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Bundbuster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 04:04 PM
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Who else will be totally teetotaling tonight?
Even in my drinking days I avoided the New Year's scene like a shrub press conference.

I'll be soberly curled up with the Ken Burns "Blues" series marathon on Denver Public TV, and virtual raging here at DU.

Whaddyadoin'?
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 04:06 PM
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1. Not me, Dude!!!
Praise the Lord and pass the Irish Creme!!!

Yeah!!
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Democrats unite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 04:07 PM
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2. Ditto!
eom
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silverlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 04:09 PM
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3. Me...
I've drank enough for this life time. Think I'll save it for the next one.

I will have an occasional drink of wine, but I enjoy spending New Year's Eve with family, including the fourteen year-old daughter and four of my six grandchildren.
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The King Donating Member (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 04:10 PM
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4. Sober for three months... 
I'll be celebrating 3 months of sobriety tomorrow, so I'll be
dry tonight as well.
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Bundbuster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 04:14 PM
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7. Congratulations King!
After about 30 years of heavy drinking and stomach damage, I quit 5 years ago and was amazed how easy it was, not to mention all the cash I've saved.
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southerngirlwriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 04:14 PM
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8. Congrats
I have been free from alcohol for nearly 6 years. I congratulate on your sobriety and wish you well on the journey ahead.

Be sure and find a sobriety checkpoint tonight -- nearly all cities have them on New Year's Eve -- and drive through it, sober and proud, seat belt buckled, etc. Makes you feel wonderful to not be afraid anymore.
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silverlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 04:15 PM
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10. Welcome to the King...
Glad to have you here. It is often a sobering place to be!

And congratulations on your three months! My husband now has over 10 years, one day at a time!
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maxanne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 04:16 PM
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12. congratulations King
you're almost finished with the triple crown of alcoholism: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve.

I'm the midnight speaker at an alcathon tonight.
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Dogmudgeon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 04:12 PM
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5. Totalling Tea for Me
New Year's Eve is usually just another reminder of how lonely and how much of a loser I am. So tonight, I'm just going to stay home, alone, by myself, and re-write my suicide note.

--bkl
... I'm gonna go eat worms ...
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demsrule4life Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 04:14 PM
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6. Be at work
drinking would be frowned upon.
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VOX Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 04:15 PM
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9. Am the designated driver for tonight's dinner...
And I don't drink the coffin-varnish anymore, but when I get home this evening, um, it'll my time to relax with a bit of nature's finest... :smoke:
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southerngirlwriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 04:15 PM
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11. I will.....
we have a special service at my church called "Watch Night," and we'll share a meal after the service, and take communion at midnight. It's fun, especially driving through the checkpoints on the way home. :-)
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MaineDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-31-03 04:19 PM
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13. Me
Been there done that, etc.

I stopped drinking alcohol about 5 years ago because of medication I was taking and I've pretty much stayed that way ever since. I'll have a glass of wine with a good meal about once a year but that's it.

So 2004 will be toasted with sparkling cider tonight at my house.
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