Good morning Sao

Good morning, Sao.

Just catching up on everything here. It's a bright sunny day. I'm looking forward to a serene (God please) Easter weekend. And to you all.

Hmm..

A warm London welcome to all visiting drivers.

Nobody wants to go to Finsbury that much.

I must admit it was not very busy.

Time for a couple of Canal pics. I have not taken any from here before as the bridge wall is slightly above my head. It is quite overcast this morning

The other side

no one barging their way thru, then

I'm here for a sober Easter weekend! The weather is suppose to be nice and sunny here in (usually rainy) Oregon.l, so hopefully we can spend some time outdoors and hiding Easter eggs! Yesterday there was a hail storm and it poured down rain. Just need to get thru this long Friday at work, and next week "should" be back to normal. This week was rough because we weren't fully staffed. I'll be exhausted by the time I get off today, but plan to come home, NOT drink, and just relax and enjoy the feeling of being sober. The mental clarity is starting to happen for me, and I know that's what was missing before in my attempts at getting sober.
Hope you all have a great weekend and a Happy Easter!

Good to see you bronzie. Mental clarity came and went with me in early sobriety, one minute I was fine and then brain fog would descend - just so it doesn't catch you by surprise.

Only the towpath cyclists.

Count me in also. Really great introduction to this weekend Saou.

My past Easter weekends, or all long weekends pretty much, were dawn to night boozing and the horrendous consequences to my life afterwards. The only respite from feeling so f*cked up was to begin drinking again. In one big, destructive, sad cycle.

I am enjoying a wonderful freedom from all that now. So count me in Saou. I think Easter is about rebirth and that is very much how it feels this year.

Have a healthy, happy and sober Easter, weekenders.

Trying to upload some pics but can't get the right size Il upload them later

Off out for a wander spk soon

Congratulations on the milestone, Dee . Wishing you the most awesome Good Friday anniversary :)

Thanks DLB :)

Good morning everyone. I've been home from work since Wednesday. Feeling drained, worried about my daughter. All I want to do is sleep. It's raining here. First thunderstorm of the season, at least it'll wash away the winter muck.

I'm sorry, Dragon.

Good morning saoutchik and thank you!

Hi, weekenders.

Thank you, Sao, for the thread.

Though i am not celebrating easter, i have my own reason make today special -I am four years and 6 months sober !

Time really flies.

Sobriety doesnt serve as a magic wand from eliminating problems from life.

But it gives life back.

And quality of problems is quite different.

I remember back in the days when i couldnt imagine any holiday without wine, i used to buy a bottle and promised myself i will have just a couple of glasses. One was not enough and i rushed to a grocery store. I took dark stairs instead of elevator because i was ashamed and was afraid to meet my neighbours there.

Now i can face my boss and say "i disagree". Though self-worthiness issue is still work in progress, i have regained a lot of self respect.

If you are still contemplating sobriety, now is the perfect time to try.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

I'm in! I don't have any extra time off this weekend. Which is fine. I'm too busy at work to have a day off. But it seems plenty of folks have taken vacation today. It's very very quiet here.

I love the resurrection theme of this weekend's OP, Sao. I hadn't thought of that before, not being particularly religious. But I like it. Sobriety certainly has been a resurrection for me. I cannot believe how much more alive I feel now, compared to my drinking days. And the biggest difference is that I WANT to live. There certainly were days when I was hitting the bottom when that was not the case. So very grateful to have sobriety now, and I'm going to make darn sure I hang onto it.

THINKING OF YOU STDD. Remember your triggers. Even crappy weather can make them worse. Keep posting.