Happy New Sober Year Weekenders 31 December 2021 - 03 January 2022
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Congratulations Sao, better a day early than a day late. 
Mags I hope something positive comes of the appointment today. It must be so frustrating.
Welcome TackleTheFear.
We are having some very mild weather, yesterday I didn't even need the heating on till late afternoon and no layering up for walkies. In fact once walking I soon got too warm.
Having justified binge eating with Christmas I now need to stop. Easier said than done. I read on another thread about the brain fighting itself. So true, I am always arguing with myself, it is relentless and driving mad. I dare myself to binge even though I know I am not being true to myself.
I don't want to be an addict forever.
Mags I hope something positive comes of the appointment today. It must be so frustrating.
Welcome TackleTheFear.
We are having some very mild weather, yesterday I didn't even need the heating on till late afternoon and no layering up for walkies. In fact once walking I soon got too warm.
Having justified binge eating with Christmas I now need to stop. Easier said than done. I read on another thread about the brain fighting itself. So true, I am always arguing with myself, it is relentless and driving mad. I dare myself to binge even though I know I am not being true to myself.
I don't want to be an addict forever.
Magsie
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Thanks Leigh. 
Kaily there must be a way you can beat this, after all you beat drinking. I think, re my wrist, I’ve accepted it. It is annoying sometimes when it won’t do what I want it to but I’ve got some use in it and it might get more flexible with time. I just saw on tv that Big Ben will be chiming tonight. Can you hear him from your home I wonder.
Kaily there must be a way you can beat this, after all you beat drinking. I think, re my wrist, I’ve accepted it. It is annoying sometimes when it won’t do what I want it to but I’ve got some use in it and it might get more flexible with time. I just saw on tv that Big Ben will be chiming tonight. Can you hear him from your home I wonder.
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Morning Weekenders, not long 'till 2022.
You can do the hard things Kaily.
This track always reminds me of football (soccer) coverage as it was the accompanying music to a football show I used to watch many years ago.
You can do the hard things Kaily.
This track always reminds me of football (soccer) coverage as it was the accompanying music to a football show I used to watch many years ago.
Happy New Year's Eve everyone.....gotta get through the work day, then the fun can begin 
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New Year's Eve Time Zone Map 
Below is a cool link of a world map, where you hover over the red dots to see how close each location is to 2022
https://www.timeanddate.com/counters/newyearmap.html
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The countdown to three years for me continues... Five hours to go :-)
Kaily, I sympathise. I have a local newsagents just down the road from me that opens at 5:00 am and this morning I found myself sneaking down the road at the crack of dawn for cake, chocolate and my new vice, orange juice... Still, a man has to to have a few bad habits, right? Something to keep an eye on though.
Sao, congrats on seven years - inspiring stuff. When I lived up country I often used to drive into the Cotswolds on a Sunday. I had a book of 10 mile long circular walks that would start and end in the beautiful villages, leading me with a map along all the public rights of way though fields, woodland, nature reserves, farms, people's back gardens (really...) etc. etc. It was a wonderful way to spend my time and very good for the soul. I miss those days.
Anyway, back to work with fortitude and gratitude. Onwards! Forwards.
Kaily, I sympathise. I have a local newsagents just down the road from me that opens at 5:00 am and this morning I found myself sneaking down the road at the crack of dawn for cake, chocolate and my new vice, orange juice... Still, a man has to to have a few bad habits, right? Something to keep an eye on though.
Sao, congrats on seven years - inspiring stuff. When I lived up country I often used to drive into the Cotswolds on a Sunday. I had a book of 10 mile long circular walks that would start and end in the beautiful villages, leading me with a map along all the public rights of way though fields, woodland, nature reserves, farms, people's back gardens (really...) etc. etc. It was a wonderful way to spend my time and very good for the soul. I miss those days.
Anyway, back to work with fortitude and gratitude. Onwards! Forwards.
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I'm late but in for the last day of 2021 sober.
Look at Dee's "2022" baby. I like it.
Forwards, big congrats on three years. Sao, you're getting the hang of it at seven years, I'd guess. Those last few months before I quit I did a lot of scary/dumb/absent-minded stuff. Glad it's behind me.
I didn't do any food binging, and I've only bought two treats since Thanksgiving. Every year that gets better. It's the sugary stuff I can't get started on or I'll just eat the whole thing. These days not many treat-type things seem worth the calories any more since I know I don't have control of it.
Onward to a New Year. We are a hopeful species always thinking it will be better soon, right?
Look at Dee's "2022" baby. I like it.
Forwards, big congrats on three years. Sao, you're getting the hang of it at seven years, I'd guess. Those last few months before I quit I did a lot of scary/dumb/absent-minded stuff. Glad it's behind me.
I didn't do any food binging, and I've only bought two treats since Thanksgiving. Every year that gets better. It's the sugary stuff I can't get started on or I'll just eat the whole thing. These days not many treat-type things seem worth the calories any more since I know I don't have control of it.
Onward to a New Year. We are a hopeful species always thinking it will be better soon, right?
hi Purps! 
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Congrats Sao, Forwards, and any others who made their sobriety resolutions and kept them!
Yes, love the New Years baby…..symbolizes promise, hope, vulnerability and endless possibilities. Yep!
Happy New year to my Aussie friends.
Almost 17 hours to go here.
Yes, love the New Years baby…..symbolizes promise, hope, vulnerability and endless possibilities. Yep!
Happy New year to my Aussie friends.
Almost 17 hours to go here.
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When I lived up country I often used to drive into the Cotswolds on a Sunday. I had a book of 10 mile long circular walks that would start and end in the beautiful villages, leading me with a map along all the public rights of way though fields, woodland, nature reserves, farms, people's back gardens (really...) etc. etc. It was a wonderful way to spend my time and very good for the soul
That is my idea of a perfect day Forwards.
Happy New Year Dee
, and everyone else when we get there later.Welcome Samwitch.
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Originally Posted by saoutchik 
LOL I really did quit on the 30th not the 31st. I was so drunk/hungover that week I lost track of what day it was, I had agreed to drop my daughter and a couple of her friends of somewhere and it was only when I was listening to the radio that I found out I was a day early. I really was in a mess.
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