New Years Weekender Thread 28 December 2018 - 2 January 2019
Happy New Year weekenders !
Hugs back Bim
I made it to 2019 without a drink and am very relieved it’s over. An invisible weight has lifted off my shoulders. I still feel sad for missing my Mum and Dad, but am very relieved 2018 is behind me, and I can start a new chapter. This is the first New Years Day that I haven’t been hungover in more than 30 years!
I am grateful to wake up sober, fresh and healthy.
Let 2019 be a good year.
Love to you all ❤️
Hugs back Bim
I made it to 2019 without a drink and am very relieved it’s over. An invisible weight has lifted off my shoulders. I still feel sad for missing my Mum and Dad, but am very relieved 2018 is behind me, and I can start a new chapter. This is the first New Years Day that I haven’t been hungover in more than 30 years!
I am grateful to wake up sober, fresh and healthy.
Let 2019 be a good year.
Love to you all ❤️
Hello from 2019!
Saw the new year in with a couple of friends, a fairly sedate affair these days.
If anyone reads this and knows they should quit and wants to quit it can be done, I don't think there are too many people around that are significantly worse an alcoholic than me and I had real doubts if I could make it. Without being complacent I do feel something like a boxer who made a successful comeback. I reclaimed a part of my life that booze stole from me.
Anyway, goodnight Weekenders.
https://youtu.be/US4xCFUuHuQ
Saw the new year in with a couple of friends, a fairly sedate affair these days.
If anyone reads this and knows they should quit and wants to quit it can be done, I don't think there are too many people around that are significantly worse an alcoholic than me and I had real doubts if I could make it. Without being complacent I do feel something like a boxer who made a successful comeback. I reclaimed a part of my life that booze stole from me.
Anyway, goodnight Weekenders.
https://youtu.be/US4xCFUuHuQ
Snow in hotel parking lot in Duluth. 7 degrees Fahrenheit and falling with windchill -7.
Tonight’s low temp with windchill -20
Please pray my daughter doesn’t get released homeless into this. She will die.
For new years, the family went out for supper around mid afternoon then we came home & napped for a bit. Then I got to work on my computer to try and figure out why my webcam recordings have such a low volume. In the end I got it worked out and the result can be heard below.
So... as you all know, or have been able to guess, I picked up the ukulele and got serious with it about a year an half ago. Not long after I got started, I decided that I was going to learn this song, it makes me think of SR and all the wonderful people here.
It took me a year to learn to play this well enough and about a dozen takes to record it without a mistake.
You got a friend in me.
https://youtu.be/xoD8CuYhuZk
Happy New Year!
So... as you all know, or have been able to guess, I picked up the ukulele and got serious with it about a year an half ago. Not long after I got started, I decided that I was going to learn this song, it makes me think of SR and all the wonderful people here.
It took me a year to learn to play this well enough and about a dozen takes to record it without a mistake.
You got a friend in me.
https://youtu.be/xoD8CuYhuZk
Happy New Year!
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Morning, weekenders.
And Happy New Year!
Dragon - Thank you for another video (and love the shirt)!
Free - Is there a possibility to arrange a spot in a homeless shelter for your daughter? Can your daughter's PO assist with this?
Time for more coffee on the quiet New Year morning.
It's a beautiful day.
And Happy New Year!
Dragon - Thank you for another video (and love the shirt)!
Free - Is there a possibility to arrange a spot in a homeless shelter for your daughter? Can your daughter's PO assist with this?
Time for more coffee on the quiet New Year morning.
It's a beautiful day.
Happy New Year Overs.
I made a commitment to get off my lazy procrastinating buttocks and do something with my life. Start a new 10 hr/day, 7 days/week job right here at home. Feeling good about the way things are going for me. Thanks for the help.
I made a commitment to get off my lazy procrastinating buttocks and do something with my life. Start a new 10 hr/day, 7 days/week job right here at home. Feeling good about the way things are going for me. Thanks for the help.
yay I made it. I dj the nye party at my bar, been a tradition the last five years. The last three times I've been sober but only these last two have continuous sobriety. I didn't stress as much before the night this year but it was stressful out there. We had a 60s theme and the music covers to many bases. Had I selected only motown and early funk it would have been a lot better.
Switched to disco when I was having trouble keeping the groove and all went well the reset the night.
I made it nonetheless. Stressed and need some time away from that place.
Switched to disco when I was having trouble keeping the groove and all went well the reset the night.
I made it nonetheless. Stressed and need some time away from that place.
Happy to say I had a very calm, chilled and sober New Years Eve. No drinking and crying by midnight feeling lonely and angry with the world. Those days are gone. The last few NYE I was so sad and drinking certainly didn’t help my feelings of isolation and loneliness. Nothing was different this year as I was again on my own but everything was different at the same time.
Hope everyone is well? x
Hope everyone is well? x
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Morning, Manta and Vinny.
Happy New Year!
Extended coffee time here too)
Yesterday one of my boxing buddies asked me would I care to do some ice-skating with him these holidays.
I said "why not" .
I am not even sure is this a "sort of a date" or just two friends hanging out together.
But I haven't been on a date in ages and feel really silly)
But no harm in ice-skating, I guess.
Happy New Year!
Extended coffee time here too)
Yesterday one of my boxing buddies asked me would I care to do some ice-skating with him these holidays.
I said "why not" .
I am not even sure is this a "sort of a date" or just two friends hanging out together.
But I haven't been on a date in ages and feel really silly)
But no harm in ice-skating, I guess.
MB ~ Have you seen Happy Gilmore? That reminds me of the scene where he's like "What, friends listen to Endless Love in the dark!"
Free: I hope your daughter is okay
Great song Dragon ~ good motivator for me to practice as well
Time for coffee here too
And those neighbors weren't kidding about the fireworks....I woke up to the noise and instead of it being in their backyard, they were set up down the street with a huge display over the water! It was like fourth of July! It was pretty awesome
First day of 2019 and I'm one week sober today thanks to you all!
Free: I hope your daughter is okay
Great song Dragon ~ good motivator for me to practice as well
Time for coffee here too
And those neighbors weren't kidding about the fireworks....I woke up to the noise and instead of it being in their backyard, they were set up down the street with a huge display over the water! It was like fourth of July! It was pretty awesome
First day of 2019 and I'm one week sober today thanks to you all!
Happy first day of a brand new year! We went out and listened to our favorite band last night, and it was in a sober venue (not a bar, for a change!). I'm feeling optimistic about 2019 because my husband and one of my best friends are doing Dry January, which really removes a lot of temptation.
Good luck to those who are having a tough time. You are in my thoughts. MB, let us know how the skating goes … sounds a bit like a date to me. Willow, I'm especially wishing you a good year because 2018 was so awful. VMan, glad you are doing well!
Here's to a sober and wonderful 2019!
Good luck to those who are having a tough time. You are in my thoughts. MB, let us know how the skating goes … sounds a bit like a date to me. Willow, I'm especially wishing you a good year because 2018 was so awful. VMan, glad you are doing well!
Here's to a sober and wonderful 2019!
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Congrats on 1 week and Happy New Year, Purple!
I haven't watched Happy Gilmore. Looks like I know what I am going to watch tonight)
I haven't watched Happy Gilmore. Looks like I know what I am going to watch tonight)
Sounds like a date to me too MB
First date of 2019 goes to MB.
Congratulations on one week Purps.
I'm one month tomorrow yay.
Hello Zoeydog and have a great temptation free January.
Have a great day all the weekenders.
First date of 2019 goes to MB.
Congratulations on one week Purps.
I'm one month tomorrow yay.
Hello Zoeydog and have a great temptation free January.
Have a great day all the weekenders.
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It’s amazing what sobriety can do to you. NYE last year I was drinking myself into oblivion at home, depressed and lonely because I had no one to celebrate with. Single mid 30s guy with no single friends etc I felt very sad. Looking back, I was quite at rock bottom with my drinking. I was drinking around 10
Bottles of wine a week.
Fast forward to this NYE. Chilled in home alone with a cup of tea and a movie but I was absolutely happy and content. I’m not lonely, I’m not depressed. Just shows the mental abyss drinking throws you into.
Bottles of wine a week.
Fast forward to this NYE. Chilled in home alone with a cup of tea and a movie but I was absolutely happy and content. I’m not lonely, I’m not depressed. Just shows the mental abyss drinking throws you into.
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