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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 05:09 PM
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Tonight marks three hours of being alcohol free.
*Slurp!* Oops!
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 05:10 PM
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1. I just blew a twelve hour dry spell.
Damn, I'm weak.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 05:12 PM
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4. Whoa, that long, huh? :-)
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 05:14 PM
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6. A guy's gotta sleep sometime.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 05:15 PM
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8. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 05:11 PM
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2. "Tonight, I'll be the designated drinker"
C & W song about a guy with a broken heart, as usual.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 05:13 PM
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5. I've been there done that. (Every night for the last five years.)
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StaggerLee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 05:11 PM
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3. heh
Is that a bottoms up sound I hear?

:hi:



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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-16-05 05:14 PM
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7. Yep, tossing back shots. :-)
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 01:48 AM
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9. WTF? I don't get any kudos for my three hours of sobriety?
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 01:54 AM
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10. Congratulations!
That's a really long time. Are you feelin' like a new man yet?
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 01:59 AM
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12. Uh, thank you, I went out and got wasted to celebrate!
Edited on Sun Jul-17-05 02:01 AM by BikeWriter
It seemed like the thing to do...
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 02:00 AM
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14. It's healthy to celebrate even the smallest victories.
:toast:
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 02:07 AM
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16. Thank you, Ma'am. While I was out drinking I rejoined the...
American Legion, paid a deserving man's membership into the Fraternal Order of Eagles, and loaned a near homeless couple ten bucks. It was a good night, overall.
:toast:
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 02:11 AM
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18. You're a good egg, BW.
Here, have a hug: :hug:
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 02:15 AM
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19. Thank you, Ma'am, and you're a Sweety...
I appreciate that. :hug:
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 04:02 AM
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21. I guess I have you beat by about 184,000 hours
since I had a sip of beer. :puke: Nasty stuff, tastes almost as bad as a rare steak.

But don't get discouraged. The hours add up all too quickly.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 08:32 AM
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24. Lol! Well, I like beer and my steaks have to be super rare or raw...
So our taste buds are different.
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 01:54 AM
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11. Ha ha!
B-)
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 02:00 AM
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13. Are you pickin' on me? :-)
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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 02:05 AM
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15. Well three hours is three hours.
I have not had a drink in about 2 months.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 02:10 AM
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17. Hey, Pard. If you meant to quit I'll say congratulations! :-)
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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 02:40 AM
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20. No did not quit
Just have not really been in the mood to drink
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 08:35 AM
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25. It sounds as if you'll never have a drinking problem...
Since you casually go that long between drinks.
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texas1928 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 10:09 PM
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41. Well I never liked losing control of myself.
I have been drunk and never really enjoyed that feeling.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 11:32 PM
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48. I don't much either, and I've done it thousands of times.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 04:17 AM
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22. six months and 10 days
no drinkee

stupid, eh?
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 08:37 AM
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26. Nope, not stupid. Smart if drinking is a problem for you.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 10:36 AM
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31. drinking is not particularly a problem for me
I just thought I'd give not drinking a try for a year.

It's seeming very arbitrary about now though . . .
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 10:58 AM
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33. Hmm, you're getting thirsty?
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 11:46 AM
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34. I thought I'd eat healthy, stop drinking, exercise and lose weight
I'd like to drop about 20 pounds.

I've done all the above and gained 5 pounds!
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 11:53 AM
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35. Healthy living agrees with you, huh? Well, maybe you...
can drink, stop exercising, eat anything and lose weight?
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 11:57 AM
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36. maybe
I think I need to reevaluate my diet

and possibly increase my intake of liquids . . .

hic!
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 12:29 PM
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37. ROFL! We're bad influences on you. :-)
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 12:45 PM
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38. hey, I'm mostly Irish
It doesn't take much influencin'!
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:40 PM
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43. ROFL! I've heard that. My Mom's side of the family had Irish blood...
too. That may explain the many empty bottles around me. :-)
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 04:22 AM
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23. 29 1/2 hours
but who's counting :shrug:
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 08:38 AM
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27. ROFLMFAO! :-)
:)
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 06:04 PM
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39. really ...
nothing alcoholic since Friday night .... what am I thinking ... I've got all the fixins in the freezer & refrigerator ...:shrug:
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:42 PM
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44. You're amazing! I sometimes do that, but I have to have a reason.
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:45 PM
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45. me too but TONIGHT
I'm starting on my second >double on the rocks :woohoo: let the fun begin!!!
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 11:14 PM
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47. Hey, that sounds good! :-)
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-19-05 07:00 AM
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50. a girl's gotta do whatta a girl's gotta do
~ you only go around once so grab all the gusto ya can ... while ya can!










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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 09:02 AM
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28. I thought I just read something about
free alcohol. Is this the right line to stand in? I sure could use a free drink.

Hey, what's taking so long?


Man, you are killing my buzz!


I'm leaving.


What a rip!:mad:
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 09:11 AM
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29. ROFLOL! That was alcohol free... I see your point! :-)
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 09:15 AM
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30. Alcohol is one of the few things I'm not addicted to.
I have gone months without drinking just because I didn't feel like drinking. On average I probably only drink once or twice a month. My SO is sort of the same way, except he'll go a few months without drinking, then for a month he drinks every day. Then he'll go a few more months without drinking.
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 10:50 AM
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32. When my children were small I went for years without drinking...
I just didn't have the time or money to drink.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-17-05 06:15 PM
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40. Wow, that's incredible!
I was doing well until the hubby pointed out that we ought to drink up the couple of dozen airline bottles we have hanging around (he's on a cleaning binge and has decided they look unsightly on the windowsill).

So in the interests of good housekeeping, I am having a vodka and grapefruit juice. :toast:
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 08:42 AM
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42. I agree, good housekeeping is important. I don't have time for it though..
I'm too busy drinking.
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sleipnir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 09:57 PM
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46. Get wasted!
That's the way to live!

Yeah!!!!
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-18-05 11:34 PM
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49. It always works for me until something better comes along. :-)
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