FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

[FinallyRN]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

hi all, Just checking in.......remain AF although I have to admit it hasn't been easy at times. Everyday is a gift. I get scared anticipating the worse..........I can't wait until those feelings go away. Do they ever?

[Eastender]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Hi Firecrackers,

Sweetpea, Hope you are OK on your day 2 along with Evergreen.
MWO tape in the HUMMOCK on the imaginary island seems the only escape I have at the moment!
Felt like having a drink soooooo much last night and the feeling back again tonight, so I am posting to take my mind off it.
Daughter just came in and is now quiting her job! She was in an awful mood and has just left the house to see "friends", new ones that I know nothing about. Have bad feeling about it! I cannot choose her friends (mores the pity).
Day 22 AF I should be happy about it ,but the numbers do not seem to mean anything today.
Sorry to be so negative guys, You are all doing so well.
FinallyRN, I too wonder whether these feelings ever go away. Perhaps they will always be there like when I gave up smoking 15 years ago, I still at times crave a cigarette. WHY?
I am looking out of the train window looking at the scenery and wondering where the hell I am, and what is the next station ?

Take care everyone

Eastx

[Eastender]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Miss you Fby
Hope you are OK

Ant Eastx

[Ezekiel37]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Hi Sweetpea, Hi Firecrackers,

Hope you are all doing fine today.

I thought I would share some short jokes with a wider audience; take a look in “laughing out loud” for some Tommy Cooper classics, (Tommy who? I hear you say).

Day 21 for me and staying on track, keep focused everyone.

[evergreen]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Hi firecrackers,

Sweetpea - I must have been receiving your vibes. Yesterday was not bad at all and I still am going strong today - Tuesdays are always easier for me because I have job responsibilities on Tues evenings. Day 2 - here we come!!

I was making dinner last night about the time that the voices were telling me "what have you done? . . you don't need to stop . . you are not that bad." I opened up the bag of grated cheese for the omelets and found it half full of raw carrots. Someone had put the carrots away in the cheese bag instead of the carrot bag. I just started laughing. My girls were helping me cook (which normally I do myself so I can drink). They said "who did that?" I immediately knew that I had done it the night before when I was cleaning up the dinner dishes (with my glass of wine). Yeah . . . I'm functional . . . I don't need to stop!) LOL

Eastender - thanks for all the well wishes! I am awed by those of you that have done so many days!! Like ezekial, rustop and many others!!

Best to all!!
Evergreen

[sweetpea]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Hope all you crackers are having a great day

Morning everyone

Hope you are having a great day and achieving your respective goals

RN have you tried to insert a picture on or is the information not right? Well done on remaining AF. As for the feelings from what I have heard they never go away but they lessen with intensity - I long for that day to arrive myself. Like Eastender I gave up smoking over 25 years ago and I could still murder a cigarette at times so I assume that it would be the same with drinking. Once addicted it never ever goes we just learn to manage the situation

Rustop you are so right about MWO it has been a lifeline to us all

Lukalee 29 days you are nearly there :rockon: what a star

Ezekiel 21 days awesome well done. Will have a look on laughing out load YAY I will get a coffee and have a laugh

Erin how are you doing?

Miss you FBY are you OK LOL

Croft give me your hand and get on board we are all here for you

Teardrop how are you feeling. A little better I hope LOL

East a true friend as always. So sorry your daughter has quit her job and is now out and about with god knows who. It is such a difficult time and one where i know you are feeling helpless but maybe it is a path she has to go down - who knows - but i know that in the future she will look back in dismay at the hurt she has caused you through her actions. I really wish I could say or do something to help but obviously she is no mood to listen to any advice from anyone. All you can do is to be there to pick up the pieces LOL Day 22 is fantastic I know you are feeling negative at the moment with every just cause BUT just think how you would be coping if you weren't AF at the moment. So hang onto the thought and not let it push you into having a drink because I think it would put you right back to where you started from - NOT A GOOD PLAN - you have worked so hard for these AF days so don't let the stress get to you. I know the feeling of looking out the window and wondering where the next station will be - the empty void of wondering what is it all about BUT think back to the happy times in your life NO things will never be the same but can be as good in a different way. Take heart and comfort with that thought. We are all here for you :l

Evergreen carrots in the grated cheese bag :H been there myself HA HA except frozen food in the pantry instead of the freezer :egad: what a mess that was and all because big AL had fumbled my brain. Day 2 gone well for me and hopefully for you so lets now go for day 3 Yes We CAN DO IT

Suki absolutely fabulous to chat with you, it really is great when you are chatting to someone who knows what you have gone through already. Makes the flow go much better. Well done on staying AF and doing all that work. I look forward to reading your post. Forgot to ask how are the cats - looking after you well I should imagine LOL

Anyway strong vibes to all you other crackers keep strong and focused because we can do it

LOL Sweetpea xxxxxxxxxx

[rustop61]

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Hi Firecrackers

It looks like everyone is doing great. You made me laugh Evergreen, the number of times the kitchen got cleaned and I had no memory of it!!! When you come out the next morning its as if gremlins had been in and you are shocked to see everything ship shape. Now I remember every boring detail but I'm not complaining.

Sorry you are having a hard time with your daughter East. I'm not looking forward to the next few years with my two. Suki you are doing amazing. You too Sweetpea. Hi to everyone else.

Rustop

[Eastender]

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Morning everyone,

Sweetpea and Evergreen Well done on getting through day 2, I always find day 4 and 5 worse ones for me then day 21.
Sweetpea, Your post brought a tear to my eye you know me so well. Thank you.
I got through last night despite having the bottle in my hand at one point, but like you say, I asked myself "what good will it do? How will I feel once I have drunk this? I am more than this and I can cope without it" I sulked for a while. that was it!
Bottle now safely back in the fridge unopened. So today is day 23 AF for me and I can fill out my drinktracker with the yellow 0!
I see you have spoke to Suki so glad she is OK.
Also worried about FBY
Evergreen, You can do this ODAT just as the rest of us,its not the number of days that count so much as the thought that TODAY is the most important day,all the "Todays" add up!
Rustop, Thanks for your concern, Kids eh! You love them, but sometimes you dont like them at all ( Know what I mean?)

Hi to everyone else,stay strong,and take care.
Eastx

[sweetpea]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Evergreen and Rustop you had me having such a laugh :H - SO - I started a new thread for fun asking what was the funniest stupidest thing that you have done when big Al has taken your brain over - should be fun - I hope so - anyway it is all your fault LOL

Eastender day 23 keep at it, you know you can do it. Well done on putting that bottle back into the fridge, not easy I know when things are rough :huggy :wd: you can do it lol Think about all those yellow 0

:l Sweetpea xxx

[lukalee]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Came VERY close to drinking last night, but held on by a thread!! These threads that is. Today is day 30!!!

[happydog]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Hi everyone,
Starting again today and i will not have a drink.
Sweetpea thanks for saving that seat on the train for me.

Everyone wishing you all the bests.x

Love
Teardrop.x

[sweetpea]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

:yougo: :huggy :rockband: :cheering Lukalee what a star well done I knew you could do it

Sweetpea x

[flutterby]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Hi Crackers,
Have not been feeling like posting for a few days... maybe I caught Sweetpea's flu! Will be back after I get over the blahs. All is well here, THANKS SO MUCH FOR CARING-- You guys are wonderful examples of why MOW works.
I miss you all too,
xox
Fby (sniff sniff)

[happydog]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

fby, hope you are feeling better soon. take good care of yourself
Love
Teardrop.x

[evergreen]

FIREWORKS - ANYONE WANT TO JOIN ME FOR 30 DAYS AF

Hi all you firecrackers!!:lilangel:

We are all on the path. Watch out for potholes and bumps in the road!!

Eastender - Hang in there. I have 3 girls - 19, 17 and 13. It is true we always love them but maybe sometimes don't like the behavior. They have to work it out. They have to slip and fall and find their way. We give them tools and love and a place to be and some safe boundaries but we can't wrap them in cotton. We also cannot protect them necessarily from the mistakes that we made. (although we will never stop trying). What I do know is that my biggest victories this year have been those evenings (moments) in the last year that they have needed me to talk or be with and I have been sober. I hold onto those moments and use them as the carrot (without cheese:H ) to keep me chasing this goal. You let go of that bottle last night - no small feat!!

Lukalee33 - 30 days:happy: AWESOME!!!!!! What helped you the most!!

Teardrop Look forward not back. Worry only about today. It is a great day to start. Do not be too hard on yourself. You have kept posting all along. Something to be said for that!!

Sweetpea - I am having fun with these icons. You have been everyone's cheerleader. Here is one for you - inkele:

Love you guys!!!!

Keep up the sparks!

Evergreen