AF 4 days and working on 5 - So Excited!

[TiredofHiding]

Hi! 4 full days of being AF and starting out on Day 5 now. I feel so good. I really have not had any cravings - even watching all those beer commercials during football this weekend.

BEST part - last night my DH said "I don't know what that medicine is doing exactly and what else you're doing on the computer all the time, but keep it up. I am so proud of you and you're like a whole different person." THAT means tons. We got along all weekend and had fun. No bickering or fighting becuase I wasn't drinking and running off trying to steal sips from hidden stashes. What an incentive to keep at it - having a happy marriage and knowing my husband is proud of me.

I also got on the scale. I have been trying to follow South Beach - but its awfully hard when you're drinking. I could do the food part - most of the time until I got drunk and pigged out. But giving up alcohol stopped me up. I'd go up and down a few pounds. I've still been weighing in each Monday hoping and this morning I am down 4 pounds from last week. That's with a major drinking binge on Wednesday last week (the final staw) and a hangover on Thursday that required Burger King breakfast croissants and then Taco Bell for lunch. So I'm feeling pretty good.



Here's to day 5 (clinking my coffee cup!)

[jane jane]

AF 4 days and working on 5 - So Excited!

Tired! Good girl! I'll clink my cup to yours and raise a toast to NEWFOUND FREEDOM! Isn't it wonderful to be praised by your favorite fellow? I know we hear over and over that we "must do this for ourselves, not to please anyone else" and that's certainly true, but I can't deny that a big motivator for me has been retaining the good opinion Mr. Jane has always had about me---even when I was clearly headed for worsening wine habits. His concern and love, and now his relief and approval, keep me away from Ol' Devil Pinot!

May you continue your wonderful success! No more hiding...priceless!

[Miss October]

AF 4 days and working on 5 - So Excited!

T.O.H.

I love it ! Awesome job :goodjob: and here is the quote from your husband, that put a big smile on my face this morning This is what MWO is all about !

BEST part - last night my DH said "I don't know what that medicine is doing exactly and what else you're doing on the computer all the time, but keep it up. I am so proud of you and you're like a whole different person."

And losing weight is another BIG BONUS :yay:

[FinallyRN]

AF 4 days and working on 5 - So Excited!

I love reading stories like that. It makes me happy and it makes me strong.
keep it up

[bookmom]

AF 4 days and working on 5 - So Excited!

Great Job Tired! Your message gives me inspiration as I have not made it past 3 days AF. I am trying to go away with the hubby this coming weekend and it would be nice to have a similar success! Keep on clinking your coffee cup!

[wonderworld]

AF 4 days and working on 5 - So Excited!

So cool tired!!! What an inspirational post - a great reminder for today!
Thanks -
wonder xx

[meditation mama]

AF 4 days and working on 5 - So Excited!

Brilliant!! Makes my day. What a wonderful hubby you have! You keep going girl. Check in tonight, for sure...

MM

[2nd chance]

AF 4 days and working on 5 - So Excited!

hi tired, today is my 10 day AF, first day in mwo, I still have a sinking feeling in my stomach from registering. Your post sounds alot like my last 10 days. Your husband sounds identical to mine. I feel blessed everyday (at least for the last 10) for him, I told him last night hes been quite the "trooper" for me. Not only have I quit drinking I started WW and hes been right there with me( hes lost 5lbs already) Well, I just wanted to say hello, and thanks for posting.

[TiredofHiding]

AF 4 days and working on 5 - So Excited!

Thank you all! I just feel so good. I want to stay strong and not get too caught up in this early "honeymoon period" but want to also keep myself pumped up.

I am so thankful for my husband. He's put up with the ups and downs for 5 or 6 years now. I know we shouldn't do this for anyone but ourselves, but its nice to please those we love and I feel like I owe it to him for all the crap he's put up with. Our 10 year anniversary is in March and I look forward to the next 10 years being a heck of a lot better overall than these first 10!

My mom sent an email this morning (she was up from a nearby town visiting this weekend) and noticed that I seemed happier and looked healthier. I haven't told her about this program or medication but she knows about the problems with alcohol and hasn't been shy about telling me I need to fix myself. She didn't ask what had changed but it was nice that she noticed a difference too.

Day 5 going ok so far. Thanks for all the support and good days to us all!

[PAMN]

AF 4 days and working on 5 - So Excited!

Today is day 59 AF for me. That means tomorrow will be DAY SIXTY!!! You CAN do it....and, although on any given day it is a struggle, the good feelings only get better. You become proud of yourself, your family will continue to be proud of you, and you will FEEL good, inside and out. Stick with it....if I can do it, you can!!

[TiredofHiding]

AF 4 days and working on 5 - So Excited!

60 days! That is so awesome! You are an inspiration. I hope to make a similar post one day.

My DH had a crappy day at work yesterday. He asked me if it would bother me if he had a scotch. I said it would be fine and he disappeared into his hidden cave to pour a drink (fortunately scotch is not a drink I have ever enjoyed and he really does so I never had much of a desire to find the bottle he kept hidden from me). It really didnt' bother me - of course it might have been a different story if it was red wine. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. that was my first encounter with Al since last Wednesday's blitz and I was proud to not feel any craving or desire to join him.

Baby steps ...

[jane jane]

AF 4 days and working on 5 - So Excited!

Hurray for you, ToH! I feel much the same after braving my French group last night. The fireplace was crackling, there were delicious nibbles on the coffee table, and two bottles of nice merlot were right there, too, with a good dry white waiting in the fridge. I took my glass and went to the kitchen for water, and that was my tipple all night. Woke up bright-eyed and frisky, and THANKFUL! We...can...do...this! Isn't it exciting?

[Lotus]

AF 4 days and working on 5 - So Excited!

Dear TOH

Well done. It is such a boost when your hubby actually notices the change.

Your doing GR8.

All the best.

Mandy x

[satori]

AF 4 days and working on 5 - So Excited!

Well done ToH!

If you are not struggling on day 4-5, you will sail thru this!

Days 4 and 5 are generally considered the most difficult!

Yep - it is nice to get encouragement from our significant others - it makes all the difference!

Keep up the good work and you will soon be able to post 60 days like PAMN (Well done to you too! - feels great doesn't it?)

Love

Satori

xxx

[TiredofHiding]

AF 4 days and working on 5 - So Excited!

I am so thankful for his support - and for the support from all of you. He does it because he loves me and wants me back and yet his support is not the same as from all of you who have fought this battle. He understands that and is supportive of me being on line.

Just before bed last night he was telling me again how proud he is and when I poo-pooed it and said he shoudl be mad about all the years I screwed up, he started to cry. He said he was just so glad and proud. I have seen him cry twice in 12 years - when his dad died and when our daughter was born. He just doesnt do it. It tore me up. I realized at that moment, how much I have hurt him over the years and how much he is relieved and hopeful in this "cure" finally. It really hurt and made me feel so guilty. I was so wrapped up in my own pain and disease I didn't care about how much I hurt him. I know I can't hang on to the guilt but I decided that has got to be a huge reason to not falter - I can't let him down now after giving him so much hope that he has his wife back. Mind you - its not all for him - I LOVE how I feel - but he is another big reason and motivator. Not to mention my daughter.

I guess there are many ways to be re-born.