Heading into my first sober weekend

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that’s the reward Sally, now just to convince ourselves that’s it’s worthwhile.

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Brilliant! @MissQuinn Sounds like destroying our kitchens instead of ourselves is definitely the way to go! :knife: :knife::joy:

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Yum! I can almost taste that!
Well done for doing that @Sally1
I can totally relate to what you were saying there, once you’re ‘relaxed’ with the drink you can’t be bothered doing that kind of thing. I hope you enjoyed it, assuming your daughter left you any :joy:

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Sunday morning here. Feeling fresh again this morning. I hope you made it through Saturday night ok :heart:

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It’s the small victories and what ever gets us through.

I’ll give that one a try, I had some brewdog “Nanny State” it was nice and hoppy… Without the alcohol.

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You can do it…you are not alone…we all have our difficult days…trust your inner strength…i find it helps me to imagine all of the good things I will have in the future if I don’t drink…then I come back to. Reality and I remind myself that if I have the first drink I won’t get any of those amazing things I imagined for myself…you can do this…we all can :blush::blush::blush:

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I made it through the night too! That makes it official. 1 Week sober! :smiley: :tada:

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Yes!!! Fantastic! How do you feel?

Congratulations on ‘1 week’:tada::tada:

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When I woke up this morning, the first thing I thought of was you guys and how you were all getting on…

That was such a positive start to my day because usually my head is flooded with negative thoughts the moment I wake up.

Thank you all for being here! :purple_heart:

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Thank you I feel proud of myself. I can’t remember the last time I went a week without a drink.

Good for you too on feeling good about the weekend!

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You should be proud!:star2:

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I have basically just made it through my second sober weekend and if I’m honest Friday was the worst all I wanted was a beer after work keep going apparently it gets easier

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Hey @ChrisP How are you doing? That’s us got 2 sober weekends behind us. How are you feeling in your sobriety now? x

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Hey @Zara!
Yay us!
I’m doing alright despite some cravings that are irritating me.
Feeling down a lot of the time…that’s my general anxiety / depression.
Then putting my ‘mask of okayness’ on while having to be around people… well it’s quite draining.
I know that whatever I’m dealing with is still easier than when I was trying to drown it all with booze.

How is your journey going?

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I know right, go us!
Sorry to hear you’re feeling down though, that’s not good :worried:
You’re right about dealing with things though - I am starting to realise (or perhaps re-learn) that sobriety doesn’t make life all better, but it definitely improves our ability to deal with what life throws at us - THAT is what makes life better.

As your sobriety continues your strength will continue to grow, hopefully that will help with the anxiety and depression.

Sending you big hugs and positivity :sparkling_heart: :sparkling_heart:

That’s me 13 days sober now, Not a single day has passed yet where the psychological craving hasn’t tried to win me over. But I’m not giving in.

Thankfully my energy levels have increased a lot, so keeping busy and trying to burn off calories. :smile:,
when I’m not on here that is :joy:

Stay strong girl, we are totally doing this!!
And remember, I’m always here :purple_heart:

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Kudos ladies! @ChrisP, @Zara keep up the good work. I’m rooting for ya. We’re all in this together! :hugs:

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I’ve done the same thing but I would just drink before the games so I didn’t feel hungover.