Friday night
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Friday night
Friday nights are notoriously difficult for me. I have a birthday party to go to Saturday morning. It’s more like a birthday breakfast I guess. So of course I don’t want to be hung over and everything. And everything is going really well now. So I’m going to try to be strong tomorrow night. But I still think having safeguards in place (like plans early in the morning) are helpful for me. Especially since I am going to be away from all exercising for a while. I can’t even do any weight lifting or abdominal work. So best to keep busy.
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Drinking is what Friday used to be.
My recent friday routine has been a bit up in the air. Worked 12 hours and just doing laundry and delighted to be able to relax.
In early sobriety I had the routine of get home from work on the early side so I had time to see how fast I could run 5k or 3.1 miles. Kind of a physical bench mark. Then I would go to a meeting. I looked foward to those Fridays.
While in active alcoholism any physical injury was the perfect excuse to binge drink. I would get so mad if I was going to miss time in the gym because I knew it would mean binge drinking, my self discipline would plummet, and I would soon be fat!
I never wanted to hear that its 90% diet. Before I got sober the hardest part of this whole fitness thing was not drinking.
After getting sober I did some damage to my nerve and I had pain in my chest, shoulder, bicep, tricep, and forearm. Even though I couldn't go to the gym I didn't drink. I followed the same strict diet and I didn't put on any weight. I could still run. Given that situation in active alcoholism I probably would've still run. The thing is I would've ended up drinking on the weight lifting days. Diet would've been terrible. I would still put on weight, running or no running. I'm sure I would end up missing some runs as well. That logic of I already messed up my diet this week so why not drink again on my running night instead.
I use to think I needed either running, weight lifting, or alcohol to complete a full day in my head.
In recovery I think I have earned my PhD in laziness. I can post here, I can watch Netflix, I can watch YouTube ,look at sports, politics, the latest cars coming out. Sure I would rather be active and I do keep up with my fitness but there are so many other things besides drinking. I realize life isn't suddenly fun because of a glass of poison in my hand. In fact that buzz just turns to misery before long anyway.
My recent friday routine has been a bit up in the air. Worked 12 hours and just doing laundry and delighted to be able to relax.
In early sobriety I had the routine of get home from work on the early side so I had time to see how fast I could run 5k or 3.1 miles. Kind of a physical bench mark. Then I would go to a meeting. I looked foward to those Fridays.
While in active alcoholism any physical injury was the perfect excuse to binge drink. I would get so mad if I was going to miss time in the gym because I knew it would mean binge drinking, my self discipline would plummet, and I would soon be fat!
I never wanted to hear that its 90% diet. Before I got sober the hardest part of this whole fitness thing was not drinking.
After getting sober I did some damage to my nerve and I had pain in my chest, shoulder, bicep, tricep, and forearm. Even though I couldn't go to the gym I didn't drink. I followed the same strict diet and I didn't put on any weight. I could still run. Given that situation in active alcoholism I probably would've still run. The thing is I would've ended up drinking on the weight lifting days. Diet would've been terrible. I would still put on weight, running or no running. I'm sure I would end up missing some runs as well. That logic of I already messed up my diet this week so why not drink again on my running night instead.
I use to think I needed either running, weight lifting, or alcohol to complete a full day in my head.
In recovery I think I have earned my PhD in laziness. I can post here, I can watch Netflix, I can watch YouTube ,look at sports, politics, the latest cars coming out. Sure I would rather be active and I do keep up with my fitness but there are so many other things besides drinking. I realize life isn't suddenly fun because of a glass of poison in my hand. In fact that buzz just turns to misery before long anyway.
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I still fight Fridays a bit, Peke. It's so ingrained that it's the end of the week, time to party a little. Take the edge off. So I try to workout or keep busy in some way to distract myself. Tonight I had a nice bike ride so no interest at all, but I know you can't do that right now.
Last week you had friends over, tomorrow you have a party. Eat something healthy, then finish with SR, Netflix or a book. Or a craft project.. If necessary, have a delicious treat of some sort.
I think you're doing a great job of setting it up to get through.
Last week you had friends over, tomorrow you have a party. Eat something healthy, then finish with SR, Netflix or a book. Or a craft project.. If necessary, have a delicious treat of some sort.
I think you're doing a great job of setting it up to get through.
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I love Friday nights now Peke. Such a peaceful feeling heading into the weekend. I love RecklessDrunk's PhD in laziness. It is an awesome degree to possess and I possess it now too. And lying my head down on a Friday night sober and at peace is such a delicious feeling - to know that tomorrow morning I'll wake up early and feel so good. Those are such powerful reasons for me to stay sober. I love every minute of that.
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