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    #76
    Sober NOvember Challenge

    I don't have a bath either Molly, and our shower is the pits. I've taken to just having a long steam and then showering at the gym. I feel like its my treat after a workout. I wish I could pick my dad's brains, maybe in the future. I wish he had gone to AA like your dad oney, as I think he was a "dry drunk" when I was growing up. He has major anger issues that I was happy to hear yesterday that he is seeing a shrink for. Whew, I am hanging in there today- sticking around the sight. I'm really thinking about HALT. Don't get to Hungry, Angry, Lonely or Tired. I'm noticing over the past week these are serious triggers that have a major affect on my cravings as of late. Also, I'm noticing that about once a month I struggle more then other days, so I think hormones have a play in this addiction as well... Thanks for the ramble

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      #77
      Sober NOvember Challenge

      It's going very good!

      Hi Everyone! Well, I am at Day 5 and I feel pretty darn good today. I have had to come in contact with all the regular customers this week that I dealt with last week when I was drinking so much. One by one I have been trying to feel them out and see if they know anything was up. I am just going to forget about it and mooooooove on! I hope everyone is doing great and feeling even better!

      Welcome ifulovelife:welcome:This is the very best and helpful thing I have ever stumbled across. I am sure I was meant to find my way:yay: here, and you as well, Everyone is so nice and understanding. I am gettinhappy(er)!

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        #78
        Sober NOvember Challenge

        Hi GH - Welcome!:welcome:

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          #79
          Sober NOvember Challenge

          Choochie;996230 wrote: Hi GH - Welcome!:welcome:
          Hi Choochie! I hope your November is going good so far, So happy to be here posting soberly!:happyheart:

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            #80
            Sober NOvember Challenge

            Good morning. Molly have a great time with your daughter while she's home. Neart enjoy your few days away where are you off too? Well my dad was an alcoholc too and it lead to his death at 69 along with heavy smoking. I really don't want that to happen to me and 69 is too young to go. I found giving up fags easier than the booze and i don't crave them. Oney i would love a Jacuzzi i beleive they are so relaxing and great for sore feet aching backs etc. I love essential oils in the bath. My shower is over my bath as its a small room. I usually only have a bath the odd time in Winter as a shower is quicker. My avater is my cat Snoopy whos 6 months old and i love him to bits tho he's a brat at times. Well wish you all a sober thursday its day 4 for me. :cupajoe::bath::byebye:

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              #81
              Sober NOvember Challenge

              Morning guys!!

              Firefox, day 4, NICE ONE!! Keep on trucking girl, have your plan in place and if you get wobbly, get yer arse on here and TALK!! Snoopy is adorable! I need to learn about essential oils coz I have no clue what to use!

              Getting Happy, It sure does feel good posting sober doesn't it...? WELL DONE on day 5. Forget about the customers and move on....just keep it in your head that you will never be in that position again! Good to see you here.

              Choice..Because your Dad is getting counselling, it may help him to open up and talk, it is GREAT that he is going.
              HALT is one thing to be REALLY aware of....more often than not a craving can be attributed to one of the points. Hormones do play a big part in cravings too....PMT can also be a big trigger...but we have to remember that cravings are just thoughts...just urges and they do pass, we don't have to act on them..just think of how much good we are doing to our bodies and how we are repairing our livers etc etc.

              Hope everyone has a GREAT day!
              "It's not your job to like me, it's mine!"

              AF 10th May 2010
              NF 12th May 2010

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                #82
                Sober NOvember Challenge

                Quick good morning everyone! I'm having a really busy week at work -- the kind where you wake up stressed in the middle of the night!!

                Molly, happy for your boss, but sad for you! Just pour all that frustration into more exercise! Peace, hope you keep posting now and then. We'll miss you too! Choochie, CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Woohoo! You must feel great!! Fire, I think I want a cat now! Lime, Dew, Anon, great to hear your posts.

                Have a great day everyone!
                Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.:h

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                  #83
                  Sober NOvember Challenge

                  Crikey, you don't post for a few days and start loosing track of everybody.
                  :welcome: to all the newbies and yoooooooo hooooooo to all the oldbies.

                  From last month. My daughter's boyfriend is absolutely lovely and it's so obvious they are very much in love. Well they should be as they've been living together for 3 months. He talks soccer so Mr JC thinks he's the bee knees.

                  Molly, I'll bet you're like an over excited toddler waiting for your daughter coming home.

                  Remember anyone struggling or craving jump on here and shout out and we'll batter the very thought out of your head

                  All for now, there's strength in numbers and this is a very strong thread.
                  It could be worse, I could be filing.
                  AF since 7/7/2009

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                    #84
                    Sober NOvember Challenge

                    Hi everyone,

                    Quick check in. Choice, major life changes can be stressful - good stress, but stress nonetheless and stress can be a trigger. What helps me when I feel like a drink, like I did yesterday due to stress. I remember why I am on this journey and go back to my last drunk. That is enough to keep me on the straight and narrow.

                    I've been exercising regularly, eating really good - For the newbies, the sugar cravings do subside give it a month or so. All these healthy changes are making me feel awesome, and yes hormones do play a fact in cravings, it has been proven.

                    Off to start my day, have a great one all!!

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                      #85
                      Sober NOvember Challenge

                      Yea all, I am on day 4 as well and feeling wonderful. I think I have a new addiction.....to this blog thank God! Good morning to everyone.

                      Loving life!
                      "My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them." Jack Kerouac

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                        #86
                        Sober NOvember Challenge

                        Day four for me too! Feeling better and better. Keeping my hopes up that I can continue!
                        February 27th, 2013. A New , Successful Start. :h

                        When everything seems like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top!!

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                          #87
                          Sober NOvember Challenge

                          Hi Choice,

                          You have taken on so many challenges over the past couple of months no wonder you are feeling weary with vigilance!! Any one of ?stop drinking? ?stop smoking? ?lose weight? and then get engaged and look forward to getting married would be enough to stress out someone with the patience of a saint!! And you are still aiming to lose another 20lbs, jeeeeezzzzz woman you don?t half make it hard on yourself. Maybe you should be kind to yourself and cut yourself a little slack, Rome wasn?t built in a day you know??..okay lecture over!! :l

                          Hi to everyone else, catch up tonight

                          Dewdrop :h
                          Enjoy today - there will be no other one quite like it....

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                            #88
                            Sober NOvember Challenge

                            Hi Everyone,

                            Just stopping in to say hello and wish you all a wonderful AF day. Feeling so great - had an amazing night's sleep last night.

                            Newbies - all of you sound so strong - way to go. I am a little ahead on days and can tell you to please keep it up because you won't believe how wonderful you'll feel - mentally and physically.

                            Peace, glad to see you're checking in.

                            Molly, Oney, Dew, Jackie, Neart, Firefox, Choice and any other "oldies" I may have missed...thanks for holding our hands!:l

                            Big hugs to all,
                            Choochie:groupluv:

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                              #89
                              Sober NOvember Challenge

                              just checking in, would have liked to go to a meeting ton ight but have no babysitter, will get to one as soon as I can. Anyhow, im not going to drink anyway but I am feeling a little 'flat'. Im sure it will pass and theres no way im going back to that!

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                                #90
                                Sober NOvember Challenge

                                Good morning everyone! (or good night, afternoon... wherever you are in the world)

                                I feel so much better today- whew, I knew I would. I didn't realize hormones played a role in cravings?? That's so interesting.

                                Thanks Dewdrop :l I have taken on a lot. It's funny, my whole journey started because I gained 30 pounds and got a trainer at the gym to help me shed them. A week after working out hard, I got drunk and when I woke up I couldn't make my appointment with her. I cried my eyes out and knew my life needed to change. I didn't resemble who I thought I was and needed to strive to become who I knew. I had to quit drinking or I'd never loose the weight, I had to quit smoking because I couldn't breath well when I worked out... etc... snowball- I have to workout or I want to drink... I had never questioned my drinking until I found MWO hungover that morning.

                                I moved to NZ 18 months ago to be with my fiance and put on the weight during that time adjusting to a new country and all the changes I was going through. Everything is so intertwined. One thing that is kind of a blessing, is that I received residency too late this year to apply for grad school. Unless I really push I won't make the deadline this year. I am too tired to push, and that's okay. That was stressing me out these past few days, and making me feel like I'd failed somehow... In the past feelings of failure,,,, made me desire a drink.... to temporarily feel... in charge? better? Last night my fiance took out 11 frozen pounds of food from the freezer and had me hold the weight- so I could feel how much I'd lost. He supports waiting a year to start grad school so I feel much lighter today. Rome wasn't built in a day. I can't wait until next year when I can start the program and be in the right state of mind and body... hopefully soul too.

                                :l:h To everybody! Stay strong today!!!

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