Pie's AF and NF Journey Journal

[sk8punk]

Pie's AF and NF Journey Journal

Hey Pie. Papmom is right it takes time before any changes are noticable. I had small changes but around 100 days is when I really noticed changes in my outlook on life. Give it time and work on yourseelf.

[Doggygirl]

Pie's AF and NF Journey Journal

Pie;911377 wrote: DG, do you mean you got up earlier so you'd feel sleepy earlier? I'll look at starting a gratitude list. Hit a big negative patch today when I got home and realized my a/c had quit cooling. Luckily, repair guy came and fixed quickly. Think his name will go at the top of my list!

Thanks again all,
Pie

Hi Pie! Sorry I missed your question back there in your thread! I just decided to get up when I woke up. So for quite some time, that was 3 or 3:30AM!!! I would naturally want to go to bed earlier. I just went with the flow.

I was leery of prescription strength sleep aids only because I know that for some people, addiction switching happens very easily. (which is no criticism of anyone else - just my own logic behind my own choice). I found Valerian Root to be helpful. (I tried Melatonin and that gave me weird dreams, but works for many people)

Anyway...whatever works for YOU is what's important in your journey! Congrats on another AF/NF day.

DG

[Pie]

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Gonna need a "do over" on my AF attempt as I chose to drink yesterday. The weak link in my plan is what to do with myself between 5pm-9pm. Once I get that figured out, should be good to go. Still going strong on the nicotine front, for which I'm very grateful. Just wanted to get this down in my journal.

Pie

[PhoenixRising]

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Pie;918073 wrote: Gonna need a "do over" on my AF attempt as I chose to drink yesterday. The weak link in my plan is what to do with myself between 5pm-9pm. Once I get that figured out, should be good to go. Still going strong on the nicotine front, for which I'm very grateful. Just wanted to get this down in my journal.

Pie

You and me both, Pie. I have to have a full dance card or I am doomed. Got to water everything tonight as it's almost 100 here. That should keep me out of trouble for a while..

[Meech]

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Small steps Pie. You are doing great. Keep posting regularly. If you compare the last few weeks to what you were doing maybe a month ago, I'm sure you would be pretty proud of yourself.

Have a great sober weekend!
Meech

[Pie]

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Hi Meech and Phoenix, Thanks for stopping by. Haven't been posting here much myself because I'm stuck. I want to be alcohol free, but don't want to do the work. Is it Mario that says, "you can't wish it away?" In another thread, Sheri posted this about quitting:

Strategy #1: Take massive action. If nothing changes, nothing changes. The scope of what you are trying to do (quitting drinking) is truly massive. You are trying to change your whole life. This takes a huge effort. Do not underestimate it. Go big or go home.

It's spot on, of course. I did underestimate the amount of change needed, and the effort that would take. Thought I could just put down the glass and carry on. So, lesson learned. Need to figure out how, one day at a time, I can "go big."

Pie