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[mama bear]

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Awesome news Mauri!!! How exciting!!

[mauritiusdodo]

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Thanks all, we have been waiting for over four months for it all to go through and I thought the day would never come, there were access issues to the house as it is up on the hills and has a little plot of agricultural land so it has taken longer than we thought!

Well I am on day three and showing no signs of cracking :H I honestly feel so good and so positive that I can do it this time, I know that I need to take it ODAT and that the craving could sneak up unannounced at any moment and also I am aware that it is the weekend which is always my worst time for bingeing so I am being extra vigilant, I am not getting as much time as I would like to check in on here due to my son still being home for the school holidays, once he is back on Monday I will be online more!

Just off out to another soft play area to meet a friend and her son (and don't have to worry about being over the limit on the drive there which is super fantastic!!!!)

See you later x

PS thanks K9 I appreciate your support

[vynan]

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All the very best dodo, keep us posted, soberity is a beautiful thing cherish it...

:goodjob:

[spuddleduck]

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mauri, its great to see you sounding so positive. you had a good cause for celebration and you celebrated by NOT DRINKING, that is fantastic. maybe you will have so much to do getting ready for your dream home that you wont have any time to even think about drinking. wouldn't it be wonderful if your new dream home could be your new sober dream home. now that truly would be a dream home for you.

[mauritiusdodo]

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Had a lovely day today and another pub lunch with pineapple and soda!! Tonight I have had peppermint tea and now in bed with warm milk and a heat patch on my back/shoulder - still in pain but dosed to the hilt with nurofen and paracetamol!!

[K9Lover]

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Hi Mauri!
Isn't it nice to actually take care of your body instead of numbing it out with alcohol and waking up feeling 10x worse? It's unbelieveable the changes we make in sobriety...hell, I even floss my teeth EVERY DAY now!!! :what?:

[mauritiusdodo]

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Hi K9 yes it is fantastic, the amount of times I have gone to bed wearing make up (I don't wear a lot just eyeshadow, bronzer and mascara but still!) and now I take it all off AND moisturise before turning in:egad:

My back is still agony, going to go and buy new pillows today as my hubby is sure they are the root cause!

My son got me up at 5.35 today (yet again!) but another reason to be glad I didn't drink last night!

[mauritiusdodo]

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testing testing my new siggy

[mauritiusdodo]

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It's so hard to find time to post these days - have been doing well but drank on saturday still pleased with six days sober though much better than I hoped to manage

[K9Lover]

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Hang in there Mauri...you're doing great!

Have you tried a memory foam pillow? I got one about a month ago and WOW what a difference!!! My mattress is memory foam too, so I supposedly drift off into a foamy bliss every night. LOL Well except for this morning when I woke up at 3 with my neck KILLING ME!!! I must have been in a crazy position...I know I was stiff....damn this age thing. lol

Yay on 6 days!!

[spuddleduck]

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mauri, sounds like you're doing really well. each day af is a step in the right direction and its a morning without a hangover/feeling crap etc etc... hope your back is feeling better, it can be a pain in the........ errr,, well back i guess

[mauritiusdodo]

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Morning all - another lovely unhungovered one for me! Actually it nearly wasnt as dh brought home a bottle of white someone had brought him to work as a belated xmas pressie and I nearly caved in but didnt!!! So proud of myself I can't tell you! What does annoy me however is the lack of any praise from him for my efforts, he hasn't once said this week how well I am doing yet he was so quick to criticise me for drinking every day before - annoying!!!

Feel doubly proud actually cos I am stressing about a mining report we are waiting to have looked at by the mortgage company -our solicitor sent it in late and now its holding everything up - I would have usually drowned my sorrows by now lol!

K9 I have tried memory foam and it didn't do it for me, feels too hard on my ears!

spud thanks I am still taking painkillers!

Right ovf to meet a friend for coffee...

[ShaunCurry]

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i wish you all remain sober !!

[spuddleduck]

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Morning all - another lovely unhungovered one for me! Actually it nearly wasnt as dh brought home a bottle of white someone had brought him to work as a belated xmas pressie and I nearly caved in but didnt!!! So proud of myself I can't tell you! What does annoy me however is the lack of any praise from him for my efforts, he hasn't once said this week how well I am doing yet he was so quick to criticise me for drinking every day before - annoying!!!

blooming marvellous mauri. well done for swerving the wine. I know what you mean about the lack of praise for your efforts yet the quick criticism. ive had a bit of that at times. what I do now is praise myself LOUDLY in front of mr spuds and he usually realizes where Im coming from. so ill say a 'blooming well done' to make up for the one he didn't say.
as for the pillow... feather feather and more feather (not my fluffy feathers though please). ive tried all sorts of pillows, paid a fortune for special shapes and textures and nothing does the business for me like feathers..... and when they go a bit flat I get a new one, can get them pretty cheap in supermarkets and its well worth it for me.

[K9Lover]

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Good job Mauri! And remember, you are doing this for YOU, not for him. Although I can see where some encouragement would come in handy!! Men are pretty oblivious to most things, but this is still no excuse.

I have recently stopped taking Melatonin for sleep...and I've never slept better. I haven't even been getting up at 2am to pee! I do take some Valerian Root around 8:30 while I'm relaxing, maybe that's what helping? I am out of ideas for pillows...I tried everything too before I finally settled on the foam.

Hang in there my friend, you are doing great!