Thanksgiving Weekender Thread 20- 26 November 2018
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Originally Posted by Marcutah1 
ST, strum your heart out have fun and remember that suds are for washing.
Originally Posted by Gilmer
Dragon, it's a great idea to take your daughter along to the Strum and Suds!
Originally Posted by LadyBlue0527
Hi all and Happy Thanksgiving!
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Good morning everyone. It’s been enjoyable to catch up on the thread this morning. Alas my favorite holiday has passed, but it’d do me good to keep a bit of thanksgiving in my attitude 365 days per year.
Wonderful to see the posts showing how sobriety is paying off. I think it’s especially important for folks early in the journey to see that it’s a worthy effort and to illustrate that the best results come from an active approach in the building of a new life. I was one that thought things would automatically fall into place shortly after I stopped pouring alcohol down my throat. I know now that that’s the all important first step on the journey.
Wishing each of you a good start to the week.
Wonderful to see the posts showing how sobriety is paying off. I think it’s especially important for folks early in the journey to see that it’s a worthy effort and to illustrate that the best results come from an active approach in the building of a new life. I was one that thought things would automatically fall into place shortly after I stopped pouring alcohol down my throat. I know now that that’s the all important first step on the journey.
Wishing each of you a good start to the week.
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Thanks everyone for prayers.
I guess the movie sparked my thoughts seeing Freddie Mercury lose his life to addiction and consequently poor choices like promiscuity.
Glad we are all living life.
I guess the movie sparked my thoughts seeing Freddie Mercury lose his life to addiction and consequently poor choices like promiscuity.
Glad we are all living life.
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Great post Ladyblue, thanks for sharing your tips. Sometimes the AV tries to persuade me it would be ok to drink for this reason or that occasion. Like when I’m sad. Like weekends. Like the leadup to Christmas.
But I know what happens when I drink. I don’t stop. The constant hangover, drink, hangover, drink cycle begins all over again.... I don’t know why I even entertain the idea of drinking again. I need to accept that I just can’t. I wish the AV would go away and stop taunting me. Weekends are definitely worst, especially Sundays for me. I always seem to feel sad on Sundays, I have for years and it’s escalated in the last few months since losing my parents
I know I can’t drink, but the AV constantly tries to convince me otherwise.
I’m still counting my days of sobriety (197) and I don’t want to have to reset back to day 1 again. Ever. I had soooooo many day 1s I lost count. Hundreds. Possibly more than hundreds, my sozzled brain has forgotten. I don’t know that I could do it again, the early days were hard. It’s easier now in many ways as the cravings pass quickly, although they can still be strong. But I feel so much healthier than I did 6 months ago.
Zoeydog what happened when you drank again? I always wonder what happens when people have been sober and then pick up. I think we can all learn from each other. I know for me that it was falsely thinking that I could drink normally, that “allowed” me to drink again. Thinking I could control it this time. Thinking that surely I’m ok now, thinking that I have proven I can stay sober, so surely one or two won’t hurt now.
That’s not true, that statement: “I’ll just have one or two “. It’s just not true. I know now that it’s the AV talking and I just have to remember that it’s false. It’s the voice of addiction, not my true self.
What I have to remind myself now instead and forevermore is this:
”No. Not one drop. I CAN’T have any more alcohol ever. Period.”
But I know what happens when I drink. I don’t stop. The constant hangover, drink, hangover, drink cycle begins all over again.... I don’t know why I even entertain the idea of drinking again. I need to accept that I just can’t. I wish the AV would go away and stop taunting me. Weekends are definitely worst, especially Sundays for me. I always seem to feel sad on Sundays, I have for years and it’s escalated in the last few months since losing my parents
I know I can’t drink, but the AV constantly tries to convince me otherwise.
I’m still counting my days of sobriety (197) and I don’t want to have to reset back to day 1 again. Ever. I had soooooo many day 1s I lost count. Hundreds. Possibly more than hundreds, my sozzled brain has forgotten. I don’t know that I could do it again, the early days were hard. It’s easier now in many ways as the cravings pass quickly, although they can still be strong. But I feel so much healthier than I did 6 months ago.
Zoeydog what happened when you drank again? I always wonder what happens when people have been sober and then pick up. I think we can all learn from each other. I know for me that it was falsely thinking that I could drink normally, that “allowed” me to drink again. Thinking I could control it this time. Thinking that surely I’m ok now, thinking that I have proven I can stay sober, so surely one or two won’t hurt now.
That’s not true, that statement: “I’ll just have one or two “. It’s just not true. I know now that it’s the AV talking and I just have to remember that it’s false. It’s the voice of addiction, not my true self.
What I have to remind myself now instead and forevermore is this:
”No. Not one drop. I CAN’T have any more alcohol ever. Period.”
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Fun Fun fun at the strum. Turns out the bar is a flight down the stairs from the second floor conference room that we play in. Somewere along the way I got the impression that it was right inside a bar. People are allowed to get drinks and bring them up. That didn't even come close to bothering me. Definitely going back again (and again).
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Willow, thanks for asking about how/why I drank again. I have a cycle of making it sober 20, 30 and even 40 days. Then for some reason I can't really explain -- I wish I could -- I have one, or maybe two drinks for some special occasion. I'll try to get right back to sobriety, but once I've slipped I tend to continue to slip, a little further each night. Stress can also be a trigger for me. But I DO come back, and I know my body has benefited from the sober days, and I try to stay very focused on the rewards of being sober, which are numerous. And I'm another day sober today!
Happy Monday to everyone!
Happy Monday to everyone!
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It's my understanding that one of the dangers of relapse is the body has recovered and has less tolerance for alchohol while the brain is still set at the old levels of intake. Making it too easy to ingest more alchohol than the body the can handle. And in some cases can kill a person.
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Yeah, be careful with that not-drinking-then-going-back thing. I've heard of several people dying like that soon after going back to drinking after a period of abstinence.
Dragon, so cool that you had fun at the Strum and Suds or whatever it's called.
Another holiday weekend in the books sober. Pretty effortless actually.
I've spent a good amount of time watching the gorillas at the zoo in this past week. The zookeepers have been on watch too, so I've learned a lot! So interesting.
There will be no drinking this week for me, either. Or any week.
Dragon, so cool that you had fun at the Strum and Suds or whatever it's called.
Another holiday weekend in the books sober. Pretty effortless actually.
I've spent a good amount of time watching the gorillas at the zoo in this past week. The zookeepers have been on watch too, so I've learned a lot! So interesting.
There will be no drinking this week for me, either. Or any week.
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Originally Posted by STDragon
It's my understanding that one of the dangers of relapse is the body has recovered and has less tolerance for alchohol while the brain is still set at the old levels of intake. Making it too easy to ingest more alchohol than the body the can handle. And in some cases can kill a person.
It was what my past alcohol use had done to my body. You may give yourself a reprieve when you quit but when you go back the decline is exponentially faster. Scary stuff.
Anyway, life is good and I am so glad to see everyone here. This place and all of you were monumental in helping to keep sober. Don't know what I would have done had I not had this place to come to.
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I've never heard that gorilla song.
The images are great! Thanks for that. I'm just a little bit gorilla-obsessed right now.
The new male came here on a FedEx plane. Just part of his rather dramatic story. He and his three adult females and one three year old (who were already here) have all settled into their zoo day routine now. The drama of the introductions and the new surroundings should be settling down a little. It's been fun/exciting to watch.
The images are great! Thanks for that. I'm just a little bit gorilla-obsessed right now.
The new male came here on a FedEx plane. Just part of his rather dramatic story. He and his three adult females and one three year old (who were already here) have all settled into their zoo day routine now. The drama of the introductions and the new surroundings should be settling down a little. It's been fun/exciting to watch.
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Evening, weekenders.
I played water polo again yesterday, and started having more fun and even make sense of rules. My face got a tough hit from the ball though, but being after my boxing workouts I handled it well)
Today is nothing new - boxing +crossfit.
Where did time go? Just in a blink of an eye there will be New Year's eve again.
My best to all the weekenders.
See you)
I played water polo again yesterday, and started having more fun and even make sense of rules. My face got a tough hit from the ball though, but being after my boxing workouts I handled it well)
Today is nothing new - boxing +crossfit.
Where did time go? Just in a blink of an eye there will be New Year's eve again.
My best to all the weekenders.
See you)
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