Mid Holiday hangover. I honestly hate these holidays back to back. It is too much. Going from giving, enjoying and not giving a shit about work, bills, working out and obligations before Christmas “Oh don’t worry about that now It’s Christmas” to Celebrate the new year and talk of new beginnings to be better in one capacity or another, oh and hurry up and think of a resolution to do something or make your self a better person (right after you were allowed to blow your life off for Christmas). All in seven days…too much.
But being it is ingrained in my head to at least think of something I could do to make my self better in the new year I have come up with I am going to try and not swear. Now I think that is a good thing. It may just trickle down to other areas in my life that are lacking. If I don’t swear I for sure can’t drink as they go hand in hand. If I don’t swear maybe I won’t talk so much and that would make me a better listener. I will have to really think before I speak…. As they new year approaches I can only hope to be what I want to be which is truly aware of what I am doing every second of my day. I can only hope to have a little space between my thoughts to stop and think so that I can make the best decisions for me. I actually hope that for everyone.
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Nice to see you back and posting, my Sweetest Hangover! You’ve been missed.
Congrats on the resolution! It sounds like a lot of baby steps all rolled into one big step. Keep up the good work!
Nice to hear from you. What a crazy twelve weeks. It went from bad to good. I finally pulled myself out of the poppy field and moved forward. Work finally fell in place for the time being. I kept my drinking in check, I even took on the designated driver role twice for holiday parties (man those were long nites, but I proud as a peacock) found a new yoga studio which has a 4:30 class which is perfect as 4:30-6 is the time when the drinking thoughts creep in. No angel here but keeping things manageable. Over indulged on Xmas nite but left the shame behind (sort of) and on to a new day.
It sounds like you are doing well. What a difference a year makes…52 weeks ago you were in a totally different place. Congrats on your upcoming year of sobriety. You should post a list of all the positives you have experienced to motivate the rest of us.
All my best as the new year approaches!
Rock on!
Going from bad to good is definitely the right direction!
Thanks so much for the post suggestion! What a great idea! Perfect for my 1 year anniversary of sobriety.
Do you mean not swearing in conversation, or not as an exclamation? When pissed off, I say I am “irked”, “peeved”, “irritated” or “angry”. When shagged out, I am “exhausted”. When I stub my toe, I swear.
Hello Clare,
I mean swearing period. I am a cursor. Well I like the f word, not so much the s word or the d word. I can turn it off in certain situations but typically the f word is my most used adjective and mostly when I am happy as I am not an aggressive angry person. Add a few beverages and it becomes very frequent (get the kids out of the room)! A friend told me to replace it with “shut the front door” I told her that was f****** silly.
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