The Next day Thread Thursday 23rd April

[Angelcakes]

Geez, it's lunchtime here & still no thread.
I had to hit the gym & clear some cobwebs of my own this morning Ezz, I'm feeling a little better now...the drinktracker tells the story.
BH & Mr G I liked your posts on yesterdays thread - it's true, for all my failures there is definitely progression. A while ago I didn't want to even think about an AF life - it was gonna be mods for me all the way...now an AF life seems like bliss!!

Oh, and Mr Cakes was offered the job in Sinny...

[ezzmae]

The Next day Thread Thursday 23rd April

morning all.

Congrats of Mr Cakes getting the job. I had a crap nights sleep last night but serves me right for doing body attack at 7.30 yesterday evening, too much adrenaline to sleep. Lunch time in NZ, only morning here. About to hit the gym for another body attack class. A lot of stress in my life at the moment and exercise is going to be my de-stresser of choice this week. Freezing cold here this morning.

[crystal]

The Next day Thread Thursday 23rd April

Hi Angel and Ezz,

Well it's day 6 AF for me today. I'm feeling very postive, still waking with headaches in the morning but fortunately they don't last long. I find keeping myself busy throughout the day helps alot. My next step is to start exercising, I just find it hard to get started. Not sure that I'm ready for a body attack class...ouch! Maybe just a walk on the treadmill to start with.
Enjoy the rest of your day.

[tawnyfrog]

The Next day Thread Thursday 23rd April

Hi Angel, Ezz & Crystal - you're sounding good and buzzy. Had o/n visitors earlier this week and that always throws me off kilter so my apologies for being AWOL. Things much the same here - I think I need to split wood the way you guys need to go to the gym. Unless I get at least an hour per day in, I'm not very happy.

Had a bat zooming round in the bedroom last night and the cats were trying to get the bat and all hell broke loose with resultant broken vase and lamp. I know a fair and reasonable amount of 'stuff' but I know nothing about how to catch a bat at 1.42am. If I'd gone to bed drunk, I probably would have slept through the whole fiasco.

Just saw I'm down to my last 30cm of water in the tank. Will have to buy some in again. Oh, for some rain.

Will try to pop in more regularly.

Hello to all yet to come.

[ezzmae]

The Next day Thread Thursday 23rd April

Congrats on day 6 crystal.

Tawny, I went to order my wood today, same week I order it every year and this year it would seem that they have changed the cut-off dates by a whole month. Now I have to pay extra and also pay for delivery. This is also the first year they haven't sent out their pricelist in February. I wonder how many customers they have caught this way. I really hate that all the difficult to chop pieces get piled in the corner and have to be tackled in August when we start running out.

[Waving_not_drowning]

The Next day Thread Thursday 23rd April

G'day all :-)

Have been on here before but not for a long time, so thought I'd better introduce myself as a Newbie..

My name is David, I'm in Melbourne, Australia and I've been drinking too much for the last 10 years..

I've only tried doing something about it for the last 2 years and have been especially trying to sort myself out this year..

Most I've managed is 2 weeks alcohol free last year and Moderated this year for 3 months (No more than 2 beers a night and two alcohol free days a week)

I was pretty happy with three months of moderation, really thought I had it sorted but now am knocking off a bottle of Red wine a night minimum ( sometimes two!)

So here I go again....Hoorah!

Planning to wean myself from a bottle a night to a glass of red a night over the next week and then maybe AF for a while before moderation forever.

Looking for someone to hook up with, talk to and give mutual support to..

Let me know :-)

Wish me luck!

[ezzmae]

The Next day Thread Thursday 23rd April

Welcome Dave. Good to have you here.

I am a binge drinker so my only real problems are weekends or weekdays if I have been AF for a while. I am planning on going AF this weekend. I would love to have a long time AF under my belt and only drink for social reasons in the future. My fear of modding is that it starts to creep slowly into bringing me back to where I was before I started.

We are all about mutual support here and if you ever need someone to talk to just send me a message.

I noticed that you listed the gym as one of your hobbies, so you are in good company here.

[Waving_not_drowning]

The Next day Thread Thursday 23rd April

Hey Ezzmae :-)

Cheers for the quick reply!

Where abouts are you?

Yes, I am at the gym 4 times a week, run at least once a week and surf weekends as much as I can, have my own bussiness (and drink a bottle of red every night and 2 bottles of red twice a week)

At least I am a fit and productive alcoholic :-)

I loathe the anxiety and depression I feel when I've been on a binge..

Alcohol is stopping me from being who I want to be..

I think Moderating or being alcohol free is something I'll need to keep an eye on for the rest of my time on this planet...

I've knocked off 3/4 of a bottle of red this evening but have decided that is enough...

I loved drinking only one or two beers every night for the first 3 months of this year, I was my old, confident, happy self...

I've done it once, so no excuse for not getting back there...

I'm writing a book now, I'll stop..

Hope to chat to you soon

David x

[Guitarista]

The Next day Thread Thursday 23rd April

Evening all, and welcome David!
I was a fit alkie too, but now, like you, i want to see what i can do, and for me to do that, i've learned i need to go af for a lengthy stretch, if not longer, and so now, i'm enjoying the extra energy, buzz, and enthusiasm not drinking gives me.
Great going Crystal, thanks Angel, and nice to see you Tawny.
Ezz, i love a good run, or boxing session for stress, but a good sweaty session of anything is great. (including pump Crystal). Sweet dreams all!