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    Being proud of a friend~

    One of my friends has gone 4 days without drinking, 4... it's probably been years since he has done that and it's an inspiration to me, I now want to do it too. He curbed his drinking to keep me safe while I was drinking while with him, he made me laugh and forget about some of the SHIT I have been through in the past few years. When I started at MWO in January, I tried to encourage him to try, now he is trying to encourage me to try. It's touching.
    I know that we have all been through shit, we don't get to where we are without having gone through some bad stuff, some of us find it easier to get encouragement, some of us have enough self-esteem left and can accept compliments and kuddos, this person can not. Being able to get up, look in the mirror and not self berate himself was one of the comments he made to me this morning that made me feel so good for him. I, on the other hand, looked in the mirror and for the first time in a long time, knew I was hung over. I don't usually have facial changes from drinking, but today my eyes were smaller and my nose hurt. As he was heading off for a bike ride, I was getting the kids off to school knowing I would crawl back in bed, hide the day away, feel badly for the first time in a long time about myself, and wish I had not drank last night. So, with his inspiration and possibly with my/your encouragement, we/I can start this path...
    I am going to truly try to 30 day AF. It starts tomorrow for me as today there is still alcohol in my system... THIS site does help!!

    To those of you succeeding BRAVO!!! To the friend BRAVO!!!!! ((HUGS))
    And just because I REALLY know you love this type of thing :goodjob::goodjob::goodjob::goodjob::goodjob::good job: ha!!
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    Being proud of a friend~

    Bpleasant, go for it, I can promise you that you will feel so proud of yourself, even after day 1 ............. being sober is just amazing!!!!!

    All the best and let us know how it goes

    Love & Hugs, BB xx
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      #3
      Being proud of a friend~

      Very honest, heartfelt post. I do love those 'lightbulb' moments!
      sigpic
      Never look down on a person unless you are offering them a hand up.
      awprint: RUBY Imagine yourself doing What you love and loving What you do, Being happy From the inside Out, experiencing your Dreams wide awake, Being creative, being Unique, being you - changing things to the way YOU know they can BE - Living the Life you Always imagined.awprint:

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        #4
        Being proud of a friend~

        awesome BP just do youe best
        :beach: life does change as long as you are willing to change yourself ..
        best thing about the future it comes one day at a time..

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          #5
          Being proud of a friend~

          Hey BPleasant I'm excited for you. Yes get that junk out of your system and get on here tomorrow and tell us how you're doing. Would love to hear more from you...techie
          Outside of a dog a book is mans best friend. Inside of a dog its too dark to read

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            #6
            Being proud of a friend~

            bp, great to hear you talking so positively. when you have pulled yourself together, try and put together a plan to help you on your way. check out the toolbox. we will help you. good luck.

            also is your friend aware of mwo and the amount of help that can be found here?

            gw x
            The mind will intellectualize it, the heart will emotionalize it, yet the gut never lies.

            https://www.mywayout.org/community/f9/girly-wirly-s-toolbox-2-45452.html

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              #7
              Being proud of a friend~

              Hi BPleasant, we sort of started around the same time in Jan, I was only fiddlin around with sobriety before that. I've cocked up since but would be delighted to be your buddy on the 30 days if you want?
              Molly
              Contentedly sober since 27/12/2011
              contentedly NF since 8/04/14

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                #8
                Being proud of a friend~

                BP....YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!
                I love my family more than alcohol.:h
                Live in the Solution....not the problem

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                  #9
                  Being proud of a friend~

                  I just joined and have been looking at some of the threads. Like bpleasant's friend, I'm also a few days into trying to stop after years of nearly daily dosing. There are a lot of supportive people on here, but this thread grabbed me. The care and hope in that message, the sincere pride, the personal attention and respect. I hope your friend saw this. I read it and my own mild cravings vanished. I read it a few more times nearly in tears. Were this directed at me, if a friend of mine were able to express pride and encouragement in such a genuine way, particularly someone who understands the stuggle...the strength and determination that would give me. I'll remember this message in the next few days and weeks (and, with luck, months).

                  You're friend is very, very lucky...I truly hope he's seen it. He couldn't possibly turn back now.

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                    #10
                    Being proud of a friend~

                    jrdn welcome I wish you the best of luck here. I too was very moved by the bpleasant post. I hope to hear more from you on your journey. This MWO program is wonderful and has made a huge difference in my life thus far. So read alot, post alot and take care...techie
                    Outside of a dog a book is mans best friend. Inside of a dog its too dark to read

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                      #11
                      Being proud of a friend~

                      Doing good~

                      Keeping busy really does help. I drank one night, didn't think I drank a lot but the hang over kick in late afternoon. Since, I have had 1/2 a drink, too busy to do much more, it feels good.
                      My friend, went 10 days also a hang over at 10 days. Would it have normally have been a hangover? Doesn't matter, another 10 days would be great!

                      Thanks all. It helps to read responses. I like being busy.

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                        #12
                        Being proud of a friend~

                        Hi Bp, nice to 'see' you

                        Perfectly normal to have hangover type feelings at 10 days. In fact there's some days even now I feel sort of hungover usually if I've eaten too much chocolate or sugary stuff and not enough water the day before.

                        J x

                        :l
                        It could be worse, I could be filing.
                        AF since 7/7/2009

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                          #13
                          Being proud of a friend~

                          I am new and have been reading through stuff here - wondering how the people here are doing...and the 'friend'..? still trying to stop, or have stopped and not trying?

                          Thanks,

                          OldSoul

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