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bif

(22,702 posts)
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:54 PM Sep 2019

Weekends continue to be a struggle.

I keep thinking how nice it was to have a couple beers while cooking dinner. Then a glass or two of wine. Then I think about how much time I wasted every evening and I come back to reality. I'm pretty good during the week. But weekends are tough sometimes. I think about how Canadians like to joke about folks from Toronto who love to work so much, they have a phrase: "Thank God it's Monday." That's how I feel a lot of the time! I actually look forward to Mondays!

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applegrove

(118,642 posts)
1. Find a website that is addictive in some way. Load up on books. Take a long bubble bath.
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 07:00 PM
Sep 2019

offer to walk other people's dogs. Listen to music. Sign up for Netflix and Hulu and Amazon and bingewatch shows. Plant a garden. Learn how to knit. Do genealogy online. Good luck. I've been quit 7 years and i don't crave at all. I hardly think of booze anymore.

applegrove

(118,642 posts)
4. I used to play that game with 10 others as a kid. It is more aerobic
Fri Sep 27, 2019, 08:23 PM
Sep 2019

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if you play with others and put your cards on other's piles. Online solitare is just not exciting enough after that. I did play hearts for a bit. I'm assuming you play alone? Or do you play with others online? That would be interesting. All those rainy days at the cottage have turned me into a card shark i'm afraid. Played too much. Now tetris i like. Or trivia. Candy Crush i liked but it got too addictive.

applegrove

(118,642 posts)
8. I've played that back when it came with every version of windows. A great way
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 12:48 AM
Sep 2019

to take a break at work especially if you want to try and quit smoking on your breaks.

Stuart G

(38,421 posts)
7. Yes, some days are a difficult struggle. We must keep on plugging.
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 12:33 AM
Sep 2019

And we must stick together. I was thinking the exact same thoughts as you have 2 days ago. (about having a drink).. We are in this together. I have been going to meetings for over 40 years. I have heard many stories and accomplishments..................all kinds....
..One of the things that I have discovered through my struggles is, "If it were easy, it would be easy

............................And...It ain't easy............ We got to hang in there..One Day at a Time..

...........................And thank you for sharing with us..I needed to read your post today..Thank You again..

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