97 days is awesome Mav. I don’t drink, never tried cigs or drugs of any kind. So I can’t help you on how to celebrate. A nice meal that you’ve bought and paid for with money you didn’t waste gambling might be nice. I treat myself that way sometimes. In fact, I did it after 100 days myself. I just didn’t mention what the significance of the meal was to the people I was with. I’m on week 19 today. Nothing to celebrate though because I know I’ve been up to the low 40’s. I think 42 weeks is my LIFE record, since I started gambling about 17 years ago.
At the moment I’m working. I’m working a funeral. Most people have gone. Only the hard core remain. There’s been arguments. There’s been tantrums. There’s been plenty of drinking. Hopefully the remainder will soon shuffle away without incident. Last time we had a funeral there was one guy who just flat out refused to leave at the end of the night. He was shouting and swearing at me. Thinking on my feet, I remembered that the 6 foot odd, muscle bound, man mountain Tony was downstairs. As he was leaving, I just mentioned to Tony that the guy was giving me a bit of grief. I turned my back for 10 seconds and he was gone. Result!
