ARMY...................MOON GATES NOW OPEN..........week beginning 27th July 2015

[JackieClaire]

Oooh can I put that on my CV.............skilled in avoiding cravings.
Suppose I'd get an interview just out of pure curiosity.

[roxane]

worra about me Roxyannabelle?? woz lookin for you yesterday:victorious:

what about you? i dont know. oh, morning molly.

[satz123]

Morning army and hello and welcome to Polly and Mary lovely to see you. Well got back from a long journey yesterday about 4pm. Back to much colder weather and we caught in the rain getting off Aircoach and we were drowned rats getting in to the taxi to get home. We had a ball in Phuket,t Thailand but its great to be home. Missed my cats lol. I did my first 2 week holiday af free I can't believe it so no going back I just can go back to drinking like I was. I know its still early and will be tough as it was at times but i'll be on ab for another while and will go to regular AA meetings. The final plane jorney was tough al wise from Dubai to Dublin. It was 7and halfr hours long and the craving for a glass of complimentary wine or beer was strong and people around me making the most of the free drinks tho I didn't see anyone going mad or drunk. But it was uncomfortable and I could n't sleep. Every seat had there own built in mini tv and plenty movies games etc but speaker quality wasn't great at times but it helped plus I bought a book at Dubai airport. The craving lasted till I got home and I was so temnpted to go to local offie once i got home but I had coffee and I rode it out and it passed. I kept asking my higher power for help and it worked. So today is another day and lots of washing to get done and other things lol. First lot on and then food shopping later. Still adjusting to Irish time. Slept a lot since 6pm and awake at just after 6am this morning. Any happy Wednesday and have a good one.

oh WELL DONE Foxy ----- I know that holiday craving too well. Right up to the coming home & cracking open a bottle.
That's it now YOU'VE DONE IT !!!!!!!!! :yay:

[satz123]

Just popping back in again. Great advice and strategies given to Pauly and Mary I think once the cravings died down I had to stay vigilant as a little inner voice would be telling me it would be ok now to just have just the one. This was not the craving feeling just a cheating/lying voice!
Well done Glitzy how well I remember those long flights without al when nearly everyone is having a drink! Also remember the feeling of achievement and pride when I arrived at my destination not smelling of gin or wine!!!
Hello everyone else.

HELLO !! Ms A - missed you yesterday ................
It's the thinking it 'through to the end' that knocks that 'voice' on the head for me..every time.
And yes that PRIDE at the end of the flight is priceless ......

[anon]

Just back from a comeback run as I have not been able to run for ages. Hi Roxy,Molly,Jackie ,Satzy,Glitzy et al. I have missed you all ! Hello to everyone else I may have left out.
Went out with my non drinking family (apart from Mr A)for lovely day out followed by a posh meal and went I sneaked off to pay the bill for 12 of us it was half the price I was expecting. Another benefit of the sober life.

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

Morning folks, yep boozing is a bloody expensive habit, but do we care when we are in the throes of it? Not a jot.

[IamMary]

Impressive strength on the plane FoxyGlitzy.

Morning folks, yep boozing is a bloody expensive habit, but do we care when we are in the throes of it? Not a jot.

I know Im only (re)starting the journey, but already the shopping bill is way smaller. But now I keep buying myself rewards.. they probably cost more than the wine!
Lovely new runners yesterday, so I will try to look like the girl in you pic Anon (in my dreams!!).

[paulywogg]

Thanks for the welcome, yes the thinking it through the end works great,until you've done it for days in a row and then just have an attitude and not really caring at the time, thinking you'll have fun tonight and deal with the aftermath later,I hate when my thinking takes that turn,and the drinking is NEVER fun for me anymore, the recovery is horrendous, nothing but wasted time,money,broken promises to myself that shake my faith that I'll ever be quit for good,I just need something, not sure what it is

[NoraC]

Hello Army - Rusty said that this was the place to be.

Pauly - Thanks for putting it into words. That is exactly how it has been for me for the past year!

Waving wildly to everyone. Have a fantastic day/evening.

[roxane]

when i had cravings like that pauly, i would think 'ok i may drink, someday. but not today'. do you think the thought of forever is making it harder for you? once i got a good bit of time in i was buggered if i was going to chuck it away on a kneejerk decision. that urge craving need want fuck it feeling does dim get less quieten become less frequent the longer time you have af.

so, play it through eat hop on the spot sing scream. anything but drink. yes, its white knuckling the craving. its not white knuckling the want to drink. that is different.

eta; hi nora.

[JackieClaire]

Welcome Paully and Nora................I'm so happy to see you I may just do a wee dance.

someone put the kettle on.

[JackieClaire]

Mine's well and truly over...........going into the office tomorrow. I'll sit and do nothing there rather than here.

[JackieClaire]

Nope ours is the last weekend in August then nothing 'til Chrimbo day.

[JackieClaire]

Nope.......
Christmas Day, Boxing Day (or St Stephen's Day), New Years Day, Good Friday, Easter Monday, May Day, Whit Monday and the last Monday in August.

[JackieClaire]

Anyone want a choccie...............Mr JC's just brought a box in.............just because its Wednesday.