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[Palatia]

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Riker;299968 wrote: Something that occured to me today and it is helping me stay AF..

I was not born with a beer in my hand, so why should I die with one in my hand ?

Riker

Touche... !

[aceofbase]

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sad but hopeful

End of the day..way tired....really want a nice rum and anything. Stalling leaving work right now in case my car goes to the liquor store...except I have no cash in my pocket and I refuse to put it in on a credit/debit card and getting cash is way too pre-meditated. Guess I should get straight home. I am going to research supplements tomorrow and tour the rest of the site. Flying on Sunday. I will post again after the witching hour...be back in the office on Saturday morning.

[Riker]

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Stay with me Ace.. don't let the car drive..

I'm going out for Pizza and Beers with the neighbors..except my beer is going to be the AF kind..It's very strange..but I've done it before.. They are both heavy drinkers as well.. mostly vodka and some beers..they are good friends and often in the past we have exchanged some beers when one of us was running out.. just borrowing a few pints to tie me over the evening ..I'll get you back tomorrow after my run at the beer store kind of thing..

The funny thing is they both say they need to slow down / cut down / stop etc.. but they don't.. I mentioned MWO to them but they were not interested at the time to take a look..

Ah well, to each his own, they are still my friends, except now we don't have Booze in common anymore..

Ace, let's both stay AF tonight OK ?

Let's do it my friend !

Riker

[tawnyfrog]

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Ace and Riker - if you haven't yet checked out Xtexan's thread "800 days of Xtexan" in Long Term Abs - I suggest you do so. Neil writes really good, inspirational stuff.

[aceofbase]

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sad but hopeful

I made it! to day 6..stores are closed and I couldn't go out anyway....

[Riker]

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Thanks Tawnyfrog,

I remember reading an excellent post from Xtexan.. I think it was 700 days of Xtexan..that was last summer, Looking forward to reading the update.

Ace,

I'm back from my Pizza and Beer dinner.. I had one ....AF Beer.. then switch to the hard core stuff.. Lemon slices in a glass of ice water.. :H

My friend was like " so you are not drinking beer ? " I told him, " not tonight I ain't "

I feel stronger this time around, maybe because I've done 2 weeks before..don't know.. hopefuly I won't hit a wall at the 2 weeks timeframe. I'm only focused on today, tonight..

Tomorrow is another day, and that one will be a hard one.. but If I can get through this weekend AF, I'll be mightely impressed with myself..

I'm tired now.. at this time (9:00pm) last Friday I had already drank 12 beers..on my way to 16..then another 18 on Saturday..and 12 on Sunday.. that's about 5500 calories in 3 days..

Going to bed.. see you and everone else tomorrow !

Take Care guys and gals..

Riker out.

[Riker]

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Excellent Ace !!! Way to go !.. I made it through day 3.. now on to day 4..

I am so glad you made it.. us NON drinking buddies got to stick together !!

Talk to you tomorrow..

Riker

[maybe this time]

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Hi Aceofbase
This is my 1st time here and posting so it's all new to me too. I know what you mean by 'sad but hopeful' and the stresses associated with work. I am a Manager and feel so tired of the responsibilities and demands, even just having to talk to people is becoming a bother and respond to their expectations of me. Sometimes I feel like shouting 'but what about me !!!' but I don't of course ...I pleasantly fulfill the demands and come home and take a great big gulp to push the frustrations down then I settle in for some more relaxing drinking throughout the nite whilst I whinge about the pressures of the day. Oh my god how boring must I be to be around !!
Hang in there...I'm going to try because it is life or death and I have been playing this russian roulette a little too long.
Good luck to you and stay strong

[Shikakai]

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Good deal, Ace :goodjob:

[AMELIA]

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Way to go Ace and Riker!! Great to see you doing well.

Hello to you too Maybethistime. Read through this whole thread (and others too!)....lots of good advice.
As I said to Ace earlier on, is there any way you can offload some of your responsibilities and get some good quality 'me time'? I always get stressed when I do too much for others at the expense of myself.
Keep on reading and posting.

Amelia

[aceofbase]

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sad but hopeful

Saturday morning and still AF DAY6...Again the struggle with 6pm and LPS (liquor positioning system) in my car urging me to make a stop at the liquor store...which I ignored. Watched a kind of depressing movie, sleeping pill and went to sleep...condensation from a big cup of water on the nite table ruined my 1 day old blackberry type phone....arg! Day time should be easy today as I am busy, but Saturday night is coming too....gotta research the site more this morning and find some supplements.

Riker, how did you do?

[on my way]

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Good morning

Ace,

So glad you made it home without a stop at the AL store. We all know how tough it is to bypass but WOW, how good you feel in the AM, then it's all worth it. Keep busy

I am a strong professional and don't like the idea of being a slave to anything. (I think you fall in the same catagory). I try and keep that in mind when I hear the calling.

The best to you and all

on my way

[aceofbase]

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sad but hopeful

Riker..nice job....I have a ton to do today and tonight....I am afraid to be hopeful, but it seems to get a tiny bit easier each day...nights are still hard, I try not to think about it.

[Shikakai]

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aceofbase;300364 wrote: Riker..nice job....I have a ton to do today and tonight....I am afraid to be hopeful, but it seems to get a tiny bit easier each day...nights are still hard, I try not to think about it.

Yes, I don't know WHAT IT IS about Saturday nights, but people here will tell you that it makes the urge worse if you try not to think about it.

Stay as busy as you can and keep your mind occupied.

[anne1232]

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Hey Ace and Riker- you're doing great

Ace- you can get all the supps at your local vitamins store...I might suggest that if prostrate problems run in your family to strongly consider Saw Palmetto; it's another herb that has. held up under much testing- really protects the prostrate. You can get all this stuff at your local vitamin store. I've also read a lot about drinking a glass of warm water w/ lemon juice first thing in the morning- cleanses the liver, etc.