seen coconut oil on sale AlericB but have not tried it yet, perhaps I should. Cool pics JustTony, it has been cloudy here all day but dry so no complaints. BrendaC if people on a recovery website are laughing at you for drinking I would say that they have a problem, don't worry about it. LadyBlue you make some interesting observations about being away from routine snd spontaneity, I think that is one of the reasons I joined the Weekender thread soon after I became a member of SR, it is easy to be blindsided with a desire to drink when you don't have those fixed commitments. PS since I wrote the second paragraph it has started raining, typical! |
JustTony- I enjoyed the pictures! beautiful!! Thanks for sharing. LadyBlue- I am like that. I need my routine. I hope everyone has a great day! It is gorgeous here. I walked few miles. |
Evening Weekenders!! :grouphug: I've been taking things easy these last few days, off work for Easter, so I've been watching an unhealthy amount of Ice Hockey with the Stanley Cup being on, give me highlights, live games and I can pass hours or even days!! ;) It's all in the lead up to the World Ice hockey Championships in a weeks time, Division 1B, the group Team GB are playing in, 2 divisions behind the big boys of USA and Canada, is being held in Belfast this year, very much looking forward to it, it's gonna be a great week!! :) |
I loose my wife to hockey every season. She's the big fan in our house. |
Wow about the worlds oldest person. 117! I'll be lucky to live half of that! It must be a real hard thing losing absolutely everyone you've ever loved Your children etc. I wouldn't want to live that long personally. Not that I'm in with the slightest chance but if your listening God I'd take 90! |
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