STDragon

I sweated out so much alchohol that all our bed sheets are stained, or rather bleached, on my side. Including pillow cases. As a suprise joint gift this year I bought a new high count fitted sheet set.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all my SR family.

biminiblue

vMan, countdown to Christmas 2018 seems a good plan. Take a lot of pictures this week to look at whenever you think picking up might be a solution to whatever cray AV thoughts come knocking. I still have anxiety now and then, it's in my nature...mostly after dental procedures.... I scroll through my pictures on the phone and it really helps. I don't have any drunken party pictures - just nature and happy times.

Eagle chick countdown too. 9 hours.

Eagle Cam Live Stream

Awake61

and I believed no one could smell me! HA - no stench or wet sheets this year. Happy, safe holidays to all!

theVman31

Thanks bim.
It's starting to smell good in vmans home.... Yummy I am looking forward to dindins.

saoutchik

EAGLE CAM M15 does a crop drop - is that a euphemism?

biminiblue

Crop drop is the way they release stored food from the "crop" - it's in the neck. Feast/famine is a thing, so is clepto-parasitism so they store the extra food and drop it when the stomach is empty again.

It kind of looks like they are having trouble with swallowing or like something might be wrong when they do it...Eagle Cam is educational if nothing else.

Gilmer

Merry Christmas for you Aussies when you wake up!

Venecia

Merry Christmas to all!

Special greetings to Dee, Anna, Scott & rest of the SR team who help make this site possible. And sobriety.

Best,
Venecia

venuscat

Merry Christmas to you darling V....and thank YOU.
Thank you for sharing your experience, strength and wisdom...and thank you for the love....you are a very special person V. ♥♥

I like Christmas....you get to be soppy.

STDragon

I'm safe but kinda freaked right now. Just found out my wife brought hard liqour into the house for our guests. Wished she had discussed it with me first. But really, what's the diff? I'm prepared to serve wine. I feel like esscaping. Got myself holed up in the bathroom waiting for this feeling to pass.

biminiblue

Good job, Dragon.

Spouses don't have any idea how easily spooked we are. Talk to her. Ask her to put it away, maybe?

You're going to make it through with flying colors.

Flying, I tell ya. Deep breaths. Count to four - breathe in - hold for four - breathe out to a count of four - rest for four.

Repeat.

MyLittleHorsie

I never drank ice as a drinker. I had to go to the liquor store to buy a present I had been putting off buying, because liquor store lol. I came home and had a huge club soda over ice. I felt so much better. Hope it passes quickly and you enjoy the rest of your holiday weekend.

STDragon

Thanks Bim, I told her that every last drop goes down the drain at the end of the evening. If I had known I would've been ok given the time to prepare but that would still include pouring out the left overs.

biminiblue

Yeah, this, "I need to be prepared beforehand," thing ? I challenge you to think about why that is? Because you'll have more times when this happens.

If I reacted that way my first reaction would be to see it as, "My sanctuary has been compromised! My soulmate has betrayed me!" <<~~~over-react much, bim?

You made it through with just a minor freakout. Well done. I think for me that would be my ego jumping up and saying, "HEY! No one asked permission for this horrible act!!"

...ask me how I know.

saoutchik

Good idea on getting rid of it at the end of the evening Dragon. You can do it.

MidnightBlue

Hi, weekenders.

Merry Xmas to those who celebrates.

Though I prefer to be sent to a very far-away galaxy where nice aliens have no clue about that what's in the world all this about.

What really gets to me that all this frenzy gradually builds up the feeling that I am missing something if I don't celebrate. And being an atheist it doesn't even make sense to me.

Sorry to be a downer.

I am still boxing and kickboxing. Going easy on kickboxing because my damaged shin is still recovering.

And I think a guy from our kickboxing class started hitting on me. He is like 12 years younger than me.

I am still struggling with depression. And craving to do something crazy. Not drinking .

That's me in a nutshell.

Have to get myself together. Just not sure how.

Have a good long weekend, everyone.

tekink

Illness is making my xmas eve easier. both my wife and I are ill so we're not spending the night with family and we'll probably cut out early as well.

theVman31

Way to go dragon
Make yourself proud.

MB take care.

The pressies are under the tree. Off to read my book.

Goodnight weekenders.

venuscat

Oh crap. With you all the way....are you OK....I will read.

EDIT: Glad you are OK....way to go love!!!! ♥

venuscat

Midnight my beautiful friend ~ you are not a downer. It's OK. And I understand, and betting others do as well, and hey, I'm Jewish, so all of this is a lot for me and I have never done it before.

Love you girl. ♥