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[BlondeAFAmbition]

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Morning Marchers! Off to work but wanted to say hi to everyone. It's a rainy Monday here, oh well. At least it's mild. Counting down the days until our trip to Jamaica on the 22nd! Only 2 weeks away.

I'm lovin' life this morning and hope everyone else out there is too!

Have a fabulous Monday all!

[not tonight]

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Good evening Marchers,
Was a really good day. The sun came out, and it was my eighth day in a row without a hangover. Bliss!

[louie]

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Congratulations everyone!!

It's 6.00am here, and pitch black outside, but I was awake, so am up and will make a cup of coffee shortly. And then I am off to the gym - never thought I would be saying that!!

It's Day 17 for me today and my dedication to maintain sobriety is number one.

I had my first session/ assessment with my personal trainer yesterday ( I am massively overweight, much compounded by the extra wine calories I was consuming every night......) and she asked about diet and I said, 'well, I have recently given up alcohol' and she said 'is that all? what else are you doing?' I felt like screaming it's BLOODY HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jennyneric]

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Evening all, I'm still here and marching! Day 24 for me and feeling yummy! No room for AL in my life anymore. Even the beast has been quite lately! Lovin it!

[Spinning J]

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Morning Marchers!
Louie I bet the weight will fall off you without the AL! Good luck with it. Jenny you sound so positive, well done on your AF days . Blonde I admire you for deciding to stay sober on you holiday I wish I'd have done that last year !!! I hope you have a great time. Hi to everyone else. Day 10 for me today and feeling good! I have had some cravings but nothing too bad. I'm going to the gym today and then will be making pancakes later!!! Have a good day to all. How was your weekend Molly ?
:l SJ

[Anjicia]

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Morning everyone. Its very frosty and cold here but the sun has come out so we might get a mild afternoon. Louie giving up alcohol and exercising will help a lot with your weight loss and just eating healthy i wish you well in your goal just take small steps. Blonde have a lovely time in Jamacia and i hope you do well stayin af. I was there few years ago but i did drink and smoke some hash. I had a good time but wish i hadn't have drank as much. Day 10 for me and i'm off later to some grocery shopping and will stop off for a coffee and snack along the way. Just having a coffee now and reading the posts. Happy tuesday to you all. :h :ranger

[mollyka]

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Hi everybody - quick dip in to see how everyone is doing! Great to see you round Firefox. Jenny, I had a wonderful weekend - the place was absolutely stunning and as both hubs and I had decided this was make or break time we talked about everything, we drew breath when we disagreed and agreed to disagree on a lot. I hope we can continue on the same way now that we are back to the humdrum of daily chores and work and frigging children!! Son had a letter home from school today to say he's heaps of 'suspension points' whatever they are - parent teacher meeting in a few weeks so I can imagine what I'm gonna hear then! Just feel let down cos he had us believing all was grand! Anyway will deal with him when he comes in in half hour!
Louie, I have lost more than 4 stone in a year and a half since I started stopping so to speak I still eat normally, just no booze, and definitely feel much more active without the 'booze tiredness' so prob burn off more now automatically. My problem now is that I don't want to loose anymore -- nice problem! The empty calories gone have to make a difference, don't mind bloody trainers, they prob drink a glass of wine a month or something so not a lot of calories to them!
Evening everyone else on here - just can't go back, I've missed so much!
Molly x

[witchywoman]

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morning Marchers,
I have decided that when we are drinking it is like being in an abusive relationship, we get knocked around, our thought process is impaired & even then when we get away from it for a while we think "ohh maybe it wasnt that bad"
I for one am happy to move on from that relationship.
Molly it sounds like you had an awesome weekend, hope it all works out well. good luck with your boy, you should google Nigle Latta, he is psycohlogist here in NZ he has a program called "the pollitically incorrect guide to parenthood" and some books he has a different way of looking at parenting, hes very interesting.

anyway off to have breakfast, will check in later
XX

[not tonight]

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Hello all,

I read on a site about liver disease that Metaphysically the liver is known as the "seat of anger". I had never heard this "saying" before, but it makes a great deal of sense. So often I drink because I feel tense and well, angry. Only the next morning I am even more anxiety ridden and easily angered. However the further I get away from alcohol, the less anxiety I have, and as it turns out when the alcohol leaves my system so does anger. I like that.

Molly - so glad you had a good weekend away with your husband. So easy to forget that as husband and wife you are not just partnering in parenthood.

Witchywoman I like your analogy - defiantly a toxic relationship.

Well off to bed with my sleepy head! Good night all!

[mollyka]

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Thanks Witchy - will have a look. Had a good chat with him tonight - most of his 'bad marks' were being caught smoking, the janitor that used to play 'look out' for them has been laid off and they keep getting caught - gobshites!! Anyway, he is a good lad overall, getting to the stage that he's just feeling too grown up for school and rules etc. but needs his leaving certificate!
Absolutely with the drinking being like an abusive relationship - that's precisely what it was, but a bit like childbirth, you forget the pain after a short while Anyway I'm all pancaked out and truly tired so may just chill for half hour and then off to beddybyes
Night all
Molly

[mollyka]

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Xpost NT, the anxiety that I thought was just me, was obviously (not obvious at the time!) just down to the booze, I very rarely feel that raw anxiety that seemed to be part of me now. Another lovely plus of being sober! Sleep well
Molly

[louie]

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Morning all,

It's a beautiful wednesday morning here and the sun is out shining brightly at 7.15am.

Am having my morning cuppa and can I just say I am bloody sore from my first attempts at the gym. Thank you all for your very kind words of support, they mean the world to me. And Mollyka, I need to lose about 4 stone, so hope that happens for me!! I am writing a personal journal as well as part of my journey, keeping a record of how I am feeling each day and so I can look back at things and help keep me focused. I think it is really helping me. I was always such a geek at school, it sort of feels like i am doing my homework......See, a real nerd!!

It's Day 18 AF for me and I really can't believe it, I cannot remember when I have remained this alcohol free in my adult life, having never been blessed with pregnancy.

I have a fab day planned and dinner out tonight with DH. Here, in Dubai, you have to eat in a hotel with an alcohol license to eat at a restaurant that serves alcohol. Street ones, and all others are not allowed to serve alcohol. Needless to say, was happy to eat anywhere, but DH wants to go where alcohol is served. But will stick to my water, it's good for my skin, and for me!

Have a fabulous day everyone,
Love a VERY sore Louie

[Anjicia]

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:cupajoe::hallo:Good morning everyone its still dark outside and i can the wind against the windows. Its day 11 for me. I'm awake since 4 am and can't get back asleep so i just had a coffee and i'll read and post for a while. Glad to hear you had a nice weekend away Molly and Louie good luck with the weight loss what your doing sounds good and i wish you luck. I would love to visit Dubai some day along with many other places all i need is the cash lol. I'm going to the library this afternoon to change books and stuff and may be tackle my ironing at some stage in the day. Thats the plan so far. Wishing you all a good in your goals. :l

[witchywoman]

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Hi Kids
I have had a quiet day, which has been nice, it has been a lovley autumn day. hopefully tomorrow I can order the supps & CD's.
I was wondering for those who have come to that place were they just KNOW that they can never drink again, was it an "aha" moment or a gradual realisation?, all I know is that for me I feel like I am gradually coming to know it emotionally & interlectually as an absolute in my life. its what i want, I just want that peace. I enjoy waking up early, watching the sun rise & feeling good. i dont want to lose that.
XX

[Chillgirl]

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Hey Witchy - for me I had been in total denial for years about my drinking but there was always that tiny part of me that knew it was a problem. I just couldn't or wouldn't face up to a life without it. As it got worse I think subconsciously the realization that I had to quit was gradually building momentum. However a still trudged through some pretty horrendous alcohol induced events and injuries in denial. There wasn't a one defining ah-ha moment as such but over a very short period of about a week I faced up to the fact I couldn't go on, that moderating never worked and therefore it had to be complete abstinence for life.

Like Molly my anxiety was completely alcohol related and it disapeared when I quit. It is exactly like an abusive relationship, you stay because the fear of the unknown seems worse than the abuse. But like all who escape from such relationships, we find it's the best thing we ever did and we rediscover our true selves in the freedom it brings.