Sober (AF) September Challenge

[Dewdrop]

Sober (AF) September Challenge

Evening all you lovely folk, it?s hard to keep up with everyone and respond to individual posts but I am reading and following you all and wishing you all well. This is Day 10 AF for me and just starting my second weekend but feeling good and am really convinced that I simply can?t moderate I have to stay sober. It's a bit of a battle at times though but worth it.

I feel so much better and have lost 4lbs which is fantastic but I also figure that I have saved ?100 (2 bottles x ?5 per day) so am going to treat myself this weekend ? not sure what to yet. I still haven?t received the supplements and cd?s from this site and that?s 10 days does anyone know how long they usually take to come to the UK??

Hope you are all well and hanging in there,

Dewdrop :h

[Change]

Sober (AF) September Challenge

neart;950739 wrote: Hi guys, how's everyone doing? It's Friday evening here, 8pm. It occured to me earlier that it's been ages since I've been out on a Friday or Saturday - they were my biggest nights. When I get a bit more settled and get some money together (get a job!) I think I"ll need to redefine them - find something that I enjoy doing those evenings, instead of just letting them drift by. Have horrible feeling most alternatives to AL on Friday nights involve exercise or tv chat shows though

It's called 'making new friends'! I stay at home on sat. nights and watch a movie, Friday nights are a problem for me: have Saturday off and too much temptation to drink. I think i might go window shopping every Friday.

[sidney]

Sober (AF) September Challenge

That's great Molly. Canada's economy is still pretty good. You will have to let me know if you come. Lots to see here in the big smoke.

[mollyka]

Sober (AF) September Challenge

Gotcha Sid!!

[witchywoman]

Sober (AF) September Challenge

Good Morning All.
got woken up at 4.43am this morning in the middle of an earthquake, the bed was shaking &things rattleing, it was centered approx 500KM away & was a 6.4, I have seen a couple of pictures & there have been a couple of building flatterned. Scarey. anyway just checking in to see how everyone is going, another sober evening under my belt.
will check in later
XX

[mollyka]

Sober (AF) September Challenge

Wow Witchy, that's a bit more eventful than watching Big Brother! Is it over now? I'm off to bed now, nothing more exciting than a noisy seagull here I suspect!! See you tomorrow
Molly

[witchywoman]

Sober (AF) September Challenge

Hi Guys,
they actually upgraded it to a 7.1, it was pretty intense, interesting though, i normally have panic attacks after earthquakes, but not this time, I wonder if previously it had to do with my anxiety levels beacause of the amount of AL poison in my system. This time all i did was check on my parents, and go back to bed, then i logged onto FaceBook (frm my phone) & posted about it, felt a small aftershock about 30 mins later then went back to sleep, after calming down one of my cats who was upset by it & wanted to get under the blankets with me. LOL. I have heard back friom all my friends & apart from some minor damaged no -one was hurt, apart from the water & electricity being out.
i do have a question, this is the first time I have had any significant AF time since March last year, i find I am exausted & my joints/body ache's, I have beeing drinking plenty of water, I know there was some posts about being exausted earlier on in the thread, but wondered if anyone who experienced that also had body aches etc. Interested in peoples experiences & thoughts on the matter

thanks

[choice]

Sober (AF) September Challenge

Hi Everyone!! WW we woke up in the Bay of Islands and heard of the earthquake. I'm glad your alright...

Well, I wasn't by a computer yesterday so couldn't post. I've just been reading all of the posts and everyone sounds really strong and determined.

I saw that I wrote down AL drinks that I liked instead of AF in my last post... ha ha.. sorry about that. Right now I'm drinking a lot of green tea, tap water chilled in the fridge, apple juice, diet coke and 7-up.

Last night my boyfriend and I celebrated his promotion. He got us a hotel room and took us out to a nice meal. As soon as we got to the hotel room I desired a glass of wine but the feeling passed. At dinner I desired a glass of wine but ordered 7-up. I had two of them. I'm picking 7-up as my drink to have when I normally would have AL. It looks like a drink... and I normally don't drink it. I use to LOVE it when I was sick as a kid and it made being sick more tolerable.

When we checked out this morning my boyfriend was AMAZED at how low the bill was. That is completely because we didn't have booze. We joked and said normally it would have been at least 2 bottles of wine at dinner.... then some drinks at the bar... then a yelling match in the hotel room. We really got to enjoy each other instead.

I have to say, I am really enjoying Sober September!!!!

[anna]

Sober (AF) September Challenge

hello to all
enjoyed reading your posts had not heard about the earthquake witchwoman glad you and yours are okay! funny enough I was thinking treats as well, lots of money being saved and it simply must go the way of indulgence! might wait and buy a new outfit when i have lost a bit of weight!
breakfast time here on Day 5 and feeling really good! Usually feel really tired at this point in the journey but somehow this time feel energised as i have so many exciting projects on the go! Glad to read such positive messages, great group to be part of, thank you all!
:h

[Anjicia]

Sober (AF) September Challenge

Morning everyone. Its raining here and it feels a bit cold. Day 9 for me. I went to an AA meeting last night which certainly helps for the weekend. Its hard to keep up with everyone's posts as its a busy tread but hope everyone has a good saturday. :wave::groupluv:

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Sober (AF) September Challenge

Hi witchywoman, i too am glad you're okay! Well done on all the AF time

Well, after my horrendous hangover yesterday, i was put off by the idea of al today. Went out to lunch with a friend and i must say, i was tempted, but i didn't!!

Then we walked passed a bottle shop and those old feelings of 'excitement' started to happen. I kept on walking, then when we were in the video shop, i got the sudden urge to buy a bot of wine, cos i used to love watching DVDs (not that i remember many of them) with a glass in my hand. Resisted that urge too :goodjob:. I don't know what's happening to me, i think i'm finally getting bored with the roundabout that al is.

So, tonight i am preparing a meal and plan on watching a movie in front of the heater with yoghurt in the fridge, herbal tea in the cupboard and i've got to get up at 6.30am tomorrrow. Also inspired by the fact i will be making a big investment soon and would like to use the money for repayments!

[Chillgirl]

Sober (AF) September Challenge

Good Morning September Challengers!

Glad to hear all you in NZ are safe. We had an earthquake here in Dec just after Id decided I wanted to quit drinking and I'd prayed for help so when the bed started shaking in the middle of the night I thought it was God giving me a sign but I guess in a way he was giving me a bloody good shake! :H

Wonderful to see everyone checking in and sharing how they feel. I was out with friends last night who were all drinking and when I dropped them home a couple were unsteady on their feet and talking a heap of jibberish.... SO happy not to have their hangovers today

[mollyka]

Sober (AF) September Challenge

Wow Witchy, woke up to hear about your earthquake as headline on Irish news - fairly powerful alright - thankfully you and yours are all alright. I didn't get the aching limbs etc. but I've read loads of people on the site talking about that, but the exhaustion I absolutely identify with. I thought I would be busting with energy, that took a few months in honesty to return, a lot of my tiredness however I associate with depression which is very closely allied to alcoholism a lot of times - have you been to the Doc? Sorry you've prob said already but this thread is so vast at the moment it is nigh on impossible to read back to verify something.
Well Chill - that was some way to be warned bout the booze alright!!!!
Anyhow, have a crashing headache, every time my ADs are upped I get 2 weeks of them. Will check in later - have a lovely sober Sat everyone
Molly

[witchywoman]

Sober (AF) September Challenge

Hi All
I just wanted to say :thanks: to everyone for all their warm wishes & thoughts about the earthquake,, it means alot to have such an international group of friends.
anyway I just went to my best friends 39th birthday & I find it funny, I am not tempted when i am around people who are drinking, not sure why that is. Any way I had agreat time dancing & catching up with friends I hadnt seen for awhile, & i wont have a hangover tomorrow, unlike some of them. LOL.
anyway I will catch up with everyone later
XX

[neart]

Sober (AF) September Challenge

Morning everyone, Day 4 of the challenge! It's grey and wet here in Ireland - back to normal so
Witchy, so glad you're alright - what a thing to wake up to... and Chill - so funny about God giving you a good ol' shake :H
Oh, I don't have energy either- apart from a weird burst of it last night when I started baking at 9pm! Molly, you were saying it takes a few months? My joints don't ache, but I have headaches. Witchy - when I drank, the next day I would often have aches and pains all over, in my muscles and joints (despite no dancing!) so maybe it's connected? Your muscles and joints had perhaps begun to handle AL in system, and are now reacting to it's absence?
Change, so glad your trip went well - I can relate to the drinking then fighting in hotel room thing - I remember having a huge fight with ex one time we went away - both drunk - and being furious that I was spending money on a hotel, only to be arguing! Life is certainly more even now...
Hi to everyone else and hope you all have a good day x