Happy New Sober Year Weekenders 01- 04 January 2021
Magsie
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Happy New Sober Year Weekenders 01- 04 January 2021
Happy New Year!
What a year 2020 has been!
I, for one, will be glad to see the back of it.
The world united to fight the problems caused from the virus that we all were faced with.......Loss of loved ones, Loneliness, Depression, work issues, to name a few.
A time when it would’ve been so easy to give in to our addiction.
I know if I turned to drink my brain would see things warped, and paranoia would take over and I would multiply all my problems and doubts by a 1000!
So being sober is my best defence and attack. Knowing that my forward journey is one of honesty and integrity. Knowing only I am responsible for my actions.
Being sober helped me put my big pants on and take responsibility for myself.(to use a phrase of our dear Gilmer(Kathy))
So I’m going into 2021 positive and with hope.
Positive I will stay sober and hope for the future. I hope you can join me.
Wishing all Weekenders a Happy Sober New Year, full of hope for everybody.
Pushing out 2020 for good!
If this is your first weekend sober, or many, come join us for support and chat...as we know the weekends can be a struggle sometimes. (We’re here all week too!)
What a year 2020 has been!
I, for one, will be glad to see the back of it.
The world united to fight the problems caused from the virus that we all were faced with.......Loss of loved ones, Loneliness, Depression, work issues, to name a few.
A time when it would’ve been so easy to give in to our addiction.
I know if I turned to drink my brain would see things warped, and paranoia would take over and I would multiply all my problems and doubts by a 1000!
So being sober is my best defence and attack. Knowing that my forward journey is one of honesty and integrity. Knowing only I am responsible for my actions.
Being sober helped me put my big pants on and take responsibility for myself.(to use a phrase of our dear Gilmer(Kathy))
So I’m going into 2021 positive and with hope.
Positive I will stay sober and hope for the future. I hope you can join me.
Wishing all Weekenders a Happy Sober New Year, full of hope for everybody.
Pushing out 2020 for good!
If this is your first weekend sober, or many, come join us for support and chat...as we know the weekends can be a struggle sometimes. (We’re here all week too!)
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Thanks Mags 
Congrats SAO.
Take care Manta.
There's not much one can do at a funeral besides being there Reid...
So it's the last weekender of 2020. Hope everyone is well. I aint got much to report these days just mozying along day to day.
So i guess i'll see you all next year
A soberversary present for you Sao : it's got a straigth 6.
Congrats SAO.
Take care Manta.
There's not much one can do at a funeral besides being there Reid...
So it's the last weekender of 2020. Hope everyone is well. I aint got much to report these days just mozying along day to day.
So i guess i'll see you all next year
A soberversary present for you Sao : it's got a straigth 6.
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Hi, weekenders!
Thank you for the thread, Mags!
Congrats on 6 years, Sao!
I think I am one of few people who don't hate 2020. I've probably mentioned it already, I feel more in element when there is chaos and uncertainty because there are no rules, yardsticks to measure me against - only me and how I can deal with the situation. It's when the situation is "normal" I am having hard time with - I start comparing my life with "normal people" and my feeling of inadequacy just goes to the forefront again and blocks everything else.
I wish everyone sober, non-stressful New Year's
Eve!
See you)
Thank you for the thread, Mags!
Congrats on 6 years, Sao!
I think I am one of few people who don't hate 2020. I've probably mentioned it already, I feel more in element when there is chaos and uncertainty because there are no rules, yardsticks to measure me against - only me and how I can deal with the situation. It's when the situation is "normal" I am having hard time with - I start comparing my life with "normal people" and my feeling of inadequacy just goes to the forefront again and blocks everything else.
I wish everyone sober, non-stressful New Year's
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Happy sober New Year everyone!
I wouldn't want to repeat 2020 but it's definitely had its good points, including my locked-down 60th birthday which was unexpectedly wonderful!
I've been sober from alcohol just under 8 years now, but, this year, I've also given myself my best ever shot at a total addiction-free life. I'll be 10 weeks bulimia-free on Saturday. Yipppeee!
Roll on 2021
I wouldn't want to repeat 2020 but it's definitely had its good points, including my locked-down 60th birthday which was unexpectedly wonderful!
I've been sober from alcohol just under 8 years now, but, this year, I've also given myself my best ever shot at a total addiction-free life. I'll be 10 weeks bulimia-free on Saturday. Yipppeee!
Roll on 2021
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Manta, another movie Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze worked in together was one of my favorites from the 80s, Red Dawn. If Roadhouse is my favorite Swayze flick though, I think that the chronically disgruntled sister in Ferris Bueller's Day Off was the role in which Jennifer Grey seemed to fit with no effort on her part, LOL.
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Thanks Mags!
I'm watching the New Year fireworks from Australia, so Happy New Year to all in Australia! I love seeing Sydney Harbour Bridge at New Year, it quite literally is a larger version of the Tyne Bridge here in Newcastle (the same company designed and built both!).
I'm watching the New Year fireworks from Australia, so Happy New Year to all in Australia! I love seeing Sydney Harbour Bridge at New Year, it quite literally is a larger version of the Tyne Bridge here in Newcastle (the same company designed and built both!).
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Robbie, they’re always good fireworks in Sydney. But I thought they’d be cancelled this year. Do you know if they’re having fireworks in London this year, on the Eye and Thames?
I didn’t realise Sydney Harbour Bridge is same design as Tyne Bridge.
I didn’t realise Sydney Harbour Bridge is same design as Tyne Bridge.
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Ooh interesting fact, they used steel from British Steel (Skinningrove)
The famous Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia was constructed on the other side of the world, in Middlesbrough, by local steel giants Dorman Long. The steel used to make it was produced at Skinningrove from local ironstone and the words 'Made in Middlesbrough' are stamped on its side.
The famous Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia was constructed on the other side of the world, in Middlesbrough, by local steel giants Dorman Long. The steel used to make it was produced at Skinningrove from local ironstone and the words 'Made in Middlesbrough' are stamped on its side.
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Happy NY!
Reportedly, the Sydney Fireworks were 'scaled down' this Year. See proof in HD below.
We're all easing into the New Year 'round here. I started today around 3 A.M., so I'll be joining MesaPup in scheduling a schnooze for later today.
Back In The Day, my Rockabilly Band played some riotous NY Eve Parties, so I'm pretty well sated on those celebratory functions. It's Midnight somewhere - Sydney, for one - so I'm all set in that regard. I've got ~$600- of Fireworks purchased in 'Anything Goes' Wyoming some Years ago, but it's too dry to explode anything around here. So, in storage they will stay.
Same Story ~ Different Country. I walked across this pretty famous Bridge in Singapore that looked familiar. Stamped there on the Metal was the detail that it was fabricated in Scotland a long time ago, and shipped halfway around the World. Shades of The British Empire. We'd walked across similar Bridge Designs when bopping around Edinburgh and Glascow.
Only Safe Celebrating 'round MesaVille tonight, and I wish the best for everyone here! Thanks, Mags, and well done, Sao!
Sydney Harbor Fireworks
Happy NY!
Reportedly, the Sydney Fireworks were 'scaled down' this Year. See proof in HD below.
We're all easing into the New Year 'round here. I started today around 3 A.M., so I'll be joining MesaPup in scheduling a schnooze for later today.
Back In The Day, my Rockabilly Band played some riotous NY Eve Parties, so I'm pretty well sated on those celebratory functions. It's Midnight somewhere - Sydney, for one - so I'm all set in that regard. I've got ~$600- of Fireworks purchased in 'Anything Goes' Wyoming some Years ago, but it's too dry to explode anything around here. So, in storage they will stay.
Same Story ~ Different Country. I walked across this pretty famous Bridge in Singapore that looked familiar. Stamped there on the Metal was the detail that it was fabricated in Scotland a long time ago, and shipped halfway around the World. Shades of The British Empire. We'd walked across similar Bridge Designs when bopping around Edinburgh and Glascow.
Only Safe Celebrating 'round MesaVille tonight, and I wish the best for everyone here! Thanks, Mags, and well done, Sao!
Sydney Harbor Fireworks
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2020, Get thee in hindsight.
That's all I've got right now! I'll eat and drink and probably not even get dressed today as it's raining per usual here in the Rain Forest Ring of Fire.
I never really enjoyed New Year's Eve that much; of course when you are a drinker it's just another Groundhog's Day of disasters and pass-outs and wondering what happened. I will never miss that. That was in my twenties: my younger, First Drinking career. Then I quit for many years and when I started drinking again it was just sad-middle-aged failure, grief, medical and financial problems, fear, and loss in a bottle. At least that was my inner narrative when I drank. No more of that! I don't regret any of it, but I won't do that again. Drinking sucks the life right out of life. Now I feel peaceful and content 97% of the time. The other 3% I call, "it happens."
I've changed my story that I tell myself.
Great opening post as always, Mags.
That's all I've got right now! I'll eat and drink and probably not even get dressed today as it's raining per usual here in the Rain Forest Ring of Fire.
I never really enjoyed New Year's Eve that much; of course when you are a drinker it's just another Groundhog's Day of disasters and pass-outs and wondering what happened. I will never miss that. That was in my twenties: my younger, First Drinking career. Then I quit for many years and when I started drinking again it was just sad-middle-aged failure, grief, medical and financial problems, fear, and loss in a bottle. At least that was my inner narrative when I drank. No more of that! I don't regret any of it, but I won't do that again. Drinking sucks the life right out of life. Now I feel peaceful and content 97% of the time. The other 3% I call, "it happens."
I've changed my story that I tell myself.
Great opening post as always, Mags.
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