FlightView
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Post by FlightView on Oct 17, 2021 11:02:50 GMT -6
12 weeks today! My sobriety meeting was about leftover grief, emotionally maturing and generational cycles. I really needed it, I feel renewed. A quote on loss- “What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, For all that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” - Helen Keller
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Post by FlightView on Oct 17, 2021 11:03:33 GMT -6
As it gets colder I'll be having more hot tea and hot chocolate. Hot chocolate with mini marshmallows was my jam back in January when I kicked off my first break. Apple cider is my go to at work drink. Soooo yummy.
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Post by goldenbird on Oct 17, 2021 11:04:28 GMT -6
As it gets colder I'll be having more hot tea and hot chocolate. Hot chocolate with mini marshmallows was my jam back in January when I kicked off my first break. Apple cider is my go to at work drink. Soooo yummy. Oh I forgot about apple cider. I'll have to get a box of that too.
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Post by microworm on Oct 17, 2021 11:15:28 GMT -6
I add fresh mint to my seltzer water and sometimes a splash of ginger beer when I’m feeling fancy. I like flavored seltzer’s and my favorite is watermelon but any will do. Except limoncello. That is the worst flavor I’ve ever had. Worst flavor.
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sarah
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Post by sarah on Oct 17, 2021 16:18:34 GMT -6
I'm doing sober October! The last time I drank was Sept 25th and it was super embarrassing 😬
I've been out twice at bars this month and still had a good time drinking ginger ale and cranberry juice.
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Post by sunnysideup on Oct 17, 2021 19:00:38 GMT -6
jaygee, I love what you wrote, especially about labels. I’ve really struggled with labels. In fact, it was a mental hurdle for me to give up alcohol because of the label I thought I would be taking on. I know this is not the case for everyone, but for me I really had a hard time with it. I kept drinking longer than I should have because I became scared of defining myself as an alcoholic. I come from a long line of family members with problematic drinking. My sister, brother, and dad do not drink anymore. My dad has been sober my entire life and doesn’t say he’s an alcoholic (he quit when my brother and sister were young). He hasn’t had a drink in 40 years. My brother and sister both say alcoholic when describing their recovery. It’s complicated for people. When I decided to say “I’m alcohol free” or “I’m living a sober lifestyle” I felt free. It let me get over that mental hurdle of labels and just do what was best for me. Which was to 100% remove alcohol from my life and to make this my lifestyle. I’ve gotten comfortable talking about sober living and defining it that way. For me, it works. And really that’s all that matters. Whatever gets you to the place you feel the best.
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Post by goldenbird on Oct 18, 2021 3:06:03 GMT -6
10 weeks alcohol free on this break! 💪
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origami
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Post by origami on Oct 18, 2021 7:30:27 GMT -6
I add fresh mint to my seltzer water and sometimes a splash of ginger beer when I’m feeling fancy. I like flavored seltzer’s and my favorite is watermelon but any will do. Except limoncello. That is the worst flavor I’ve ever had. Worst flavor. It tastes like old lady perfume smells.
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Post by origami on Oct 18, 2021 7:31:49 GMT -6
I just got back from a ladies weekend with my best friends that was glorious. I had one can of beer the first night and water and sparkles for the rest. And I still had a great time.
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Post by apk4 on Oct 18, 2021 7:39:45 GMT -6
sunnysideup That was a big thing for me too. *I* felt like I had a problem with alcohol. No, I didn't drink every day, or even every week. But when I did drink, I didn't stop. I always blacked out. I always felt anxious and depressed the next day. Everyone around me kept telling me I was crazy, it was fine. I never did anything stupid while drunk. I drank twice a month, it didn't affect work! But I felt very different. My dad is an abusive alcoholic, among other things. I started to feel like I was becoming more and more like him. Once I stopped worrying about the labels, and what other people thought, it was easier for me to just be done. My XH wasn't super supportive, because he's into craft beers, so he took it like an attack on his interests. But it was totally different. He could sit and watch tv and drink a few beers and be fine. I could sit and have a glass of wine, and my head would already get fuzzy. Then I'd have another, and another. It just wasn't worth it to me. I feel so much more free and healthy now.
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Post by FlightView on Oct 23, 2021 10:39:55 GMT -6
90 days alcohol free!
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Post by goldenbird on Oct 23, 2021 13:07:15 GMT -6
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Post by goldenbird on Oct 26, 2021 14:23:14 GMT -6
Yesterday was 11 weeks alcohol free on this break!
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Post by FlightView on Oct 26, 2021 19:22:07 GMT -6
I stopped by a place I previously worked at and was surprised to learn (after sharing about me and H) that two of my coworker friends have 11 and 7 years of sobriety. I had no idea and I’m so glad I stopped by now.
I was telling about how I asked H to go to treatment or leave the house and how H chose treatment. I didn’t mean to sound like I made him go, but now I’m like, did I make him or did he go for himself? He says he went for himself, but is he just saying that?
Im feeling weird about it and I’m trying to let it go. My coworker wasn’t being judgmental at all, it was just a light bulb moment that may be my ideal life isn’t going to last. And this is me future-tripping and I know I just need to focus on today and now.
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