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[Doggygirl]

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Good going TD! I really love that you are finding specific strategies that WORK for you when the cravings come - because they will. For awhile yet. If you have a plan for what you will do, that's half the battle I think.

Keep enjoying the little precious things in AF life.

DG

[mama bear]

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just checking in for the evening...I am so haapy for you and your wife....enjoy your evening

[mama bear]

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LUV and V8...sounds like a cool t-shirt!!!

[tlrgs]

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TrappedDad;998529 wrote: The support here is over whelming! i must confess though the cravings on day two are MUCH worse than day two. My wife has sprung a special dinner on me, one of my special recipies called "steak through the heart". It is one of my specialties, and we always enjoyed it with a couple of nice cabs, and I usually finished the dinner on the back porch over the fire with some port wine or cognac. Talk about a TRIGGER. So, I got a suprising turn of events though. She sought after a NON alcoholic imported wine called 'Re that we are going to try, and enjoy it over a movie instead of the normal candle light dinner and alcohol induced lost conversation. The BENEFIT....wait for it...remember, I had to drop Trevor off at our Childcare center to watch a movie for tonight to happen? Well, she has asked ME to go pick him up after the movie. I have never been trusted to do this EVER before. As I type this, I am in tears. Yes, a man of 38, is in years for the chance to pick up his 4 year old boy after 9pm at night alone from daycare.

Again, thanks for all your support. The momentum is gaining, and I know the mountain is still looming over me, but I dare NOT look up to see how high I have to climb...today I happened to find yet another gem in a day alcohol free! I'll treasure it for life!

(head bowed)...thank you one and all...

im at a lost for words here buddy all i can think right now is simply awesome awesome ..you rock buddy and it only get even better

[TrappedDad]

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it's 947 pm. I just picked up trevor from Giggles (our drop in day care) and he is settled in his bed. I am not craving free. The cravings are fierce and are coming on more and more as time goes on. If any of you have ever worked out, i liken this to working out. the first few days are the worst. the mustle groups ache and your body and your mind want to give up...THE MCDONALDS IS CALLINGS...

Salad seems so far from your taste buds, but you know deep down that it is the the nutrition of Giants that will get you over this battle. However simple this sounds, our nutrition is not to drink. Our nutrition to keep climbing is EVERYTING BUT alcohol. One of the the small things I have learned through this this short 2 day journey is to put alcohol in its place. It is a small letter word. It is a liar, and like other liars in your lives you must treat it as such. I try not to give it room it my life to DOMINATE my life, my love, my passion, my future, my hope, my abmition. alcohol is a defeater not a winner. It is a stealer not a confident. AND THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT LIE IT TELLS US ALL... READY FOR THIS???

IT TELLS US THAT WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT, THAT WE ARE ALL ALONE. THAT WE ARE ALL UNIQUE IN THIS STRUGGLE AND THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE THIS OUT FOR OUR SELVES.

AFTER BEING HERE OVER A MONTH, A DRUNK, DRINKING, READING, A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSMEN, FATHER, HUSBAND, WHATEVER, I HAVE COME TO THIS CONCLUSION...

EVERYONE HERE NEEDS SOMEONE HERE!!!

If I can help you, or listen to you, or be a shoulder to cry on, or share in your story, please, oh God, please, contact me. We all need each other. There is something special here people, and it should not end in discension or apethy or angst.

God Bless One and All!

Love as always,

Zach

[Ringing Cedars]

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Amen Zach!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xox

[mistysmoma]

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I sit here crying reading the latest post from Zach, as I just got home from work. I am so Happy for you and I know its been difficult but It will get better and keep doing what your doing, whatever works. You can do this, and so many people here are behind you. The first week was rough as well for me..30 plus years idrinking my life away and Im not looking back now, only to the future and being AF.Thanks for your story and your honesty as it has helped me to realize that I need to be honest with myself as well. Wishing good things for you and your family.

[Topsy-Turvy-Tracy]

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Zack, you da bomb. Have a good night!

[Sunnyvalenting]

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TD,
With respect to boredom I find it helps to have a list of all the things I can do competently now that I don't drink. That way if I felt bored or tempted I could do something on the list. I found that once I was craving It was hard to think of those things so the list helped. I also found it helpful to "rehearse" my response to cravings and then I was read for the performance when it came.
Congrats on day 1+.
Sunny

[Mish]

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WOW TD
GREAT JOB
I've just read this thread from beginning to end and your story has really touched my heart. You are inspiring so many with your journey and this is just to let you know I'm right behind you too.
Best wishes
:h Mish :h

[Panno]

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Trap keep with your plans your doing great :h

[TrappedDad]

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I am a Christian father who goes to a non-denominational church with my family every sunday, and every sunday in the past would be defined by one word...GUILT. Not that God condemns drinking, but I knew in my heart that He did care about His will for my life and the life I was living was not what he wanted. That is what produced the guilt. Today, I am excited. Today, I get to go to church without that feeling.

Now this may seem small to many of you, and that is ok. Some of you have different beleifs, but the concept remains the same. Whatever your beleif is, whether it is in a higher power, or meditation, or the earth or running or yoga or building wealth or whatever. Each one of those beleif systems has a "will" that if followed makes that system come to life, really come to life! This is what I am celebrating this morning!

This morning I am celebrating in the ability to enjoy and bask in my belief system without my head hung low and a feeling of guilt laid heavily upon my shoulders.

After Church this morning, I will be dealing with alot of boredom. My family doesn't have alot planned. My wife has expressed she would like to chill and that is what we are going to do. I am going to pick a book from our library and read I think...V8 on the rocks in hand...

Love as always...here goes day three,

Zach

[greeneyes]

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Trap, the universe/God/higher power sure gave you two wholloping reinforcers for your AF efforts!! I hope you wrote down in detail the feelings you had in those moments. Rereading those moments are powerful reminders of why you are making the AF choice and always come in handy when you need them! You're doing great!

[Choochie]

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Trapped - It sounds like you're on your way to living an "authentic" life - one that is more honest and in line with the person you want to be. So happy for you.

Re the boredom - just try to make a shift in your thinking and enjoy the moment - enjoy the little things. I think my ability to do this has made me happier and more peaceful than all the seeking I used to do. I used to always feel like I was missing out if I wasn't doing something "exciting." Not any more - now each moment is special to me, and the more peaceful I am, the more content I find myself. A true gift to be able to feel this (for me anyway).

Bravo on your accomplishment and keep it going!

[gyco]

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good morning very inspiring,it is sunday dont let the progress stop or the writing,comments from dad and others is the 1st step to sobriety,as far as god and christian,he s probably amazed as the rest of us,he cant make you stop any more then we can,2nd step the desire within yourself is the key,great job dad,there is no failure,only if you stop trying gyco