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[cuckoosnest83]

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Hi Everyone, well I made it successfully through day 1 and I told my best friend tonight and she is totally supportive. She thinks it is commendable what we are all trying to accomplish and lends her support and encouragement. Well I'm logging off for tonight because I am extremely beat.

[wakupmom]

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Good for you cuckoo,and thanks to your dear friend.I bet its a relief to be able to talk to someone about this.Makes it real.xx
Amelia,i hope you are OK.let us know how your doing.xx
Prose.Hope you are well too.xx
Hi to you cindi!Glad your bringing your stars back.They light up the dark xx

[Cinders]

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Amelia,

I just read your news and my heart is breaking for you and your parents.

I know your mom's feelings about "the other woman" being 20 years younger. Been there done that. It hurts soooo badly. (I am still with hubby, but we did go through something similar a few years ago.)

All I can say to you is be kind to both parents and love them well. This is a rough time for them both, believe it or not. Your mom is devastated and your dad is feeling really guilty. But, they are still your mom and dad.

Here is a big :l to you.

And a prayer that it works out best for both of your parents.

Love,
Cindi

[AMELIA]

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Thanks Cindi. Such kind words and I agree with you wholeheartedly. My father doesn't know I know yet and I feel like I have to broach the subject with him, but he can be rather awkward and I am not entirely sure what to say either. I will speak to him next week after I have spoken to my sister (who is over there). She is a physchologist and says for the moment she is leaving them to it, but is going to recommend to mum that she go to find a counsellor to speak to.

I can't help thinking that Dad really hasn't thought this through....

Thank you all for your messages.

[AMELIA]

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Hey Prose, haven't seen you around for a few days?? Hope everything is going ok.

[cuckoosnest83]

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I am at UPS store but I just needed to let all of you know first I made it through a Friday night AF. First time in 16 years. I am happy, scared, ecstatic, excited, apprehensive but I am not sad. Thank you so much for all your support, encouragement, etc. I know it's only a battle but for me it's a big one. Hope all is well with you. I see some of you are online so if you get this and feel like responding I'll be here for about 1/2 hour. Cindi, we are staying at a condo that doesn't have interenet access but the "community area has wireless" but I couldn't get it to work last night and I love the 2 stars.

Prose, hope all is well.
Amelia, I hope you are hanging in there what with your parents. Good luck with talking to your father. It is always hard to broach a difficult subject with someone you love especially when they are in the wrong. Did you get to paint today?
Wakeupmom, yes my friend was wonderfully supportive and last night when I couldn't log on I thought I might have a meltdown but I went in and showered, made a cup of tea, and she and I talked for a while. So now I feel I have you wonderful people on line and her in person or on the phone.
Well, I tried listening to the cds on Thursday and I didn't like that so I posted a thread and want to see if anyone responded to that. I just wanted to share my good news with my support group first. Words can't express how proud and blessed I feel to be a part of this group. Writing fast so spelling etc. might not be my best.

[Cinders]

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Cuckoo,

Staying in a condo is much nicer than a hotel.

I am THRILLED for you!! The first day is the hardest mentally. Period.

You did it!! (and never have to want to do it again, if at all possible.)

Hang in there, try to have fun. A new environment is helpful because there are not all the old triggers there.

Enjoy, take care, pamper yourself and have a good time, too!!

Love,
Cindi

[cuckoosnest83]

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Cindi,

You're right, here we go again. Thanks and you have a great day.

Chris

[AMELIA]

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Cuckoo, I am absolutely thrilled for you also. First time in 16 years is fantastic.Being happy, scared, ecstatic, excited, apprehensive is what it is all about. You can tell that being AF is special for you because of these feelings.
A Condo, oh my goodness, what I wouldn't give to be in one at the moment. Away from everything and relaxing. How gorgeous. Enjoy.
I am glad you have found a friend to support you through your AF journey. I helps a great deal to have this site as you say and to have that 'flesh and blood' response as well.

I am doing ok. A bit dubious about talking to my sister tomorrow. At the moment I am hoping everything will blow over.......probably a bit of denial.

Cindi. Am liking seeing stars under your name again. I just LOVE those stars!! Well done and I will keep on counting them up with you. Soon I will add some of my own.

Hello everyone else. Hope you are all doing A.O.K

[finski]

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Hi you all again

So here i am spending my saturday night watching telly with a bottle next to me.... But this time it's a bottle of peach flavoured WATER!!! Yippeeee. It's end of day 4 af and i seem to be doing fine. Not had withdrawl symptoms yet but they might still come up to 7 days later, but fingers crossed. I'm dozing myself up with the supplements and do feel that they help.
I have had a few little cravings tonight, but survived them better than i thought. Another night off tomorrow, another dvd in store and have to get the popcorn i didn't find today.
Glad you others are holding on too, not the easiest ride, but just remember WE REALLY CAN DO IT, just don't dispair.

Amelia, i'm sorry about your parents situation, it's never easy. But be understanding, there's always two sides to each story and you should be symphatetic to each even when both sides are hurting. Just try not to judge your dad, no matter how hard it might be. I'm sure he's hurting anyway. And more than obviously your mum is hurting bad too, they need you love now more than ever.

Strenght to us all,
Hoping to read new posts soon.

Finski :heart: :l

[Cinders]

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Finski,

Day 4 and no withdrawals! Yippee!! You are doing very well.

You are probably in the clear.

Keep it up and by end of next weekend you will be in double digits.

Love,
Cindi

[AMELIA]

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Hey Finski, great to see you posting. As Cindi says - good on you for getting through the four days. They are the initial hard ones. It does get easier!! Thanks for your kind words about my parents. Yes I am trying to be as unjudgemental as I can. I still have to speak to my dad. Both my brother and sister 'know' now, but dad is yet to mention the situation to any of us. I will call him next week and see how he is doing, after I call my mum.

Cindi- bring those stars on!!!! It is so nice to see them there once again. Well done.

Hello everyone else. Wakeupmom, Prose, Cuckoosnest and all - Hope you are doing well.

[cuckoosnest83]

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Amelia, thank you. I am thrilled too. It has been so long. Tonight when my friend dropped me off to an empty house it was like a bewitching hour but I unpacked, played with my dogs, logged on here, made a cup of tea, and got into my pajamas at 5:30 pm so I wouldn't be tempted to go out. An entire weekend AF. I cannot believe it. My friend told me she was going to ask now and then how my journey was going to keep me honest.

Amelia, I will be thinking of you tomorrow as you talk to your sister.

Finski, CONGRATS ON DAY 4 AF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I too have been dosing up on the supps.
Unlike my judgemental post regarding Amelia's dad, yours is much more understanding and sympathetic. Amelia, I apologize. Must me the old militant feminist in me.

[prose]

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Hi everyone,
I was out of town from Thurs until today with no internet, and our router ( i think that is what it is called) is having issues, so I am going to have to fix that tomorrow,
I have read quickly through the last posts, want so much to write more but don't have time now, will try in the morning if I can,
Amelia, my thoughts are with you, Cuckoo, I am so proud of you, everyone else all my best, sorry so short! P

[cuckoosnest83]

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prose, so glad to hear from you. I thought I remembered you saying you were going out of town but wasn't 100% sure.