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[FallenAngel]

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persimmon;1491695 wrote: In any event, the physical rehab on Wednesday stirred up my nerve pain to the point that today I buckled...

Persimmon~
I can relate to your pain. I have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Recently I went to a foot specialist for an assessment. I walked out of his office just fine, but an hour later I could barely walk. For the next week pains all over my body started flaring up.
Back in my drinking days, I used alcohol for pain relief. It temporarily took it away, but the after effects were not worth it. About 5-6 months ago I was in so much pain that I noticed my brain thinking back to how I used to self-medicate. That's a dangerous place to go. I have been finding alternative methods recently that seem to help... like yoga, meditation, EFT, and not getting so stressed when the pain does show up.... kind of like leaning into a wave & letting it wash over you, if that makes sense. There are other alternatives to pain relief... alcohol is the easy way out. Find healthy ways to manage your pain.

[Byrdlady]

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Night Nesters! Hope everyone had a great weekend. Sweet dreams, all. Byrdie

[jenniech]

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perisimmon - it stinks that you are in pain. The good news is, you are back with us!
kreeves: I am deeply impressed! I hope you don't plan to do that again for a while. You need some more sober time under your belt. The good news, this will be a fantastic sober reference for you. If you can host a dinner party sober, you can do anything sober!!!!

[halo]

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Well said jennieich, that explains why after 35 days AF I have yet to host a dinner party and I used to host all the time...
Send us some great news about hosting it AF, that will boost my confidence as well!
Here's to a wonderful AF week Newbies :l

[kuya]

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HIDEHI nesters....... A very settled nest we have ATM.

Hi to you Kreeves and BCP and welcome to the nest.

I have just recovered from having a friend staying for a week, that I haven't seen in 13 years. She and her SO were very heavy drinkers yet I am glad to report that I did not have one single drinking thought.
However I was only 3 weeks into my smoking quit and the prescence of these heavy smokers was too much for my nicotine addiction.

My point is that getting strong in our sobriety takes time..........

[persimmon]

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Thanks, Jenneich, Fallen Angel, Kreeves et al. Your encouragement means a lot to me.

I did a little better today and had just one small drink and it did help a bit. I so wish that my neurologist would come back from vacation. He can't make me nonallergic to opioids but this really has to stop. I've been meditating an hour twice each day just to relax against the pain. Tomorrow I have an appointment with my physical medicine specialist. I'm hoping against hope that he can help!

My love to all of you.

[persimmon]

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Fallen Angel--

I think for me the problem is not the fallout from drinking. I've never had a memory lapse and I've only had one hangover, if that's even the right word for it. About 35 years ago, I drank 1/2 glass of beer and ended up with the most excruciating and immediate headache. I swore off beer at that moment, thinking that I was allergic to it. I am only concerned that unless I moderate really well that wine will stop helping me with physical pain and that really scares me.

[Patrick]

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good luck with the doc Persi ,hope he can help in every way you need.

[Nursie]

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Good morning Nest!
Tulsi tea is a kind of chai I believe. I'm just learning about teas really. I'm going from being a wine expert to a tea expert! There are so many teas and infusers and beautiful tea pots. There are even tea tastings!! Unbelievable. It's my new thing!

[jenniech]

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what a fantastic idea for a sober party~!!!!!!!!!
A tea tasting with delicious cookies/biscuits to "cleanse the pallet"
Wow.... I love that!!!!
And I love tea....drink it all day long and at night
decaf green tea by day; camomile tea by night.....cannot live without it.

[Byrdlady]

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Good Morning, Nest!
I am loving the tea idea!! Nursie, I will have to look to that tea next trip to the grocery!

Tax day for us here in the U.S., also this day in 1865 Abraham Lincoln died of his gunshot wound....you know now that I'm thinking about history, seems like the Titanic sunk April 15th, 1912 ........YIKES!! See how lucky we are to be in the here and now??? Sorry about the morbid history lesson! Let's all go out and make it a great, AF Monday!! Hope everyone had a safe, sober weekend! Byrdie

[Byrdlady]

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Nesters, please join me in a big celebration for PrettyTulips!!! She has completed 30 days totally AF! On behalf of this great group of friends, may I present....your hat!

:day5:

In our world, 30 days is monumental....a decision was made, a plan laid out, and a path was undertaken. I hope you will continue your AF journey with us! Would you have a few words for us about how you did it? (and made it look so easy??) We are all so proud of you! Well done! Byrdie

[Fin]

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Pretty Tulips, congratulations!! 30 Days is a major accomplishment. Keep it up and whatever you do, don't let your gaurd down after 30.

I have on two occasions thinking I had regained control only to fail miserrably at the "moderation" game. You can bet that when I hit 30 days in two weeks I'm going to be especially vigilant this time around against the temptations that seem to always want to make their way back into a healthy and successful quit.

Very well done and all the best,
-Fin

[Starfish1]

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Woohoo! Pretty Tulips!!!

Seems like you just flew in yesterday- and look at you now!! Aren't you grand!!! You are showing us all the way to overcome this beast and we are so proud of you!!!

Keep up the great work!!!

[day-zero]

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Congrats Pretty Tulips - great stuff and all the best for the rest - comming up behind you and hope i don't catch you :H