Addiction & Recovery

bif

(23,973 posts) Fri Sep 27, 2019, 05:54 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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Weekends continue to be a struggle. (Original Post) bif Sep 2019 OP

Find a website that is addictive in some way. Load up on books. Take a long bubble bath. applegrove Sep 2019 #1

I'm finding online solitaire sort-of addictive lately. nt No Vested Interest Sep 2019 #3

I used to play that game with 10 others as a kid. It is more aerobic applegrove Sep 2019 #4

You are not alone...The solitaire installed at Windows does it for me. Stuart G Sep 2019 #5

I've played that back when it came with every version of windows. A great way applegrove Sep 2019 #8

. . . fleur-de-lisa Sep 2019 #2

Yes, that is what we need, group hugs Stuart G Sep 2019 #6

Yes, some days are a difficult struggle. We must keep on plugging. Stuart G Sep 2019 #7

Just remember... TommyCelt Sep 2019 #9

applegrove

(123,111 posts)

1. Find a website that is addictive in some way. Load up on books. Take a long bubble bath.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:00 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.

No Vested Interest

(5,196 posts)

3. I'm finding online solitaire sort-of addictive lately. nt

Reply to applegrove (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 27, 2019, 07:07 PM

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applegrove

(123,111 posts)

4. I used to play that game with 10 others as a kid. It is more aerobic

Reply to No Vested Interest (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 27, 2019, 07:23 PM

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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.

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)

5. You are not alone...The solitaire installed at Windows does it for me.

Reply to No Vested Interest (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 27, 2019, 11:24 PM

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applegrove

(123,111 posts)

8. I've played that back when it came with every version of windows. A great way

Reply to Stuart G (Reply #5)

Fri Sep 27, 2019, 11:48 PM

Sep 2019

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

fleur-de-lisa

(14,663 posts)

2. . . .

Reply to bif (Original post)

Fri Sep 27, 2019, 06:25 PM

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Stuart G

(38,726 posts)

6. Yes, that is what we need, group hugs

Reply to fleur-de-lisa (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 27, 2019, 11:25 PM

Sep 2019

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)

7. Yes, some days are a difficult struggle. We must keep on plugging.

Reply to bif (Original post)

Fri Sep 27, 2019, 11:33 PM

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..

TommyCelt

(850 posts)

9. Just remember...

Reply to bif (Original post)

Mon Sep 30, 2019, 11:23 AM

Sep 2019

It's never a couple of drinks and it never stops with cooking dinner.

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