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[Eloise]

Love knitting Choices.
A great way to keep busy in the evening. Later you can see all things you made because you were not busy drinking, satisfying!
Good luck there.

Hey NS, I was just wondering about Jane & Nar too.
I find it important to check in here. I am afraid I am not terribly popular these days but have no intention of being driven away either.

I really think that once away, over time, it would slowly seem okay to have a drink or two and we know where things go from there. Naturally it is not the same for everyone, nor can I begin to imagine how everyone out there in the wild world sees things. Or how everyone might interrupt a sentance or two. What offends what does not. I am afraid if one starts to look at things like this it might become impossible to read here, participate and continue to benefit from the forum.

Checking in. Canceled all plans for the rest of the week. Just going to take it easy with the little one and 'reset'. Biggest challenge today is to get to the supermarket and making meals. Not in the mood! Yesterday I had a play date with a new mum from Canada. She mentioned she should have brought her knitting. I asked if she would teach me.. So that's my new interest at the moment... I know a little.. But it maybe a way to keep my hands busy at night and easy to clean up. Do you know how to knitLB?

[treetops]

Hi there Eloise and everyone else.
Thought I better post on my home thread - it's good that we stay focused here on staying sober. Not always plain sailing and many here have a lot of family pressure to deal with.
Nar - did you get through those urges?
I haven't said much but I am facing a lot of pressure from work and there is just no way around it - it has to be done. So putting in the hours. But very exhausting. Hopefully this hard work will allow me to take a bit of a break a month or so done the road.
Daughter stuff going on too - just her transition from high school to university. I wish I didn't worry so much and I try not to. But regardless of these things going on I am really glad not to be drinking. And really glad that I don't have to work at not drinking. Long may that relief last.

[Choices]

Hi Everyone,

It's good to see you Eloise. What do you mean by not being popular? I must of missed something. I love it when you post! Sorry you've got outside pressure going on TT. I can imagine worrying about your daughter making a transition is very normal but stressful non the less.. NS your travel from work sounds tiresome. Yes, it is nice to just stop.. although.. my 3 year old is driving me crazy! I'm kind of regretting not going to the gym and a play date.. but thinking her kind of annoying behaviour is because she is tired and needs to unwind. Who knows!!! G-man good job on day 4 and going to set up a time to see a counselor. I keep putting that off.. but probably shouldn't. Let us know how it goes.

Well, I couldn't wait until my knitting lesson so I just went to spotlight (it's a store like hobby lobby) and got some yarn and needles... and just u-tubed how to do it. I love utube for this very reason. My daughter is so cute. She pretends to knit my robe with two emery boards and sits as close as she can to me. I guess there is cute stuff going on in the middle of her bossing me around and tantrums! Anyway!!! I am really liking knitting so far. It was a bit hard to start off.. but now it's pretty meditative. I have been having terrible wanting to drink thoughts... so I think this is helping. We don't have much going on that's big in the next few weeks so I'm excited to get some energy back in this cooler weather. And... I'm probably then only one who is excited for daylight savings to happen... Falling back.. because it means I can put the little one down earlier and she sleeps so much better in the fall and winter.

[treetops]

Choices - remember to post when you have the drinking thoughts and get it out. I am looking forward to daylight saving because I am morning person and its miserable having it dark so late in the morning, especially when its not even cold yet!
Good going Mr G - hope the work training thing is a buzz. What I am doing is more work 'screaming' than training.

[narilly]

Hi Everyone! I am fine, thanks for asking.

I got through Easter weekend thanks for listening to me. I am getting these niggly thoughts of drinking just one or two. Ya right! We ALL know we cant drink one or two otherwise we would not be here.
Duh

G, hang in there and take it one day at a time. You can do it Mister. I forgot about Nurse Jackie, it is on my 'to watch' list. Thanks NS.

Glad you are all hangin in.

Hi El! I am glad you posted

Talk soon,

[treetops]

Good to see you Nar.
And what's one or two? Two bottles of wine, 2 restaurant sized gigantic wine glasses, two measly little standard drinks? If it's the latter, this would only be because of the exquisite taste and not the buzz? Somehow I don't think so or at least not for me. I used to kid myself I was being moderate at one stage and drink from old fashioned very small wine glasses. I just filled them up more often. Or sneak more outside the dinner table. We know how it plays out!
Great that you got through Easter and realised that these are just thoughts.

[narilly]

Thanks TT, I think we have all fallen victim to the 'small glass syndrome' I was always amazed when I got so drunk drinking from such a small glass...Duh.

It is the Juno's here in Calgary this weekend. The Junos are Canada's music awards. Tonight I am going to the Juno Fest where a whole bunch of bands will be playing. It is held at the Legion and there will be lots of drinking but I am just going to enjoy the music. It is so good to watch music sober and remember it in the morning. The weather here is unseasonably warm and it is going to 22C tomorrow (over70F). This is freakin' amazing, I am really happy about the great weather.

Have a good sober Friday.

Thinkin about you JVo, Lil B.

G, hope you are hangin in.

[Eloise]

Hey Nar.
Enjoy the awards. How is your puppy?
Glad you are doing well, spring is here... with brighter days ahead i hope.

[little beagle]

I'm going to do a quick check in for now. I've been in the hospital all this week. Things got really weird and my body started shutting down. Not sleeping or rating enough for so long and being unDer stress like that I guess. I'm home now, have my phone and Internet back so I'm Back. But I did not drink.

[NoSugar]

But I did not drink.

Even at the height of my worry about you, LB, I didn't even consider you were drinking. I'm so glad you were able to get the help you needed and that you're safe :hug:.

[treetops]

Hope you are getting better LB and get support while you get your well being together. Sorry to hear this. Take care.

[Guitarista]

Hi y'all,

Thanks Narilly, yep all very good here thanks on day 7 but i ain't one for counting. Music awards sound like a real blast, and 22c? Yeaah!

Sheesh LB. Glad you are ok. Well, i hope you are ok and feeling better. Wishing you a full and speedy recovery.

Big waves to everyone, including you Jvo!

[little beagle]

Wow. This thread is very slow lately. I'm hanging in there. Feeling much better. Eating and sleeping a bit better.
Hope everyone else is doing ok too.

[Eloise]

Take good care there LB, sounds like you are on the mend.
It is nice when drinking is just off the table. :biglove:

[NoSugar]

Hi, LB and El. Sometimes threads just run their course and maybe that has happened here. A lot of people made it to the point they wanted to be while posting here, though, so I think it served a really good purpose. I hope you're feeling stronger each day, LB, and that you're feeling less anxious, El. I'm doing fine - I'm traveling at an annual meeting for work that has the wine flowing. The freedom of not caring about the wine or what anyone thinks is priceless - I wish I could bottle that feeling and give it to everyone who ever posted here. xx, NS