Very strange with the weekend looming

[patricia]

I'm not going to give in but it does feel very strange because here it is nearly Friday night and I'm not going to have any wine. Don't know about other people but when I don't drink I like sweet things - so I've just had a fabulous chocolate ice-lolly to help keep me on the straight and narrow - I need to achieve 30 days . . . . at the very least . . . . . P

[Accountable for Me]

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I think for most who quit drinking, the desire for sweets is there.

I wouldn't worry about indulging for a bit while you get some AF time under your belt. Other's will beg to differ, but I think ridding the AL is the most important thing at the moment.

The weekends seem to be the hardest for a lot of people because of the drinking habit, socializing with others, and the downtime. I found it important to keep busy and to think of these days just as any other day. After a couple of weekends AF, you will really appreciate waking up on a Saturday with some energy!

Enjoy your sober weekend!

[KBCE]

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I am right there with you Patricia. I always stopped at the State Store on my way home from work to get my Friday night/Weekend wine and am not going to tonight! (4 days AF so far). It's weird, but I am looking forward to not waking up feeling like crap and having to take the girls to Karate, birthday parties, etc. We also have a neighborhood party tonight that is known for the libations and I AM NOT GOING TO PARTAKE BUTHAVE FUN NONETHELESS! We can do this - only 26 more days for me to reach 30...lol

Stay strong and enjoy the weekend!

[patricia]

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Yes - I know you're right

Thanks,

I'll keep that thought in mind! This site is great - it's so helpful and motivating . . . P:thanks:

[patricia]

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Just seen . . .

Your reply KBCE - its my fifth day but fourth night and my danger is that I am beginning to feel smug - I'm going for the 30 days so I know that I'll need this site to get there. Have a good one. P

:thanks:

[Larisa]

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I'm right with you, Patricia...day 4, and it's Friday, PANIC!!! I'll be sending you sober vibes from TN. We can do it! We don't need that nasty crap. I'm going to watch Lifetime Movie Network with my dogs!

[patricia]

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Hi Larisa

I'm with you - we'll both feel like a million dollars tomorrow.

P

[Evie.Lou]

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I CRAVE SWEETS too......I do not want the calories so i have a big jar of Gourmet jelly belly beans in all favors.they keep my cravings down....Anything to keep AL buried in his grave,6 ft. under !!!!!Evie

[Accountable for Me]

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What I found helpful.... LOL.... when I had a sugar craving was to eat a teaspoon of peanut butter right out of the jar. It killed the craving immediately and lasted a lot longer than eating a candy bar. (Better for you too).

[Cinders]

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AFM,

I do the same thing!!

If I am really craving sweets, I will take half a banana and put some peanut butter on it. Really does the trick.

Love,
Cindi

[Accountable for Me]

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Or taking a couple of slices of (green with the skin on) granny smith apples and dipping them into the peanut butter. It is awesome!

[cowgal]

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me too

That is too funny AFM and Cindi, I too love peanut butter instead of empty calories of candy!! It will be day 3 successfully met after tonight, so the worse part of the physical stuff is done, feeling good, just gotta watch the mental obsession.................

Can't wait til it is lifted, but in AA some say their obsession is neverlifted, others swear that it did happen, I am going to just enjoy the journey!:l:h

love,:l

MA

[Peanut]

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Hey Patricia, KBCE and Larissa - I'm with you on your 30 day countdown, and going into a weekend is always daunting. I made about 21 days AF last month, but only the first weekend was AF - all the others, I gave in. But not this time!!!

I have been having the worst sweet tooth ever this past few days, something I didn't notice at all last month!! Could be PMS, but not sure. I looked at the peanut butter yesterday, AFM - I'll try that next time I have a craving. Actually, in the afternoon, I had such a sugar craving, I went a grabbed a coffee here at work and 1 timbit (those donut holes) -ha! only 17 cents!!! Nice that a gal can buy just one of those, instead of one of those huge cookies or brownies or some hugely caloric regrettable monstrosity like that!!!

TGIF!!
Peanut

[CS04]

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I am already in tears and it's only 1:30 pm. I feel like I can't handle anything. I never drink this early in the day and don't want to and am not craving sweets but just feel like I can't cope with any of life's problems. I feel like a terrible mother; I want my husband to handle more, our finances are a wreck, there is a job I have been putting off applying for (my excuse is that I am trying to focus on getting myself better -- well heck of a lot of good that is doing) and just so upset and feel like I am getting nowhere.

I am on day 3 and sooooo don't want to cave tonight. Had a good conversation with hubby on Wed. about doing a 30 but just sat there and watched him drink last night, which pissed me off.

[Doggygirl]

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Larisa;340870 wrote: I'm right with you, Patricia...day 4, and it's Friday, PANIC!!! I'll be sending you sober vibes from TN. We can do it! We don't need that nasty crap. I'm going to watch Lifetime Movie Network with my dogs!

WHEE!!! Lifetime Movie Network AND doggy love!!!! :kudos: :kudos: :kudos:

LOL - around my house the Lifetime channels are fondly called the "Bad To Worse Movie Channels." Of course, it was Mr. Doggy who came up with that. I will occassionally drag him into watching some of the more outrageous ones - i.e. where the man has more than one wife and is country hopping to keep up the charade, etc. etc. LOVE IT LOVE IT!!

The problem with sweets instead of alcohol is that both cause a rise, and then fall in blood sugar. When the blood sugar falls, the craving starts over. I chose to ignore that fact myself at first (last summer) and finally "got it." Eating foods that aren't sugar or high carb laden really WILL help smooth out the cravings once you get past a few days without sugar.

But...I can also relate to AFM in terms of doing whatever you have to ultimately to NOT DRINK AL!!

Best wishes for a good weekend. Saturday is my rough day so I'll be reaching out here to touch the lifeline often I'm sure. Hope to see you all here!! I know I will need the support.

DG
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