Merry Christmas

[Nyx]

 

[lilstar]

Wishing you all Merry Chrismas, hope you enjoy the holidays.....

 

[Nyx]

Try to enjoy them too, Kelly :thankyou:

 

[lilstar]

I will ;):dance::lmao::thumbsup::bounce:

 

[cherryblossom]

Merry Christmas everyone.
I'll be taking a couple of days off-line, so I hope you all have a fun and stress free Christmas.

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Take very good care of yourselves :love:

 

[WonderingWhy]

Merry Christmas.

 

[cherryblossom]

I had a lovely, quiet Christmas, with my parents and my brother. We had a few drinks (champagne), a few presents and a lovely Christmas dinner (turkey, stuffing, roasties, parsnips, sprouts, bigs in blankets), followed by a lazy afternoon reading books and watching tv. There were some good comedies on the TV, so it was nice to just relax, eat some chocolate, drink some bubbly, and not much else. Very induldgent, and relaxing.

I came back home today. And it's nice to be home, have my own space, and do my own thing. So, far, I don't have any plans for a new years eve celebration (which is fine by me!)

How was your Christmas?

 

[jadebear]

How was your Christmas?

Although my Christmas basically sucked, it was a huge learning experience. I learned alot about myself just by being more observant to what was said/done around me.

First off....xmas eve at work, everyone was in a good mood and joking around. I guess it was 'tease jade day'. Everyone started talking about the times I went out partying with them. It turned into me being called an 'alcoholic in denial' by my co-workers. They thought it was funny, and meant no harm, but it really hurt. Later, I realized it hurt so much cause it's the truth.

Second, on xmas day, one of the gifts for me was a bottle of jack daniels, from a family member. She thought she was being nice, afterall, I always bought a 20 oz. bottle of pepsi, poured it out and filled it with jack to make the family get-togethers more tolerable. I didn't accept her gift. I told her thanks, but I didn't want it. It made me realize when family thinks of me and Christmas, they think of me and drinking..... and it hurt.

Third, I normally take muscle relaxers the night before Christmas, so that I have that groggy, out of it feeling the next day. I didn't take any this year. I didn't drink, I didn't take any pills and I actually survived.

So even though everything else sucked and I spent alot of time crying....at least I learned a few things.

 

[cherryblossom]

Well done for getting through Christmas. It sounds like it was tough at times, but you made it through without any pills or alcohol.:thumbsup:

 

[Nyx]

I'm just glad it's all over. Christmas, new year, all the social obligations all the BS smiling and cheering... It all goes back to normal, I'm going to work on Monday and life gets on the right track again.

JB, I'm sorry you have discovered such painful things, but sometimes it has to sting to motivate us. I'm sure the things you learned will help push you further.

CB, nice that you had such a relaxing Christmas. In my Utopia that would be the norm for holidays :)