Let's Get Through Together, May Day Weekender 28/4-01/5
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: usa
Posts: 3,938
I'm in! Thanks, Sao.
I'll pass on the casinos. ..mainly I can't stand the smoke and I'm not that interested to check out non smoking rooms. I'm always feel sad for the people who sit there hoping and praying that they'll win.
nons....good for you for planning to start an excercise regime.
Shitzupuppy...welcome!!
Mld...we're here for you. Good to hear you are coping with your stress without thoughts of alcohol.
STDdragon...I had PAWS too...it passes. You'll make it through. 6 months is awesome.
Ok...see you all later!!
I'll pass on the casinos. ..mainly I can't stand the smoke and I'm not that interested to check out non smoking rooms. I'm always feel sad for the people who sit there hoping and praying that they'll win.
nons....good for you for planning to start an excercise regime.
Shitzupuppy...welcome!!
Mld...we're here for you. Good to hear you are coping with your stress without thoughts of alcohol.
STDdragon...I had PAWS too...it passes. You'll make it through. 6 months is awesome.
Ok...see you all later!!
Sober-T- Dragon
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Manitoba
Posts: 8,762
If smoking wasn't banned in indoor public places I certainly would not go anywhere near a casino. It's rumored that our casinos have extraordinarily good air quality. I don't know if that true, but it sure feels like it.
Maladaptive
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: East coast, USA
Posts: 558
Our casinos are no smoking anywhere and no drinking except the bar area.
We go to have fun, like i said, I don't play. But my wife likes going 2-3 times a year. No delusions of winning big.
Have a good weekend everyone. Thanks for welcoming us.
We go to have fun, like i said, I don't play. But my wife likes going 2-3 times a year. No delusions of winning big.
Have a good weekend everyone. Thanks for welcoming us.
Member
Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 2,443
Fantastic start to the thread, Sao!
Sobriety is a bit of a rollercoaster, to be sure, the surges and dips of which you mention.
The day before I was to be released from the hospital from a stay of life saving detox, I was so happy! I thought for sure that since I had just done two weeks of no alcohol that I was fixed! I was to go directly to rehab, do not pass go, do not collect $200. And even the first day of rehab such a sigh of relief I had. Finally this madness ends! The second day of rehab, no, the next ten days of rehab, I was just a lump of sad and tired and sick and what’s the point. And then, I felt a little better. So that by the time I was released from rehab and sent home, I truly believed I had this licked.
It was all the energy I could muster, that first hour alone in my home with no one around, to not head to the liquor store and purchase a lifetime supply.
I made it through that first day, and then another. But the next many months were the series of surges of optimism and sudden dips described in the opening.
Ups and downs.
And isn’t that what life really is after all?
It gets better, this I know.
In for the weekend!!
Sobriety is a bit of a rollercoaster, to be sure, the surges and dips of which you mention.
The day before I was to be released from the hospital from a stay of life saving detox, I was so happy! I thought for sure that since I had just done two weeks of no alcohol that I was fixed! I was to go directly to rehab, do not pass go, do not collect $200. And even the first day of rehab such a sigh of relief I had. Finally this madness ends! The second day of rehab, no, the next ten days of rehab, I was just a lump of sad and tired and sick and what’s the point. And then, I felt a little better. So that by the time I was released from rehab and sent home, I truly believed I had this licked.
It was all the energy I could muster, that first hour alone in my home with no one around, to not head to the liquor store and purchase a lifetime supply.
I made it through that first day, and then another. But the next many months were the series of surges of optimism and sudden dips described in the opening.
Ups and downs.
And isn’t that what life really is after all?
It gets better, this I know.
In for the weekend!!
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Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 292
Originally Posted by saoutchik 
...sobriety is progressive too. It is not a smooth and linear process like you might see in an economic projection but something like a bull run on the financial markets, full of surges of optimism and sudden dips from fears and anxiety coming out of leftfield, but the long term trend is always up.
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Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 2,950
Originally Posted by STDragon
If smoking wasn't banned in indoor public places I certainly would not go anywhere near a casino. It's rumored that our casinos have extraordinarily good air quality. I don't know if that true, but it sure feels like it.
I'd like to go to a casino with a sober friend sometime.
Member
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 2,950
Originally Posted by biminiblue
Internet problems? That happens to outlaw countries.
In! Great start to the thread, sao.
I don't have a problem with free time, but then I have a lot of free time and I like it. I like the slower pace of sobriety, where I can make plans and keep them, where I can take care of myself and my surroundings and where I can stop adding on things about which to feel bad.
I like doing the right thing. I like the feeling of a day that is completed without regrets.
I love getting up at 4AM just because I'm sober and have the energy to do so.
If you are lurking this thread, jump in. Bring your hamster.
In! Great start to the thread, sao.
I don't have a problem with free time, but then I have a lot of free time and I like it. I like the slower pace of sobriety, where I can make plans and keep them, where I can take care of myself and my surroundings and where I can stop adding on things about which to feel bad.
I like doing the right thing. I like the feeling of a day that is completed without regrets.
I love getting up at 4AM just because I'm sober and have the energy to do so.
If you are lurking this thread, jump in. Bring your hamster.
Member
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 2,950
Originally Posted by Nonsensical
IN!
I've been visiting gyms/health clubs this week. Got one more to tour on Friday and then I'm gonna pick one and start a routine next week. It's time to tackle my next mountain.
I've been visiting gyms/health clubs this week. Got one more to tour on Friday and then I'm gonna pick one and start a routine next week. It's time to tackle my next mountain.
I'm going to find a bike as well.
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 5,453
I am in! Thanks Sao for the intro. I agree sobriety is progressive! I am so excited to see how I grow as a person. I have had some lows where I feel out of sorts. I even went through a week or two period of being down...but since they I have been really high on life.
I have started passing on the casino too. I think that is a part of my old life. I'll walk in there with my mom if she wants to go but I have no desire to go myself.
I have started passing on the casino too. I think that is a part of my old life. I'll walk in there with my mom if she wants to go but I have no desire to go myself.
Being Sober is Awesome
Join Date: Apr 2017
Location: Oregon
Posts: 507
Originally Posted by BrendaChenowyth
May Day is this girl's birthday! I'm in..
I have so many reasons to celebrate and lots of free time and nice weather coming up, and it may actually be a challenge to keep sober.. although it doesn't have to be!
I have so many reasons to celebrate and lots of free time and nice weather coming up, and it may actually be a challenge to keep sober.. although it doesn't have to be!
saoutchik
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London
Posts: 16,205
Originally Posted by Gilmer
My uncle Walt used to have an old-fashioned nickel slot machine in his basement. In all my years of visiting, I only saw one kid win the jackpot--AND HIS PARENTS MADE HIM GIVE IT ALL BACK! 
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