Just a few pics from our trip to Hawaii. My wife’s family is from here and we are here for a wedding, and since when we visit, it’s mainly for family visits, we decided to stay in waikiki and be tourists for the first time. 
Also, I was offered alcoholic drinks 3 times so far, just said “no thanks”, and that was that. No big deal.
If you see my sister in Cannes say hello 
She looks just like me. But she’s got hair
Very nice! I’ve always wanted to go there. Way back when I suggested it for our honeymoon, it didn’t pan out, lol
I’m so happy you guys are there and enjoying the family time!
She is there? ,
Good morning all! The hubby and I are on a north woods Wisconsin and upper Michigan vacation here in July of 2023. We’ve camped and the quickly decamped to a motel due to storms. Today we will go back to camp. Then tomorrow to the shores of Lake Superior.
Sober camping is sooooooo peaceful. We’ve been reading and fishing and paddling our little kayak around the lake. We have 3 dogs with us and they are just the best!
Sober camping is safer, cheaper, and more memorable. Managing decisions like paying attention to the weather is easier with our minds clear. Sleep is so great!
We had many years of hard drinking vacations. Now we have accumulated several vacations in sobriety. Drinking vacations were definitely fun, but we paid a price. Sober vacations are actually not only fun but truly relaxing. Recharging.
I hope others are enjoying the peace and fun of sober travels. I wish you all the best!
I wish I was camping 
! You are right about the UP, its pretty awesome in the summer 
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Enjoy your camping trip @LAB and enjoy the greatest lake on planet Earth 
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Another sober holiday for the books: a week in Gemany. Living in a big appartement in a little village called Nordenau. Many hiking paths.
We are lucky with the weather.
Did many hikes and are catching up with our books to read.
Halfway our holiday now so still some days left to fill in 
Relenquishing all control of your life to someone else for 5 minutes is a sure way to appreciate all that you have. Its synonymous with sobriety; you don’t know what is going to happen, you really can’t be sure if you will be ok, all you can do is hold on tight, enjoy the ride and put your faith in your higher power.
Yesterday, my higher power was personafied as a guy named Alex, and for 5 minutes, my life was in his hands. I held on tight and enjoyed the ride and in the end, I was ok!
OH I absolutely love it! glad you had a great time and are enjoying your vacation!
My son did that. He was kind enough to show us the pics after and not tell us he was doing it.
But
It’s pretty crazy, it was an impulse decision to even book it several weeks ago. We had all that time to think about it and get anxiety over it. It’s something I normally wouldn’t do as I am a “play it safe” kind of guy, but lately, been stepping outside of my comfort zone (midlife crisis?).
It definitely makes you feel alive and would recommend doing it once.
I bought an M3 when I had my mid life crisis. 20 years ago 
Glad you survived.
One day out. Bank holiday here. Hiking. Bathing. Tourism. Cinema. Now sort of done.
I really hope this thread is still open when I travel to California in August! To be honest I’m kinda nervous because this will be my first sober flight. I’m terrified of planes and I won’t have alcohol to numb the anxiety 
wish me luck !
I hear ya.
I think flying sober was my biggest milestone. I kept telling people here I was flying. Did some sober selfies on the plane. A sober leg plane selfie. And knew I had everyone in my pocket. It really wasn’t so bad. Changing planes kinda sucked. But I remembered HALT
Hungry
Angry
Lonely
Tired.
I realized I hadn’t eaten. I got myself a quick sandwich. Even though it was gross 
but it helped. Ear buds lots of music and guided meditations helped me a lot too. And then I was so proud of myself.
We got your back.
I love that! HALT…
Thank you, I will keep it in mind! 
