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[Pavati]

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Just wanted a quick log in on my way to work - I'm late already - to say HAPPY 100, HUMBLE!!!

You are such a thoughtful, strong force here and an inspiration for us all. Amazing stuff.

Speech, speech!

[NoSugar]

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available;1625106 wrote:
Bastet posted on NN about "bitters" and it has al content. I googled it and yep it does so now i am paranoid and think i have failed. Gees, i hate that feeling. The drink has only a few drops of bitters in it and i just dont know. Fark! I love that drink, its got all the tastes and is refreshing and you cant taste any al. Oh well fark is all i will say, oh i did say that.

Hey, Ava - I agree with the others that if the drinks with bitters have not bothered you up to now, go ahead and enjoy them. I drink a Kombucha every day. It is a fermented product that meets the < 0.5% alcohol definition. Unless you have a wild bartender, your drinks are well under that.

Assume a 237 mL drink.
237 x 0.005= 1.2 mL. This means that no more than 1.2 mL can be alcohol.

Bitters generally are < 50% alcohol, so the drink could have ~ 2.4 mL of bitters.

Using a standard dropper, 1 drop = 0.05 mL.
2.4/0.05 = 48 drops

Unless I've goofed up the math (which is possible so feel free to check!), your drink is far from being an alchoholic beverage (unless Australian "droppers" are HUGE :H).

[daisy45]

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Humble - Brilliant! Just brilliant! Treat yourself today!

[NoSugar]

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Congratulations on 2 weeks, Daisy! Right now, each day you add is more than a 5% increase while old Humble there is down to 1% :H... (I guess I'm into math today).

Each and every one of them is so important for all of us. Let's keep it going!

[j-vo]

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So, would non-alcoholic beer fit in the same category as a real non-al drink? I was just thinking of hot summer days where one non-al beer could be nice sitting on patio, as i love the taste of beer.

NS, being connected to a community, any community whether face to face or cyber is important. I think that's why people relapse, well some. Not drinking is not in the forefront, they're not giving it any special thought, and once we lose that importance of recovery, we lose all the bad things that happened to us and the depressing ways in which we lived.

Daisy, hopefully you can be a good role model for your sister. I'm trying to do the same for my sister. I know she's got a lot of issues going on right now, but if I can bring a little positive light to her in a daily text, I will.

Roxy, enjoy each day. You're al free today and that's what counts. Not next week. Today.

LB, the doggie parade sounds so fun! Is there a site which shows pics of all of this? I'd love to see it.

Have a great afternoon ladies.

[available]

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Morning here again Loamers so hello to you all

Rox mwo froze on me too so i gave up. Thanks for the thought of the long post though.

Humble 100 days woo hoo to you girl. Finally the big 3 digits, bet you are one proud happy woman. I am a proud happy woman with you. Big hugs.

LB the salt was a mistake lol. I have run out of sugar and it was in a glass tube with the boys i think used to make margaritas and i thought it was the sugar one but no it was the salt. I need to cut down coffee at nighttime, during the day i have one cup but nights i go beserk for some reason.

LB your mardi gras sounds like fun and sober it must be so much better. We had a gay pride march last weekend, they have achieved so much but still a lot more to be treated as equals. Very good saying from the Olympics LB and so true.

NS thanks for your maths and i will totally believe you, it just got me thinking and still has. I mean surely there are lots of products with small amounts of al in them, i will google that today as i am looking busy at work. We do everything HUGE here NS but not droppers i hope.

Jvo i am not sure about the beer, i hate the taste of beer but mind you i drank anything if there was no wine in the house previously. I am sure NS will do the maths on beer too. Are you back at work or still snowed in.

We are in for another warm one today but only in the 30's and i can cope with that. Nothing special to report here except Chapelle Corby got released from Bali prison, now that is exciting NOT and now they are talking about how much money she will make from drug trafficking by telling her story. I dont know if she is innocent or not but i would love to get paid for telling my story about the prison i was in being an alcoholic until i was released.

Have a great afternoon lovlies.
xx

[NoSugar]

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available;1625250 wrote: ... i would love to get paid for telling my story about the prison i was in being an alcoholic until i was released.

Frankly, I think you could ! Your story is more compelling and your writing much more entertaining than many of the memoirs I've read on the subject. I could write mine and it could be sold to everyone who wants to fall asleep without drugs...

[Pavati]

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Hi, Everyone:

Ava - here are my poems:

This is from J-vo:
An Italan Pasta dish is not Pavati,
But we know Italian coffee is yummy with Biscotti
So inspirational and strong is Pavati,
She probably has a black belt in Karate
Even if she doesn't, 70 days for Pavi
Is quite, quite Savvy.

Then NoSugar came thru with this lively limerick!!
There once was a girl named Pavati.
At Thanksgiving she was very naughty.
She came to her senses
And mended some fences.
But at day 70, she still isn't haughty!

She now knows what to do to make it.
If not feeling it, she always can fake it.
She walks, swims and hikes
Writes posts we all like.
She can dish it and then she can take it!

Thanks to NS and J-Vo for helping the Prize Patrol out on those - lovely, indeed.

I read through here but I am about to head home to a long night of helping my son with homework, so I'm not sure I'll have time to reply to it all.

I have no comment on the NA beer - I like beer, too, but I don't think the NA beer tastes very good, so I don't drink it. I was wondering about those bitters drinks as I love bitters, but I will probably skip those for a while as the flavor would remind me of AL drinks. I guess that's a comment...

Good night, folks. I'll try to catch up tomorrow.

xo

[HumbleRider]

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Ladies,
Sorry I haven't checked in, haven't had time to read, am just getting out of a fight with my husband, geez. Will post later, glad I'm 100 days sober--it could have been far worse!

[little beagle]

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Hope you are enjoying the warmth of Florida Narilly. We are cold here all week but warming up for this weekend.
We had a home meeting this evening. Things are looking promising. I have learned so much from so mant here and it is wonderful to be able to pass that knowledge along.
Nite all.

[narilly]

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LB, thank you. I am glad you had a great meeting and were able to pass info on. There is so much to learn here.
Humble, congrats on 100 days! Yeah! Rah, Rah!!!!!
It is though being married sometimes, hang in there.

Gals, I found something out today. I went on t SHREK ride today and they have Lord Farquad in that. I realized that whoever wrote that script used Farquad in place of FWad!! I laughed when I figured that out. My whole family thought it was hilarious!

[Pavati]

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Couldn't resist a quick check in.

LB - I want to join your living room meeting. Your family is so lucky to have you (as are we).

Nar - That is hilarious. I only saw the first Shrek, but sounds like there might be a few other gems in there. Glad you are having such a good time.

Humble - sorry about your fight. I hope you resolve it and don't go to bed mad.

Your saying that triggered something in me that I want to get off my chest. My DH is aggravating me to no end right now - same longstanding stuff that I used to drink to avoid and now I have to face it. Good thing I have my counseling session tomorrow - I'll let you know if I get any tips. At his core he is a WONDERFUL, loving person and a great father, but we have different standards and ideas about how to live. I think he is a perpetual child, and that is exacerbated by the fact that he is a near daily pot smoker. He has had a job since he was 14, takes awesome care of the kids, but he is emotionally not there for me. He lacks ambition to get a better job that might make life easier (his is fairly good already with good benefits, but I am the big breadwinner of the house). Through counseling with him I believed that I learned to accept the things about him I cannot change and to focus on all the positive things he brings to my life, but I think I was able to do that with the assistance of alcohol to numb myself when things weren't going well.

Basically, I feel like a big, gnarled ball of emotions right now. I found an old letter from a boy I had a crush on back in my teen years, and that brought up many feelings I had about being inadequate, and not attractive to guys, and an old reason for drinking - that anxious feeling I had, especially around boys/men. My sister and I were talking about this this weekend - I thought there was something wrong with someone who would dare to like me, and I always developed hopeless crushes on the unreachable boys (and later men). Drinking helped me overcome my shyness, and beer goggles are always great to turn a 4 into a 10!

Well... I didn't quite know all that was in me. But i was reading J-Vo's thread about relapse, and one thing to watch for is holding in emotions. I think I felt like I have been holding that in lately and wanted to let it out (although I really just planned coming for a quick check in). I am glad I am not drinking to hide from these feelings, but that doesn't make it less painful.

Thanks for listening if you got this far. I'll talk this out with my counselor tomorrow and let you know how it goes. I'm happy to have all of you to spew to.

xo

[roxane]

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youre so right pav, suppression is not good. ranting at the object of your frustration also is not always a good idea.
MWO is perfect for this. i did it the other day and then let it go.

[j-vo]

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Have to jump in the shower but will reply later to you Pav. You're doing the right thing by getting this off your chest, and it's so strange that your situation is similar to mine, minus the pot smoking. Hope your counseling session goes well. I think it's gonna be Tell-all Tuesday!

Nar, glad you're having a great time! FWad! haha! Farquad is def. FWad.

[little beagle]

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Pav honestly there are so many women in your situation right now. Women are becoming the bread winners of this world. The world is changing. Frustrating for us, yes. Hey I myself have recently had to make the decision to stay with my hubby. And realize I can't change him. That is huge.
Hopefully talking to your councilor will help you resolve some of these feelings.
I see a wonderful, caring woman. Give yourself credit for your posative qualities.

Narilly it sounds like you are having a wonderful time. I am glad for you. I love Shrek. And that was funny. Thanks for the laugh.
Have a wonderful day all.