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    #1

    ODAT Friday 21st May

    Howdy everyone,

    Didn't see a thread, so thought i'd start it.

    It's 5pm Friday evening here. Been a nice sunny day, but autumn and soon winter, will be kicking in. Time to rug up!

    Fell off the wagon slightly last night and had a glass today. Not sure why. Still committed to staying AF, or cutting down tremendously. Preferrably the former! Just looking over my accounting records, i noticed i was spending around $100.00 per week on alc, and that was only the in house stuff. That's pretty disgusting when you think about it!

    Anyway, hope everyone's going alright. Check in and have a great day / night

    Changaroo
    One day at a time.. Sometimes it's one minute or one second at a time.. Most important thing is to look ahead and don't look back!
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    #2
    ODAT Friday 21st May

    Morning Change! Just waking up here in 'Sunny Ireland'!! Its a gorgeous day. On leave from my job but have to do some work for the family business so gettin up now to get it over and done with and hopefully an afternoon in garden.
    Like you I spent a fortune on booze, probably double the figure you're speaking of. I reckon I should be loaded now - don't know where it goes! Good that you're committed to AF, I found when I even had one drink the cravings came back like a hammer blow so I know I cannot touch the stuff.
    Have a nice evening
    Molly
    Contentedly sober since 27/12/2011
    contentedly NF since 8/04/14

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      #3
      ODAT Friday 21st May

      Good evening Change and Top of the morning Mollyka, feeling tons better this morning just goes to show AL is a real mood depressant - I was great last week when I had none Am looking forward to a great AF weekend and the sun is going to shine here so lots of walking and planting pots to keep me out of mischief have a fab and sober weekend

      Hello to all yet to come, catch you all this evening

      Luv P x
      Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.

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        #4
        ODAT Friday 21st May

        Panno;863365 wrote: feeling tons better this morning just goes to show AL is a real mood depressant
        That's actually a really good point Panno

        I wish i was over in England or Ireland :thumbs:
        One day at a time.. Sometimes it's one minute or one second at a time.. Most important thing is to look ahead and don't look back!

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          #5
          ODAT Friday 21st May

          I'm in Australia. Getting a bit cool here now. I try not to look at my grog bill. It only makes me sad.
          When Winter comes I go for the thermal underwear...It's great if you are drinking outside at night. At least you don't freeze your butt off while you are getting shitfaced.
          Hey! It's only going to get better...keep the thermals and drink less.
          One thing I have noticed in my life is the more time you spend in bed the less naughty stuff you do.
          Seriously, I love my bed. Don't smoke in it or drink in it...go for twelve hours a day. Who knows, it might work. All the best.

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            #6
            ODAT Friday 21st May

            Hi Guyz,
            Still at work :-( but time to go home in an hour and a hlaf or so. Thought I'd check by in the meantime. Hectic morning but less hectic afternoon in the office today.

            I felt aweful this morning really felt the blues. I thought it's all hopeless. Well, these feelings come and thank God they go again as well. The business in the office made me forget.

            Weather here in SA has been great today but what's the use? i'm sttuck in an office.
            AF since 15th March 2010

            The journey is the goal. As long as you're fighting the good fight and you're not giving up on giving up, you're winning. It's not about how often you get knocked down, it's about how often you get up again. Sobriety the goal for sure. But striving to get to that goal is what it's about. Not getting there. Because the journey never ends. The journey is the goal.

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              #7
              ODAT Friday 21st May

              Hey Panno and BH and Johnny, love the Avatar (.....I think), I reckon even sober normal people feel blue often too, it isn't always the booze I suppose. Anyway cheer up its the weekend!
              Molly
              Contentedly sober since 27/12/2011
              contentedly NF since 8/04/14

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                #8
                ODAT Friday 21st May

                Sorry Spam, cross-post. I thought you'd gone over to the other side he he! You blue as well, must be a blue disease goin around!
                Molly
                Contentedly sober since 27/12/2011
                contentedly NF since 8/04/14

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                  #9
                  ODAT Friday 21st May

                  Hey Spam!, Hang in there. I am by my very teeth.

                  Molly, I share your sentiment about my new Avatar not quite sure whether to love it or hate it :-)
                  That is my eyes and mouth tho Thought I'd make my Avatar a little more personal.

                  Looks weired tho. lol
                  AF since 15th March 2010

                  The journey is the goal. As long as you're fighting the good fight and you're not giving up on giving up, you're winning. It's not about how often you get knocked down, it's about how often you get up again. Sobriety the goal for sure. But striving to get to that goal is what it's about. Not getting there. Because the journey never ends. The journey is the goal.

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                    #10
                    ODAT Friday 21st May

                    Change;863326 wrote: Just looking over my accounting records, i noticed i was spending around $100.00 per week on alc, and that was only the in house stuff.

                    I posted this on another thread. I'm re-posting it here not so much because I think what I have to say is so DREADFULLY IMPORTANT but because it is applicable to this conversation about amount:

                    I stopped at the grocery store on my way home from work yesterday and cut through the wine section to get to the meat counter. On my way through, I glanced at all the bottles, floor to practically ceiling on both sides of me. My first thought was sort of melancholy - "Look at all the lovely bottles and I can't have one..." but my second thought was rather shocking - "I have probably personally consummed more bottles of wine than are currently surrounding me."

                    Yikes! I am doing my liver and the environment SO much good by being AF.
                    Coco

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                      #11
                      ODAT Friday 21st May

                      Coco-Nut;863684 wrote: "I have probably personally consummed more bottles of wine than are currently surrounding me."
                      And also, now put that into monetary terms!! We should all be super rich if we had invested all the money more wisely.

                      I used to live way above my means and was getting deeper and deeper into debt, not understanding how and why. I never thought of adding up what a bottle of brandy every two nights, those beers, those bottles of wine came to!!

                      All of a sudden I actually manage through a month financially.

                      Also, I used to drink out a lot, in pubs, etc. which was probably because it made me feel less of a problem drinker, cause everyone else was doing it around me and with me, and wiht the drinks often went food as well, etc. adding to the bills.

                      Good riddens.
                      AF since 15th March 2010

                      The journey is the goal. As long as you're fighting the good fight and you're not giving up on giving up, you're winning. It's not about how often you get knocked down, it's about how often you get up again. Sobriety the goal for sure. But striving to get to that goal is what it's about. Not getting there. Because the journey never ends. The journey is the goal.

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                        #12
                        ODAT Friday 21st May

                        New avatar

                        johnnyh;863688 wrote: .
                        Whoa there Johnny! I feel like we have our own Cheshire Cat now! If I might make a small suggestion: Could we perhaps have a little more Johnny and a bit less pig? :H
                        Coco

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                          #13
                          ODAT Friday 21st May

                          Coco-Nut;863716 wrote: Whoa there Johnny! I feel like we have our own Cheshire Cat now! If I might make a small suggestion: Could we perhaps have a little more Johnny and a bit less pig? :H
                          Yip. lol. That's one fat grin isn't it?! Don't worry, the Avatar won't be a permanent fixture. :-)
                          AF since 15th March 2010

                          The journey is the goal. As long as you're fighting the good fight and you're not giving up on giving up, you're winning. It's not about how often you get knocked down, it's about how often you get up again. Sobriety the goal for sure. But striving to get to that goal is what it's about. Not getting there. Because the journey never ends. The journey is the goal.

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