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Rhiannon12866

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11. I certainly don't blame you and you're definitely not alone

Thu Jul 20, 2023, 04:21 AM

Jul 2023

I run an AA meeting on Mondays just north of here - in Lake George, New York. It's tourist season now and we get visitors from all over. And in the past few weeks we've had several visitors show up at the meeting, and they've said the exact same thing, they're with family or with a spouse's family and they needed a meeting to get away from all the drinking. Kudos to you for doing the next right thing for yourself. I've been sober for 14 years now and I'd avoid putting myself in that situation, too.

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Skipping our annual camping trip this year [View all] bif Jul 2023 OP

Stay home and enjoy the solitude Freddie Jul 2023 #1

Oh yeah! bif Jul 2023 #2

You made the right choice. Stay cool! MLAA Jul 2023 #3

I don't blame you. Diamond_Dog Jul 2023 #4

I quit drinking competitively, but not altogether. I used to really pound them down with the boys, brewens Jul 2023 #5

Stay home. Don't be dragged into a vacation that won't be fun for you, Ocelot II Jul 2023 #6

Lots of movie viewing and good food is on the agenda. bif Jul 2023 #8

Save your liver,... magicarpet Jul 2023 #7

Where do you get that? Sounds interesting.... n/t Peregrine Took Jul 2023 #12

That's not a rant, that's you telling yourself you do not want to go. Listen to yourself! Don't go! marble falls Jul 2023 #9

I get it bif- you have my permission to stay home RainCaster Jul 2023 #10

I certainly don't blame you and you're definitely not alone Rhiannon12866 Jul 2023 #11

I thought you were going to say you hated going into trump country. Peregrine Took Jul 2023 #13