ODAT - Friday

[Peanut]

ODAT - Friday

Morning!!

Oh Bessie - I know where you are coming from. Beau came home about 10pm last night after being called out on a couple service calls, and had not one, but two bottles of wine with him!!! Why why why?!?!?! And yes - they got drank - not ALL of it, but almost!! And just when I was feeling confident in my "no drinking on workdays" resolve!

We are off on a road trip to Calgary this weekend to see my daughter and a couple of my siblings. I wish I could snap my fingers and just be there, rather than the seven hours in the van! Yuck!! It is pretty windy here, and I am hoping it will be a tail wind for us, as that certainly helps with the gas mileage. I think it is about $1.30 a litre now!!!!

Cowgal - your story with hubby reminds me of mine. We saw marriage counselors, etc. before we split. Alot of trouble with the drinking too, and he would yell and say stuff, and then deny it all when sober, as he didn't remember, but the kids and I surely remembered! After that point, we did stay together for another 4 years or so before I threw in the towel. So all my best to you in your struggle - you will survive!!

Case - I have been finding the AF beer pretty darned good too!! I don't think I have ever thought of it as having "refreshing flavour" - but it sure is good cold after hard yard work, or after a long day.

Have a grand long weekend, you USers and UKers. Enjoy the lakes and gardens!!
xoxo Peanut

[evie]

ODAT - Friday

Peanut- gas ( petrol here!) is 1.12 pounds on average a litre ( about 2us dollars!) crazy money!:sigh:
Hope you have a good journey

Take care!
Eviex

[lookingforhope22]

ODAT - Friday

Hi everyone,

Im really late on this one as its saturday morning in australia didnt get a chance to get online yesterday. Good to read all the posts i love hearing what everyone is up to and the challengers we face from a day to day basis.

I had a shocker yesterday tired+emotional+hungry+wine = :upset: crying wreck and really feeling sorry for myself. Have to pull myself together and put some serious thought into a plan for myself. Im just so exhausted my head wont stop thinking at the moment and nothing feels right.

Woke up with a semi- hangover this morning yuck motivation is out the window.
I need to sit with myself for a while and stop getting so freaked out about where im at at the moment.

Thanks for listening
Have a great long week:l

[Muddle]

ODAT - Friday

Hi, universal. I've tried a couple of AF beers, but interested in which one you think is good. It does help me to have something to pour and have in a glass that kind of looks like the real thing even if it is AF wine or beer. Somehow holding the glass satisfies something, particularly if I keep myself distracted and don't focus on the (lack of) taste too much.

[FloridaBoy]

ODAT - Friday

It seems like everyone has a plan for the weekend. :goodjob: Me too. I think I will get a piping hot cheese pizza and put it in my favorite chair and sit on it. :yes2: it is :disgusting: I will take a cold :bath2: and then :question2: why I did it. By the time I figure it out I will have made it through the weekend sober. Caveat: I am a professional :nutso: so don't try this at home. :-)

[FloridaBoy]

ODAT - Friday

retteacher;331170 wrote: Hi ODATers: I'm doing OK, but I've been thinking about drinking a lot. I push the thoughts out of my mind, but they pop back in when I least expect them to. When oh when am I going to stop wanting to drink to get drunk? I really think the slips have set me back. When I was deep into some of my AF stints, I went days wo/thinking about drinking. Mary

I just got to the point that I could not handle hangovers anymore. I was a different person when I was hungover. A person I did not like. I think about that often and it really helps.
The longer I am AF the easier it gets to stay that way. Try to develop a plan that works for you. The reward is feeling :crazymonkey: and I like it.

[ownbestfriend]

ODAT - Friday

Finding this site today has been a somewhat spiritual experience. I feel it in my soul, feel so touched and NOT ALONE at last.
My resolve always breaks when emotions come into play - my ex hurts my feelings, a colleague irritates me, the kids get sick and I am out of sick leave, the car breaks down ... that kind of stuff.
I am sitting here with a lump in my throat and have been scouring this site for hours. I still haven't worked out how to say hello to everyone for the first time so hope I am doing it right and someone out there will acknowledge what feels like a heartfelt commitment to sort my life out - I need to get hold of that book and the supplements. I have three wonderful kids, own my own home, have a great job and all of that. But I also have issues with anxiety and self-esteem and am the child of alcoholic parents. I thought I escaped unscathed but started drinking when my marriage broke up five years ago. I am up to a bottle a day, and on bad days I have recently opened the second one. I had no idea so many people were out there like me. Bless you all! I am doing this for me!

[ownbestfriend]

ODAT - Friday

:h:new:

[tawnyfrog]

ODAT - Friday

Ownbestfriend - Hi there!!!!!

Welcome.

[Accountable for Me]

ODAT - Friday

:welcome: ownbestfriend!

You may want to start your own thread so people can greet you the MWO way . Instead of the possibility of getting lost in a thread.

So glad you found us. You are definitely not alone. This is a wonderful community and you will find a lot of support. :l