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    #1

    end of day three

    I was reading through the threads and i seem to be there on everyone of them. I think the 4 to 7 thing is what happens to us all. And we just have to break the habit. I am just taking is ODAT and getting my head around be AL free. I have been crabby some of the time and jittery too but nothing too bad. WAs invited out this evening and had no difficulty in saying no. I want to stay in charge of what I am doing and am trying to do this properly. I am thinking more about making choices and not leaving booze choose me. I think this site is great even just to clock in and take stock.

    What a bad habit it is though.

    I am not too sure about moderate drinking for me. I am afraid that I would just get hooked into it again and then I am back in trouble. A funny thing is that I have no trouble when out being AL free and it is when I am home that I seem to looking for a drink. I dont want to be too negative about it and will keep an eye on that in myself too.

    I have joined the July AL free thread and will stay in touch with that but will have to keep it ODAT.

    Another thing I notice is that while I see myself all over the place I can also see the devastation alcohol causes all over the world.

    We will just have to stick together

    Listening to Lizz Wright here - lovely voice

    xx
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    #2
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    MaggyMay,

    Good on getting 3 days under your belt!!

    I totally understand being able to stay AF when out and wanting when home or in my case alone in hotel room.

    I think some of us started drinking to relieve boredom and lonliness. Unfortunately, it led to over drinking and in my case serious over drinking.

    Hang in there, it does get better.

    Love,
    Cindi
    AF April 9, 2016

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      #3
      end of day three

      hi cindi

      i remember your first thread to me back when i joined first and i felt so supported by you. thanks for replying again. you sound so wise!!

      i forgot about the hotel room bit!!! Will stay in touch xx

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        #4
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        Maggymay,

        Congratulations on 3 days. Those are usually the toughest for me but this round it was somewhat easier. I am on day 19 and boy did I want to have a drink today. But I didn't. I am similar to you in that I am typically okay going out with others and not drinking. I doesn't and never has bothered me when people drink around me when I am AF. When I am at home though, the story is totally different. Between 5 - 7 I want wine while making dinner!

        Keep going. It does get easier. I too would like to mod but not sure if I can. I feel so terrific now, I don't want 2 glasses to turn in to 2 bottles. Good luck and keep on truckin'! Gabby.
        Don't be afraid that your life will end, be afraid that it will never begin.

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          #5
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          I usually make a decision to drink sometime between 4 - 7 too. That means big blow out for me. Tonight on day 2 I am going to the gym. I do not want to have what happened on this night last week to happen again. It was awful and I had to face the consequences the next morning.

          So, new day tomorrow.

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            #6
            end of day three

            UK Blond, I've missed you. Hope your time away was helpful!

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              #7
              end of day three

              day three

              i am thinking that i will go for a swim tomorrow so thanks UK Blonde for making me think of that. I just got call from my friend to see if i would like to go for a drink and I said no thanks and he has decided not to go either. I am amazed at how many people are now talking about how much they drink. everytime i go out anywhere people are saying it.

              The curse of the Irish they say but I think it is a curse everywhere.

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                #8
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                Same thing only 5-9

                Hi Maggymay,

                I too am on day three -- have tried twice before after I found this forum but decided to do the July AF thing (I tend to do better making a commitment with a crowd!)

                For me it's 5-9 that's hard. I admire that you can be AF when being out with others that are drinking, because that's hard for me. It's actually easier to be at home because if I don't buy it there's no AL there (my husband's supporting the effort this time and so no AL either).

                I'm trying to gear up for 4th of July, when our neighborhood typically has a celebration. No
                one drinks to excess (including me; I just wait for the rest until I get home), but the AL is there.

                Day three has been the hardest for me before. I feel pretty shaky, but I'm hanging in there. You hang in there too. Let's make it to day four!

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                  #9
                  end of day three

                  Hi Maggymay

                  Well done on day 3.

                  It may be because you are AF you are realising how people talk about how much they drink. At home just keep yourself busy. I used to think I drank because I was bored. But looking back I realised I did nothing constructive to relieve that boredom. Instead I drank and drank until I was completely plastered whilst flicking through tv channels and munching on peanuts and crisp.

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