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[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

I like your list JC but only a saint could achieve that :happy2: I agree, dont sweat the small stuff.

[satz123]

I like your list JC but only a saint could achieve that :happy2: I agree, dont sweat the small stuff.

I got a few of them .......... I'd say the second half of the list I've learned over the years.
(oh and I give clothes to charity )

[IamMary]

When I first came here I know I used to love listening to the 'sober folks' stories & be in awe of how they were able now to have a life without alcohol. It was without doubt, the catalyst for me to stop the madness

And if any other fecker asks me or my family "did she NEVER drink" I'll do time for them.
That is this country all over - looking for 'a story' behind someone's decision to not pour poison into them.

Well I for one will NOT give these people their story - and neither will my family or friends. I refuse to give them any information. Let them make it up - I ain't bothered

You are on fire this morning Satz, those sentences can sum up the last 10 months for Me.
I admit to 'searching else where', the dirt bag I am, when there's not much chat here, but I only look, never get involved
I was actually going to post the question on the topic of 'why do I not drink'. Coming back into communion and big birthday celebration times and I always feel awkward about it. I need a line to shut them up.. I do not want to share my reasons.

And good morning Army! A cracker out there, Just back from a run, my partner had a terrible hangover , poor thing :harhar:

[IamMary]

Great list JC. Some I am good at, others I need to work on (being on time for example!).
I like: be kind to unkind people. Normally I try to avoid them.. Bring on MR Mean, I'm going love you tomorrow :heart:..

[satz123]

I LOVE people with hangovers - the brat I am :congratulatory:
This is how evil : my SIL is making noise about quitting - but being selfish I want her there as a reminder of what I'm not missing.
I'm not too evil - she reckons she doesn't have a problem - :eek-new:

[NoSugar]

I have to say again at the risk of repeating myself - I have to do a double-take each time I post days on the Sunday Shout Out.
Did it again today ......
have I REALLY gone from drinking every day ? - afraid not to - to almost 3 YEARS AF !!! I just find it amazing ............ even yesterday my sister asked me in awe - HOW do you sit in a pub without drinking????

It's funny Satz but when I do the calculation (or just do the math from your post :wink, I sometimes think "Is that all?" This seems so right and normal, I feel like it's always been this way and it's hard to believe I spent all those years controlled by an addiction. It seems like that was someone else (and in some ways it was). I have to actively remind myself what those days were like once in awhile so I don't become complacent. Staying involved here helps with that.

[Rusty]

Satzy....you are a little stinker for saying that....I knew there was a reason I liked you!! Hahah

Big hellos to all the naughty and nice Army brats!

[JackieClaire]

Now then we shouldn't mock the afflicted but with a hangover it is the time to blast out AC/DC and offer runny fried eggs followed by cornflakes with warm milk for brekkie.

When I got to the height of my drinking I never got hangovers I was just topping myself up 24/7.....no way to live.

[satz123]

Now then we shouldn't mock the afflicted but with a hangover it is the time to blast out AC/DC and offer runny fried eggs followed by cornflakes with warm milk for brekkie.

When I got to the height of my drinking I never got hangovers I was just topping myself up 24/7.....no way to live.

:hug: for the poor soul you were then Jacks.
:hug: for us all when we were in the pit .....
Extra :hug: for those who continue to try to get out of the pit :hug:

[JackieClaire]

I'm going to add some :hug::hug::hug: as well. We're living proof there is a way out.

[IamMary]

More :hug:
I missed the :grouphugs:

So.. Best line for why one does not partake in alcohol? I know we discussed this before..I need reminders!

[IamMary]

It's funny Satz but when I do the calculation (or just do the math from your post :wink, I sometimes think "Is that all?" This seems so right and normal, I feel like it's always been this way and it's hard to believe I spent all those years controlled by an addiction. It seems like that was someone else (and in some ways it was). I have to actively remind myself what those days were like once in awhile so I don't become complacent. Staying involved here helps with that.

Plus having a SIL like Satz has!! We all have one, to some degree or other. Although other times people I think have a problem, appear to have take-it-or-leave-it attitudes. It's confusing given our culture and inability to have any social interaction without a 'bottle of wine' or 'a few beers'. Where's the cup of tea gone!

Lovely local walk today, back to the pub for a drink (big group) and home to ours for Sunday dinner, with wine as my folks came. It felt normal not to drink..and that's major for me.

[JackieClaire]

More :hug:
I missed the :grouphugs:

So.. Best line for why one does not partake in alcohol? I know we discussed this before..I need reminders!

I have used:

Had enough hangovers to last several lifetimes.

Gave it up for a while found I liked not drinking so much decided not to go back.

It affects my bowels........I get a bit of IBS now and again ( watch them run in the other direction)

Not drinking helps my depression.

[IamMary]

I have used:

Had enough hangovers to last several lifetimes.

Gave it up for a while found I liked not drinking so much decided not to go back.

It affects my bowels........I get a bit of IBS now and again ( watch them run in the other direction)

Not drinking helps my depression.

Thanks JC.
I use a variation of no. 2 - its probably plausible enough. I shouldn't really care if they believable or not!
No. 1 is good.

[satz123]

I've used:
- Cannot hack a hangover any more -which is true
- The gave it up & liked it one - which is true
- Gym guy told me to give it up if I want to lose weight - also true
- or an enigmatic - "I didn't give IT up - it gave ME up" - they wander off perplexed trying to figure that one out :haha: