Welcome to Fight Club- September Edition

[Liath]

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Rebus-

I only have a second but you should take b vitamins, calcium and magnesium, drink a ton of water, eat, maybe even get exercise if you can.. sleep and you will feel better in a day or two if you stay AF.

Everyone, more when I get home. Mollyka, you are welcome, stay strong!

[redhibiscus]

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Bree, you are on your 4th weekend..that is great. I hope itis gettng easier. SparkleAZ, great job on two days AF. It is so hard in the beginning. I had spend most of my time drinking and recovering that at first I did not know how to fill my time and feel content.

Rebus, it just takes time. Sometimes my hangovers lasted a few days. Rest, good food, liquids and time. I'm sorry you are feeling so shakey. Keep posting nad you will get through this.

[Liath]

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Hi redhibiscus-
That is good advise. I see that you are a fellow midwesterner. I live in WI, the state with the most problem drinkers in the whole US. Well this weekend I am avoiding my friends and the bar scene in order to get my grad applications together. Hopefully, they will be my ticket out of the midwest for a while!

Bree- sorry we jumped over to the fight club thread but we wanted to have a fresh start in September and get the word out on Fight Club!


How is everyone today? I am getting ready to hit the books so I will be around if anyone needs to chat.

[beagle]

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hello

:new:
but an old hand at the drinking game.
I need to try much harder than I have been & would welcome the support of all others.
I woke up this am,thought my life is just leaking past me.I'm getting older but not wiser.
Hope to be on here more often.

[JackieClaire]

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Hi Beagle,

:welcome:

Good safe place you've found here.

Keep reading,keep posting and SHOUT out if you're struggling. You'll find loads of advice what ever path you choose.

For myself you're never to old or ( young ) to learn.

Wishing you all the luck in the world.

Love Jackie xxx

AF (alcohol free) since 7/7/2009

[beagle]

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thanks for the welcome jackieclaire.
it's the middle of the day here in Australia & I'm going to start my first AF day in a damn long time.Highly overdue!
Never really realised the stronghold alcohol had over me until now,& been struggling to get a grip on it & stop that daily habit of drinking.

[JackieClaire]

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Hi Beagle,

Even though I'm 2 months sober tomorrow ( blowing my own trumpet there ). I still take it

[U]One day at a time.[U].

Be kind to yourself. Plenty of fluids, (non alcoholic) plenty of rest.

Love Jackie xxx

[redhibiscus]

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Good morning and welcome to all! Beagle, I also felt like my life was going by in an alcoholic haze. I realized that I never had time to enjoy my time off. I was either drinking alcohol or recovering from it. I sat down and made a list of all the things I like to do that give me pleasure. I realized I had not been doing much of anything except......we all know, drink, recover, drink, recover. It was horrible. Slowly, I began to cut my drinking days down. You can see I found MWO over a year ago. I have even had up to 50 days AF. Then I would try to moderate, do well once or twice and be back to a bottle or more of wine. So....this time I am trying AF September, ODAT. Day nine for me and I am going strong. But ever watchful.

I have been practicing mindfulness. That is, making sure to live in the moment and count all my blessings. It is making me pretty happy. I am not feeling shame for the past or anxiety about the future. I give that to God. I have my day planned and it does not include alcohol. Have a great AF day and remember....failing to plan is planning to fail. At least for me it is. Good luck today.

[spedteach]

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Hey everyone at fight club,
Nice to read a new thread, with everyone kind of at different stages.
Like the thread name. This has become the most important fight in my life. The whole concept of surrender and turning things over never sat right with me.
I put a poker chip in a jar, a seemingly really big jar every morning. Don't count days per say but think there's around 30 in there.
Sparkle, yea another southwesterner. I am a Midwest transplant out here.
Liath, how come you don't like Wis. It's got to be one of my favorite places in the country.
Hangovers! Mine began to last 3 days, my body telling me how much damage I had done.
Off to the mountains this morning to visit family and friends.
Stay cool all. Fight the good fight!
spedteach

[sparkleAZ]

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Hi all,
spedteach, hi there neighbor! I'm only 45 miles from the border of NM. It looks like everyone is doing well. I wish I could say the same about myself. Out of 5 days I have drank 3 of them. I really need to improve. Get my mind in gear to stay AF. What a disaster, I have improved from my daily drinking but I need to link more days together since, as they say "baby steps". At least I have not given up and I come back here every day. As for today, no AL for me.

[Liath]

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Hey all! SparkleAZ- I am also doing better but not where I want to be. At least this weekend is not passing by in a drunken haze. I am getting things done and trying not to think of past mistakes. It is difficult not to, of course.

Spedtech, welcome! I don't hate WI. I was born and raised here and the city I live in is just great. I just need to experience a different scene before I end up too entrenched here. Also, the binge drinking in this state is off the wall. Its not an excuse for my past behavior but it does make it tough to stop when everyone else I know seems to be going strong. As they say in WI, your not an alcoholic until you are pouring vodka into you cereal in the morning.. I just want to get away from the mind set that heavy drinking is normal and acceptable.

[puddytat]

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Morning Fight Club ? on this Labor Day weekend. It?s not been a good week ? caved on Day 3. Alas, we?ll just keep trying. Today is ?cleaning day? for me ? roommate is gone, and I?ve decided to hang here a scrub toilets, wash windows, vacuum upholstery etc. (Not unlike tackling a pile of ironing to get thru a craving, right? ? as someone had said)

• Determination, good luck camping w/ family; at least no work stress eh?
• Beaches - work & 3 kids ? wish you could get some solitude. Hope you?re holding together. I?m still encouraged reading here that many people struggled and eventually ?get it?, and get ahold of this crazy thing. We will too
• Bree, very well done, with keeping your eye on the prize and getting through 3 weeks!
• Redhibiscus ? glad you?ll be in a safe and sober visiting your daughter to keep your early sobriety going strong; mindfulness & ODAT kind of go together, it seems. Hard to be present, that?s all.
• Mollyka ? getting thru it?Beagle ? welcome from down-under. (also, Army-thread seems to have many Aussies ? mention, in case you want to real-time dialogue real-time or invite someone into ?chat?)Jackie Claire AMAZING 2 months !! ? toot that hornSpedteach, thanks for advice and encouragementSparkleAZ, Colbe, hey ? we?re still here.Liath ? hope you can manage to enjoy the long weekends, and your friends, and keep any drinking moderate? who need a hangover? Good luck getting Grad Sch apps together

[puddytat]

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Wisconsin is great, but so much drinking! My sister, who is aware of my struggles, shared this insight:
? At the Water Parks in Wisconsin Dells, cold beer is available at every little hot dog and bratwurst stand. And you walk around the parks freely with your beer.
? At Great America near Chicago, IL (just across the border), beer is like contraband! Only one place to by it, hidden in a corner, have to drink it there behind a roped fence, and the bartender gives ya a dirty look as he pours it! She and her hubby were at the places 2 weeks apart, and the difference struck her.

Sheesh ? just a different culture in Wisconsin. In fact, I have a sister-in-law who doesn?t really like to drink, and has no drinking problem ? yet for years she?d ?act drunk? when we went out with their friends, or on family vacations, just to fit in with the drinking culture. My eagle-eyes and alky antennae always knew she was clutching the same warm drink for hours on end.

Wisconsin is a beautiful, and warm kind people and all ? but tough place to be AF if you struggle ... totally get that, Liath!

[Muddle]

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Liath, vodka in cereal? Ewww, that visual should keep me sober for the next week at least.

I now have 16 out of 17 days AF. And the one day with AL in it was precisely due to the reason Redhibiscus cited--failing to plan. I didn't even enjoy it that much. I changed my avatar to reflect the humility I'm feeling today.

[mollyka]

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Hi Folks
Just checking in to see how you all doing on your special weekend, I'm thinking of you all cos already I'm dreading what I hope will be my first sober christmas in maybe 35 years!!! Scary, anyway hope you all doing good and if you're not, its only a slip and move on. Yeah puddytat thanks for asking, I'm ok, funnily cos my husband is being such a bastard that AL is nearly taking second place, I wonder can I do this with him, maybe better without, married 31 years so big thoughts and decisions loom.
Take care