Hop aboard Santa's Sober Sleigh

[Choochie]

Hop aboard Santa's Sober Sleigh

Just stopping by to say good morning and have a wonderful day everyone. New peeps - you're doing super. ODAT and just keep chalking up those days and enjoying how you feel without the dreaded al killing your beautiful, perfect human machines called bodies!!

[mollyka]

Hop aboard Santa's Sober Sleigh

Hello everyone! sorry, been missing in action - busy couple of days. Was working yesterday - very very busy, and putting up the christmas tree today. Eldest son came out and we had a lovely day decorating the place. Really feels like christmas now!!
Mylife - don't for one second put down your 16 days - they are colossal - they are life changing. When being sober sort of becomes a way of life with just occasional longings it's pretty easy really - the first days are all consuming - so well done you:goodjob:
Chooch, In answer to your question of 2 days ago, no my doc doesn't know bout the mood swings, I'll maybe go see him Wed morning but I'm feeling way better today!
Korlan, delighted you are feeling good and still on this thread, we can be a bit slow at posting at the weekends but plenty of folks will be around between now and christmas I reckon!
Neart - great to see you back, been missing you and a very late happy birthday to you!
Choice, let us know how things are going - the main thing is your own sobriety, unfortunately there is little or nothing you can do about someone else, as you know only too well until a person's head is in the right place it'll never happen.
Anon, how's Mr miseryguts? Mine is bending over backwards at the moment - long may it last! Hi GH, Shell, Dew, Wagon and all the other campers, talk later
Molly

[jennyneric]

Hop aboard Santa's Sober Sleigh

Checking in on this cold Texas Sunday! Happy sleigh riding all! Lovely to be here! Day 8 wooh wooh!

[Dewdrop]

Hop aboard Santa's Sober Sleigh

My goodness we are a busy lot and it?s really interesting to read everyone?s posts, we seem to be racking up a huge amount of AF days between us. I think it would be a great idea to actually count them all up at the end of the month, what do you all think?

Choice I?ve read your posts from the start, we started our journey at the same time, from what I?ve read I think you just want to use the boards as a way of getting things off your chest, see them in black and white. You know I think you are pretty clued up and a smart cookie and I think you will do what?s best for you and your sobriety, that?s all we are in control of. Welcome Shell its great to have new people joining in. And Neart we have missed you, its great to see you dropping by again.

I?ve spend the weekend relaxing and getting things back to normal after my guests. When they left on Saturday (quite hungover) I picked up my granddaughter and took her to a Christmas Fair for the local Playgroup and she loved it. Then spent the afternoon doing the usual domestic stuff, cleaning, washing, ironing etc. I dropped by my parents and had dinner with them in the evening and had an early night with The Lovely Bones which I am really enjoying. Today I?ve put up my tree and been listening to Christmas Carols and feel very Christmassy for the first time. I haven?t even started the cards or shopping but I?m not too bothered about all that it?ll get done within the next 2 weeks.

I hope you?ve all had a good and sober weekend and it?s back to work tomorrow.

Dewdrop :h

[Korlan]

Hop aboard Santa's Sober Sleigh

Good Morning Sleigh!

Actually it's afternoon and I slept in - Yippee!!! Only two crazy nightmares! I just realized why this works so well for me - We are really good at having great advice for others (I think) or at least a giggle; but at least in my self talk - it's all negative (trying to change that). So when I cheer on other sleigh riders, I absolutely believe it, cheering myself on, not so much. This is not only cross country support, but for me, a great exercise in positive self talk! As they say, recovery is self-lessly selfish!

Wishing you all another 24! :thanks: & :h:h:h

Karen & The Duke

[mollyka]

Hop aboard Santa's Sober Sleigh

Hey Dewgirl and Korlan, glad you had a successful session with the visitors and all went well, I feel real christmassy today as well, like you have no cards done, hubs sort of does the 'oh shit we haven't done the cards' statement and then...........doesn't do the cards. I actively dislike the whole concept of them, but s'pose they must be done! Great idea to count up the days, we can use JC's calculator to work out!
Korlan, I know exactly what you mean. It is absolutely essential to be 'selfish' with our mental health and our sobriety. Someone here described it as the 'put the life jacket on yourself first' mentality. I KNOW that if I'm sober and happy, my family will be happy so 100% now I will not let anything interfere with that.
On a lighter note my daughter who is in Canada was on Skype earlier and telling me about the house she's going to for christmas, it's her boyfriends Aunts house and there are 30 people coming and going for 3 days over the period. Daughter who is 'domestically challenged' (to put it kindly) was on the phone to the aunt yesterday and found herself saying 'anything I can do to help just ask, absolutely anything! I could do the em em em ...........carrots for you':H:H, I'd say the aunt is thrilled with all that support:H
Molly

[Choochie]

Hop aboard Santa's Sober Sleigh

Funny, Molly - surely she can do dishes.:H:H

[mollyka]

Hop aboard Santa's Sober Sleigh

Are you havin me on Chooch!! You have NO IDEA!!!!
Molly

[shell775]

Hop aboard Santa's Sober Sleigh

Morning all fellow sleigher's ... hope everyone is having a good AF day.

Sitting here watching my 8 month of baby who has just learnt to crawl pull all the cd's and dvd's out!!!!:H

Going to visit my parents in a couple of days and of course that always involves lots of wine, I am getting a bit nervous about it, need a plan of attack. I also remembered I bought awhile ago 6 bottles of Moet for xmas, might give some away as pressies.

Better rescue the cd's and dvd's.

Shell775
AF 11-12-2010

[choice]

Hop aboard Santa's Sober Sleigh

Hi Everyone,
Shell, how wonderful to enjoy watching your baby crawl. My sister sends me videos of my baby nephew learning to walk and it's just so amazing. Dewdrop, your house sounds like a wonderful place to enjoy Christmas in. Molly, I'm cracking up at the carrots :H

We've got our tree up and I can't believe this but I've actually finished all of my shopping and mailed my gifts overseas. This is my second summer Christmas and it's all still a mind bend for me. We went swimming in the ocean yesterday for the first time this year. I love the ocean, it feels like therapy just hearing it.

I think Dewdrop is right about getting things off my chest on the boards. Sometimes I get so confused with my new sober outlook that I don't know what I'd do without getting my thoughts, worries... concerns out somewhere. I haven't had much luck (yet) making friends of my own here in New Zealand so it's pretty isolating. Aside from my trainer... but she has to hang out with me I'm paying her. :H I moved here to be with my fiance. So this is all very overwhelming at times.

One thing I know for sure is my future is much brighter without AL. When I sobered up it felt so good to know that to stop drinking was a very good decision. I talked a long time with my mother this morning and she wanted to know the main reason I use to drink. This is going to sound stupid but when I was drinking I really thought I was doing it because I was an adult. Lame reason. She wanted to know what made me stop and I said it was because I woke up and realized I was a drunk. I was 37 and a drunk.

[Korlan]

Hop aboard Santa's Sober Sleigh

Hi Molly! If she's really desperate, she can stop here on the way and I can make something for her :H An hour drive??? :H:H
That's hilarious! Choice, with our weather here, I'm sure I'd be glad to come and keep you company! Gosh - I am off to bed and absolutely tickled. I notice every day has more better moments than the day before, and one day, they're going to tip so there are more good moments than unhappy ones! Can't wait

Keep the sleigh on track while I'm asleep! No bumps!!

Keep strong everyone - Love Karen & The Duke

[anon]

Hop aboard Santa's Sober Sleigh

Sorry not been around for a bit. Very busy here so will have to read back later.
Been out hillwalking yesterday which was wonderful and on top of a big run the day before has left me knackered and behind in all the Christmas stuff I am meant to be doing.

i am very happy as I have found something healthy to fill my addictive tendencies and if I do not manage to run /hillwalk I know I will be able to fill my time with something equally positive.

Mr Grumpy still fed up with me so not such a nice atmosphere at home. I cannot blame him being cross with me but I wish he would stop giving me the silent treatment!

Back later when I will have read all the posts here.

[jennyneric]

Hop aboard Santa's Sober Sleigh

Good morning sleigh riders! Day 9 for me . . .tomorrow double digits! Oh it's Monday. . .and while I like Monday I'm tired today as I only got 6.5 hours of sleep last night cause I didn't go to bed as early as I should have. Tonight I go to bed at 9 period! Well at least I'm not tired and hungover right! My wish for this week. . .that it goes faster than last week! Happy AF Monday all!

[mylife]

Hop aboard Santa's Sober Sleigh

Morning guys! Jenny Congratulations on day 9!!! I'm always relieved when I make it to Monday AF, so I think I'm okay for the week now....starting day 17!

Anon, sorry about the atmosphere at home. Great you have such an amazing and healthy new hobby, though! I went for a 5-mile power walk yesterday. Felt great, I haven't done anything in awhile and really miss getting out and running -- I guess power walking will have to do for now!

Choice, Korlan, Choochie and everyone else, have a great AF day!!

[jennyneric]

Hop aboard Santa's Sober Sleigh

Hey hey where are all the sleigh riders?