Take a Break this weekend - Weekenders 31 July - 03 August 2020
saoutchik
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London
Posts: 16,185
Welcome to Weekenders Beels! You can do it.
Congratulations on 7 days copperfield! Reaching the second week is good progress.
Good to see you Nefer! Poor old Wile E.
August has just begun, my last month of being in my 50's
Congratulations on 7 days copperfield! Reaching the second week is good progress.
Good to see you Nefer! Poor old Wile E.
August has just begun, my last month of being in my 50's
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Join Date: Apr 2020
Posts: 125
Thanks everyone.
Ending day 4.... it was a tough day. My boss didn’t like a marketing product I created. Trying not to take it personally. I usually drink on it and blame him and get salty... but I’m trying to face criticism better. Yeah... he coulda said it more kindly or constructively, but I must choose to react constructively too. And he is right. It’s not the right fit. Still stings though.
just got done feeding my spouse through a feeding tube that was placed Monday. Throat cancer diagnosed in April/May. It’s been a tough week all around. Once the tube got put in, I stopped drinking. Can’t risk the safety. Can’t be in an emergency situation drunk. Can’t add stress to the situation.
you all are a fun group to be with. I’m glad I came in this weekend.
I will try not to be a downer all weekend. It’s nice to get stuff out though. Not many folks around who want to hear it.
i will try and spend more time here tomorrow. I got the lawn mowed.
for now I gotta get some rest.
thanks SR and thanks everyone.
Ending day 4.... it was a tough day. My boss didn’t like a marketing product I created. Trying not to take it personally. I usually drink on it and blame him and get salty... but I’m trying to face criticism better. Yeah... he coulda said it more kindly or constructively, but I must choose to react constructively too. And he is right. It’s not the right fit. Still stings though.
just got done feeding my spouse through a feeding tube that was placed Monday. Throat cancer diagnosed in April/May. It’s been a tough week all around. Once the tube got put in, I stopped drinking. Can’t risk the safety. Can’t be in an emergency situation drunk. Can’t add stress to the situation.
you all are a fun group to be with. I’m glad I came in this weekend.
I will try not to be a downer all weekend. It’s nice to get stuff out though. Not many folks around who want to hear it.
i will try and spend more time here tomorrow. I got the lawn mowed.
for now I gotta get some rest.
thanks SR and thanks everyone.
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Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: South Africa
Posts: 1,535
Welcome to the Weekender, BEELS, copperfield and anxiousrock.
Being able to be up early on a Saturday morning is such a relief. Even when not hungover, some prefer to sleep in and that’s fine as well.
Being able to be up early on a Saturday morning is such a relief. Even when not hungover, some prefer to sleep in and that’s fine as well.
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Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 466
Welcome Beels, congrats on the 4 days and also welcome to any newcomers reading 
6:30 Saturday morning here in the UK, my second consecutive sober weekend (day 11). It's so much better sitting here enjoying a coffee completely clear-headed. Why did I think drinking from 3pm on a Friday until 10am on a Saturday was "fun"..then feeling so ill I had to sleep off the rest of the weekend. Weekend after weekend wasted. Brains are weird 🤣
Sending positive vibes to all other weekenders
6:30 Saturday morning here in the UK, my second consecutive sober weekend (day 11). It's so much better sitting here enjoying a coffee completely clear-headed. Why did I think drinking from 3pm on a Friday until 10am on a Saturday was "fun"..then feeling so ill I had to sleep off the rest of the weekend. Weekend after weekend wasted. Brains are weird 🤣
Sending positive vibes to all other weekenders
Magsie
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: UK
Posts: 26,644
Morning Weekenders
Welcome to Weekenders Beels! You’re doing great. Moan all you like, we ‘get’ what you mean,
Congratulations on 7 days copperfield.
Owen, I was the same, wasted all weekend and as much as I could in between work too.
Glad I’m out of those crazy times. 
Saou, it was scorching here too. Hopefully slightly cooler today. I was armed with my cold hot water bottles and cool pads when I went to bed.
Are you allowed to wear shorts in the workplace or do you have aircon.
See you later, take care, keep safe. xx
Welcome to Weekenders Beels! You’re doing great. Moan all you like, we ‘get’ what you mean,
Congratulations on 7 days copperfield.
Owen, I was the same, wasted all weekend and as much as I could in between work too.
Glad I’m out of those crazy times. Saou, it was scorching here too. Hopefully slightly cooler today. I was armed with my cold hot water bottles and cool pads when I went to bed.
Are you allowed to wear shorts in the workplace or do you have aircon.
See you later, take care, keep safe. xx
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 782
Hi friends - I'm in for my 82nd weekend sober! Thanks Mags for the thread.
How nice it is to wake up on a Saturday morning not hungover, not craving a drink and actually looking forward to a productive weekend. I'll be cooking for my housemates today to celebrate my first pay cheque from my new job. All possible, and only possible, thanks to sobriety.
Other than that all is going well. In applying for my job I remembered that I had never bothered to graduate from Uni all those years ago despite having passed the final exams, so will be sorting out an graduation in absentia in the coming week. Letters after my name will be nice. Next thing will be to look for a professional body to join if all goes well.
Anyway, welcome beels, copperfield and anxiousrock and owen. To any other newcomers reading do join us this weekend. Stay close everyone. Warm wishes to all. Forwards.
How nice it is to wake up on a Saturday morning not hungover, not craving a drink and actually looking forward to a productive weekend. I'll be cooking for my housemates today to celebrate my first pay cheque from my new job. All possible, and only possible, thanks to sobriety.
Other than that all is going well. In applying for my job I remembered that I had never bothered to graduate from Uni all those years ago despite having passed the final exams, so will be sorting out an graduation in absentia in the coming week. Letters after my name will be nice. Next thing will be to look for a professional body to join if all goes well.
Anyway, welcome beels, copperfield and anxiousrock and owen. To any other newcomers reading do join us this weekend. Stay close everyone. Warm wishes to all. Forwards.
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Originally Posted by owen90 
Thanks, Forwards. Congrats on getting that first pay cheque from your new job What will you be cooking?
What will you be cooking?saoutchik
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London
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A fine morning here in London.
Best wishes to your spouse Beels, that is a tough thing to endure.Do not worry about being a "downer," we are here to help each other through hard times.
Handsome pooch Captain, what is his or her name?
Good to see you Copperfield, anxiousrock!
Congratulations on your first paycheck forwards.
We can wear shorts at work Mags although the part I work in is air conditioned.
This is the northern side of an up market housing estate called The Barbican, the whole area was flattened by bombing in WW2 and this was one of Britain's first post war developments although the last of it was not finished until the 1970s
Best wishes to your spouse Beels, that is a tough thing to endure.Do not worry about being a "downer," we are here to help each other through hard times.
Handsome pooch Captain, what is his or her name?
Good to see you Copperfield, anxiousrock!
Congratulations on your first paycheck forwards.
We can wear shorts at work Mags although the part I work in is air conditioned.
This is the northern side of an up market housing estate called The Barbican, the whole area was flattened by bombing in WW2 and this was one of Britain's first post war developments although the last of it was not finished until the 1970s
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Join Date: Jul 2017
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Morning all!
Welcome BEELS, Coldfusion, copperfield, anxiousrock and to anyone else new / newish to the Weekenders thread.
It's 2 weeks sober for me today and by a quirk of the calendar (because I stopped drinking on Friday 17 July making my sober date Saturday 18th July) this is my third weekend sober.
Good photo sao. I remember visiting the Barbican and thinking how brutal the architecture looked. The estate is part of the now long abandoned pedway scheme which was meant to seperate pedestrians from road traffic in the City of London through the use of elevated walkways. The pedway scheme was designed in the aftermath of World War II and was totally abandoned, with the schee nowhere near completion, in the mid 1980s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_o..._Pedway_Scheme
I once tried to walk around as much of the walkways as was possible. Because it was never completed some walkways suddenly stop at a dead end. Usually a brick wall or part of the building next door. A quirky and strange part of post WW2 London history.
Welcome BEELS, Coldfusion, copperfield, anxiousrock and to anyone else new / newish to the Weekenders thread.
It's 2 weeks sober for me today and by a quirk of the calendar (because I stopped drinking on Friday 17 July making my sober date Saturday 18th July) this is my third weekend sober.
Good photo sao. I remember visiting the Barbican and thinking how brutal the architecture looked. The estate is part of the now long abandoned pedway scheme which was meant to seperate pedestrians from road traffic in the City of London through the use of elevated walkways. The pedway scheme was designed in the aftermath of World War II and was totally abandoned, with the schee nowhere near completion, in the mid 1980s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_o..._Pedway_Scheme
I once tried to walk around as much of the walkways as was possible. Because it was never completed some walkways suddenly stop at a dead end. Usually a brick wall or part of the building next door. A quirky and strange part of post WW2 London history.
ours de petit cerveau
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Originally Posted by biminiblue
This cat??
It was probably andyh...could have been me....it's a classic!!
It was probably andyh...could have been me....it's a classic!!
Happy Saturday weekenders. today seems like a good day not to drink - just like every day.
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