Sober October Challenge!

[neart]

Sober October Challenge!

Do you mean the chat room on MWO, anon? If it's that you're talking about - it's like instant messaging. You can click on the "live chat" button on the blue bar near the top of the page to get in to it.

On the other hand, if it's some other kind of chat you're refering to, then I have no idea!!

[mollyka]

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Just a quick hello and goodbye folks, not long in from work and am going to bed! Neart, reckon we could have an MWO wedding??! He sounds pretty damn handy!! Make sure the date on Friday doesn't emmmm.......overrun into Sat - I'm banking on you girl!
Chooch, I promise the cravings ease, I can't really remember the last time I felt anything like temptation, which is great - but dangerous too - I reckon we need to be on our toes re. alcohol as well.
Good luck with the trip Dewdrop, and goodnight to Anon, SJ and everyone else, talk tomorrow
Molly

[choice]

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Hi Everyone! Things have gotten pretty busy I've missed checking in the past few days and now don't know where to start catching up properly :l

I've only just skimmed the thread so need to go back and read it again. Everyone seams to be doing really well. I'm good still AF and NF. I really can't believe the NF. I've just been working out a lot at the gym. Mending fences with the boyfriend and feeling pretty happy. He's on board with the 30 day challenge and doing great.

I don't know if it's spring in the air or what but I was walking home after yoga yesterday and thought that it has been a long time since I cared about myself this much. It feels good. Thanks everyone!!! I couldn't have done it without you guys!! :h And hmmm.. I gotta read back on the thread... is there a possible romance budding in Nearts neck of the woods??? :H

[Choochie]

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Hi Everyone - just checking in to say that I'm still part of the sober group - 15 days AF (yea). Off to take my 88 year old dad to the doctor!

My best to everyone. Have a peaceful, healthy AF day.

Choochie

[neart]

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Possibly, Choice

Spinning - how was the gig? Dewdrop - hope all goes well with the work do x

[choice]

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That's exciting Neart! I love the butterfly feeling of possibilities in romance. :h

I hope everyone is having a good day! I am loosing count of my AF days and it feels great. I went to a party last weekend and brought a bottle of wine for the guest and a liter of sprite for me. So funny, I felt like the girl in Dirty Dancing bringing in a watermellon to a party. :H I think it's pretty silly that I would be at all embarrassed... I'm a grown woman bringing in sprite to a party. NO ONE cared. I realized how self absorbed I've been about thinking everyone is looking at me. I think maybe it has to do with how much AL was a part of my identity and liquid courage, even just walking up to the door of a party with booze was a crutch in the past. I have to say I loved being sober at the party. I didn't see anyone drunk, totally forgot about AL and left much earlier then I normally would have. All in all good experience.

I never would have had a plan if it weren't for MWO. Bringing sprite to the party ensured that there was something for me to drink. That made everything so much easier on me and possibly the host. :thanks: guys!!

[anon]

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Choice I love sprite I have not seen it around here for a while though.

Neart so pleased the Kilkenny non date went well

Having a very early night tonight. This fitness fanatic is knackered.

Where are all the dirty stopouts this evening?

[mollyka]

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ooohhh I'm here!!! Sorry Anon, consider myself reprimanded:H:H. So you should be bloody knackered, you made me tired just listening to all you were doing!
Good on you Choice with the Sprite. You are so right, nobody really gives a toss what we drink, except the heavy duty drinkers, I loved people drinking themselves stupid when I was drinking cos I used to be all 'oh I don't drink that much at all' yeah! I have a SIL who is a RAVING alcoholic and in my mindblowing sense of denial I decided my drinking was grand cos I didn't drink 2 bottles of gin a day like her - crikey, I cringe thinkin of it!
Good on you Choochie, still going strong, d'yaknow this month will be over before we know it!!
Well little Neart!! That sounds like:heartsnflowers::yes2::thumbsup lurrrrvvvv!!!! y'know us ol' alkies need a little bit of cheering up so emmmm..............details please
Molly

[neart]

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choice;984917 wrote: I felt like the girl in Dirty Dancing bringing in a watermellon to a party. :H

lol :H:H I love that film - and it's a really good comparison - cause for me too I used AL to try to cover up the fact that I felt awkward and didn't feel like I fit in. But remember, nobody puts Baby in a corner! (I watched that film soooo many times)

I am thinking I really need to work on self esteem and also not focussing on myself so much - we took some pictures when we were walking around Kilkenny on Saturday and each one I saw I hated and it struck me that I thought other people think "why would he be with her?" if they saw them. Bad self esteem!! I think I never progressed past that 16 year old awkwardness (and coincidentally, that's just about the time i started drinking...)

anon - get yourself a good sleep and as Molly said, please try not to show us up so much in future - let this be a lesson!!

Molly - isn't it funny that we pick the worst person to compare ourselves to? The one that it'd be near impossible to be worse than. Madness...

Choice, so glad you enjoyed the party! It was a relief for me when I first started going out again to find that I really enjoyed myself. To be honest, on many levels I think I enjoy it all more now, once I get over my initial awkwardness.

Hope everyone's having a great day x

[Dewdrop]

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Checking in quickly with you guys, I?ve managed to survive tonight staying AF :yay::yay: We had a lovely meal at a Thai Restaurant and I didn?t feel tempted at all and stuck to my tonic water with ice and lemon. It turned into quite a rowdy night and I did have an enjoyable time and laughed a lot but managed to get into the first taxi back to the hotel and headed straight for my room as the others headed for the bar. I think there will be a few sore heads tomorrow but I am happy to be hitting my pillow sober.

I did have an urge out of the blue late afternoon though, was speaking to a few colleagues over a cuppa and they were talking about going out later and I had real strong thoughts of ?well I could have a couple of wines and no one would know? ?I?ve been really good for ages so what harm would it do?. It?s the first time that I?ve thought of moderating and while it didn?t last long (a couple of minutes) it caught me by surprise. Guess I need to be vigilant and be better prepared for future urges.

Hope you are all well and I?ll hopefully get a chance to read back the post tomorrow.

Dewdrop :h

[choice]

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:H yep! Nobody puts baby in a corner... too funny!

I'm not sure if I really like looking at photos of myself all that much. I think for the most part I'm my own worst critic. Neart, I bet because your not sure about what this guy thinks it's causing some self doubt? insecurities? esteem issues? ... Totally normal (at least for me it is). Just remember you've come a long way in a year baby! Moving on from a long term relationship, ditching the booze and totally stopping smoking! You've got a lot to be proud of. I'm excited for you and hope you can enjoy the ride even though it's kinda scary not knowing what a new guy is going to be like. Even if he doesn't end up being all that, this is fantastic practice to get back out there. :l

[choice]

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Dewdrop, cross posted-
Congrats on getting through the evening AF :goodjob:
You won't regret it (as you already know :l )
I know what you mean about having thoughts of moderating, I'm having them as well. So I'm really going back to ODAT thoughts and it's working pretty good. Now I've set my new goal to 6 months AF... it's really just a drop in the bucket. I hear one feels even better by that time... Forever and Never always freak me out... so I try not to think about that. I didn't think I'd be able to do 30 days. Here we are at almost 60 yay!!
:l

[anon]

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Well done Dewdrop those thoughts of being able to drink again do just keep dropping in just when you think you are safe!

Neart, Low self esteem seems to be a theme with us alkies BUT look how far you have come kicking the bad habits into touch and I think low self esteem is a bad habit that is more easily broken than booze addiction. Look in the mirror and smile at yourself as you have so much to be proud of.

Nice to see you Molly! Yes I am having a big rest day as I fell asleep at 8.30 and have just got up at 7 am. It is good to feel tired because of working my body hard instead of drinking myself to sleep. I am training so hard as I am doing a half marathon in Spain in early November and because I have had the broken bones had not been able to do the training anyway--- as long as I finish the race that is all that matters and if I do not finish So what?

[Spinning J]

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Hi everyone! Will check in properly later. Off for a swim then weekly food shopping ! Day 59 for me today I can't believe it Have a great day Team. xx

[anon]

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Also---Well done Choice:goodjob: I also never thought 30 days AF was a possibility for me the idea of never ever is too hard. I know I cannot drink but ODAT is better for me at the moment as I noticed when I had reached the 30 days AF the pressure was enormous.
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