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    #46
    Flying Through February AF. . . who's in?!

    I have no parents or grandparents to blame either, but there you go.
    28 days is a short month and will be a milestone for some and just a beginning for others.
    Keeping busy is a good tool. I sometimes forget this, but suddenly I have so much to do to prepare for going away next week, both at work and home, that I honestly haven't given a thought to alcohol yet. It's been great to be able to stay up until 11pm working on something, or watching a movie with the kids too.

    As I mentioned elsewhere I'm doing Feb fast where you get sponsors and abstain for a month. It's all very respectable - a lot of moderate drinking celebs are doing it and some confess to dreading the weekend AF. Although the sign up page says you shouldn't use it to try to withdraw, I'm finding it helpful. I had enough success from last month to know I can do it. Also, if I have sponsors and then give up, I would feel like a kid who runs off with the Red Cross collection. :H

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      #47
      Flying Through February AF. . . who's in?!

      Hey dancingon...good luck with your mission! I am sure you will succeed! X
      'Breakfast, every hour, it could save the world.' Tori Amos

      "Turn a stumbling block into a stepping stone."

      AF since 23rd December 2010 - progession is paramount! :truce:

      "don't be sad because it's over, smile because it happened!"

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        #48
        Flying Through February AF. . . who's in?!

        Feeling pretty fortunate to be living in the mild northwest today, and looking for ward to the rest of Feb flying by...sober and present for all of it. Yea!
        Resisting all Magical Thinking...one day at a time

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          #49
          Flying Through February AF. . . who's in?!

          Hi Iboogie

          I'm reading a lot at the moment about leaving the past in the past, and living in the present. Your kids will decide their own future. It's not mapped out for them. But of course we want to be good role models for our kids, so that they don't fall back on copying their parents ways of coping.

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            #50
            Flying Through February AF. . . who's in?!

            Good morning all!

            Dancing - that Feb fast sounds like a great idea! Never heard of that one before! It's funny, because anyone I know who really doesn't have a drinking problem would have no problem getting through that. I am thinking of my husband, who likes a good martini or a glass of wine with dinner, but if he has to go 3 or 4 weeks without AL it doesn't even phase him. What's even more aggravating is I can remember feeling the same way once upon a time!!

            Anyway, have a great Thursday everybody. I am so motivated to make it through this entire month AF!!

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              #51
              Flying Through February AF. . . who's in?!

              Good Morning Flyers!

              Glad to wake up and find the sun this morning, even though the snow banks are 8 feet high...lol!

              Sounds like everyone is off to a good start to the month, such good energy! I am feeling great about my 27th day AF...I'm almost at a month! Can't believe it, thank you all for being so supportive, I couldn't have done this if I didn't make you all part of my daily life.

              Well, I'm off to tackle some stuff around the house as I have today off. Not due to the snow, just cause I have 2 days off during the week since I work every weekend! I hope you all have a great, productive, AF day!
              Whatever you invest in the circle of LIFE is what comes back to you. Multiplied. What you give to people is what they eventually give back to you. Don't do the math. Just increase your LOVE.

              BE HAPPY...BE CONNECTED...BE HEALTHY!               :h

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                #52
                Flying Through February AF. . . who's in?!

                Good morning flyers, made it to day FIVE...I am so grateful for you all!

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                  #53
                  Flying Through February AF. . . who's in?!

                  :greatjob2: Piper123!
                  AF Since January 02, 2011

                  Everything's nice when you're covered with ice, then you open your eyes and it's one big lie.
                  ? Walter Lure, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers

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                    #54
                    Flying Through February AF. . . who's in?!

                    Evening Fliers! Well done Piper, you've done the hard work, now make it count. You will continue feeling better and better every day, the benefits are super and sometimes unexpected. Booze affects every part of us - physical, mental, financial and on and on.
                    Hope everyone is having a nice day. Very wild and windy here, daughter got home 20 mins ahead of schedule last night so my faith in Canadian efficiency was born out, fair dues to them!!
                    Just chilling for a little while before all the men arrive home - I would love to be a hermit living all alone in a cave (a nice warm cave). Talk later
                    Molly
                    Contentedly sober since 27/12/2011
                    contentedly NF since 8/04/14

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                      #55
                      Flying Through February AF. . . who's in?!

                      Hi everyone flying,
                      I've just organized a slew of old paperwork and threw away a bunch of outdated stuff. Clearing the clutter I guess. Went through a bunch of old calenders... and it looks like every year since around 2000 I document how much I drank, smoke, and ate at certain times of the year for around 2-3 months. So funny because I thought this was all a "new thing" I guess I've been planning my escape for years. Maybe that's why this time it stuck because of all of the support here in MWO. I look so funny surrounded by paper work and doing an olive oil treatment on my hair that I learned about during last months thread.. Just one of those getting beautified and organized days. I think all the talk of snow is making me feel like having my own snow day so to speak..
                      Everyone sounds so positive! :l:h

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                        #56
                        Flying Through February AF. . . who's in?!

                        Hello guy's! Back at work today, more snow expected tonight. My 18th anni is tomorrow and it's Friday so it will be hard not to drink. Wonder if my kids will be home again? I know I will not drink though because I ruined last weekend for myself with AL and I will not do that again. I will go to the gym, go see my friend in jail early and go to dinner with my hubby. . .huh maybe go to dinner early and go to visit late, well see. Have a good one y'all!
                        You always succeed if you never stop trying.
                        Everyday we choose the direction of change.

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                          #57
                          Flying Through February AF. . . who's in?!

                          Evening all,

                          Jenny - happy anni when to come!

                          Choice - nothing beats a good clear our! Its funny what you find...I often giggle to myself at my weird and wonderful quirkiness over the years.

                          Blonde --woohoo! 27 days is awesome! You have done so well and I know you have brought a lot of smiles to the faces of the mwoers...can't wait for to reach ue thirty days!

                          Hugs to everyone. I have no chat! My brain hurts...

                          X
                          'Breakfast, every hour, it could save the world.' Tori Amos

                          "Turn a stumbling block into a stepping stone."

                          AF since 23rd December 2010 - progession is paramount! :truce:

                          "don't be sad because it's over, smile because it happened!"

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                            #58
                            Flying Through February AF. . . who's in?!

                            Hay guys !

                            Can I join you, apologies for being a bit late but been a bit busy lately but still checking in

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

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                              #59
                              Flying Through February AF. . . who's in?!

                              Hi Dewie girl! Wondered where you were hanging! Busy is ok
                              Choice, that's a very strange thing about your diaries and the drink etc. While I was reading it I was trying to remember how long back I 'acknowledged' that I had a drink problem. I remember being in Paris with hubs on his 50th birthday and having a drunken conversation with him one night and we were talking about 'did we(I)drink too much'? and I clearly remember saying to him that I thought I could be/could become,an alcoholic. He's 59 later this year - so yes, like you the thoughts were there much longer than I had realised. Oh, and good luck with the olive oil! I liked it - must do it again.
                              Jenni, happy anniversary and stay strong girl!
                              My head hurts too Cassia - was working up the country again and I'm melted!
                              Night all
                              Molly
                              Contentedly sober since 27/12/2011
                              contentedly NF since 8/04/14

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                                #60
                                Flying Through February AF. . . who's in?!

                                Hi Mylife

                                Febfast was started in Australia, I think, and this year NZ is joining for the first time.
                                A lot of my (moderate drinking) friends have a drink or two a few nights a week, or every weekend, and have said they would have trouble giving up for a month. Not in the same way as an alcoholic has trouble though, I don't suppose. I mean I'm sure I would feel anxious about giving up my morning coffee for a month, too.
                                Speaking of coffee, I'm drinking a lot more of it since going AF (or pouring it and then tipping half of it out because I didn't really want it). I don't like tea much. I have a herbal tea before bed. I drink cranberry juice once a day. I'm just used to sitting drinking something at night, I suppose, and water doesn't quite cut it unless it's a really hot evening.
                                Any suggestions?

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