Hellooooooo you beautiful booze bustin' buddies!
It’s late Sunday night, and I’m checking in now, because I have a feeling this week will be busy, and it’ll be hard to get here regularly…..
Egad Marshy! Our cheerleaders in a gay pride parade? Say it’s not so!!!!! I recruited those fellas myself, and I can assure you, they aren’t gay
……(my lips are sealed as to how I
know that!). Sounds like you had a nice, relaxing Sunday. We all need days like that. It’s nice when we realize that we don’t need to drink in social situations, that’s progress for you!
Hiya Greeneyes! Always so nice to see your cheerful little toes. Are you gong to explain to Mame what big girl pants are all about? You are the expert!
Mame – brrrrrrrrr!!!!! I am a warm weather person too – totally hate winter. Not sure what I am doing living in this part of the world! Re the golfing – that’s about the only sport I “do”. My hubby is a scratch golfer, and I took it up just to actually see him once in a while during the summer months! But now I love it. You gotta get your hubby out there!
Re the hormone thingee – the only problem I really ever had were hot flushes – and I sure notice that now I am not drinking, they are not an issue. Bonus!!!!! Good luck getting yours sorted out.
Sothankful – I am “so thankful” you are hanging in there. Sounds like you have a staunch supporter in your hubby, and that is a definite asset. And he’s right – life is still fun – and so much better!
Sheepish – If you are able to moderate successfully, good for you. What do you feel most comfortable with? Lots of people who successfully moderate still do 30 day stints from time to time. There are all sorts of threads on the boards, try a few out and see where you feel most comfortable. Some are for moderating, some are for abstinence, some are just for support in general. And if your journey takes you elsewhere, you can still pop in and say hello from time to time! No worries.
Well, this week will be a tough week for me – this is the week of the Heavy Oil Men’s Golf Tournament in the town we just moved from. The CEO of my hubby’s company, and his wife, will be flying up from Texas and staying with us overnight on Wednesday night. (We are going to take them to the Riverhouse Grill). Then on Thursday my hubby and his boss will head out early so they can play the course in preparation for the tournament on Friday, and his wife and I will follow in my vehicle later on in the day. That night there is the banquet and dance. This typically is a drunkfest. I told my hubby that this week is going to be very tough for me, and he fully understands that it sure will. His boss is quite a drinker, I am sure an alcoholic himself, and can drink most grown men under the table. He is also bad for wanting you to drink along with him. Thankfully, his wife doesn’t drink much at all.
So for the three days of the tournament, I am going to have to be social, smile and nod and say no thank you, I don’t want a drink, no really, I don’t, thanks anyways……..I have thought about taking some of the Antibuse I ordered a while back, but I am much too afraid that I will accidentally end up sipping the wrong drink, or that someone will order a round, and then I won’t know for sure that mine is Al free – so I am going on pure willpower plus lots of kudzu and L-glutamine. I will sure be glad when the event is over and I can relax once again. This is one of the few social occasions that I don’t think I will be able to find enjoyable, so will just have to get through it as best I can. But – I am not going to blow it. I have close to 70 days AF now, and it’s at that point that I blew it last time – SO NOT THIS TIME, AL!!!!!!!!
And on that note, I am off to bed…..have a great Monday, everyone!