Day 1 under my belt!

[Cherbear]

I feel like I have clicked into a different attitude from the other times I've tried to go AF.
This time I realize that , as I said before the fight is too exhausting. when I finally realized that its like something changed in me. This site is soo great!!! I can't believe how many of you are in the EXACT same place as me.. It seems that the theme is 5pm and wine!
Right now I feel strong because it is only noon but I plan to log in here much more than I used to when the cravings come.
I love the authenticity of all here.
THANKS

[Sam Handwich]

Day 1 under my belt!

Way to go, Cherbear. I made it through last night AF, for the first time in probably 4 months. Of course, I didn't get to sleep until around 4:30AM, but somehow I didn't care because I felt like I was doing something very important and intelligent. Had a bunch of vitamins and a huge V8 this morning. Gonna go for a walk ...

I love this site, too ... keeps me in the right frame of mind to give this a go; even as I planned to start AF today, not yesterday, like I was excited to try it and couldn't wait or something. We'll see ... last time I made it about 7 days, then went MOD for a few weeks, and then back to the bottom.

Sam

[CS04]

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Way to go Cherbear and Sam! I have made it thru the weekend (so far anyway) and I have been a crabby bitch, which has not been good for me or hubby...but I know I would have drank had I not confided in hubby my plan to do a 30 -- or least longer than a day or 2 AF. Glad you are both posting and making other healthy choices. Let's all stick together!

[brittzak]

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YEAHHHHHH for you.

[Evie.Lou]

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Great work you guys.....you are very strong.It will feel great to wake up Monday morning with a clear head to start the new week with.Just keep putting one AF day next to the other and before you know it life will feel good again......Evie

[louise]

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Way to go Cherbear, Sam and CS!

[sasha]

Day 1 under my belt!

Excellent!

Why not make yourself something really special at 5 - maybe a tall, frosty glass of iced tea with some mint or a wedge of lemon perhaps. Maybe make 5 pm a great time for a different reason. Indulge yourself in a nice healthy activity.
WTG!
:goodjob:
Sasha

[FloridaBoy]

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Cherbear;342462 wrote: I feel like I have clicked into a different attitude from the other times I've tried to go AF.
This time I realize that , as I said before the fight is too exhausting. when I finally realized that its like something changed in me. This site is soo great!!! I can't believe how many of you are in the EXACT same place as me.. It seems that the theme is 5pm and wine! Right now I feel strong because it is only noon but I plan to log in here much more than I used to when the cravings come. I love the authenticity of all here. THANKS

:goodjob:

We have been re-programming you via remote control through your keyboard. Your fingers are oily and if you pick up a bottle of wine you will drop it....so don't even think about it. :H :H :H

[greeneyes]

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Yay!! Way to go. Feeling proud for you!

[Theme2be]

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Hi :goodjob:
I had read your posts and related to you so. I am AF 2 days and yesterday had to experience the horrific withdrawls and it made me realize how much of what is poisin to me I had been dumping into my self. I kept someone close and dumped out what was left. I went to my place of employement with terrible shakes and confusion, I had to just hide it and keep busy. I have done it many times before and I know what to expect and when it hit I had such grief and regret.
Today was much better and for me, any hour is the bewitching hour. It could be 6AM just waking up from the night before where I passed out to be amazed at how much I drank isolated in my cave.
I am with you in spirit as well.
I am so grateful for this place to be me, the me I pray 2 be without what I am now considering my enemy ~Alcohol. I wanted to find a way to moderated and when the TOPA failed to be the kick I had wished for, I feel into a place of dispair as I blame myself that I did something wrong.
I am keeping up on the supps and have the CD's and plan to keep coming here for sometimes one word, or one sentence just takes ahold of me and it is a renewed hope.
I believe . I reach into every word here, listening and watching as my visions horizon expands

K:h

[Sam Handwich]

Day 1 under my belt!

The first day has been okay for me somehow, probably because I'm eating better, getting more protein, taking vitamins and supplements; we'll see how the evening goes! :ranger

But, yesterday, I had to start out around 2PM (after mowing the lawn) with a beer, and then a glass of wine to alleviate the shaking (keep in mind that I was drinking 6-8 beers per night with a shot - more of a gulp actually - with every beer for 4-5 months!). Anyway, the beer and wine worked and I cruised through the rest of the night shake-free and AF and haven't had any since. Drinking some Rice Milk, took some Milk Thistle, and I have L-Glut and Kudzu arriving tomorrow. I think I was beaten up enough by AL that I actually have kinda of a serious calm feeling right now (the witching hour!!!!).

Anyway ... hang in there. I'll try to post if I have any profound thoughts on mood-swings, coping, or urges.

Best to all!

Sam

[boozehag]

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You guys are all doing so well keep it up. Not so very long ago some of us were newbies too like you and struggling to get a kick start onto being AF - we were encouraged by those who were ahead of us and now here we are encouraging you - soon you will be the ones encouraging others from a better place. Focus, plan, read and post and you too will soon be able to say "if I can do it anyone can".
BH

[Doggygirl]

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:cheering: for Cherbear, Sam, CS and Theme2B. WE CAN DO THIS!!!!!! Congratulations on taking the first steps to a better life.

DG
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[gelgit]

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Rotten, rotten week

I've made a new deal with myself, not to complain anymore to anyone in family or friends. Complaining is just self poisoning. So, I've still got you guys.:H My second new plan is ODAT. I might even try OHAT. ODAT #! OHAT #21.
I have a plan: a realistic one for the rest of my life and continuing to poison myself with AL and discontent is not a part of it. If I could only get the booze out of the house, it could possibly be easier. Course, if I could get hubbie out of the house too..... Big:sigh:
I have been thinking about getting the excerise CDs, but, I am so not happy with the hypno CDs. "Hummuck" for hammock, I think, was so distracting that I totally lost it. If the voice had a consistent, discernable foreign accent, the odd grammer and pronunciations would not be so annoying. I may wander the world looking for a" very pleasant eshkaleter". If it helps me stay sober, then what am I complaining about Wine, wine wine. Oops!, I meant whine. xxxxxxx g.

[livingfree]

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Way to go Cherbear!! The first day is the turning point!! :goodjob:

gelgit - keep on hon - the desire is the very first step!!