Sober fans meet up @ PJ20

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So no one sober is planning on tailgating in the parking lot?
As John McEnroe once said:
"you cannot be serious!"

From what I'm told, this place is famous for it tail gates!

Oh well!
When Eddie bikes through the parking lot like he is bound to do, I'll say hi for all you guys!
(ribbing intended!)

11am?
Not me , not at pj20...

Black73

ChadStillAlilve wrote:

Black73 wrote:

ChadStillAlive wrote:

What time are you thinking?

How about 11 am? Suffice it to say my wife, sons and I will not be tailgating!

I'm definitely down for that on Saturday and then we can play it by ear to see if we want to meet again on Sunday. I'll see if I can get the rest of my crew to join me for that. It might be really quiet on that lawn at that time and the perfect opportunity to hold an actual meeting. Who else is in besides Black73 and I? Black, what's your name? I'm Chad, obviously.

Hey Chad, I'm Matt. We're planning to get in the gates pretty early. The tailgating scene is pretty serious, but we're there for what's inside the gates.

mickeyrat

6 days and a wake up bump.

Black73

Bed time bump

Black73

5 days to go bump

ChadsStillAlive

I'm fine with the 11 AM meet-up, and I have 0 desire to hang out in the tailgating parking lot. Many people in this thread may not understand that this is for people who are not just casually doing PJ20 sober (or soberish, haha), but rather for people in 12-step recovery who live a very specific non-using/drinking lifestyle. It's important for us to meet up to support each other in slippery environments. We're still gonna have a blast! But the idea of sitting on the lawn late morning Saturday sounds so serene and beautiful to me. I'm really looking forward to it. I haven't checked, so I'll ask: has anybody posted about this on the fans in recovery thread?

oona left

ChadsStillAlive wrote:

But the idea of sitting on the lawn late morning Saturday sounds so serene and beautiful to me. I'm really looking forward to it.quote]

This is what I had in mind, too! But I just read that the lawn will not be opened until 3:00pm.

Same goes for the pavillion.

ChadsStillAlive

oona left wrote:

ChadsStillAlive wrote:

But the idea of sitting on the lawn late morning Saturday sounds so serene and beautiful to me. I'm really looking forward to it.quote]

This is what I had in mind, too! But I just read that the lawn will not be opened until 3:00pm.

Same goes for the pavillion.

Well shit. Plan B?

Black73

ChadsStillAlive wrote:

oona left wrote:

ChadsStillAlive wrote:

But the idea of sitting on the lawn late morning Saturday sounds so serene and beautiful to me. I'm really looking forward to it.quote]

This is what I had in mind, too! But I just read that the lawn will not be opened until 3:00pm.

Same goes for the pavillion.

Well shit. Plan B?

The lawn is huge, so we could meet near the 10c viewing area/fence and go from there.

Black73

ChadsStillAlive wrote:

I'm fine with the 11 AM meet-up, and I have 0 desire to hang out in the tailgating parking lot. Many people in this thread may not understand that this is for people who are not just casually doing PJ20 sober (or soberish, haha), but rather for people in 12-step recovery who live a very specific non-using/drinking lifestyle. It's important for us to meet up to support each other in slippery environments. We're still gonna have a blast! But the idea of sitting on the lawn late morning Saturday sounds so serene and beautiful to me. I'm really looking forward to it. I haven't checked, so I'll ask: has anybody posted about this on the fans in recovery thread?

Chad - couldn't agree more with EVERYTHING you said. Fortunately, the slippery environments haven't been a struggle for me, as I was able to quit one morning and never drink again. It hasn't always been easy, so everything the 12-step recovery programs offers is so incredibly awesome to me. Whatever peoples' paths, as long as they have support when times are tough is what matters.

We'll be crashing the gates at 11 am, and will hit the lower level of the lawn section shortly after we enter. Hope to see a bunch of others seeking serenity around the 11:00 hour, brother!

-Matt

ChadsStillAlive

Black73 wrote:

ChadsStillAlive wrote:

oona left wrote:

This is what I had in mind, too! But I just read that the lawn will not be opened until 3:00pm.

Same goes for the pavillion.

Well shit. Plan B?

The lawn is huge, so we could meet near the 10c viewing area/fence and go from there.[/quote]

Yeah, I'm familiar with Alpine's lawn, but what time are you thinking?

ChadsStillAlive

Black73 wrote:

ChadsStillAlive wrote:

I'm fine with the 11 AM meet-up, and I have 0 desire to hang out in the tailgating parking lot. Many people in this thread may not understand that this is for people who are not just casually doing PJ20 sober (or soberish, haha), but rather for people in 12-step recovery who live a very specific non-using/drinking lifestyle. It's important for us to meet up to support each other in slippery environments. We're still gonna have a blast! But the idea of sitting on the lawn late morning Saturday sounds so serene and beautiful to me. I'm really looking forward to it. I haven't checked, so I'll ask: has anybody posted about this on the fans in recovery thread?

Chad - couldn't agree more with EVERYTHING you said. Fortunately, the slippery environments haven't been a struggle for me, as I was able to quit one morning and never drink again. It hasn't always been easy, so everything the 12-step recovery programs offers is so incredibly awesome to me. Whatever peoples' paths, as long as they have support when times are tough is what matters.

We'll be crashing the gates at 11 am, and will hit the lower level of the lawn section shortly after we enter. Hope to see a bunch of others seeking serenity around the 11:00 hour, brother!

-Matt

That sounds good, but oona left reported that the lawn won't be accessible until 3 PM.

AK156409

Hello Friends of Bill/Ed,

This is such a great idea. I've been following this thread since the day it started, but this is my first chime in. I was really hoping there would be enough interest to set up a table/tent where people could gather at any point during the weekend, but alas, getting us organized is like herding cats.

I love the idea of an early Saturday meet-up and I couldn't tell if you guys were thinking of having a formal meeting or not, but either way I'd be down. That said, I don't love the idea of having it inside the gates, or for that matter, inside the restricted 10c lawn area. While I can appreciate anyone's disinterest in the tailgating scene, I think it would be great to keep the time and location flexible to a variety of needs. If we met outside, people who want to go in could walk in as soon as we're done and not miss a thing while people who don't want to go in until later would not be trapped by the no re-entry deal. Personally, I'm gonna be spending most of the day on Sunday inside so I'd like to pace myself and have some freedom Saturday, walk around, meet some people, play frisbee with my brother, whatever... And I have a friend in recovery who was planning on the same kind of thing.

So, no big deal either way, but in the interest of including two more peeps -- and whomever else may be quietly lingering around this thread but not speaking up (as I was doing) -- maybe you guys can consider an 11am meeting in a nice patch of grass somewhere OUTSIDE the venue?

I'll keep checking in to see how this develops... hope to meet everyone soon!

Andy

ChadsStillAlive

AK156409 wrote:

Hello Friends of Bill/Ed,

This is such a great idea. I've been following this thread since the day it started, but this is my first chime in. I was really hoping there would be enough interest to set up a table/tent where people could gather at any point during the weekend, but alas, getting us organized is like herding cats.

I love the idea of an early Saturday meet-up and I couldn't tell if you guys were thinking of having a formal meeting or not, but either way I'd be down. That said, I don't love the idea of having it inside the gates, or for that matter, inside the restricted 10c lawn area. While I can appreciate anyone's disinterest in the tailgating scene, I think it would be great to keep the time and location flexible to a variety of needs. If we met outside, people who want to go in could walk in as soon as we're done and not miss a thing while people who don't want to go in until later would not be trapped by the no re-entry deal. Personally, I'm gonna be spending most of the day on Sunday inside so I'd like to pace myself and have some freedom Saturday, walk around, meet some people, play frisbee with my brother, whatever... And I have a friend in recovery who was planning on the same kind of thing.

So, no big deal either way, but in the interest of including two more peeps -- and whomever else may be quietly lingering around this thread but not speaking up (as I was doing) -- maybe you guys can consider an 11am meeting in a nice patch of grass somewhere OUTSIDE the venue?

I'll keep checking in to see how this develops... hope to meet everyone soon!

Andy

I'm fine with that as well. Your rationale makes sense to me. Matt, what are your thoughts? Does anyone know of a distinguishable, easy-to-find grassy spot where no cars will be parked - and if possible, one that provides a bit of shade and privacy? If possible, I'd love to see this thing be run as an actual meeting, the same way I've seen it done before at festivals and jam band shows, as has been previously discussed in this thread. We do it as a separate entity from AA/NA/etc. and give ourselves a fancy name based on the band's music. I think we should just organize ourselves as much as possible to make this happen before Saturday morning. Anyone else want to chime in on this? I'm going to post this to the fans in recovery thread in an attempt to reach as many eyes as possible.

Black73

Great suggestions, one and all! Ok, so here's the plan for me and my family. We're gonna crash the gates at 11. I appreciate Oona saying the lawn isn't open until 3 pm...but I wonder if that's a section of the lawn, perhaps the 10c viewing section only? The lawn is massive, so I gotta believe they cannot - or will not be able to - restrict total lawn access until mid-afternoon.

That being said, we plan to get as close to the 10c viewing area as possible at 11 am on Saturday. If anyone is interested/able to meet there somewhere in the grass, let's meet up. If not, that's cool too. Maybe we can have a couple designated places both inside and outside where we can meet up and support each other and get psyched together.

Hoping to meet as many of you great peeps as possible this weekend!
-Matt

i shit and i stink

I guess most of you have been on this thread but for all you who are non-drinkers in recovery (or in any kind of program at all) there has been a thread going for a couple of years now:

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=29105

As I said somewhere there, that thread got me into the program, so if you go and share there you ight be helping someone else get in

Oh, and have a great sober time at the festival everyone! I wish I were in the US right now but I just read on the site that the band are playing two days in the new stadium in my home town in Poland as a European PJ20, supported by my faves the Cure, the Fall, the Wedding Present and Kings of Leon, so I'm all good.

oona left

Since there is some valid doubt as to whether is is the entire lawn or the Ten Club Cage that won't open until 3:00pm, I got that tidbit in this thread:

http://forums.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=167326

I can't do any kind of fact checking here at work, because most sites are blocked.

I'm fine with inside or outside the venue on Saturday. I'm a little anxious to get in there and nab a good spot on the lawn, but if that's not even an option until later, there's no reason to hurry.

From the aerial view, it doesn't look like there are too many grassy, shady nooks near the parking lot. That doesn't mean there aren't any, of course. Maybe someone more familiar with the venue knows of somewhere that might work.

Black73

oona left wrote:

Since there is some valid doubt as to whether is is the entire lawn or the Ten Club Cage that won't open until 3:00pm, I got that tidbit in this thread:

http://forums.pearljam.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=167326

I can't do any kind of fact checking here at work, because most sites are blocked.

I'm fine with inside or outside the venue on Saturday. I'm a little anxious to get in there and nab a good spot on the lawn, but if that's not even an option until later, there's no reason to hurry.

From the aerial view, it doesn't look like there are too many grassy, shady nooks near the parking lot. That doesn't mean there aren't any, of course. Maybe someone more familiar with the venue knows of somewhere that might work.

Thanks oona...not sure what the verdict is, but I'll be glad to let everyone know if I hear anything. I asked the question in the other thread.

locked

I'm in for anything in the parking lot as well.. Let's just get there and check in with eachother on this thread?

jryan1981

why not meet outside the 10 club tent where we get out tickets. Although i liked the early lawn idea also.