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[mylife]

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Hi Guys,
Well, I did get a little Christmas shopping done, but have spent the rest of the day lazing around myself! And I have thoroughly enjoyed it. I've actually read lots of informative posts on here today, so in my book, it's a productive day!

Have a good evening all.

[mollyka]

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Hi Mylife, you're dead right - I've enjoyed my day too, headache from too much coffe tho - reckon that might have to be my new year resolution - jeez ther'll be nothin left:upset:
Molly

[one2many]

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I am gonna do NOWT 2moro...have spent WEEKS preparing for Christmas...so 2moro, other than make a roast dinner, I shall do nowt.

Well as nowt as you can get with 3 small kids!

[sunshine_gg]

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one2many;1024938 wrote: I am gonna do NOWT 2moro...have spent WEEKS preparing for Christmas...so 2moro, other than make a roast dinner, I shall do nowt.

Well as nowt as you can get with 3 small kids!

Holy crap, big bum.. your short hand is getting shorter by the day! :H

Hello sleigh riders!
Semi-productive day here, I guess.. cooking/baking for potluck dinner party, did find and cut down a Chrissy tree, took a bath.. hmm.. nope.. that's about it

Enjoy your Saturday evening, everyone!

[mylife]

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Good evening sleigh. I'm doing "NOWT" here now, too. Like that word.

No plans for tomorrow other than to wrap some presents. That's fine for me b/c I know I've got a couple busy weeks left at work this year.

Have a great evening all!

[gettinghappy]

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Hi Everybody! I have been too busy to read or post anything, whew! Christmas is a madhouse at the salon. Anyway, get this.... I am on day 50 !!!! I can hardly believe it myself! So newbies keep your chins up. Halloween time I was crying in my beer. I feel really good right now, but I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous about all the holiday cheer going on around right now. Very nervous. Everything is about alcohol and it's going to be rough. Willpower and remembering how awful things were will hopefully keep me from falling into that again. Best wishes to all of my sleigh friends. We will lean on each other!!:groupluv:

[Sarah's Jeopardy]

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Sunday night and I'm feeling great. I'm AF now for 24 days and can hardly believe it. Congrats GettingHappy on your 50. I'm not sure if I'll manage 50 as I think I may pop a champers at midnight on NYE. I'm still undecided if I'll allow myself to have the occasional drink (& even if I am capable of doing that) or aiming for an AF life. This week is jam packed with pre chrissy events, so if you don't see me on the sleigh I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and may the power of the sleigh (& all the supportive riders) get you through all the christmas parties AF. xo:disco: Happy celebrations.

[mylife]

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Morning everybody! -- it's Sunday morning here! Hard to believe it's Sunday night somewhere else already!

I feel great and like I learned a valuable lesson last week with the two days that I slipped. My body chemistry just does not mix well with Alcohol. I only had two glasses of wine for two nights and I felt depressed, lethargic, tired and weepy. Two days since of not drinking and I feel GREAT again. It's so not worth it for me.

I was on the fence like Sarah about NYE, but really I don't feel like I'll miss anything by having some sparkline cider instead. I'll definitely be able to stay awake longer to ring in the New Year and be in a happier mood if I'm not driking Alcohol!

Have a great day all.

[mollyka]

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Morning folks, hope everyone in good form, Gettinghappy, sometimes they are the 2 best tools - willpower and remembering the screw ups and how I felt when I did! Mylife and Sarah - personally I hate New years eve, always had a shite night, breaking up with boyfriends and people vomiting on my shoes and stuff so no temptation there - this year I will be in the Canaries, hopefully toasting my son and hubs with a sparkling water - mind you at the moment I feel like 'toasting' my little bugger of a son in a different way, he's after eating all the christmas goodies I had hidden - tins of stuff, so another chrimbo shopping for me to replenish stuff aaarrrghh, I say I'll kill him but prob by the time he gets home I'll have calmed down! From one who raided the booze cabinet for years don't suppose I can say tooooo much - many the bottle of vodka I topped up with water:blush: yuch!
Molly

[gettinghappy]

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HAHA Me too Molly! Now I rearrange the goodies so they don't look so empty! My next challenge I guess!:H

[sunshine_gg]

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Morning, folks and Happy Sunday!

Been a strange morning (wrote about it in General) but it'a sober and hangover free one, so it beats the alternative.
Had a lovely dinner/get together with the horsie crowd last night.. it was held at my friend's parents place (VERY religious and no AL allowed)... funny thing is, I had been fretting a little bit about the excuses to make about why I'm not having a glass of wine. :H Utterly unnecessary, as it turned out.

How's your day going?

[Dewdrop]

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Hi all,

Gettinghappy 50 days is a fantastic achievement so congratulations to you :goodjob: Sarah have a lovely Christmas if we don?t hear from you during the festivities and see how you feel at New Year it might not even be an issue. Molly I know what you mean about those sons raiding the goodies it?s so annoying but so relate to your comment about secretive drinking and topping up the bottle Sunni saw your thread on the General Forum and can only add what others have said about people having to make up their own minds.

I?ve been out shopping this afternoon and managed to get everything finished so will be wrapping them all this evening. Although I?ve cut back a lot this year now that I see it all out of the bags I do seem to have an awful lot. I?m thinking that I might hold back a couple of the kid?s toys and keep them for throughout the year. I just love this time of year and having grandkids makes it even more special it just brings out the big kid in me.

I have just eaten 4 big slices of chocolate tiffin and feel sick so my New Year?s resolution is going to be cutting out the sugar addiction I am in danger of developing and the first step is not to have it in the house in the first place ? easy really when you think about it

Dewdrop :h

[Mazzie]

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Mornin all,

Sill raining here. I really love the rain but too much causes so much havok for different ones then its not so good.

I've just about got Christmas sorted - only prob one more foray into the shops hopefully then I'll be done. Even have wrapped what I've got and done a tiny bit of cooking. Looking forward to Christmas this year and then a holiday.

I've found also that even 1-2 drinks makes me feel so tired and unwell and unhappy and bitchy etc. Just so not worth it. Maybe my body has just said no more.

Hope you all have a great day. Lots of stuff to finish at work so i can go on hols. Might get in there early and get on with it.

Maz

[sunshine_gg]

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Hello there... quick fly by... tree is up, house is still in disarray - ah what the heck

Gettinghappy... Congrats on your 50 days! You must be positively chuffed!
Molly and Dew.. I got one of them (more at times and they have FRIENDS) sons, too. They can eat ya outta house and home, I tell ya.

Dew... I'm looking forward to Christmas, too. The grand peanut will be here, although he's only 6 months.. too early to really screech and play with all his new treasures Next year!

Ok.. off to try and restore something resembling order here... later! :hallo:

[mylife]

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Hi Guys,

Checking in after a successful Sunday AF. Congrats on 50 days Getting! Fantastic.

Mazzie, I agree -- I had two glasses of wine for 2 nights last week. I was out like a light by 9pm and wide awake in the middle of the night. I felt bitchy and cross and I decided (Okay, I should have relized this YEARS AGO) that wine and I just do not mix. I guess the addiction makes me thick-skulled. Anyway, feeling energetic and great to be AF again -- hoping my slip will be a lesson -- I wrote down how bad I felt and am planning to read any time I think of "just having a couple" again.
Have a great AF Sunday night all.