String a few AF pearls together with me!

[ChickenNumber3]

From reading through the posts I am thinking that one of the hardest things when starting out on the AF path is to just get two days AF strung together! I know it has been for me anyway! I am now near to my 30 days AF and with this behind me...I am remembering how hard it was to just hold out against AL's whispers and calls! One day here and there was easy, even two sometimes, but three was too hard all too often!!

So I was wondering if there are any out there, especially newbies, who would just like to 'string a few days' together with me....to get the feeling of 'okay, yes I can do this!'

No other commitment other than to get two or three days AF together!
Who is with me....????

Chicken

[beagle]

String a few AF pearls together with me!

Great idea Chookers!!
Can I start tomorrow as tonight I have a big community dinner & am going to be battling hard to stay in control as it is.....so Sunday & Monday what say I'm with you.Is that ok?

[ChickenNumber3]

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Sounds great Beag's.let's do Sunday and Monday!
Yay for our Pearls!
chicken

[beagle]

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Oh Chicken you are soooo positive! I love your shining enthusiasm!
OK - tomorrow we are shearing again,another big day but prob will be at night when I come in,start cooking dinner...mind if we log on say round 5 pm 'ish so I can lean on you to not cave? We'll just banter & anyone else can join us too.

[suziQ]

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Hi All,

I managed 11 days AF, then days 12, 13, and 14 were an alcoholic haze and I am back to where I started. So I have to do the hard yards again. So tomorrow, which would have been day 15, I start afresh. Damn my weakness. I am taking Campral but the booze brain won out.

I will aim for 2 days AF in succession, and go one day at a time again.

I have my first appointment on Monday with a counseller so I need to be dried out for that. It would be nice to remember her input and counsel.

[beagle]

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hey suziQ - well done on your AF time!
Buggar about the slip up.
I'm not yet AF - just practising radically reducing my AL intake since being on here - now approaching end of 2nd week where I can remember EVERY night & wake up NOT winey in the mornings.
I reckon for me,I need to practise being a controlled drinker to a point when I can then embark on an AF period.
Another Aussie too - good stuff.
Join us then SuziQ for an AF Sun & Monday perhaps? The more the merrier.

[ChickenNumber3]

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Hey Suzi!
Nice to meet you and welcome! Let's try as Beag's has said to just get Sunday and Monday sorted! We can worry about the rest when it happens okay!
Beag's I will be on at about 5pm for you (althought I can't do chat yet urgh) but happy to run in and out and help with the witching hour...Suzi what time is yours? mine is usually 4-6pm! So far so good though!
Let's rock this little Oz shindig!! (Of course its an international party,just seems to have started in Oz). Wonder how many nationalities we can pull together for just two days..all with the same aim in mind?
Now I'm going to go with the whole 'pearl' thing I've had going and get REALLY corny......"come on people the world is our Oyster!!!!!" *cringes waiting for the laughter and jeering*
Chicken *clucks manically*

[Guitarista]

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Great stuff Chook! Count me in.

[universal]

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Canada has joined - I'm in for Sunday and Monday.

[MamaZum]

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Hi Chicken! Great AF job, you!!

Hi all, I am "stringing" with you, starting today.

[Muddle]

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Thanks for the invite! After 14 days AF I'm drinking fairly moderately (2 or 3 glasses of wine a night--no hangover, yeah!), but it is back to every night, which I know is a slippery slope, and only a matter of time before it's back to a night when the whole bottle somehow disappears. Yes, I'd like to string at least 4 AF days together, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. I'll definitely be checking back in tonight for encouragement. I'm looking forward to seeing you all either tonight or tomorrow! Thanks for getting this string going, Chick.

[Muddle]

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P.S. I've also been terrible about exercise, and gained a little weight after cutting back on the AL. As part of my 4 day AF commitment, I'm also commiting to some exercise each day, even if it is brief.

[beagle]

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Good morning to Sunday,& AF for today.
I am pleased to let everyone know that last night, at our Winter Sports windup which is normally a very pissy affair for myself & hubby, I stayed well in control!!! I spaced out 6 drinks over 6 hrs (although still too much,it was a huge improvement for me) drank water,danced a bit,put down my glass & left it (normally one would need surgery to separate me from my wineglass) & politely suggested to hubby to leave around 11 pm, so we both came home, had a warm milk & went to bed pretty SOBER. I am quite pleased.
One thing that hit me though,going into the venue at the start of the evening,was the SMELL of booze. That heady mix of wine & beer in a cloud that permeates your very pores. I couldn't believe the sheer weight of that smell - it was almost palpable. Never noticed it before! Perhaps because I was emanating that smell?!!!
OK so here goes for AF Sunday & Monday....

[Muddle]

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I think tonight will be fine. I had a tiny passing thought that a glass of wine would be nice, but it passed right on through without any real desire to act on it. I got some housework done and a little studying, so I'll be reading a few more posts and then back to studying and turning in early. I did a little exercise; I'm trying not to burn myself out on the first day so it can remain a habit. I hope you all have a successful Sunday!

[ChickenNumber3]

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Hi Maisie!

Glad you can join us! Sorry I wasn't on earlier..had a few problems with a teethings 2 yr old who did not want to get off my hip..think limpet!

Anyway, I am glad you are trying for a few together...and yes I think that is so true..as soon as it gets back to an every night situation you may be on a steady descent...well it would be that way for me...and has in the past!

Had my first true test tonight in fact since the first week or so of being AF. In the middle of tryng to get dinner and a screaming 2 yr old, hubby walks in with a glass of Lemon Lime and Bitters and hands it to me,saying 'thought you might need this!"

I thanked him and put it down. My mind said..."go on, it's not even THAT alcholic?" but then the sane part of me said... "and what, undo 28 days of being AF..that would totally suck!"

So, over the course of about an hour I slowly, but steadily poured it down the sink..hubby unaware of my subterfuge! But atleast I will still get my 30 days AF! So I am all for stringing a few together!
Chicken