Anyone in the First Week of Their Unpteenth Quit?

[open halo]

A Big Congrats Ginger on your 10 months!! Cowboy you are truly the best for remembering all the milestones :hug:

[open halo]

Cowboy it also sounds like you do more in a couple of hours in the morning than most people do in a couple of days! Hope you didn't hurt yourself.

Lizann, I know that I look forward to getting together with friends, hope you get to see them soon, hopefully the dog day of winters are coming to an end.

Pauly, I love your realness and willingness to share. It is a true sign of strength to talk about troubles in our past and to be honest about life situations, many people I know are unable to do either. You are strong and are helping so many by being here. Thank you.:hug:

Beachygirl, sending you some snow in exchange for some sun, what do you say to that :happy2:

Haven't posted in a couple of days but still AF, and proud to be!

[Lizann]

Yay, OH on being AF!
Hey beachygirl can I have some of that sun too?

[BeachGirly]

Sending Sunshine and early flowers to all my friends.

I am off to work.

BG

[open halo]

Have fun at work beachy girl, I am working on a Sunday as well. Thanks for sending some sunshine.:love:

I am actually going on vacation next week with the family for march break , trying to escape winter for a brief respite. Am feeling good but worried, knowing that it will be more difficult keeping AF when on vacation on a beach. I am determined though and hope that carries me through. I am unsure if I will have access to internet and the MWO, specifically this thread is truly my saving grace during difficult days.
Hope everyone is having a nice relaxing Sunday!

[Lizann]

OH, take me with you? Yes I understand the vacation/drinking thing. Thankfully nothing on the horizon for the immediate future. I shall become strong anfpd then vacation!
Nice and warm here today! I hung up my spring wreaths on the doors! Easter decorations out. Come on spring:sohappy:

[BeachGirly]

Hi Open,
Yes, I had trouble while away last November. I had not really committed to this process yet and I just told myself I will do it after. Not good.

But in my case it worked out. I came home disgusted with AL, the way we acted, the money we spent. I logged on here and made a commitment to myself. Never looked back.

Ginger had a similar experience early in her quit and she was strong and did it!!

I know you are determined! So print out some of the messages that helped. Print out some ideas from the tool box. Make a huge plan!
You can do this !!! I know it

[Ginger999]

Hi all,
Just getting a chance to read back. We are having a 68 degree March day! I got in two walks today. It's so hard to be inside when it's so gorgeous outside. Mom is cranky today. It would suck to be confined like she is. I can take her outside if she wants but she's so cranky, she doesn't want to. Oh well....

Open, BG is right; I had a camping trip at 24 days. All trips with my in-laws (love them) is booze laden. I started my own thread for the added support. You can find it here. It's a short thread. https://www.mywayout.org/community/sh...abyss%85/page2. Enjoy your trip and report back when you are connected again.

I have to head back to Mom's. Sorry I'm not around much but I'm here in spirit!

[Chief]

Hi All,

Finally the weather is getting better. Almost 40 today and is suppose to be sunny and in the mid to high 40s all week so I think spring is approaching. I'll be glad to see all this snow melting. I'm thinking about getting a few chickens. It will be fun for my 5 year old grandson. I have a shed on my property that I could convert to a chicken coop. I've been researching the different breeds, requirements, etc. I want to get laying hens so we can collect the eggs. I'll have to put up some fencing so no predators can get them. I'm also thinking about a couple goats. We have almost 3 acres of land and a 1/2 acre pond so we have the room. I think it would be fun. Let me know if you have any suggestions.

Congrats OH on 3 months! That's great! I'm proud of everyone for their AF time....it's adding up day by day! I'm grateful every single day that I quit drinking. My life is so much better. Drinking was so much work. And what a waste of time, money, energy.....you name it. There's not a damn thing good about it.

Have a great week everyone.....enjoy your AFness!


Don

[Ginger999]

Hey Chief, Glad you checked in! Chickens and goats? Sounds perfect to me. My two oldest sons had both and their kids loved them! I say go for it.

[Lizann]

Ginger, did anyone wonder why you were not drinking anymore? What did/would you have said?

[Orimus]

Picked up cigarettes today. Figure if I want a cigar I want a drink. If I want a drink I want a cigar. However whereas if I drink I want a cigarette I don't necessarily want a drink. And to think I started cigars because I didn't want to pick up cigarettes. We'll see. I got the mongoose to get rid of the snakes but now what do I do about all the mongeese?

[Ginger999]

Yes... People wondered why I stopped. However, most of them in our group of camping friends knew in their hearts they should stop too. I was honest actually. I said I felt like I drank too much and that drinking was the one last BAD thing I was putting in my body and it was time to stop. It's a non-issue after all these months. No one even notices my not drinking any more. In fact, I just spent two days with that group of friends. Still... A non-issue!

[Orimus]

Fantastic! Love it when people surprise us. And they often do.

[Orimus]

Cigarettes seem so small since I've been smoking cigars. That's a caution.