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Originally Posted by calmself 
Ran 5 miles at the gym. Tired and sleepy. Mild AV chatter mainly after the gym - "Hey you, get coors light for me". Said no way , had dinner and now sleepy. End of day 3. Have a good sober day all.
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Gooood morning.
Calmself, way to dodge that chatter. I had an answer for it, still do: "Thanks for piping up. I don't drink - no matter what." It sounds like you are trying that, good deal. Have you read the AVRT thread? It's all about the method that coined the "AV (Addictive Voice)." It's in the Secular section on this site along with a lot of other great threads:
https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...ined-long.html (AVRT Explained (long))
So, the voice doesn't go away completely - drinking was my go-to; it was an automatic answer to life for a long time. I have made peace with it. I'm 4+ years into this continuous sober time and it still peeps now and then: but it has no power. It's a paper tiger. The trick is learning to dismiss it - to shut it down without angst.
Just another thought that I'm not going to act upon, like so many other randomly pulled thoughts throughout the day.
Calmself, way to dodge that chatter. I had an answer for it, still do: "Thanks for piping up. I don't drink - no matter what." It sounds like you are trying that, good deal. Have you read the AVRT thread? It's all about the method that coined the "AV (Addictive Voice)." It's in the Secular section on this site along with a lot of other great threads:
https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...ined-long.html (AVRT Explained (long))
So, the voice doesn't go away completely - drinking was my go-to; it was an automatic answer to life for a long time. I have made peace with it. I'm 4+ years into this continuous sober time and it still peeps now and then: but it has no power. It's a paper tiger. The trick is learning to dismiss it - to shut it down without angst.
Just another thought that I'm not going to act upon, like so many other randomly pulled thoughts throughout the day.
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Originally Posted by STDragon
Mumma Dragon put her foot down the other week. Being 19 and 21, the kids must start to cook a meal or two each week. I hartley applauded her as I often tell her she does too much for them as it is. Oh they do chores around the house, but only if specifically and equally assigned. They've been known to unload half the dishwasher leaving the rest for the other.
The toilet next to my sons room needs a new pull chain. I told him I'm not fixing it unill he scrubs that room from top to bottom (It's disgusting in there). So far it's been three days with no progress.
- rant over -
The toilet next to my sons room needs a new pull chain. I told him I'm not fixing it unill he scrubs that room from top to bottom (It's disgusting in there). So far it's been three days with no progress.
- rant over -
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Originally Posted by calmself
Ran 5 miles at the gym. Tired and sleepy. Mild AV chatter mainly after the gym - "Hey you, get coors light for me". Said no way , had dinner and now sleepy. End of day 3. Have a good sober day all.
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Hi, weekenders.
Back from the dentist.
It will cost me a little fortune to save my tooth, plus I have two more teeth which need treatment.
Soccer fans made my subway ride a lot of fun though.
I am now decompressing: watching Poland vs Senegal and eating sweet cherries.
Skipping boxing. No excuses, just slacking around.
Back from the dentist.
It will cost me a little fortune to save my tooth, plus I have two more teeth which need treatment.
Soccer fans made my subway ride a lot of fun though.
I am now decompressing: watching Poland vs Senegal and eating sweet cherries.
Skipping boxing. No excuses, just slacking around.
saoutchik
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London
Posts: 16,203
Great pics MidnightBlue! It looks like you have more room on you underground trains than we do. Looking at my monitor I see that Senegal are winning 2-0 with 4 minutes of normal time to go. They are doomed though ultimately as they are unlucky enough to be my time in the work's sweepstake.
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Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: FRANCE
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It's 31°c outside.
Has the summer finally arrived
I bit the bullet today. I applied for a job in a new department had a meeting with the director and then she said can you start next week...
Change is good but scary too.
The woman that was buried this morning was 93 years old. Isn't that just fantastic.
Some of my tomatoes are getting green and have small flowers appearing. All is not lost.
Hope everyone is mozying through the day and week. The sober the better....
Who is playing tonight?
Has the summer finally arrived
I bit the bullet today. I applied for a job in a new department had a meeting with the director and then she said can you start next week...
Change is good but scary too.
The woman that was buried this morning was 93 years old. Isn't that just fantastic.
Some of my tomatoes are getting green and have small flowers appearing. All is not lost.
Hope everyone is mozying through the day and week. The sober the better....
Who is playing tonight?
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Originally Posted by theVman31
It's 31°c outside.
Has the summer finally arrived
I bit the bullet today. I applied for a job in a new department had a meeting with the director and then she said can you start next week...
Change is good but scary too.
The woman that was buried this morning was 93 years old. Isn't that just fantastic.
Some of my tomatoes are getting green and have small flowers appearing. All is not lost.
Hope everyone is mozying through the day and week. The sober the better....
Who is playing tonight?
Has the summer finally arrived
I bit the bullet today. I applied for a job in a new department had a meeting with the director and then she said can you start next week...
Change is good but scary too.
The woman that was buried this morning was 93 years old. Isn't that just fantastic.
Some of my tomatoes are getting green and have small flowers appearing. All is not lost.
Hope everyone is mozying through the day and week. The sober the better....
Who is playing tonight?
Tomato growing season is over here but we had the best Cherry tomatoes and yellow pear tomatoes. Just pick, rinse and pop in the mouth - scrumptious
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