FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

[cuckoosnest83]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Sweetpea, great post. Nice way to tie everything togther. I will keep coming back and checking to see how people are doing. Take care all and great success.

Cuckoo

[sweetpea]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

AM I PLEASED OR WHAT?

ESTATIC MORE LIKE :cheering

Day 5 and I am still with it

:h To you all for your support. I know I have still a long way to go but I feel sooooooooo much better and feel that flicker of gaining control of my life again. Even if I have a bad day I know that with your support I can tell the demon to take a hike and get straight back to it

Rustop I have never been to an AA meeting but the mere thought of it terrified me beyond words. I have been to weight watchers which I think would be tame in comparrison and did not enjoy it very much. (low self esteem)

The Stigma of standing up in an AA meeting is totally beyond me. I say stigma because when you hear other people talk about it or the comics on TV they make it sound awful and make drinkers sound even worse.

You know what, I am already begining to feel the benefit of the MWO community because reading the posts and talking to everyone here I am begining to feel better about myself in a very short space of time and realise - HEY - the folk out there that want to poke fun and wisper behind your back ARE THEY PERFECT - Noooooooooooo - I think not!!
Finding MWO has been a life saver for me. I get such positive vibs and feel more empowered to sort my life out ODAT

Thank you everyone

Great to hear from you Cheryl All the luck and strength in the world for your forthcoming weekend . You can do it. Look at yourself already 10 days AF FANTASTIC. By the way I know what you mean about being able to sip martinin's and guzzling wine. Wine goes down me like water and I don't give it a second thought - Oooop should have said didn't give it a second thought. Which goes to show I am actively thinking about everything I do now

Flutterby I have started taking the L-glut in powder form. I take a teaspoon with a little orange juice 4 times a day. I noticed yesterday that my desire to eat sweet things was less intense than on day one. So I am going to keep at it as it works for me

Evergreen what a lovely post Day 8 HOW FANTASTIC ARE YOU - WELL DONE. I know getting together with friends is a very difficult time.Before I went AF I was away with a gang of us last weekend - All heavy drinkers. Like you I don't want to stop going to parties because I enjoy company. So no excuses for me either. I would also like to go mod over the festive season but as you say it can be a slippery slope. So we will just have to keep this thread going with a new goal in Decemeber. How about it?

Cuckoo good to hear from you and thankyou for your encouragement

Take care everyone WE WILL DO IT

:groupluv: Sweetpea xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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[happydog]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Good morning everyone,
What a great thread this is.
I know last week i was to scare to drink felt like (jack sh*t) hate to say but this week i feel (i'm ok jack) Its just when you feel its ok, you think its ok!!!
The good thing is no more sweating at night times. Woke up today had a good stretch Feels good knowing from head to toe had no hangover feeling inside me.
The other day sweetpea, i had a home made cottage pie it did taste good. I'm starting to make sure i have two bananas before i leave to go to work to keep me going. Looked in the mirror today and i notice my skin is looking fresh without the drink. I still get that tiredness during the day,and when i go to bed at night that is where i feel warm and safe.
Day 7 AF I will try and hang in to the bitter end.
Thanks everyone, wishing you lots of strenght over the weekend.
Love
Teardrop.x

[sweetpea]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

:goodjob: Teardrop well done on day 7 I'm so glad you are feeling so much better, especially in the mornings. Isn't it fantastic to know who you spoke to the day before and what was actually said!! But as you say, it is when you are feeling better that it is the dangerous time. We must keep posting each other to keep the momentum going

Another good thing you might want to try with your banana breakfast is Quaker Oasts So Simple golden syrup flavour.
It was recommended by weight watchers when I started. It releases energy, tastes sweet, although I do add the canderel sweetner powder as well because I have such a sweet tooth. With banana chopped in it as well it is very tasty. Only takes 2 mins in the microwave. If you haven't got a sweet tooth there are other flavours. Also another good thing to help with tiredness is take your l-glut in powder form with orange juice at least 3/4 times a day. That should keep the colds at bay and the urges. Are you on TOPA yet. I'm still waiting for mine to come. By the way that cottage pie sounded yummy

Anyway keep up the good work teardrop

:h Sweetpea :h

[evergreen]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Hi all,

Quick post. Woke up this morning Day 9. Can't believe will be to double digits soon and a third of the way to 30 days.

Sweetpea - I love the idea of setting a new goal for December later in the month. I'm with you!!

Cuckoo - I enjoy your posts in other threads. Keep it up.

Teardrop - this is me clapping and hooting - a whole week. Way to go!! I find that a little protein in the morning boosts my energy all day. I often have a little peanut butter on a rice cake or some such. My daughter likes banana on that (!?!?!).

Happy Friday all!!!

Evergreen

[Feeling Fortunate]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Good morning everyone!

What a great group! Terrific job everyone! Seems like many of us are anxious going into this weekend for a variety of reasons (mostly because of social events). Let's stay strong!
I've actually been finding that the events I'm most worried about tend to be easier than I thought. For me the down time at home in the evenings has been the worst.

Cheryl, great to have mentioned your plan to your mom. It has been easier for me at family events because one of my sisters-in-law knows I am not drinking.

Sweetpea, LOVED the dancing demon!! I will picture him next time "the voice" is telling me it's ok to go ahead and have that glass of wine! And thanks for the advice on the headaches. I'll try leaving out one supp at a time and see if that helps.

Happy Friday and good luck to everyone!

CJ

[flutterby]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Happy day 5 for all who started on Monday!!!!!!!! Let's keep this train rolling.....
Hugs to all,
Fby
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[rustop61]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Hi everyone

Just a quick hello as I am a full time taxi driver at the moment with my daughters.

Hope you all have a great week-end, stay strong, WE CAN DO IT.

Rustop

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[finski]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Hello all you lovely people

Hiya,
Just read all posts that i've missed over the last 2 days. Everyone's so positive and doing really well. WELL DONE ALL OF YOU!!! It's amazing what this thread has done to us all

I'm on day 10...WOW... in my wildest dreams i never imagined that i could go for that long without the wine. And here i am, feeling pretty good and not really struggling either. I still get the moments of tiredness, but today i started on an exercise routine that i'll build up over the next week. That should help on the energy levels. I am taking all the supplements at the moment apart from topa, but might consider increasing kudzu and l-glut and perhaps not stocking up on the rest when they run out. See how it goes.

Once again, thank you all for being here and giving us the support. I honestly woulnd't have started without you people. You make me proud.

Off to work now for the night :upset: .. but the bills still need paying.

Have a wonderful weekend and i look forward to reading about your progress.

Love,
Finski :l

[sweetpea]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Trouble Sleeping

:sighbubble:

Bad news can't seem to get to sleep which I really feel up for, because I can then say I am into day 6 together with flutterby and the rest of you so lets keep rolling ODAT

But

Good news is I've made a hot milky drink and jumped into doing another post. Shows MWO is working because in the bad old days the :alf: would have got me and I would be opening a bottle of wine because as sure as hell an open bottle wouldn't be lying around waiting to be finished!!

Evergreen roll on the double digets well done we are so proud of you

Hi CJ, Rustop and Finski great to hear from you with how you are getting on.

Anyway have a good weekend folks - Thanks for being there

:l Sweetpea :l xxxxxxxxxx

[blondie]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Hello All
I signed up to join your firework display; unfortunately was bit of a damp squib at the start, but now that first firecracker's been lit...I've now got the momentum and am into day 4 (after a traumatic rush to emergency vet last night and had to leave my dog in :upset: ; my immediate thought was, "where can I buy some beer"! But I didn't!! And so glad I was sober to drive there too!) Once again enjoying this clarity, energy and happiness (apart from drinking, my situation's not changed, but I AM much happier and prone to frequent and unexpected cheesy grins - scares the neighbours!) And where did 'em jowly bits go to...?

Looking forward to joining in and going forward with all of you...
Blondie

[sweetpea]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

:dancin: day 6 AF

After a sleepless night I have got here body and soul in tact and the demon kept at bay Fantastic feeling Plan of action this weekeend is to keep my mind busy and do things to keep me occupied. Not been in the beast of health lately so too much activity is out of the question but watching a dvd or reading a book will hopefully do the trick ODAT

:welcome: Back Blondie. Sorry to hear about your dog. How is the dog now?

How are the rest of you doing - rustop61, db2fromala, gabby1go, Roz and Sis, cuckoosnest83, flutterby, cowgal, Finski, slightlysuze, evergreen, MissCheryl, Leebo, Amelia, wonderworld, CaptJBean, paula, debruce, Janice, Teardrop, exteacher, retteacher, Feeling Fortunate, betty boop, meditation mama, Cheebs, Veronica, xEmx, Start over, Izzie, Raoul, Janka, Rags, Rustop61, Eastender, Doggygirl, Livewire and Chief

Have a great weekend

Onwards and upwards to day 7

:disco: Sweet[pea :h xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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[Suki411]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Thanks to everyone one on this thread

I actually purchased the book, cds and supplements this summer, but it wasn't until wednesday that I actually looked here, found so many similar stories and thought that if you guys could do it, I could at least try. So have been AF since Thursday.

The last couple of years have really been stressful. Mother passing away (I had taken care of her for many years), cleaning out and selling her house without any help, while the rest of the family sat there with their hands out. I felt so alone. The easiest thing to do was to go home and drink. I slept like a baby and didn't have to think about anything.

I'm on vacation this week (first in 4 years without having to go out to her house) and started listening to the cds, taking the supplements and spending a lot of time in bed. I'm trying to do this by myself, not getting any family involved, so reading this blog has made me feel connected and part of a group that will help each other to succeed. The worst part of this are the sleepness nights, and when I do sleep, weird dreams. (Usually involving my mother and the house I grew up in.

There is a guy in the Toronto Star who does horoscopes "Boothstars.com".

Before I signed on this morning, I decided to look at my horoscope for the month of November. Pretty interesting:

Virgo (Aug. 23 ? Sept. 22)
Your Month Ahead ? November 2007
This month, you need to remember what you have found out the hard way. You also need to renew your commitment to your physical body, despite the pressure and temptation to abuse it. Give yourself what you need at that very basic level and that includes sleep ? plenty of it! You are beginning to get somewhere and there is every reason to believe this progress will accelerate. With Mars doing an about-face mid-month, you will find that the tempo of life quickens. Make sure you?ve got the physical stamina to keep up with the pace of success. (HOW TRUE.)

Thanks to everyone who has posted here, you are all giving me hope, although I'm a bit anxious about whether I can succeed.:new:

Suki

[evergreen]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Happy Saturday all,

Sweatpea thank you so much for being the cruise director of this firework display!!! Way to go with resisting old crutches last night. (I am the same way there is NEVER an open bottle of wine at my house. It goes "bad" so quickly. LOL) You may be tired this am but you are NOT hungover or regretful!!!

Suki :welcome: This IS a great place. You have spent alot of time focusing on your mom and family and now it is time to focus on you. You will feel SO much better. Keep posting and take care of yourself.

Cowgal,:l Sending you a hug. I scanned the posts last night but did not get a chance to respond. It sounded as if you were at a low point and I wanted you to know I was thinking of you. Stay positive. You ARE making progress. This is a change process.

Rustop Have fun with your taxi service. I can relate. Tell me do your clients tip well?? Over time I have realized that we have alot in common. I am 45 soon to be 46 too. It is good to know that there are others out there like me in so many ways!!

To all the fireworks - keep the sparks alive!!!!inkele:

Evergreen

PS Can you tell I am having a little too much fun with these smiley thingys!!!

[evergreen]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Oops. I got some names mixed up!!!

Blondie - you are the one who is fashionable!!

Suki - I don't follow horoscopes much but WOW!!!

Finski - Yeah!! We are both on Day 10. Can you believe it?? I also started on Nov 1st because it would be easier to count the days. Ha! Ha!!

Flutterby - I am with you - clear the track!!!

Feeling Fortunate - The evenings are my trigger times too. I have been "treating" myself to outings and activities that I normally would not do then to mix up my psyche. Took my daughter to a movie one night and went shopping the other (say . . . . who is getting the best end of this deal!!

Fire it up!!!