tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921119446130836418.post1806686261894262291..comments2024-03-15T02:13:34.645+13:00Comments on Mrs D Is Going Without: Sober wedding # 7...Mrs Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110933370498728198noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921119446130836418.post-65861947199733494332013-03-27T08:25:33.300+13:002013-03-27T08:25:33.300+13:00Low key but those special moments - on the couch w...Low key but those special moments - on the couch with the couple, with your old friend chatting about deep stuff. Stuff to remember and reflect on. The "other" (i.e.drinking) version of that for me would have been high key but only the vaguest of memories and a ongoing worry about exactly how drunk I looked/acted to other people. Not a bad tradeoff me thinks! xxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921119446130836418.post-15123895423211230362013-03-26T04:01:04.934+13:002013-03-26T04:01:04.934+13:00I wish I knew when it happened, that blip in time ...I wish I knew when it happened, that blip in time when all of a sudden you quit thinking, "Ooohhh, I better avoid this occasion because it might make me drink." or "Man, it's going to be hard to get through this without a drink." So many people who are just starting this voyage into sobriety plead with us for that answer, they are so afraid, so were we, that our whole life was going to be an unquenchable thirst.<br /><br />It isn't. It goes away. The urge, the need, the want to drink. The bad times still come, the monotonous weddings are still there without salvation of a drink but we no longer sit through them thinking, I want a drink, I want a drink, I WANT A DRINK!<br /><br />We still yearn though, we yearn for that one other sober face in a drunken crowd, that one sincere and quiet conversation amid the nonsense and clamor.Kary Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12674442468925628974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921119446130836418.post-36660470018413778262013-03-25T22:07:11.825+13:002013-03-25T22:07:11.825+13:00You'll laugh to know that I'm already worr...You'll laugh to know that I'm already worrying about my sister-in-laws' wedding in September. :) <br /><br />Hurrah for sober. :)<br /><br />amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121059866790215726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921119446130836418.post-1261825737800191962013-03-25T17:33:41.441+13:002013-03-25T17:33:41.441+13:00hi Mrs. D - really enjoyed this, because it shows ...hi Mrs. D - really enjoyed this, because it shows that not every day is a barn burner, nor is it the pits of despair. Some days are just "meh". And that's totally cool. I used to worry about those days - days where I wasn't anchored in one powerful or strong state of being...but just floating in a vague and beige day. I didn't know how to handle them. But I now know that there isn't much to be done, or to read into. If I had a whole string of them, then yes, I will dig deeper. But sometimes it's just a *day*. Nothing grand or funky about it.<br /><br />Another day...another *sober* day.<br /><br />Lovely stuff :)<br /><br />Blessings,<br />PaulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921119446130836418.post-7829230372420781712013-03-25T15:53:18.231+13:002013-03-25T15:53:18.231+13:00Weddings, funerals, birthdays, anniversaries, waki...Weddings, funerals, birthdays, anniversaries, waking up in the mornings...all are wonderful events that are worthy of a good alcohol guzzling session (used to be, anyway). I don't know, Mrs. D, it concerns me that you say you "were nervous" about the wedding. I wonder why you were nervous?<br /><br />I know that if I'm feeling any kind of trepidation toward attending an event, and it is centered around alcohol, I just choose not to go. But, That's me. Enjoyed your post, Mrs. D<br /><br />Hang tough! -coopCooperhttp://www.sobrietyrules.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921119446130836418.post-75933367485899060142013-03-25T15:42:50.603+13:002013-03-25T15:42:50.603+13:00Wine,wine,wine! Sounds like me! I drank it like it...Wine,wine,wine! Sounds like me! I drank it like it was water! I am glad you made it thru the wedding even though you were not in the best of moods, imagine the alternative! If i was feeling the way you were and was drinking, I am sure the night would have gone completely crazy! Instead you are still sober! Awesome! Sober Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317131703499340784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921119446130836418.post-79140898917837734142013-03-25T14:02:52.237+13:002013-03-25T14:02:52.237+13:00Isn't the cool when you just don't have th...Isn't the cool when you just don't have the "thought"? That means the monkey is taking a nap.<br /><br />Congrats on another sober day.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12224980684904420069noreply@blogger.com