I'm officially in the triple digits of sobriety. It was a completely different season when I started this challenge and here I am soon to enter summer a healthier version of myself. Hello World!
This week-end I was reminded how much money I used to spend on drinking. Husband and I went with staff social week-end to a hotel on the Red Sea to sit around the pool and beach to relax. Drank bottled water and a couple of lemonades that were a bit too sweet, while each bad Egyptian beer was $5. I didn't see our bill for the week-end, but I would have doubled our expenses, making our trip $100+ more just in shitty beer. I've re-appropriated a lot of money to healthy activities: tennis lessons and yoga classes, and technically I'm still saving money. Where that is going is not quite clear yet, it's hard to account for it because I have hundreds of dollars out in therapy costs until I'm reimbursed. But I know the savings are there. I'm saving in so many ways by not drinking: money, time, heartache, health to name just a few.
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sheila
4/26/2015 11:19:26 am
Congrats on 100 days!!!!
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carol
4/26/2015 03:24:20 pm
woot woot!!!! you rock!!!
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Collette
4/27/2015 12:09:11 pm
Congratulations! I dream of 100 days. Gives me hope every time someone makes it . . .
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I Will Start With Water
4/27/2015 03:22:36 pm
Hi Collette,
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I Will Start With Water
4/27/2015 03:23:56 pm
Thanks Sheila, nice to see a comment from you again. Where are you at in your journey?
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