Fun without booze this weekend 12 - 15 March 2021 Weekenders
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Join Date: May 2020
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I never use the laptop anymore I have everything on my phone..my man and dad are in late seventies and they are getting their 2and vaccine in 3 weeks..they both had covid so I was really afraid for a while so I'll be so happy that we can just be around them soon enough
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Thank you, Mags.
This weekend I'm really hoping that it's warm enough for a driveway visit with my daughter's family for a family birthday. Saturday is expected to be 5C (41F) and sunny, so it could definitely work.
This weekend I'm really hoping that it's warm enough for a driveway visit with my daughter's family for a family birthday. Saturday is expected to be 5C (41F) and sunny, so it could definitely work.
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London
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In!
Thanks Mags, nice accompanying photos, I feel sure I recognise that waterfall but I can't place it.
I have often thought about why alcohol and having fun are so closely linked. I think I came to the conclusion that it is because when we were young (in my case) or if you still are young and most likely don't have a place of our own then much of our socialising revolves around places where alcohol is consumed and it is the socialising that we enjoy but the two become inextricably linked and we find it hard to imagine one without the other. As we age and the lure clubbing, dancing and partying etc fades it becomes a bit easier to seperate having fun from booze.
I had to go to Norfolk today for work reasons and for lunch I had a cheese and onion pasty, a packet of Hula Hoops and a Twirl so I am pretty much living the dream already.
Thanks Mags, nice accompanying photos, I feel sure I recognise that waterfall but I can't place it.
I have often thought about why alcohol and having fun are so closely linked. I think I came to the conclusion that it is because when we were young (in my case) or if you still are young and most likely don't have a place of our own then much of our socialising revolves around places where alcohol is consumed and it is the socialising that we enjoy but the two become inextricably linked and we find it hard to imagine one without the other. As we age and the lure clubbing, dancing and partying etc fades it becomes a bit easier to seperate having fun from booze.
I had to go to Norfolk today for work reasons and for lunch I had a cheese and onion pasty, a packet of Hula Hoops and a Twirl so I am pretty much living the dream already.
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Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: Arizona
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I’m in! Hubby and I are starting a veggie/fruit/herb/flower garden this weekend - I’m super excited. And hubby and I celebrate 8 years of marriage and 11 years together on Saturday. My first wedding anniversary sober!
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Thanks for the thought-provoker, Mags.
Of the understandably innumerable times this Topic has arisen here, I some Years ago hit my own lil Epiphany. I couldn't really understand the post-Alcohol POV of having fun and enjoyment until I'd experienced it at some length over time. Now, having transitioned through that proverbial Looking Glass, I *get it*. So, there's The Conundrum: truly understand freedom from Alcohol once you're free of Alcohol defining everything. Eventually, you can't lust for that which you simply don't want anymore. So, I don't. See how easy that was?
The ever-expanding MesaPup manages to find contentment when lodged between the Couch and a Hassock. There's a lesson for me somewhere in such simplicity...
Thanks for the thought-provoker, Mags.
Of the understandably innumerable times this Topic has arisen here, I some Years ago hit my own lil Epiphany. I couldn't really understand the post-Alcohol POV of having fun and enjoyment until I'd experienced it at some length over time. Now, having transitioned through that proverbial Looking Glass, I *get it*. So, there's The Conundrum: truly understand freedom from Alcohol once you're free of Alcohol defining everything. Eventually, you can't lust for that which you simply don't want anymore. So, I don't. See how easy that was?
The ever-expanding MesaPup manages to find contentment when lodged between the Couch and a Hassock. There's a lesson for me somewhere in such simplicity...
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MesaPup is unbearably adorable. 
I'm in for the weekend. Looking back, I can't imagine how I thought my drinking was 'fun'.
All I did was get numb and foggy and stupid, then feel like crap the next day. 
So glad my days are no longer spent making myself sick.
I'm in for the weekend. Looking back, I can't imagine how I thought my drinking was 'fun'.
All I did was get numb and foggy and stupid, then feel like crap the next day. 
So glad my days are no longer spent making myself sick. Member
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Gorgeous photo of Mesa pup ❤️
I post on my phone Bim. Sometimes I write long posts, but sometimes I’m time-poor, and other times I don’t have a lot of insight or positivity to share, so I keep it in my head rather than spill it out through my typing fingers.... But I always enjoy reading other people’s posts
I post on my phone Bim. Sometimes I write long posts, but sometimes I’m time-poor, and other times I don’t have a lot of insight or positivity to share, so I keep it in my head rather than spill it out through my typing fingers.... But I always enjoy reading other people’s posts
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OverthePanic, pleased you’re mum and dad are ok after having Covid. It’ll be a relief when they’re fully vaccinated.
Anna sounds like a lovely weekend ahead.
Saou nice to get out for a ride even if it’s for work.
RenewalofLife congratulations on 8th wedding anniversary , your garden project sounds brilliant!
MesaMan, well said about freedom from alcohol.. I agree, it’s not a problem when we’re free from it. Gorgeous pic of MesaPup, he’s certainly a happy pup.
Anna sounds like a lovely weekend ahead.
Saou nice to get out for a ride even if it’s for work.
RenewalofLife congratulations on 8th wedding anniversary , your garden project sounds brilliant!
MesaMan, well said about freedom from alcohol.. I agree, it’s not a problem when we’re free from it. Gorgeous pic of MesaPup, he’s certainly a happy pup.
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Morning, im in x
what i want to do when they ease lockdown here is, i want to get back to gym and then also i want to go back into horseriding. so i will need plenty pennies for that one. I am on my second 24hrs AF so going to try harder and keep coming back here.
hope u all have good day today xx
what i want to do when they ease lockdown here is, i want to get back to gym and then also i want to go back into horseriding. so i will need plenty pennies for that one. I am on my second 24hrs AF so going to try harder and keep coming back here.
hope u all have good day today xx
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Welcome, OverthePanic, pleased to hear your parents are getting their second jabs soon.
Welcome to you too, RenewalofLife. Happy upcoming anniversary, sober means you will be able to remember it, always a bonus. Gardening I find is very therapeutic - enjoy.
Samantha, keep fighting, don't give in to that relentless AV, no matter what.
Any jigsaw puzzle progress @vman ? Hope you are feeling a bit better.
Bim, I use a Chromebook, I love it. It is small, fast, built in virus protection, has a keyboard and much cheaper than a laptop. Worth a look if you are considering a new device. My phone remains a phone with the data turned off, otherwise I would be on the internet all the time. When I go out I am internet free. I spend too much time online at home, obsessively.
I have started dreading going to bed. I have tendinopathy and bursitis in my hip and it is so painful, particulary at night. It constantly wakes me. Because of the pandemic it has taken well over a year to get a clear diagnosis. Finally I thought I was going to be given some relief when I was referred for steroid injections, only to get a letter saying they won't do them because of the virus.
I have to take endless over the counter painkillers which potentially cause health issues with long term use.
Apologies for moaning, just needed to share.
Welcome to you too, RenewalofLife. Happy upcoming anniversary, sober means you will be able to remember it, always a bonus. Gardening I find is very therapeutic - enjoy.
Samantha, keep fighting, don't give in to that relentless AV, no matter what.
Any jigsaw puzzle progress @vman ? Hope you are feeling a bit better.
Bim, I use a Chromebook, I love it. It is small, fast, built in virus protection, has a keyboard and much cheaper than a laptop. Worth a look if you are considering a new device. My phone remains a phone with the data turned off, otherwise I would be on the internet all the time. When I go out I am internet free. I spend too much time online at home, obsessively.
I have started dreading going to bed. I have tendinopathy and bursitis in my hip and it is so painful, particulary at night. It constantly wakes me. Because of the pandemic it has taken well over a year to get a clear diagnosis. Finally I thought I was going to be given some relief when I was referred for steroid injections, only to get a letter saying they won't do them because of the virus.
I have to take endless over the counter painkillers which potentially cause health issues with long term use.
Apologies for moaning, just needed to share.
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