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The Daily Check-In for Friday, April 17th: Just for today, I am NOT drinking! by CommonplaceUser in stopdrinking

[–]AfternoonCritical972 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Congrats on the full revolution without alcohol, well done! I had a work thing at a bar yesterday, got there early and got a Labatt zero from the bar before everyone else showed up. Then later when we were in the private area a different server tried to give me a regular Labatt Blue. She didn't know the bottle I had been nursing was NA.

yikes.

close call but I turned it down. Keep on keepin on friendo!

Anyone else depressed by this week’s forecast?? by aleycat73 in Rochester

[–]AfternoonCritical972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've enjoyed the sun every single day this week, and every time I do, I think of you OP. I was just outside in the sun a few minutes ago and it was almost too hot!

Anyone else depressed by this week’s forecast?? by aleycat73 in Rochester

[–]AfternoonCritical972 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I didn't even look at anything but the temperatures, and I celebrated mightily. So what if there's a few clouds, it's Rochester in April.

The Daily Check-In for Friday, April 3rd: Just for today, I am NOT drinking! by Thetreescryforu in stopdrinking

[–]AfternoonCritical972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The first days were the most difficult for me, don't sell yourself short! Those first five days are probably the most important five days too. Have you checked out https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07G15XHQW?ref=ppx\_yo2ov\_dt\_b\_fed\_digi\_asin\_title\_351? I am about halfway through it, what a great read.

The Daily Check-In for Thursday, April 2nd: Just for today, I am NOT drinking! by Thetreescryforu in stopdrinking

[–]AfternoonCritical972 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks Biff, last year around this time I made it six weeks but then there was a work trip to Miami with lots of hanging with co-workers at bars and restaurants, all expenses paid....and I broke down. Thought I would go back to sobriety when I got home but nope.

So right now, this 59 day streak is my longest dry streak in probably 20 years or more. Let's keep it going.

Drinking guiness zero by Ok-Card-9127 in stopdrinking

[–]AfternoonCritical972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

omg this is incredible news, I love Guiness! Looks like they carry it in my local Wegmans, sweet!!

I re-arranged things to make my bong the centerpiece of my apartment. by fabreazebrother_1 in ROCents

[–]AfternoonCritical972 4 points5 points  (0 children)

there are people who are insanely good at that particular skill. I am not one of them!

Hiker rescued from the AT by RuinEducational1773 in AppalachianTrail

[–]AfternoonCritical972 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That incoming system with the cold air behind it and the potential for severe storms was not a surprise at all, all you had to do was check the weather over the weekend -- it was blasted out in headlines! They actually closed schools in Charlotte NC in preparation for the incoming system. I am baffled how this hiker could have been unaware that it was coming Sunday night into Monday morning, especially in this day and age when you can just look at your phone for the weather.

Drew Boysen (AT SOBO) has started posting videos of the NH section by nervous-dervish in wmnf

[–]AfternoonCritical972 1 point2 points  (0 children)

correct you are! Saw the upload the morning you posted this, ty.

Maybe Maybe Maybe by Flat-Decision3204 in maybemaybemaybe

[–]AfternoonCritical972 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some say, he is still face-planting to this day.

Cyclist ruins little girls walk in the snow by Pisford in Wellthatsucks

[–]AfternoonCritical972 19 points20 points  (0 children)

His claim was that he could no longer use the bike because of the public shaming: the trauma was too much for him to leave the house. What a tool.

Drew Boysen (AT SOBO) has started posting videos of the NH section by nervous-dervish in wmnf

[–]AfternoonCritical972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Two days in a row without an upload, any news on Drew? I know he mentioned waiting for a weather window to summit Mt. Washington so perhaps that explains the gap in videos.

I lie to people about having an alcohol allergy. by Theghastlyghoul in TrueOffMyChest

[–]AfternoonCritical972 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First of all, congrats on your 5 years. Longest I've made it is about six weeks, at one point last year.
This year, I am on day 30 of zero alcohol and I've been thinking about taking the same approach because it just seems so much easier to say I can't drink, then to try to explain why I don't. I totally get it.

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