April AF Attitudes and Aspirations - Let's Be Good To Ourselves

[NoraC]

April AF Attitudes and Aspirations - Let's Be Good To Ourselves

Unwasted - thanks for the links. Great reads. I did the lenair but now I don't remember exactly where it was. I'll let you know.
Yes - I am making progress. I'm so happy for you because you seem in such a good place now. But, I'm a little denser than you. :H But, seriously - I do feel that I'm seeing things so much more clearly. There is a good life to be had. I just need to reach out & grab it.
I got my referral today so I'll call to set up the endoscopy/colonoscopy tests. Yuck! Won't it be wonderful if they come back & say nothing is wrong?

[mylife]

April AF Attitudes and Aspirations - Let's Be Good To Ourselves

Hello Guys,

Glad to hear everyone's doing well this weekend.

Alls - that's great news about your trip. I'm really working on psyching myself up that this will be the best vacation ever for me and it will be AF. I hope to have lots of reports for you all!

UW - sorry - when Bestlife posted I looked back through her old posts and found the bits about Lenairs. I have since PM'd and spoken to her on the phone. She is a very insightful and intersting person and really credits her sobriety to Lenairs. Apparently there were several of them (about 8 - 10) around 2008 who had success with Lenairs, but it wasn't received so well on this site at the time, so they stopped discussing it. However, they are still in touch with each other are all still AF. I think everyone has their own path. Thanks for the link to Momof3. I will definitely read that one as well! I'm always interested to find long term success stories and what worked for them.

MB - I tried Campral last year. It did help with the cravings somewhat, but the AB is what really works for me to stop. There are some on this site who use both - Campral for the cravings and AB so they absolutely have no option. I think Spacebebe does that combination.

Nora - good luck with those tests. I agree - Yuck - but they say they're important to have...!!

Hope you all have a wonderful AF Sunday!

[Unwasted]

April AF Attitudes and Aspirations - Let's Be Good To Ourselves

Good Morning Aprilees,

ML, thanks for that information about Best Life and Lenair. I love learning whether I'm going to use something or not. It's just good to have backup tools in our arsenal. So far I've done this without the AB or anything else, and that feels good. I guess my bottom line is that I am open to using something to get me started but I'm leery of staying on something long term. I think that's why Antabuse is such a good concept. I always liken it to the patch for smoking, which is how I quit cigs. But as we all know, we are unique and probably were at different levels of addiction when we quit. It's funny, there are times I feel unequivocally that I've beat this thing, but every now and then a feeling sneaks in telling me I could easily just slip back into it. The latter feeling is weaker and weaker luckily, but I don't guess we're ever totally out of the woods. Anyhoo......now on with the really important subject of the day...........yesterday's food........:H:H

I had the best pizza of my life (aside from what I ate in Italy a few years ago).....at the restaurant I described. Wow, absolutely mind-blowing. They only make pizza like the Neopolitan 300-year tradition allows.........no changing........you order off the menu......it's not even in the same realm as other pizza. And, they make their own cheese and it was to die for, along with a grilled caesar salad (which I had never heard of), an Lemon Italian Cream Soda, and Blood Orange and Mango sorbet for dessert. Heaven I tell you. Food has taken on a whole new meaning in my life now that I don't drink. I haven't gained weight thankfully because I'm eating like a truck driver.:H:H I have to make sure I exercise and I guess I've replaced the alcohol calories with food at about an even amount, because I'm the same weight.

Alls, so good to hear about your trip! I'm going to New England toward the end of next month and it's heartening to hear that your trip was better than when drinking!!

Nora, hoping your tests come out good........get an A+ girlfriend.

Mama, Ginger (hope you're healing) and anyone else stopping by today........(ML when is your vacation, I forgot).....

Gotta run......kinda went on about the food, huh? :H:H

[mylife]

April AF Attitudes and Aspirations - Let's Be Good To Ourselves

Hi Uw -

Wow that food sounds fantastic!!! Do they have any restaurants in Florida??!! Yum. Now you've got me wanting to find a really good restaurant for dinner.

I also PM'd Greeneyes who also used Lenair to attain her sobriety. She says she only talks about it if asked as she is respectful that this is RJ's site and hers was an alternative method. I think it's really interesting and will definitely look into it. I feel the AB really works but if I'm still "feeling weak" around 6 months or so - or if I can never make it to 6 months - then I'm going to try the Lenair method. It just stands out to me for some reason. Who knows why.

Anyway, enough internet for me today. We had a big storm last night but today is gorgeous. I'm going to get out and enjoy the sunshine!

[mama bear]

April AF Attitudes and Aspirations - Let's Be Good To Ourselves

Un...in another thread that call that food porn!!:H:H
works for me!!
AB is working for me for now, but I don't want to take it long term as is so hard on your liver, so my doc thinks the campral may help. I am pretty sensitive to the side effects of meds, so that is another reason I like AB.

[Unwasted]

April AF Attitudes and Aspirations - Let's Be Good To Ourselves

MB, that's what I would worry about on any med long term - liver issues. ML, what is Lenair - anti craving?? How long does one take it? Can you tell us a little more? Just curious.

Food porn - that's it! I'm now addicted to food and the internet and Free Cell (a free card game on my computer). Oh well, anything is better than being hungover every day. And, beyond that.........life has gotten better in many ways.

Have a great day everyone. :lilheart:

[mylife]

April AF Attitudes and Aspirations - Let's Be Good To Ourselves

:H:H Food porn! :H

UW - Lenair is an alternative healing center. I can see why it would be controversial as it would sound pretty "out there" to a lot of people. Like I said - everyone has their own path. Anyway, here is a link if anyone is interested.

Treatment For Alcohol Addiction Help, Recovery, Mindfulness Meditation

I'm going to go russle up some "food porn" LOL!!

[NoraC]

April AF Attitudes and Aspirations - Let's Be Good To Ourselves

Morning Aprilees

UW - You sound so great and this is wonderful that you were able to reach a point where you wanted to quit and quit!!!:l I have been a slow learner but I really think that I'm coming around. :H I do know that my mind set has changed. I am seeing the benefits of being AF instead of only seeing that I'm missing something. I know that I'm not there yet but I am heading in the right direction and it has been probably 6-8 months since I felt this way. That I really do want to do this. So - thanks for showing me that it can be done. :l

By the way, your dinner sounded WONDERFUL!!!

ML - thanks for the link. Going to check it out.

Mama - I also worry about the effects of the meds on my liver. But, then I tell myself - what have I been doing to my liver with all the alcohol?!? So, I get checked regularly and at least with the meds, it's something helpful for me......not just poison I'm pouring down my throat.

[Unwasted]

April AF Attitudes and Aspirations - Let's Be Good To Ourselves

ML, do you know if they actually went to a place or if they did the Lenair from home?

Re the restaurant - it's called Dough.......not sure where all they're located. If I find out more I'll let you know.

Nora very good point about the meds and if you're getting your liver checked - that makes so much sense. I sure don't know if I've 'made it' but there is something different for me this time. Sounds true for you too. (fingers crossed for you)...

And, Nora, re getting sober........I read something along this line that sounded like it had merit.......something like - alcoholism is a mind, body, spirit problem but the solution is spiritual, spiritual, spiritual. I think there's truth in that for me and I'm trying to explore that part of my life.

xx,
UN

[mylife]

April AF Attitudes and Aspirations - Let's Be Good To Ourselves

UW, I know that Bestlife went there - I think Greeneyes did too. Apparently it's 3 sessions one on the first day and then two more in a following day. When I talked to Bestlife she said the best she could describe it was that her cells were "rearranged" somehow that the memory of the AL was diminished. And I think she believes there was some spiritual guidance there - although we didn't really go into that.

I also agree that the spiritual side of life has a lot to do with recovery - and it could have something to do with why we found ourselves here in the first place. I'm working on that aspect of myself as well.

[Unwasted]

April AF Attitudes and Aspirations - Let's Be Good To Ourselves

ML, I looked at the site - very interesting. I would say there's a huge spiritual component from what I saw. It's funny, but that's exactly the area I'm going to be in on vacation........I would love to try something like that but won't have the time (and it's super expensive -- not that getting sober wouldn't be worth the money)....just thought it was ironic!!

[mama bear]

April AF Attitudes and Aspirations - Let's Be Good To Ourselves

at work....yawn

[Unwasted]

April AF Attitudes and Aspirations - Let's Be Good To Ourselves

MB, on a Sunday? That sucks. Retail?

[DriftyAlison0]

April AF Attitudes and Aspirations - Let's Be Good To Ourselves

Had one of those days that the old me would have had a drink or two. But instead I had 1 na beer and other AF drinks.

[mama bear]

April AF Attitudes and Aspirations - Let's Be Good To Ourselves

Un-
I manage an apartment community. We are open 7 days a week
Good job Drifty!! What happened that made it such a crap day??
Leaving for biz trip later this afternoon.....bags chock full of AB and good books.....ugh!