November Navigators ~ AF -Week 2

[dill]

OOPS! I should have started this this morning! Some have already posted today on the Week 1 thread, so if you are just coming here today, don't forget to go back and check it!

Every body can make it with a little help from a friend.
--Rab5178

Welcome to all who want to join in an AF November!

[mighty mouse]

November Navigators ~ AF -Week 2

starting day1

Hi Dill, Thats it. I'm starting today. Day 1. Will navigate MWO for support.
Thanks, Mighty Mouse

[ladybirdheart]

November Navigators ~ AF -Week 2

Hi fellow travelers and welcome MM. Happy birthday, Lil, there are a whole lot of people here who are personally glad you were born! We love and appreciate your life. You are helping me everyday; you understand what a lonesome road this can be both in our lives with alcohol and in giving it up. Hope you have a great day. :heart: Hi Dill, I hope you enjoyed your sunbeam. Love, Ladybird.

[dill]

November Navigators ~ AF -Week 2

:welcome:Welcome, Mighty! Good to have you aboard!

Odd day here, and I can't put a finger on why. Not so much the "doom cloud", but a haziness and confusion. Yesterday I went to an outdoor event: a Halloween Pumpkin smashing using a replica of a catapault. I kept feeling like something was missing. It seemed like I should have had some wine in my hand. I longed for it. But not really. I was glad to be AF. It was just an odd feeling of discomfort. Then today, it sort of carried over. It was an absolutely brilliant day here. Really a Heaven on Earth kind of a day. But that fog returned. It followed me around for awhile, then dissipated. I don't know a good way to describe it, but it was kind of a "lost" feeling. It's kind of coming and going, still.

Well, here I am now, settiling in for the evening. I wish strength and peace to you all.

[Lavande]

November Navigators ~ AF -Week 2

Evening November friends,

I think it was my fault this morning Dill - I posted right on last week's thread, never gave it a thought!
My head & sinuses are filling up quickly - interfering with everything - yuck! I'm going to have to wait it out until Wednesday, I have an appointment scheduled with a new medical group........
I will put the word out that I need one of my hens whacked!!! I (accidently) watched my grandfather do it when I was very young..........kinda grossed me out. Even though I caught her 'red handed' breaking eggs yesterday - I can't do the deed. Mr Lav won't do it either. My only alternative, I think is to send her walking down the road & let 'nature take it's course'. I'm not even sure how humane that is. This is what I get for being such a big weenie

Welcome to Mighy Mouse, glad you jumped in the boat with us

LBH, hope you had a good day. Log on to this website when you feel a bit lonely - I do!!

Wishing everyone a great AF night!
Lav

[1morechance]

November Navigators ~ AF -Week 2

Hi everyone
I haven't been around since probably the spring. Unfortunately drinking almost everyday, feeling bad physcially, spiritually, and emotianlly and then going back to the vicious cycle. We'll today I decided this needs to stop and will give it a try again. I made a big mistake by not logging in reading and posting. I didn't drinking today, going through some withdrawls but thank God I found the power not to go out and drink. Please wish me luck and send me some positive energy my way. I will make sure I log in everyday to check in and read so I can get support
Hope everyone has a nice evening

[JackieClaire]

November Navigators ~ AF -Week 2

Hi Imore,

:l:l

J x

[dill]

November Navigators ~ AF -Week 2

1MC! Welcome Back!! I am so happy to see you. I have missed you.

[lodestar]

November Navigators ~ AF -Week 2

Hi all,

Nope Lav...I think it was my fault I posted last night before bed but it was 2 am, so technically it was Sunday. Ooopsie! Sorry for screwing with the works and I'm posting here after posting there. Thanks for steering the ship over here, Dill!

Welcome MM and 1MC! Good for both of you for starting today! 1MC, thanks for talking about what happened to you when leaving...I need to keep that in mind. How are you doing today MM?

Oh crumb, can't remember who else posted. Dang, just when I was getting it. (thinking, thinking...) Oh yeah! Hi Jackie and LBH :H

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming Much :h to everyone!

[lilmea]

November Navigators ~ AF -Week 2

Hi 1More. Glad to see you back. You've been missed.

welcome :welcome: MM. This is a very supportive thread with great people. so welcome aboard.

Dill-Do you think you might still be having some mild withdrawal symptoms? Which might account for the foggy feeling? I use to call them my cottonball days. My brain felt fuzzy. When I finally committed to being totally af, I had a sense of lose and even sadness. It did pass but I had a few unsettling days.

Thanks for all the Bday wishes!! :blush: I just got home from my trip and saw them. You gals are the greatest!! This has been my first sober Bday in more years than I care to admit. I am so grateful for the support I have gotten from all you great friends here on this thread. :hug:

I'm tired tonight. So going to jump in my jammies and head for bed. I hope everyone has a preaceful evening.

[mighty mouse]

November Navigators ~ AF -Week 2

Hi everyone, Dil it was a lovely day, it seemed a little surreal. Maybe the sun shinning through the leafless trees. Where I am the leaves all dropped this past week, pretty quick.
how lonng have you been AF? What should I expect this first week?
Good Night, MM

[FindingMyself]

November Navigators ~ AF -Week 2

Happy Birthday Lil!!!: :bday3:

Dill, I'll check out the book recommendations, thanks.

LadyBird, I just finished reading Divisadero about a month ago! I really like his writing and loved the English Patient (movie version). I'd like to read the book also.

Welcome MM and 1morechance.

I've had a wonderfully reclusive weekend, and didn't do a darned thing around here except for some reading and sleeping.

Hope everyone is well.

[ladybirdheart]

November Navigators ~ AF -Week 2

Welcome 1more. Mighty Mouse, things may look/feel/be surreal as your body begins to recover. When I stopped after years of heavy drinking every night, I didn?t sleep much for three or four days and then if I did fall asleep I awoke simply drenched. Some times I had waves of anxiety. I drank a lot of water with lemon and took baths with sea salts. Walks really helped. So did a deep breath.

Lav, I am sorry that you are going through a virus, it seems we each have to get our version out of the way. Hi Finding (great job on the restorative weekend), Red, Cyn, Pam, Pea, Lil, Sooty, Lodestar and everybody who jumps on for Week Two. Dill, I understand so well about the odd estrangement that comes around. I used to look forward to drinking and even though I came to see how bad it has been for me and know how I will end up feeling if I do drink, there is a hole or fracture there that lurks and comes up at odd times and in curious ways. More of a longing than a craving per se. I am not sure what it is even for at this point :H, but it is clear from reading the posts of people who have longer term abstinence that we have a lot of good things to look forward to. Love, Ladybird.

[dill]

November Navigators ~ AF -Week 2

Mighty Mouse, it seems like the first few days are the most intense. For me, and many others, day 4 was often a deal breaker. But I learned that if committed enough, day 4 could be beaten! Drink plenty of water and water with lemon. Be prepared for an internal conversation! Sleeping patterns may be disrupted, but waking up in the morning without al in your system will be a reward you will love! Hang in there and keep posting. You'll get through! You'll be really glad, too. The gift of sobriety is one that only you can give yourself, and it is priceless. AF time varies for us here. I have been mostly AF for the year, but have not made a straight line to my recovery like others here have. I am doing really well right now though. Others may have more to say to you on what to expect and how long they have been AF. Lav is basically the leader in AF time here and Lil is a close second!

LBH, I believe you put my "fog" from yesterday into words for me quite well. Thank you for clarifying. Reading posts from 'long termers' is motivating., that's true.
Lav, I'm sending a hen "hitman" your way! Be sure he shows his badge if you see him lurking about your coop!:H
Finding, your "reclusive" weekend sounds nice. Kind of like a retreat. I enjoy quiet and peace and find it restorative.
Cyn, Lil, Red, Pam, Lodestar, Rejuve, and all others who pop in, have a good AF day!

[girl_from_oz]

November Navigators ~ AF -Week 2

Hi all,
Just starting out today...have ordered the cd's and supps today so really hope they don't take too long to get to me. Have just spent my 4th or 5th weekend (well Thurs through to Sun if that counts as a weekend!) in a row pretty much drunk and alone. Really don't want to do that to myself anymore. Sick of waking up ashamed, angry, frustrated and lonely. I choose not to socialise on the weekends cos then I can't be found out or judged but am getting pretty annoyed and bored with just Jim and Jack for company!
Excited and positive about this step I'm taking for me but also very scared it won't work. Very inspiring people on the forums though so will keep reading daily.
Good luck all for an AF November!