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    #1

    NO-Bender Challenge

    Well Angel started an Oct-sober challenge which I proudly committed to and then proceeded to crash and burn in spectacular fashion. Anyway, that is another month of my life that I lost to alcohol, and there have been more than enough of them.

    So here is a No-bender challenge ..... 30 days of AF-ness coming up. And hopefully that will just be the start. I've been really inspired by Mr T's 2-year anniversary and Mr G's one-year one ..... and read another thread yesterday here someone had got to 3 years. And of course Doggygirl has been another great inspiration to me, as I know she has been to many others.

    I'm a bit shy about starting threads because I always feel rejected if no-one posts in them!! :H:H But I've decided that even if I'm the only one posting I'm going to keep it up. But if anyone else wants to join me they are welcome!! (Angel, I know you are out there somewhere ....... Come out, come out wherever you are!!!) I think there are a couple of monthly AF threads at the moment, but being in a part of the world where November starts a bit earlier than elsewhere, I thought I might as well start first!!

    So I have my plan in place .... not too different from other plans I've had in the past, only this plan includes the most important one of Rule #1 - STICK TO THE PLAN!!

    Back later
    Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn

    Harriet Beecher Stowe
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    #2
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    HI
    Like you I comitted to Octsober, and crashed and burned, but I did manage 13 AF days in October, when previously I had'nt had an AF night in over 10 years, so it was'nt a complete failure. Its still October (just) here in the UK, but I am going to sign up again, and like you, try and stick to the plan this time.
    I really need to do this, I want my life back.

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      #3
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      Hey Mame,
      I'm in with ya buddy... got off to a good start with an early night last night.
      I too crashed & burned last month after forty something days so it's GET BACK ON TRACK time for me!
      Thanks for starting the thread

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        #4
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        Hi Aunty Mame and gang,

        I like the title and want to hang in here in November with no benders!! I'm not AF but a moderator but believe me, we moderators can crash and burn too. Very disappointing when we can't keep our mod limits and then the big question always looms...can I really mod???

        So, even though I'm not committing to AF in November, I'd like to commit to no benders for me and controlled drinking only. I have a big challenge as we'll be on a 2 week vacation/holiday to Asia and vacations have always been tempting to drink daily. My mod drinking is usually only 2-3 x week. So...this will be a challenging month and I'll be needing all of the support I can get.

        Thanks for listening.
        :l
        Eve11
        "Control your destiny or somebody else will"

        ~Jack Welsh~:h

        God grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know it's me. ~Author unknown, :thumbs:

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          #5
          NO-Bender Challenge

          count me in for NoBender!
          nosce te ipsum
          (Know Thyself)

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            #6
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            *rushes in* I'm here I'm here...and I'm in.
            Love ya Mame...we can.
            Will check in later.

            xo

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              #7
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              newbie on no bender

              Hi all,
              Elsa, hang in there, tough days happen--wipe the slate clean and begin again tomorrow!

              I am brand new here--and scared senseless that I can't do this thing. I'm hoping I can manage moderation, rather than complete abstinence. . .but I don't know how that will feel. I'd love to do this without drugs, but am open to the herbal supplements and hypnotherapy tapes. I'd love to hear from other folks working the program that way.

              -rorose

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                #8
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                Hi elsa and welcome. I've only been here since August and trying to moderate as well..in a no drug fashion. i don't do supplements either. The few I've tried have kind of disagreed with me so I gave them up. Doing pretty good. Had three weeks AF in a row...the first time in a decade since I was pregnant with my youngest. You can do this. Take it one day at a time and change your habits. That was hardest for me. Take walks and drink lots of water. You will be amazed at how good you feel pretty quickly. Best of luck to you
                Every day is not 100%, however, it is 100% better than my best day of drinking..

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                  #9
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                  Oh goody - now I dont feel rejected!!!

                  Lovely to have everyone on board and sure there will be more yet

                  Rorose .... I was scared silly when I first tried to go AF, that I wouldn't make it. And I didn't!!! And over the past 2 years I have floundered many times, but also had a couple of bouts of several months of being AF. I know that for me I really need to be completely AF for the rest of my life. What I'm trying to tell myself today is that this is the time that I'm going to succeed in doing that.

                  I also keep reminding myself that when I gave up smoking that one of the biggest obstacles was the voice in my head that didn't like the idea that I could never have another one EVER. 2 years on I feel very differently and never actually WANT to have another one ever!! I'd really like to get to that point with alcohol too.

                  Elsa: just saw your posts on the ODAT thread. I'll probably be asleep when you wake up, but hang on in there with us. Hope you are feeling better when you wake up - do something nice for yourself today!!
                  Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn

                  Harriet Beecher Stowe

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                    #10
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                    end of day one and I have to admit I'm feeling cranky! Have a massive headache, which hasn't been helped by the fact that one of our cats hasn't been seen since breakfast. I'm a little worried as he is normally a bit of a "stay-indoors and lie in the sun" type. And he never strays too far from the house/car bowl. Anyway, cant do anything about it that we haven't already done, so will just have to wait to see how things turn out.

                    One of the bits of my plan is to identify at the end of every day something that is a good thing that happened today that wouldn't have happened if I'd been drinking. Today's is the fact that I managed to get through quite a lot of the novel I'm reading (new John Le Carre one!!) ..... if I was drinking I would have fallen asleep during it, and then wuld have had to re-read it because I wouldn't have remembered what I had read!! :H

                    Glad the first day is over though - there is always a psychological barrier about it for me. Off to have a bath and then to bed to read some more of my book!!
                    Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn

                    Harriet Beecher Stowe

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                      #11
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                      Evening All,
                      Welcome to NO-Bender everyone! I myself am committing to No Benders but will probably mod. Had some AF time under my belt and found that stress can send me AWOL. I think if I can be SAFE and keep it steady it is better than a blinder that totally kills my brain. Searching for balance and realism here.
                      Good luck everyone I'm sure we can do this.

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                        #12
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                        Best wishes for No-bender everyone. Pump it up!

                        'I am part of all that I have met, yet all experience is an arch wherethro', gleams that untravelled world whose margins fade, forever and forever when I move'

                        Zen soul Warrior. Freedom today-

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                          #13
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                          Day Two!!! Hope everyone made it through day one with all goals intact!!!

                          After a crap nights sleep, I have reminded myself to add to ThePlan something to keep me relaxed at night. Not getting enough sleep and feeling like a crazy woman by about Day 7 is one of the main reasons why I have falllen off the wagon in the past. So I'm off to get some lavender oil today!!! I''m also a bit of a podcast queen - figure f I'm going to be up in the middle of the night I might as well be improving my mind!!

                          Busy day planned - is sparrow's fart still here, but am going off to work early (try to catch up on some of the stuff I have got behind on over recent weeks while my Mum has been sick) .... and will stay late for a public lecture that will be helpful to some work that I have on and simultaneously will keep me out of harms way during the witching hour.

                          have a good day all!!
                          Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn

                          Harriet Beecher Stowe

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                            #14
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                            I committed to the last 5 days of October AF and achieved that goal. (I had other runs of several days at a time earlier in October.) It has been easy so far because I have been sick and AL sounds totally disgusting. However, unfortunately, I know that feeling isn't permanent and want to join in for the No Bender November.

                            Aunty Mame, hope the lavendar oil works for you. For me, I'm not sure it helped with sleep, but I think it did make me feel calmer when not sleeping. The desperation that goes with the insomnia is the worst part, for me anyway.

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                              #15
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                              Day 2 - bring it on.

                              xo

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