tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post1807792871058381836..comments2024-03-27T00:48:06.021-07:00Comments on Mummy was a Secret Drinker: Swimming Against the TideSoberMummyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09149651295183331661noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-68362079044430846352015-06-24T09:03:47.147-07:002015-06-24T09:03:47.147-07:00I completely agree. Still enjoy the sun and have a...I completely agree. Still enjoy the sun and have a new drink to enjoy.Ainsobrietyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15642935819165465190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-7374962857144725952015-06-24T03:55:34.857-07:002015-06-24T03:55:34.857-07:00I've found getting a cold af beer out the frid...I've found getting a cold af beer out the fridge and sitting in the sun with it (away from the children!) for 20 minutes hits just the same spot as it used to. To my brain if it looks like beer, smells like beer and tastes like beer then it is beer but at least after 1 I can carry on with what I was doing and it doesnt decend into more drinks, visits to the shop, late kids dinner, bath skip etc etc. And the memory of walking the kids to school the next morning in the sun with a hangover pouring with sweat and paronoid that I smell of alcohol is still recent enough for me to remember and be happy that doesnt happen now. Playing it forward it the way forward for me :) MissyOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08386946468210557333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-48158315390271411172015-06-24T03:21:06.987-07:002015-06-24T03:21:06.987-07:00woop woop! Me too! 2 pounds down in one week! Biza...woop woop! Me too! 2 pounds down in one week! Bizarre....SoberMummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09149651295183331661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-52586999207076274262015-06-24T03:20:13.842-07:002015-06-24T03:20:13.842-07:00Huge congrats on 15 days Susie! I bet you'll h...Huge congrats on 15 days Susie! I bet you'll have a ball at the bbq. As per my post today on 'dull drunks' I find that I'm a way better guest and host than I ever was before, plus I can have fun without the regrets. You're doing great!SoberMummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09149651295183331661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-74735590271585607682015-06-24T03:18:36.036-07:002015-06-24T03:18:36.036-07:00great idea WB! Will look it up!great idea WB! Will look it up!SoberMummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09149651295183331661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-33387406780264667122015-06-24T03:18:14.990-07:002015-06-24T03:18:14.990-07:00You're so right. I must always remember to ...You're so right. I must always remember to 'play it forward'!SoberMummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09149651295183331661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-84067851922706050582015-06-24T03:17:33.111-07:002015-06-24T03:17:33.111-07:00Thanks so much RainyDayGirl. I'm so glad it...Thanks so much RainyDayGirl. I'm so glad it's helped!SoberMummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09149651295183331661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-59924545749451537362015-06-24T03:16:52.338-07:002015-06-24T03:16:52.338-07:00It will! It's going to be great!It will! It's going to be great!SoberMummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09149651295183331661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-71451511334265011662015-06-23T20:50:41.783-07:002015-06-23T20:50:41.783-07:00Yeah... Those summer afternoons and evenings. They...Yeah... Those summer afternoons and evenings. They always get me. I love a feeling of a cold glass in my hand. But just like Anne said, I know where I end up. I know how it ends. My summers are always filled with a lot of booze. I am hoping this summer will be very different. Time and the Bottlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07494924226427441030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-15788189924536340122015-06-23T15:09:43.748-07:002015-06-23T15:09:43.748-07:00Still swimming here! But it's Winter and yes ...Still swimming here! But it's Winter and yes Summer here is all about the booze, but by my birthday which is in October and begins the countdown to Christmas festivities I will have this. I have a headache just thinking of how that first drink in the sun makes me feel, so that I have to keep drinking to numb it. No, won't be happening for me this year. Again I am so glad I found your blog, it was the first one and has helped me so much.RainyDayGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917933486500576714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-45026501071429090672015-06-23T09:29:39.105-07:002015-06-23T09:29:39.105-07:00I think that call of a nice drink on a summer pati...I think that call of a nice drink on a summer patio, biding away the afternoon, will always call. But I know the end of that story. I will want more. I've been there and done that enough times.<br />And perhaps that was ok. I would go home and drink the afternoon away in the backyard. Friends often joined me. Lazy Saturday afternoons.<br />But I regretted it after. I forgot what I said. I had to deal with the resultant depression and anxiety.<br /><br />So, no more afternoons drinking in the sun for me. My skin freckles. I'd rather stay in the shade and age gracefully!<br /><br />AnneAinsobrietyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15642935819165465190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-79230418565178489412015-06-23T08:52:00.592-07:002015-06-23T08:52:00.592-07:00BTW, I started a facebook page if anyone feels lik...BTW, I started a facebook page if anyone feels like taking a look <br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/dearwinewehadadeal<br /><br />Posting stuff that might be helpful for people taking the sober plunge x<br /><br />Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09236064383725290818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-17730382073316856822015-06-23T08:49:48.958-07:002015-06-23T08:49:48.958-07:00Summer has been in full swing here for a while, an...Summer has been in full swing here for a while, and it seems that every weekend is a party, and every evening an excuse for someone to turn up at our house, as we are a short walk from a popular swimming hole. I offered everyone a cup of tea the other evening. Stunned silence. He he.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09236064383725290818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-44760228517557591432015-06-23T08:45:42.991-07:002015-06-23T08:45:42.991-07:00I accepted an invitation to a weekend camping 7 da...I accepted an invitation to a weekend camping 7 days after I quit. Camping = beer/wine, everyone knows that! So I bought a couple of bottles of non alcoholic wine, and drank it out of plastic cups (as you do) and no one even asked what I was drinking! And I had a great time!! And you will too!Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09236064383725290818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-22544778739326156292015-06-23T07:49:18.239-07:002015-06-23T07:49:18.239-07:00The day before I quit drinking (15 days ago!) I fo...The day before I quit drinking (15 days ago!) I foolishly invited everyone to a bbq for my birthday next month. I'm going to make sure I have an AF beer in each hand, and enjoy waking up feeling fine the next morning. I feel that longing for a glass of something nice in the sun too. We can do this!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05243290886590874241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-68170368769951113392015-06-23T04:41:43.610-07:002015-06-23T04:41:43.610-07:00Love that song. Fabulous Freddie, who died way too...Love that song. Fabulous Freddie, who died way too young... Snake hipped, lush moustache wearing hugs to you too LNM! xSoberMummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09149651295183331661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-82410936322714694112015-06-23T04:41:14.012-07:002015-06-23T04:41:14.012-07:00P.s My positivity is brought to you today by the f...P.s My positivity is brought to you today by the fact that a) I am almost at the end of Jasey Vale's book and b) I've lost a couple of pounds! xLushNoMorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04018195957277312286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4763877266715908242.post-77301329604552056652015-06-23T04:34:27.031-07:002015-06-23T04:34:27.031-07:00I feel a bit like that now SM. I am really enjoyin...I feel a bit like that now SM. I am really enjoying being sober (what a geek eh!) I was listening to my ipod yesterday as I was getting ready for work and on shuffle came Queen's # Don't Stop Me Now#. Bizarrely it summed up where I am on my journey. I say hurray to sober summers and being free! Big flowery Queen filled hugs LNM xLushNoMorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04018195957277312286noreply@blogger.com