Recipe for sobriety- Weekenders 25 - 28 October 2019
 

Shotgun!

IN!

And SO true! There isn't one recipe for everyone, but there is a recipe for each of us. Let's get cooking! :)

Nonsensical, nice one on shotgun. :)

Thank you Mags :)

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Lovely weekend introduction as always Mags xxx

Thank you Mags. My recipe is working for me, but I'm always willing to try a new ingredient or two for improvement.

I'm in. Thanks, Mags.

I'm in need of a couple of recipe tweaks. I feel like my recipe is bland. Not that it isn't working, just that I'm feeling blah. Need to add something to my life. Not sure what that is right now. I'm just not having much fun. Of course I'm still grieving, but it's not just that. Last night I had some "is this all there is" thoughts. I dunno. Maybe I'm a little depressed.

Marty, all the upheaval you’ve had at home with your new kitchen etc. and then grieving with the loss of Scott is all mounting up to some days of rest for you. :hug:

And the kitchen hit another snag yesterday. I was supposed to have my new gas cooktop and electric wall oven installed yesterday. The installers got there and told me the gas connection and electrical connections are not done correctly and they could not install them. Also the cabinet that was built for the oven isn't quite right. I'm working on getting everyone involved lined up to come back and fix things. So, another week or more with no actual stove. But the new refrigerator fit perfectly in its opening, and it's gorgeous. I was so hoping everything would be done this week. Not to be. In the grand scheme of things this is not a huge problem. But when the installers showed me the problems yesterday, I promptly got a nosebleed. So I guess it's stressful. I need a break.

Counting the days until my next trip to Belize. December 29th. Beach. Sun. Warmth. Relaxation. Solitude.

It’s a good view to take Marty and yeah, roll on your holiday. :)

So sorry to hear of your loss MLD51. Changes in the house can be very stressful too. Sounds like you will benefit from a trip to somewhere warm and relaxing. Hope you can take it easy till then

Great post mags1. I like the idea of seeing sobriety as a recipe and we can all create our own special recipe. It actually helps in seeing how sobriety works. And of course I just like the idea of recipes.
great thread, thanks

I'm in for the weekend. I think some extra support is just what my recipe needs.

Wonderful intro Mags! Thanks.

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Welcome to Weekenders harriet,Citrus and number three who posted right at the end of last week's thread.

Thanks Mags, you certainly need some essentials, namely a determination to stop but it does take more than that which is why thinking long and hard about what is going to work for yourself as an individual because it is different for each of us. All my failed attempts were down to me just trying to resist the urge to drink rather than do something to reduce it which is what I did when I finally managed to quit.

Long weekend for me as I have Friday off to try and soundproof my flooring.

There are police helicopters buzzing overhead, I wonder why? They'll never take me alive!

Hope they’re friendly, Saou! Enjoy your soundproofing. :)

The soundproofing will be a rotten job, I am going to attempt a small room (bedroom 2) and see how it goes.

Morning Weekenders

Mariposa your job sounds like where I worked except women didn’t get paid as much as the men for doing the same job. Lol. Now I look back I see I could’ve done it differently. :dunno: you’ve come a long way, you should give yourself a pat on the back. X

Saou, is it panels you fix to the wall for your soundproofing?

Up early, as usual. I can’t have any caffeine or chocolate this morning as I’ve my hospital appointment at around 10am, so no tea or coffee or hot chocolate. I was going to have a mug of hot water but I’ve put a drop of peppermint cordial in it, tastes nice.

The weekends upon us just about, if you’re thinking about giving up the booze, why not start today, join us for a sober weekend. It really is worth it. :)

Morning Weekenders,
best of luck at the hospital Mags I hope it is worthwhile.

I think most modern jobs are quite stressful mariposa , that is one of the reasons many of us intoxicated ourselves at the weekend in an effort to escape the stress. Doing that is just fool's gold though. It only makes things worse. It sounds like you are doing really well though so congratulations.

It is the flooring Mags, I live on the 2nd floor which is the top floor. (in the rest of the world I would live on the 3rd floor but in the UK we have a Ground floor represented by a 0) It should also improve the insulation.

First I will have to lift the flooring then CAREFULLY remove all the accumulated gunge from between the joists, put some fire retardant mineral wool down similar to loft insulation. I will put a thin layer of material on the joists "joist cap" then a layer of plywood, a layer of felt type material and the put the floor back. Once it's all back I will probably have to take a centimetre or so off the bottom of the door. All in all it's a lot of faff to not hear my downstairs neighbour's TV and music.

That sounds like a titan job Sao, courage! :c011:

Count me in with you Weekenders! :wavey:

Hi weekenders :c012:

Wow that does sound like a mammoth job Sao, but well done you for taking it on :c011:

​​​​​​Feeling pretty rough here but not from a hangover, just catching up on sleep. Was still awake at 4 this morning but managed to sleep sometime after so had a lie in.
​​​.Im going carefully with my jobs so as not to panic and feel overwhelmed. Just a bit of sorting out my stuff, and a bit of laundry. But first it's hubby's lunchtime. He always likes fish and chips on Friday but no bother, I just put the frozen battered fish and chips in the oven lol. I won't have any, I only like proper fish and chips from a good f and c shop and we have some good ones round here but I'm not hungry yet. Still filling up on cups of tea.

Then this afternoon I'm babysitting after not being there for over a week. Will be setting boundaries so I'm not there everyday and will have a weekend off to gently get on with much needed house chores.

Well, that's my recipe for today, that and staying sober. Yay, life's getting better :grouphug:

Oh? I thought it would've been so the neighbors downstairs could not hear you...
https://i.postimg.cc/1RH1mZrB/Penguin-Dance.gif

I love the people I work with but sometimes they can drive me crazy.

Hello gang. I'm in!

Thanks Mags for the thread. I very much like the idea of a recipe for sobriety. You could think of it as a combination of healthy, proven, high quality ingredients that work together given some effort and care. Some changes work better than others but we can vary them to keep things interesting. The only difference is that unlike cooking, adding more and more ingredients to sobriety seems to make things better and better...

Anyway, I have made some progress on work projects this week, having previously been worried that they had been put on hold. My AV though has been a bit troublesome with drinking thoughts on Thursday evening. Will have to think about this more as it was troublesome. Still, I'm pressing on with my usual dose of gratitude. Bring on the weekend!

Warm wishes to all. Forwards.

Hey everyone, I'm in as well.

Still sorta emotionally recuperating from last Friday but the feelings have moved to a dull presence in the back of my mind. Much like drinking, they can't hurt me unless I let them. Lots of mental micromanaging.

Good to see you all. Glad everyone is hanging in there.

MLD, I hope you give yourself what you need. :)

Bim, if you're out there, I still miss you.

Here's to another sober weekend.

Sou, sounds like a big job too. Dragon cracked me up with his gif.

Forwards I agree, lots more ingredients we can use in sobriety, to our taste.

Dpac good philosophy to have and I know from experience it takes time to get where we feel like that. Good to see you.

Hi CK :wavey:

Harriet you can’t beat good old fish and chips from the chippie.

Home from hospital and gotta do it all again next week. Some question that it could be another lung disease and not asthma. I guess if they find another problem I can be hopefully given the correct meds that’ll be effective. :dunno:

Been raining here think it’s in for the day. :fall17

Hello friends.

My beautiful friend Claire died today. At 5 to 5 pm .

Any prayers would be lovingly accepted. I’m not overly religious but this is the first close friend I have lost in my life.

It’s starting to hit me now. I will help a few newbies in the forums then off to bed.
It’s been an emotionally exhausting , sad day today.

Thanks so much in advance and enjoy your weekend wherever in the world you are.

Life is short , enjoy what we have

Much love xxx

:grouphug:

So very sorry for the loss of your dear friend Snoozy. Grief is a difficult painful process. Go gently as you can.