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bif

(22,558 posts)
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 09:40 AM Dec 2022

Is everyone ready for the holidays?

Do you have a battle plan for staying clean? I think being prepared is the best way to come out of it unscathed. I've learned a few tricks like having an exit strategy for attending parties. Or avoiding them when possible. Having a glass of soda water or pop in youR hand so people won't bug you about not drinking. Just those two thing work wonders.

Any tricks you use and would like to share?

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Is everyone ready for the holidays? (Original Post) bif Dec 2022 OP
If you add something a little distasteful such as extra lemon Tetrachloride Dec 2022 #1
I usually put a slice of lime in it bif Dec 2022 #2
Fortunately my family knows i am a non drinker Tetrachloride Dec 2022 #3
I keep attending meetings RainCaster Dec 2022 #4
I attend SMART meetings every Saturday bif Dec 2022 #5

Tetrachloride

(7,721 posts)
1. If you add something a little distasteful such as extra lemon
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 10:03 AM
Dec 2022

you can nurse your soda longer. Fewer refills as a result

Tetrachloride

(7,721 posts)
3. Fortunately my family knows i am a non drinker
Sun Dec 4, 2022, 10:17 AM
Dec 2022

especially this past 4 years. It helps that my niece has been a vegetarian for 15 years.

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