30 Days Anyone?

[mica]

30 Days Anyone?

Hey, Evergreen,
Thanks for coming back. You know that we all understand, because we all are right there, too. Good luck, and keep posting.

Day 9, here, and craving. Guess I'll go get a l-glut and a mug of tonic water.

We can do this, you guys.

[LilBit]

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Way to go, Mica! Good job on reaching for the L-Glut! I'm on day 9 AF with you :clapping2:, and last night, I had the first cravings I've had since days 1-2. They hit me out of the blue, seemingly for no reason. Then, I realized I had not taken my midday L-Glut dose. I snarfed it down, got busy for a while, and next thing I knew, no more cravings. Powerful stuff.

'Heading into a mine field this weekend. It's a fly fishing trip (yawn) with my BF's family. I really enjoy fishing for about an hour. After that, my short attention span kicks in and I usually end up slurping chardonnay with one of the aunts while the rest of the fishing fanatics stay at it from dawn until 9-10 at night. Last time, I had so many slurps that I had to go & sleep it off in the car. Please keep your fingers crossed that I can stay AF and show up Monday with a big 14 day total. It will be tough, but that would be a big turning point for me.

[mica]

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Oh, that brought back memories!

Hey, Lilbit, you gave me a good chuckle. My first husband loved fishing even more than he loved drinking. (And I loved him, don't think otherwise.) On our honeymoon, he insisted we go fishing. .... Well, there is a limited number of things you can do in a boat, and I was hoping for something a little more romantic and energetic! When we got home and I mentioned it to his mom, her response was, "Well, it WAS his vacation!" And here I was thinking it was our honeymoon! Silly old me!

Good luck this weekend. I'll be sending you strong thoughts, and be chuckling at the same time. You can do this, of course you can! But don't beat yourself up over it, either. Have fun, and think of me, wanting a little something more....

[LilBit]

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Thanks, Mica! That made me laugh, and I will definitely think of your story while I'm listening to 'Uncle G.' explain the spawning cycle of the freshwater bass.

Day 10 today, whoohoo!

[mica]

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Hey, Lilbit, and All 30 Dayers!

Yahoo! we are doing this thing! Ok, today is Day 10 for me, too, and is honestly the first day that I really feel some energy returning. I've had good days, some with some really hard work getting my garden ready, but today is the first day I felt right inside my head. Do you know what I mean? OK< saying that, I do have a question for you all...

Is anyone else worried about what might happen after the 30 days? (That is, if I make it that far, which I certainly hope to. But believe me, it ain't a sure thing.) I spend a lot of my time thinking about AL. I know that for me it is best to reread the book, do the cds, buy yummy non-al stuff to drink, but I find that all that means I am spending a lot of time thinking about it. Are the rest of you using the Topamax? I'm wondering if I shouldn't start, if only to get me to stop thinking about it all the time. The cravings haven't been TOO bad, but I just miss it! Ok, I don't miss the next morning headaches or the feeling that my sweetheart is disappointed with me again. I don't want to go back to the old way. But I do miss it.

[mica]

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Hey, Evergreen,

How are you doing today? Sure glad you came back. I'm thinking about you!

[LilBit]

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High-five Mica, my 10-day Buddy! I do know exactly what you mean about finally feeling right in your head. Gone are the middle-of-the night wakeups filled with anxiety & awful thirst. Gone are the fuzzy-headed "need to eat lasagna for breakfast to just get something in my system" mornings. I'm starting to remember things I used to care about a long time ago, and to care about them again. Rather than feeling deprived from lack of AL, I feel like I've been missing out for a long time and I'm finally waking up.

It makes me wonder what we'll feel like in another 10-20 days. Hmmm... I rather think we'll stop needing to think about the whole thing so much? Like, if you've ever lost someone close and grieved over them, only to eventually find that it still hurts the same but you've just stopped thinking about it as often? Does that make any sense?

I know it isn't the answer to everything, but let's plan to start another 30-day thread at the end of this one (OMAT). Good or bad, on or off, I will be here because you, MWO, and this forum have helped me do something I could not manage to do for 20 years!

:h

LilBit

[angieUK]

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Hey Mica, maybe you could go for the 'done the 30 day peice a cake now lets do the 60 day AF' I was too chicken to join because I really didnt beleive I could do it. I'm on day 14 today. I think there will come a time when we wont miss AL anymore ray:

Lil, that makes sense about the missing out, I feel like Im getting my life back after some long prison sentence xxxxx

I am taking the topamax and following RJ's schedule in her book, I was planning after the 12 weeks to then do the schedule backwards then take it from there.

[evergreen]

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Lilbit, Mica, Angie and other 30 dayers,

Hello all!!!

Lilbit and Mica -:goodjob: You guys are doing great!! I am in a real hole and it has certainly picked me up to read your posts!!!!!! I am behind you but hoping to pick up the pace. My plan is to gather my resources and restart this Saturday. We have a huge function this Friday that I just need to get past. My mother was suddenly hospitalized Tues morning which is what kept me away from the site. She is fine now. Lots of drama at our house!!

At any rate - keep up the good work all you 30 dayers!!! You are truly inspiring!!!

Evergreen

PS Does anyone else get tired of reading the excuses in their own posts!!!

[evergreen]

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The spawning cycle of the bass??? How truly intriguing:H!!!!!

[LilBit]

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Hi Evergreen, sorry to hear about your mom's hospitalization, and glad she's OK now. Wow, you have a lot going on. Good for you for making a plan!

I will be sure to share all the details of the freshwater bass spawning cycle with everyone in this thread -- NOT!!! Heehee. I'm thinking of buying a blowup raft and *accidentally* floating to the other side of the lake.

[evergreen]

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Thanks for the pick me up lilbit!!!:l

[mica]

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Hi, Guys!

Hello, Everyone! This will be short because my sweetie just got home. But wanted to say it is getting easier day by day. Hope Friday doesn't derail us!

Evergreen, good luck with your mom. Yucky. My husband was in the hospital for three week this winter, (much better now, thank GOD) and then my step-dad went in. It is so hard. I will be thinking about you and hoping for the best.

Good luck, everyone! I love you guys.

[com1]

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Hi to all the 30 AF days team.

I am still doing well. Day 15 for me. Taking Kudzu each day. No real cravings right now. Knock on wood.

I used to drink hard from 5-9 or 10 and then have supper and la la land. Now I try to eat by 6 or so and have no desire to drink after eating. It was the same way when I was drinking. If I had several beers and then ate a meal, the drinking was done. I simply was choosing not to eat until good and drunk! A true mental midget (me) came up with that scenario to allow for more AL. Jeez.

We can do the 30 days thing, just ODAT for me. I may slip tomorrow and if it happens I will be right back here letting everyone here know about it. And I will start over on Day 1 and go forward from there.

Still not sleeping enough. Deep sleep when I am able to nod off but not for a long enough period of time. I will wait for the improvement with open arms.

Later all,

com1

[LilBit]

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Hi fellow 30 dayers! It's day 12 here. I just woke up from a terrible/funny dream. I dreamed I caved and had a glass of red wine. It wasn't even good, and I was SO angry with myself for having it, because I didn't really want it in the first place. So (in the dream) I was walking around, looking for a place to stick my finger down my throat and hurl it back up. Never found one, as I was at a busy school, but then everything turned to Christmas and it was OK.

I suppose that's a positive dream in a weird, sick kind of way. ;-)

Thinking of you all as the weekend begins.

Love,

LB