ODAT TUESDAY

[Bessie]

Tuesday = Hunting in Bessie land so I'm up early again, though not as stupidly early as yesterday. I did wake up at about 2.30am and seriously consider getting up to see if the pig house was holding together as it was blowing a hooly and raining but the nice warm duvet and common sense got the better of me! :H

A couple of strange things happened yesterday. After getting up at 3.30 I fully expected to have 40 winks or so in the afternoon but I went right through, only stopping for meals until gone 10pm and felt fine. The other thing was that, without doing/taking anything, I didn't feel like a drink at all last night. I've been on a bit of run of nights where a bottle of red wine had to be consumed. Last night I was very happy with a couple of glasses of AF wine. Not a poor substitute but actually my preference. I hope this is the start of a decent run of AF days. I am the only one who can make it so. Today, I will not drink and that will be me back on track.

Love to all to come.

Bessie xxx

[Janice]

ODAT TUESDAY

Morning Bessie and all to come. Well done yesterday on staying AF!!

On my own this evening, husband's away so I've got all the opportunity I need to down a bottle of wine. Determined I won't let that happen but hey that's me talking at 7am - its Al at 5pm I've gotta watch!!

You're right Bessie, its been a really stormy night and have woken up to a dark rainy morning. Hope you still get out hunting!

Will definitely be back on later.... good luck for today everyone and thanks for getting me back on track!

Janicexxx

[sweetpea]

ODAT TUESDAY

Morning ALL

Bessie well done on your AF day. Know what you mean about the wet windy weather it has been pouring down here already this morning!!!

Janice and all to come lets get :bat :boxer: our fighting irons out and give BIG AL a good pasting

Wishing everyone a good day whatever your goals

:l Sweetpea xx

[rustop61]

ODAT TUESDAY

Good morning everyone

Well done Bessie. I know for me a lot of the drinking was habit, a bad one of getting used to having a glass of wine/bottle at night to unwind. Now that I think about it, there have been nights when I have not even thought of having a drink. A year ago that would have been unheard of. It's a slow process but I intend to stick at it. If it were not for MWO I would be still having that bottle of wine every night!! Have been AF since beginning of lent, 20 something days but still taking it ODAT.

Have a great Tuesday one and all.

Rustop

[tea]

ODAT TUESDAY

Morning all ODAT ers, Gray, drizzly day here today, feels a bit like my mood after hearing Jacqui's news yesterday and chat last night. I can't focus on anything else this morning. Am going to sit and count my blessings.
Lxx

[cowgal]

ODAT TUESDAY

good morning!

hi Bessie, Sweetpea, Janice, Rustop and Tea!!! Sounds like our weather we had last Thurs and Friday................we will be getting more storms later today too.............we really need the rain badly here so I will not complain..........

Hope you have a great ride Bessie, it felt sooooooooo good to be "back in the saddle" on Sat. and Sun. First rides since the surgery.................YAY!!:yay:

Day 9 for me, seeing everyone trying so hard is really motivating, thanks MWO and all you wonderful people here helping eachother!!!! It is a wonderful place!!!:wings:

Love you guys!!:h

MA

[Noelle]

ODAT TUESDAY

Morning Y'all...

It's snowing here, again, and very dark and gloomy which fits my mood also because of Jacqui. So very sad. But I can't let it be an excuse to drink.

But wait..........They make AF WINE????????????????????????

[universal]

ODAT TUESDAY

Hey guys - yes Noelle - AF wine...........and I need to go get some more.

I have been on a bad tear lately - haven't had an AF day since last week - I haven't been on chat, have hardly had a chance to get on MWO. I've been so busy at work and just so stressed out that it has just been too easy to come home and have a beer or a glass of wine to unwind...........which of course never stops at just one. It's frustrating to say the least when I know I've done a good AF run in the past - Back to it today - today is the start of another long string - I'm mad at myself for letting AL beat me down and I refuse to let him do it again right now. I've decided that March will be a DF month for me (drunk free - not sure if I can do completely AF but I"m gonna try)

Hope everyone has a great day - I'll try to check in later.......

Love and Hugs,
Uni

[OverIt2007]

ODAT TUESDAY

Good Morning ODAT'ers. Going strong on day 4 here.. Right now the memory of this past horrible weekend has been enough to keep me sober, I just keep thinking what would have happened to me and my son if I would have lost my job. I would have also lost my home, food on our table, etc... This is serious shit! Losing a job due to drinking is serious, and the wake up call I NEEDED. Happy Tuesday, and stay sober.

[FinallyRN]

ODAT TUESDAY

Hi all, sounds like we have a determined bunch of ODAT-ers! The longer I'm here the more I realize that this fight will never go away.......I think I knew that, but now I REALLY know it. I've read enough that complacency is a bad place to be. Even after 2 weeks AF I have changed tremendously my habits but realize how easy it is to go back...............Usually one bad night has started a couple of days of consumption. The first day " hair of the dog" and the next day, just because............NO MORE!
Luck to all

[cowgal]

ODAT TUESDAY

What a revelation!

RN, Ihave never looked at it that way, THANK YOU for the revalation, "always be on guard"
It is soooooooo easy to do that "experiment" and try to mod., then eventually, not always right away, I am taking off, hair of the dog then WTF!!!?? Then my drinking goes to all hell!

Thanks for all the insight!:thanks:

Mary Anne:h :l