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jonijoni1


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Went to Olive Garden in the afternoon with hubby, orderd a Cranberry Juice and Gingerale spritzer (my usual), and when I took a big fat swig, FULL of alcohol!! AXKK!!!

The waiter said he thought I had ordered, Cranberry, GOOSE (as in GreyGoose Vodka), and Gingerale.

Yuck!! Felt that swig go straight to the noggin, and nearly spit it all out all over the place. It happened so fast. Thank God for the program. The dark and dirty streets of insanity flashed before my eyes. I got over it. Shit happens.

Called my sponsor. Onward!!  I will be MORE explicit now when ordering Juice beverages, like say "a NON-NON-NON alcoholic such and such...."


It's great to be sober today.... STILL!!!!!

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wow Joni, good for you for moving past that, yuck, the devil sure stays busy, as you say, onward.....Deb

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Hey Joni,

It's happened to me a few times, but It never got past the sniff test. I was told, in early sobriety to always ask for drinks in sealed containers or water, to be sure. Glad you're still with us. smile.gif

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Im glad I typically order coffee at restaurants....Hopefully no mistakes there!!!!
Yum....olive garden! Although I have to say Im about sick of eating! Thanksgiving, lunch at real seafood for daughters bday...LOVE lobster for lunch!!!!!...then pizza and cake yesterday!!! Oink Oink! Bring on the xmas fudge!!!

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LOL... never occurred to me to sniff Dean, thanks. Duh.

Lani, I too am sick of eating. I got Chicken Marsala, one of my favorites. Too much food though. Now, seafood, on the other hand, sounds good! I am fussy about my seafood though, and it is a fiasco finding really REALLY good flown-in stuff around here. I worked at Red Lobster in the early 90's... terrible, I tell you. Everything vacuum sealed and frozen. Overflowing sinks full of thawing shellfish. EW!! You should see the floors in the kitchen there, and, you all might never eat there again!

I am off to get some normal groceries in this house today. Making burgers tonight. Tired of all the fuss, and ready for some typical average American food now.

How did this turn into a thread about FOOD??? LOL Glad it is not about my having gotten drunk! That would be horrible.

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Erm, excuse me.. Leave my FONT out of it!!!!! lol Awful, Joni. I'm dead sorry. I'd hate that to happen to me. Would totally torment & freak me out. I'd feel like I'd been spiked or ambushed in some way! lol Thanks for the warning. Glad you're ok. Eeeurgh.. Like a moth to a hot flame. Roll on that position of neutrality ;) Danielle x

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Hmmmm...... What came to my cynical mind first was "How could you not smell it when you put the glass up to your mouth!" At Bike week last year, my John had a glass of his favorite mixed drink - spiced & coconut rum and pink grapefruit juice - I had a glass of pink lemonade. In running around the condo getting 'geared up' to ride I grabbed what I thought was my glass and before it even got anywhere near my face I could SMELL that it was his.
Hell! I can smell booze from across the room these days!

2nd thought, why order a "spritzer" anything. Reminded me of the days I 'romanced' alcohol by drinking things like RootBeer in those brown bottles, pink lemonade (see paragraph above ^)  & purchased sparkling cider telling myself it was b/c my kid liked it!


Not trying to make ya mad, joni girl, just my thoughts..........Not in a good place these past 4 days! Feeling very low and depressed. Guess this is my way of pointing the finger instead of taking a long hard look at me!


Happy, happy, happy you didn't finish off the drink! There was a time that I may have, since the only 2 people who knew it was booze laced would me and the waiter! !!!!


Onward is correct!


(((hugs))))

-- Edited by Doll at 05:26, 2008-12-01

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Oh sorry Joni!!! lol
Bottom line is, you realized your mistake, or the waiters mistake, and put it down...Like doll said, I might have just chugged it for the hell of it! I hope not! But who knows...thats why I said I stick to coffee!!!! Hope all is well today!!!! Hey isnt chicken marsala made with wine!!!????? lol

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Thanks for your thoughts, Doll..... I drink a lot of juice, nothing romantic about it. I have been mixing gingerale and juices since I was a little girl, actually my grandmother started me doing that (she never EVER drank), because she didn't want me drinking straight soda pop. I did not drink mixed drinks. I like cranberry juice and I like gingerale, and there is nothing alcoholic about that. It comes in the same kind of glass a soda does. I don't think "spritzers" are intended to make people feel "grown up". Some of us drink more juice because we actually prefer juice.

Second thing, there was a long straw in it. Alcoholics who drink diet coke when they go out to dinner probably don't sniff that first either. (but, lesson learned).

I had all but forgotten about this, until I got on here this morning. And I see there are a variety of different reactions to what happened to me. My point... yes, there was a point here..... is that I was terrified and upset when it happened, and not enticed. I was surrounded by my Higher Power's protection. My head was in the right place, thank God. I had immediate thoughts about what alcohol does to me- all the terrible things. The program is working in my life, and I am so very glad that it is.

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chicken marsala...... shit, people!! Not even going to go there..... if a reduced boiled sauce like marsala mushroom sauce is a relapse, then F--- this.

Like I said, onward...........................................

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Sorry for that one....was totally kidding around!
Onward sounds good!

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Lani... did you ever drink Kaluha or Irish in your coffee...??? Ok ok, I'll stop now....
:o) No humor is safe with us here....

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Memories!!!!!!! Loved that stuff darnit!!!!! And humor is about the safest thing we have!!!!!! xo

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So you swallowed as opposed to spitting?

Interesting smile

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Hey everybody- Tipsy made a thinly veiled innuendo! Whooo-hoooo! Good one! You are a very clever little sprite, tipsy- and you should get a Lifesaver and a pat on your pointy little head for your efforts!


Who pissed in your cornflakes besides you, McStaggering genius?

Dry Drunk:

Definition: A colloquial term generally used to describe someone who has stopped drinking, but who still demonstrates the same alcoholic behaviors and attitudes.
Also Known As: Dry, Not Sober
Examples: His behavior hasn't changed at all, he acts like a dry drunk.


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Yes, I swallowed.... old habits die hard....... now... back to the POINT???

Tip, your continual mention of sexually-related content displays the bold fact that you are clearly incapable of maintaining enough of it in your real life... no surprise to me....

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alright kiddos,

take the personal discussions to the personal messaging system, that's what it's there for smile.gif
Let's keep these kind of comments off the board. thanks,

Dean

-- Edited by StPeteDean at 14:04, 2008-12-02

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