4th Of July is coming and it's a huge drink weekend
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4th Of July is coming and it's a huge drink weekend
This time of year in the USA is an unbelievably heavy drinking week/weekend. I would spend hours and hours and days and days sloshed on this one. Day drink, night drink. Everything.
I would drink in anticipation of the big weekend and the pleasure of some drunk days off. Never mind the evening of the holiday itself, an absolute drunk fest. Then days of drinking afterward to come down and keep my withdrawals manageable. Hot, sweaty, crapping my pants terrified. A prisoner of terrible, dark thoughts. No hope. Everything's a disaster.
But this year I am staying sober and cleaning the garage. I wanted to pass this on to my fellow SR friends. You can be clean and feel good from now on....Put the drink down. Get rid of all of it.
You'll go through hell for a bit. Then you'll be better. You'll look so good you won't believe it. You won't be hot and sweaty and withdrawing at work anymore trying to act normal. Dump the booze. If you're on the fence...take the opportunity to give yourself this gift. Thanks for reading and hope I'm not coming across as preachy.
I would drink in anticipation of the big weekend and the pleasure of some drunk days off. Never mind the evening of the holiday itself, an absolute drunk fest. Then days of drinking afterward to come down and keep my withdrawals manageable. Hot, sweaty, crapping my pants terrified. A prisoner of terrible, dark thoughts. No hope. Everything's a disaster.
But this year I am staying sober and cleaning the garage. I wanted to pass this on to my fellow SR friends. You can be clean and feel good from now on....Put the drink down. Get rid of all of it.
You'll go through hell for a bit. Then you'll be better. You'll look so good you won't believe it. You won't be hot and sweaty and withdrawing at work anymore trying to act normal. Dump the booze. If you're on the fence...take the opportunity to give yourself this gift. Thanks for reading and hope I'm not coming across as preachy.
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I never liked the Fourth cause of the neighborhood firecrackers scaring my dog. 
Plus the neighbors would sit outside and drink and play loud music. The more they drank, the louder they got. 
Plus the neighbors would sit outside and drink and play loud music. The more they drank, the louder they got. 
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It's just another holiday, truly - and sober, we can appreciate its real meaning. Like we can Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas...all holidays which are only drinking holidays because...the collective "we" has made them so.
It's always up to us and indeed, many people find their "firsts" challenging.
Making the right choice and knowing that July 5 will come more quickly than we think - plan for success and enjoying what's hopefully a sunny day wherever you are.
It's always up to us and indeed, many people find their "firsts" challenging.
Making the right choice and knowing that July 5 will come more quickly than we think - plan for success and enjoying what's hopefully a sunny day wherever you are.
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Yeah there’s definitely a garment in my shame closet for this one. Nothing really dramatic. Just one year where we stayed home and the kids lit sparklers in the yard of the house we had just moved in to. They were so alive and engaged — and I kept thinking it was like there was a thick layer of wine filled glass between me and them. We have all these happy pics of them running around, and it was happy but it was just one of those days that I started thinking, I shouldn’t be tethered to the box of wine to enjoy these moments.
I’ll be sober a year and a half come Tuesday. Glad I’ve lifted the thick glass I put in place for myself inadvertently.
I’ll be sober a year and a half come Tuesday. Glad I’ve lifted the thick glass I put in place for myself inadvertently.
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I can remember 4th of July’s where I would stand outside and look up to the skies to watch fireworks, and have trouble keeping my balance because I had been drinking all day.
Now I stand outside and look up to the skies with high powered binoculars and identify constellations and various stars.
What a difference being sober makes.
Now I stand outside and look up to the skies with high powered binoculars and identify constellations and various stars.
What a difference being sober makes.
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Getting drunk is the way we show how patriotic we are. If you don't get blotto on the 4th, people might think you were a Communist. It's reassuring to see your neighbor falling down drunk because you know he's too drunk to overthrow the government, and everyone will be safe.
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I agree that it is a major drink fest. I posted previously about my husbands ridiculous plans for the 4th. I’m just going to do my own thing with the kids and keep myself sober and safe. I’ll keep to my side of the street.
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Originally Posted by DriGuy 
Getting drunk is the way we show how patriotic we are. If you don't get blotto on the 4th, people might think you were a Communist. It's reassuring to see your neighbor falling down drunk because you know he's too drunk to overthrow the government, and everyone will be safe.
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I HATE THAT NOBODY CALLS IT WHAT IT IS ANYMORE!!! 
It's not "The Fourth of July." That's just a date on a calendar. It's freaking Independence Day. It's not about hamburgers and beer and fireworks. It's about independence. It's about having the strength to do the right thing in the face of incredible odds against you.
I will celebrate Independence Day with a special fervor this year because I will not only be celebrating the beginning of the great American Revolution, the only revolution in the history of the world that didn't spring out of dire economic circumstance but out of a desire for Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. I will be celebrating that, but I will celebrate it on a more personal level as well, being the first time in years I will enjoy it sober, having recently issued my own personal Declaration of Independence.
/rant
It's not "The Fourth of July." That's just a date on a calendar. It's freaking Independence Day. It's not about hamburgers and beer and fireworks. It's about independence. It's about having the strength to do the right thing in the face of incredible odds against you.
I will celebrate Independence Day with a special fervor this year because I will not only be celebrating the beginning of the great American Revolution, the only revolution in the history of the world that didn't spring out of dire economic circumstance but out of a desire for Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. I will be celebrating that, but I will celebrate it on a more personal level as well, being the first time in years I will enjoy it sober, having recently issued my own personal Declaration of Independence.
/rant
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Canada Day weekend here. Also Queens Plate yesterday.
I ended up with my husband's wallet in my purse after a picnic today, then I had to go get something out of town, I called DH enroute to home, he asked me to grab beer lol. I was like near beer? He decided to meet me in town.
Get his own beer before I showed up with hop flavoured sparkling water.
Celebrating with whipped cream and strawberries, oh and diet dr pepper.
I ended up with my husband's wallet in my purse after a picnic today, then I had to go get something out of town, I called DH enroute to home, he asked me to grab beer lol. I was like near beer? He decided to meet me in town.
Get his own beer before I showed up with hop flavoured sparkling water. Celebrating with whipped cream and strawberries, oh and diet dr pepper.
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Since I started my Recovery journey, every 4th of July Weekend ( & NYE Weekend), I attend 12 Step Marathon Meetings with my friends. After a couple years of attending, I started volunteering at the Events as well.
BBQ-ing, participation & speaker meetings, and "fellowshipping" aka hanging with friends! It's FUN, and as they say, I didn't get sober to be miserable!
I think I post this here every year. Because, alcoholics/addicts do lots better being with other sober folks , rather than being at drinking BBQ's etc OR being alone & isolatated.
The internet can help locate functions/meetings in your area. Why not give it a try?
BBQ-ing, participation & speaker meetings, and "fellowshipping" aka hanging with friends! It's FUN, and as they say, I didn't get sober to be miserable!
I think I post this here every year. Because, alcoholics/addicts do lots better being with other sober folks , rather than being at drinking BBQ's etc OR being alone & isolatated.
The internet can help locate functions/meetings in your area. Why not give it a try?
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Originally Posted by ImNotThatGuy
I HATE THAT NOBODY CALLS IT WHAT IT IS ANYMORE!!!
It's not "The Fourth of July." That's just a date on a calendar. It's freaking Independence Day. It's not about hamburgers and beer and fireworks. It's about independence. It's about having the strength to do the right thing in the face of incredible odds against you.
I will celebrate Independence Day with a special fervor this year because I will not only be celebrating the beginning of the great American Revolution, the only revolution in the history of the world that didn't spring out of dire economic circumstance but out of a desire for Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. I will be celebrating that, but I will celebrate it on a more personal level as well, being the first time in years I will enjoy it sober, having recently issued my own personal Declaration of Independence.
/rant
It's not "The Fourth of July." That's just a date on a calendar. It's freaking Independence Day. It's not about hamburgers and beer and fireworks. It's about independence. It's about having the strength to do the right thing in the face of incredible odds against you.
I will celebrate Independence Day with a special fervor this year because I will not only be celebrating the beginning of the great American Revolution, the only revolution in the history of the world that didn't spring out of dire economic circumstance but out of a desire for Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. I will be celebrating that, but I will celebrate it on a more personal level as well, being the first time in years I will enjoy it sober, having recently issued my own personal Declaration of Independence.
/rant
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