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[Spinning J]

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Grumpy! Moi! Lol :H. I went to bed at 9 and up at 5! Feel better now. Hubs gone off to work with his cold. Having a chilled out weekend with the kids. Hope your date went well neart? How was your dinner party anon? Have a great AF sat to all the gang. Molly and neart have a great time tonight let us know how it went!
Oh and a big :thanks: for all the support from here you are all amazing!!!!!
:l :h

[anon]

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Morning everyone!
Could not sleep too full of food.

My husband does all the cooking and would do it for a living if someone would pay him! The meal was delcious and the company great and I realse that it was me doing all the drinking in the past as only 1 and a half bottles of wine got drunk. I am so full of sparkling water I have burped all night and been up since 5 am

Enjoy the day Spinning and chill out it looks like the sun might shine.

JC You could have come to dinner as we needed some more Highland Spring.

Neart,Molly,Firefox and Chill enjoy tonight and we want a full report.
How was the hot date Neart?? Did you wear the coat?

Love this thread:h

[enja]

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Hey team!

I'm here and still AF - 55 days today(!)....just been busy, busy and then too tired to do anything more than a quick catch up on y'all. I was on jury duty for a couple of days....very grateful that I got excused - it was a lengthy homicide case, just awful. Then my mother fell and broke her arm, she and my father live the other side of the country so that's a worry - Dad seems to be coping but I'll probably go and visit soon. It's difficult having them far away.

Everyone here seems to be doing well and Anon I include you in that :l - sure you had a couple of drinks but then got right back on with the program and learned some very important lessons - well done you.

Neart - what lovely parents to spoil you like that - though I bet you deserve it! Hope you have a wonderful time out with your man. Oh, and I'm so jealous that you and Molly, Firefox and others from MWO will get together this w/e - have a grand time and raise a glass of sparkling water for your fellow Sober October'ers! :H

Congratulations to Spin and Choice on 60 days!!! :goodjob:

Gosh, I know I'm missing out heaps but a hello to Dewdrop, JC, Peace, Choochie and Ican. :groupluv:

Wow, a little over a week and we'll be into November! :danthin:

[mollyka]

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Great to see you Enja. 55 bloody days WOW! I think this thread must have angel dust sprinkled or something! Even those who've had wee slips - that's exactly what they are - wee ones, straight back on the wagon, that's the main thing!! Sorry bout your Mum Enja, is she elderly? At least she's not on her own.
Anon, you little piggy you!! You'd have a lot more than a bit of indigestion if you added a bottle or two of wine to that lot!!
Hi Icandothis, Peace, Dewdrop, Choice, Runningwind, brilliant to see you back, let us know how you are.
Neart ------------------SPILL!! On second thoughts, hope you're on your way to Dublin!!!! Am flying to get my hair cut and because I was such a lazy cow yesterday I have heaps to do in the house before I go and meet all my fellow FWO'ers, CAN'T WAIT:yay:will tell all tomorrow!
Molly

[Anjicia]

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Good morning everyone. Its a nice sunny start to the day. Well done Enja to 55 days wow. Hope everyone has a good saturday and a nice weekend. Its a bank holiday weekend here. Well its our meet up tonight think i'll bring my camera lol!

[mollyka]

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have to go root out the camera Firefox - shit running late and my laser card was refused in the hairdressers c ya later
Molly

[Peacefull]

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Good morning Friends,

WE WON!!! What a wonderful day my hubby and I had yesterday. Our sons football team won their first game this season and my son is the QB and threw the game winning td pass. We were/are on cloud nine. After the game, hubby and I went for dinner, then relaxed at home.

On another note however, I had another blinking drinking dream, only this time I got drunk and felt so awful about it....Maybe it's my subconscious reminding me that modding is not an option.

I am sort of stressing about getting together with our friends next weekend as we "party" every time we are together. I don't think we have done anything without AL...anyway, hubby asked if I told my friend that I wasn't drinking as she will most likely be looking forward to us drinking together. I will this weekend and see what happens. I have no desire to drink but I don't want to spend the night justifying my decision. We ran into them at a event that I wasn't drinking and was really questioned why I wasn't.

Well, time will tell - if we were only meant to be party friends then the friendship will end I guess.

I am loving being sober, it is so hard to describe the awful anxiety to someone who doesn't experience it. I get anxiety even with one or two drinks, my sleep gets affected and I get rapid heart palps.

Sorry to rant, I guess this is bothering me more than I am admitting to myself hence all the dreams.

[Choochie]

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Good Morning Everyone,

Just checking in to see how all of you are doing. Peace, you are describing my biggest fear - this getting together with people who drink (that is everyone I know). I've been really protective of my sobriety and steered clear of any kind of social setting so far but I know it's coming. I have a suggestion - this is what I'm going to do. I found the tip on this site so you may know about it. I've already found it to be really helpful.

You write an excruciatingly detailed letter to yourself outlining EVERY reason not to drink again as it pertains to you. Then, you MAIL it to yourself - sounds goofy I know but it works. You keep this letter with you at all times and pull it out whenever you feel tempted to drink.

If your get-together doesn't give you time to mail it then just do that later. For me, the danger of drinking again lies in my inability to REMEMBER just how much it screwed with me. So, this letter allows you to remember it in vivid detail!

Hope all of you on this wonderful thread have a super AF day!

:wave:

[Peacefull]

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Thanks Choochie,

I am going to do that - right now what I do is anytime I get that "I can drink, it wasn't that bad" thought, I think of the last time I drank. I really believe it way my bottom...I can't even think about drinking right now, I am still fragile. I only wish ppl wouldn't push after you have already said "no thanks" or that you aren't drinking... I know it's not my problem, it's theirs, but we are the ones being hounded for our decision.

This site is wonderful and I could not have made it this far without you all. :thanks:

NOvember...still trying Molly LOL....

[anon]

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3pm Lying in bed feeling very sorry for myself not sure why I feel so miserable as I am happy about not drinking and I had a lovely time last night.
Sorry to whinge but do not know what is wrong with myself?
Been reading all the posts on my laptop.

[Choochie]

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Peace - isn't that the truth! As if not drinking is so weird - tells you something about how ingrained in our society AL is! Amazing, really, if you think about it. But I can remember being there. We have a friend who hasn't had any AL the last couple of times we've been together (we only see them 1-2x a year). I looked at her like she had two heads when she told me she wasn't drinking - I couldn't even fathom it!

Well, stay strong - NO-ONE is worth giving this up for!!

Oh, I love this idea Peace - NOvember - that's gets my vote for the next thread title.

Choochie

[Choochie]

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Anon, I think it will pass if you just ride it out. We think of AL in terms of something we're missing out on. I know, I have that feeling from time to time. I describe it as Flatlining -- I just feel immense boredom and the feeling of "Is this all there is - and if so, how depressing!". Then, it passes. Just get busy busy busy. Read, post, eat something yummy. The feeling will go away. Remember, you'll never regret the drink that you don't take. I think the most dangerous feeling is the F#!#!K it saying - you've got to do something - write down all the details about how horrible AL was for you - then pull out that paper and read it any time you are feeling vulnerable. Please hang in - it gets better from everything I'm reading here. Think about his too. Everyone here who has cratered and stopped drinking again comes back full circle to knowing they can't drink and wanting to stop. So, you don't want to have to start over - you know, start the craving again!!

Keep us posted. We are here for you. :l

[Dewdrop]

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Hi Enja good to hear you are still with us and sorry to hear about your troubles, life can be a bit like that at times. Spinning hope you feel better after a rested weekend and it would be worse with a hangover. Log in soon Enja, Molly and Neart and let us know all the details of the meet up, and Neart we still haven?t heard all the details of Friday yet ????????????????? Peace I hope you don?t stress too much about the looming night with your friends ? if they really are good friends they will understand and be supportive and if not maybe you have to take a break from them for a while till you are stronger. Anon hope you are feeling a bit better, don?t beat yourself up be good to yourself and treat yourself like an old friend and cheer her up ? does that make sense? Choochie you are so supportive and helpful with all your suggestions, rock on girl. Happy Sober Sunday to everyone better get over and check in with that thread before Auntie JC gets on my case!!

Love you all

Dewdrop :h

[anon]

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Good morning all.
Happy Sunday here I feel ok again today. Thanks for your kind post Choocie. I think the misery I felt yesterday was something to do with anger turned inwards if you know what I mean. Anyway part of me was determined not to sabotage my sober life so no drinking and off to get my arse into gear this morning.

I hope the Dublin meet up contingent had a great time last evening. I bet the restaurant was dissapointed(sp) at the lack of wine ordered.:H

Happy sober Sunday everyone!

[anon]

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Crossed post lovely Dewdrop!
Thanks for your input on this site you write very uplifting posts. have a great Sunday!!:thanks: