Weekender Thread 5th - 9th July 2018
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Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: East Coast US
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Hi just checking in here on a Friday night. Starting to enter the danger zone for me as I come upon the three week mark soon. Feeling a bit wobbly. I don’t have any plans to drink, but then I never really do plan to. I’m trying to be extra vigilant here and play the many bad drinking tapes forward. It never ends well.
I’m safe for tonight, just writing out the thoughts.
I’m safe for tonight, just writing out the thoughts.
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Join Date: Mar 2018
Posts: 72
Im in
The wonderfull thing about sobriety now i have cash so focus with family and work
The down side now i have to deal with my financial damage due to my alcoholism.
At least now im paying and earning
So way to go weekend work work work and pay pay pay
The down side now i have to deal with my financial damage due to my alcoholism.
At least now im paying and earning
So way to go weekend work work work and pay pay pay
saoutchik
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London
Posts: 16,184
Welcome to Weekenders jjb! Good to see you.
Morning everyone, i'm still in bed at 6.35am which is unusual for me these days but it was uncomfortable sleeping last night due to the heat. At least i'm not hungover though.
Enjoy the wedding today goodbyeevan.
I'm not certain but I think MidnightBlue might be on her business trip. Good luck for that and to Russia and England in the World Cup.
Morning everyone, i'm still in bed at 6.35am which is unusual for me these days but it was uncomfortable sleeping last night due to the heat. At least i'm not hungover though.
Enjoy the wedding today goodbyeevan.
I'm not certain but I think MidnightBlue might be on her business trip. Good luck for that and to Russia and England in the World Cup.
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: GA
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Thank you guys very much for the encouragement <3
Can't sleep... kind of dreading tomorrow. I'm not really close to anyone at the wedding except the host. It's my boyfriend's aunt and we are mostly going to be supportive of her and help her if she needs it, since it's at her beautiful home and she's expecting drunk people. Especially since she just treated us to a lovely trip to Oregon, we decided we should be there.
But how does one in early recovery have FUN at an event like this? I don't want to be miserable, I want to be happy for them and cheers their love with my sparkling juice but when you know the husband (bf's distant cousin) is hiding a coke problem and not hiding an alcohol problem... Ugh I don't even know. Maybe asking to have fun is too much. Maybe just surviving it and being present and as helpful as possible is enough.
Can't sleep... kind of dreading tomorrow. I'm not really close to anyone at the wedding except the host. It's my boyfriend's aunt and we are mostly going to be supportive of her and help her if she needs it, since it's at her beautiful home and she's expecting drunk people. Especially since she just treated us to a lovely trip to Oregon, we decided we should be there.
But how does one in early recovery have FUN at an event like this? I don't want to be miserable, I want to be happy for them and cheers their love with my sparkling juice but when you know the husband (bf's distant cousin) is hiding a coke problem and not hiding an alcohol problem... Ugh I don't even know. Maybe asking to have fun is too much. Maybe just surviving it and being present and as helpful as possible is enough.
Mr
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: FRANCE
Posts: 5,230
Morning all.
Welcome jjb
I slept really bad too, heat and a pizza for supper done it. To top it off I had a nightmare about my daughter. Yuck.
Time to shake it off and crank up the lawnmower
Hope you all have a great day weekenders.
Welcome jjb
I slept really bad too, heat and a pizza for supper done it. To top it off I had a nightmare about my daughter. Yuck.
Time to shake it off and crank up the lawnmower
Hope you all have a great day weekenders.
Mr
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: FRANCE
Posts: 5,230
GBE I share your turmoil regarding events such as weddings in early recovery. Make sure you go congratulate your boyfriends aunt. Stay for a while and make your presence seen.
Have an exit plan.
Talk it over with your bf.
Tell him straight that it is making you feel anxious and you are afraid what the day is going to bring.
EXIT PLAN....
Have an exit plan.
Talk it over with your bf.
Tell him straight that it is making you feel anxious and you are afraid what the day is going to bring.
EXIT PLAN....
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Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Scotland
Posts: 626
Morning weekenders. Just popped in after posting in my little class thread (high fives to my classmates). Vinny I fear we may be falling out soon, is it Belgium v France in the semis? Did you know I was a massive Belgium fan,no? Neither did I till I picked them in two sweepstakes at work ��. Viva la difference and all that.
I’m off to watch my grandson this morning then out with my team this afternoon for what they call a sesh (drinking session for the uninitiated). There will be no seshing on my part, I’ll show up, eat, drink a mocktail and then happily go home and get on with my sober life. Have a great day folks
I’m off to watch my grandson this morning then out with my team this afternoon for what they call a sesh (drinking session for the uninitiated). There will be no seshing on my part, I’ll show up, eat, drink a mocktail and then happily go home and get on with my sober life. Have a great day folks
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Originally Posted by STDragon 
Was out this evening on our normal Friday evening shopping trip and I found some Halloumi. Can't wait to try it.....
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It was a few months in before I started having fun socially GBE - it wasn't anyone's fault - I just had no idea how to have fun sober and being around drinkers just made me miserable in the early days .
It won't always be that way but for tomorrow the suggestion to be seen and this disappear as soon as its not rude to do so is a good one
D
It won't always be that way but for tomorrow the suggestion to be seen and this disappear as soon as its not rude to do so is a good one
D
saoutchik
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London
Posts: 16,184
Begium could win it - I didn't think so to begin with but they could you know. I'm glad you are not going to be drinking during the "sesh" lilymaz.
I mocked my youngest daughter for for paying out money to watch the football at a big open air screen at a club (called The Enchanted Garden) but she has had the last laugh as she seems to have found the coolest place to watch it, news crews seem to like visiting and it is totally sold out now.
I will be watching it with friends too but will only arrive a quarter of an hour before kick off. It has only just gone 11.35am and lots of people are drinking already. A kind of touchstone newspaper headline in Britain when it is exceptionally warm is "Phew what a scorcher!" We are in that territory today.
Edit: See you Monday Gilmer, take care.
I mocked my youngest daughter for for paying out money to watch the football at a big open air screen at a club (called The Enchanted Garden) but she has had the last laugh as she seems to have found the coolest place to watch it, news crews seem to like visiting and it is totally sold out now.
I will be watching it with friends too but will only arrive a quarter of an hour before kick off. It has only just gone 11.35am and lots of people are drinking already. A kind of touchstone newspaper headline in Britain when it is exceptionally warm is "Phew what a scorcher!" We are in that territory today.
Edit: See you Monday Gilmer, take care.
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Join Date: Nov 2012
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Originally Posted by Gilmer
I’m going off the grid for a couple days—just refueling!
See you all Monday.
See you all Monday.
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Originally Posted by goodbyeevan
Thank you guys very much for the encouragement <3
Can't sleep... kind of dreading tomorrow. I'm not really close to anyone at the wedding except the host. It's my boyfriend's aunt and we are mostly going to be supportive of her and help her if she needs it, since it's at her beautiful home and she's expecting drunk people. Especially since she just treated us to a lovely trip to Oregon, we decided we should be there.
But how does one in early recovery have FUN at an event like this? I don't want to be miserable, I want to be happy for them and cheers their love with my sparkling juice but when you know the husband (bf's distant cousin) is hiding a coke problem and not hiding an alcohol problem... Ugh I don't even know. Maybe asking to have fun is too much. Maybe just surviving it and being present and as helpful as possible is enough.
Can't sleep... kind of dreading tomorrow. I'm not really close to anyone at the wedding except the host. It's my boyfriend's aunt and we are mostly going to be supportive of her and help her if she needs it, since it's at her beautiful home and she's expecting drunk people. Especially since she just treated us to a lovely trip to Oregon, we decided we should be there.
But how does one in early recovery have FUN at an event like this? I don't want to be miserable, I want to be happy for them and cheers their love with my sparkling juice but when you know the husband (bf's distant cousin) is hiding a coke problem and not hiding an alcohol problem... Ugh I don't even know. Maybe asking to have fun is too much. Maybe just surviving it and being present and as helpful as possible is enough.
Take pictures maybe....be an unofficial photographer if you need something to do other than hold your fruit juice....also....another tip....fruit juice does not quench your thirst....go for more water and flavoured mineral water.
Okey dokey....I am AWAKE this morning.
Sober-T- Dragon
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: Manitoba
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Originally Posted by Willow68
Yum! How are you going to cook it Dragon? I can’t wait to try it fried and then drizzled in sweet chilli sauce.... when I get home from this trip it’s definitely on the menu
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