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[Anjicia]

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Morning Molly and anyone else who follows. The internet is slow this morning or may be its my pc. Enjoy the f1 i'm not a fan myself. Catch you all later.

[dancingon]

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Phew, thanks for the reminder. Our clocks go back tonight and I'd completely forgotten

[witchywoman]

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morning Firefox, Molly & all
I am mstarting the Anatabuse tomorrow morning, I am weird about following instructions when it comes to meds, I wanted to make sure there is absolutly no AL in my system.
anyway have to run into town, will check in later
XX

[mollyka]

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Nightynight all, had a frigging pig of a day. Belligerent teenager, visitors (unexpected), shite messy house now and back to work tomorrow:damn:
Anyway, all in bed now and thankfully the only companion I have is 'grumpy guide to work' on the tele and not a bottle of voddie - so that's good (digging deep now)
See you all on the morrow - hope the antabuse suits you Witchy, I found it grand once I stuck to the rules!
Molly

[Anjicia]

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Afternoon everyone. Its a bit cool and cloudy here but was sunny earlier. Well yesterday i caved in and had a few beers and also sampled free wine. Not too happy about it this morning but alli can do is accept it as a temporary setback and get back on the wagon as the monrth is just about up. I have been feeling bored lonely and depressed lately and i let my weakness get the better of me. Good luck with the ant-buse Witchy let us know how you get on. Have a good monday peeps.

[Dewdrop]

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Hey Firefox sorry to hear you have fallen off the wagon but pick yourself up and dust yourself off and get back onboard. You have still had a good month and have been trying hard. It sounds lke you know what the triggers were and can get your plan back in place, it is difficult sometimes (as I only too well know!) but so worth the effort to be sober. I've had a fight on my hands recently but what I have learnt is I can't afford to slip again, I'm changing my thinking and attitude and am trying to 'retrain' my brain (what litle braincells I have left!).

Hi Molly, Witchy and everyone else.

Dewdrop :h

[Anjicia]

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Good morning Dewdrop and anyone else who follows. Thanks for your words of encourgement. i have to work on changing my mindset as i can't keep slipping up every few weeks. I went to an AA meeting last night which helped and i need to get more meetings in to keep me on the straight and narrow. Not easy at times. I'm planning to go to a lunchtime meeting today. Just having my morning coffee and i'll read and post to keep me motiviated. Have a good day and good luck with your goals.. 2 more days till April.:ranger

[mollyka]

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Mornin Dewdrop and Firefox. Sometimes Firefox it can need an extra determination to 'stay' sober as opposed to 'getting' sober. You need to break the cycle of lapsing, get a decent spell going, and then it seems harder to drink than to not drink, you're doing so much AA etc. maybe you just need to incorporate steelier 'thoughts' into your regime. I know that when I wake up now every morning and know 100% in my head that I won't drink - then I won't, but mostly it is a conscious thought, keep it up anyway girl - maybe add something to your armory when the thoughts come, go out for a walk or window shop or something?
Right, gonna have a little nap before I need to get up, talk later
Molly

[mollyka]

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Sorry bout the delay in that message lads! My internet went down this morn. and I went to work, when I came back this evening I opened the 'puter and it sent me message, so I'm not gone completely daft!
Molly

[witchywoman]

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morning kids
Firefox, i dont know what your previous drinking was like, but for me I was drinking 4-5 times weekly so i still looked at getting 3 weeks sober as progres, beceause it is a process that we have to keep trying untill we find the thing that makes it stick for us.
one thing I found in my stop/start merry go round, was that when I did slip I made sure to asalyse the situation & try to work out why, so at least I could learn something from it.
Molly thanks for your insight on the other thread i posted, i was kinda hoping you would read it, I like your way of looking at things.
One of the thngs i love about waking up early is I can watch the heat fog role down the harbour, it comes & goes several times a night in the right situation, normally after a hot autumn day. well I am off to get breakfast, avacado & tomatoe on toast with cracked pepper, so yummy
XX

[louie]

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Morning all,

Well, still AF which is great. My dog (I have two) has put his back out and was at the vet yesterday, poor boy on bed rest, and that is hard for a very active jump all over you dog!! So will try and stay home with him today and help keep him calm - that means no jumping on people or beds!! He is very sore and very sorry for himself.

Anyway, Firefox, please don't beat yourself up for a slip up, I know I am one glass away from one, and I won't beat myself up if that happens. I am still determined not to drink one drop , mainly for health reasons, I think I have screwed my body for long enough and am doing my level best to help myself get better. Unfortunately it may be too late......but, I hope not.

Well, it's a beautiful morning here, have walked the dogs, had a cuppa, have a few emails to do and then housework, and copious cuddles for my dog.

Have a great day everyone!! And a hug to you Firefox!

[Anjicia]

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:hello2:Good morning and thanks everyone for your input. My old pattern was drinking 4 to 5 times a week depending on funds. I'll just to be more determined and not so weak. Well its the last day of march and apart from the slip i made it over the 30 days but its ongoing for me. Was at the dentist yesterday to have a filling and a broken back tooth removed so my mouth is still sore today. Not much planned i have to pick up a prescription from my docters surgery so go to the coffee shop after. Have a nice thursday.:cupajoe:

[jennyneric]

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Happy Thursday! Just thought I would check in cause it's the end of the month. Well this month I am 21/31 which is the worst I've done since I started in December. I will do much better next month. I have started yoga, therapy, and antidepressants so I have some new tools. I also have kick my MIL and SIL out of my life as they are very negative influences so I hope that will help also.

So what to name April's thread? Chilly any ideas???

:goodjob:To everyone that gave it a go this month. We all did the best we could and that is all that anyone ever expects!

[leaveinsilence]

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glad to say i made it through march af, this is the longest i've ever stayed sober, at the moment everyday i stay af makes me more determined to stay that way. well the worries of the occassion i was scared of slipping didn't materialise in the end, i planned, bought plenty of af drink to take with me but it git cancelled, i'm hoping the rearranged date will be the same plan as before so i can sticked to my intended plan.

Starting april with three events that would normally have me downingdrinks like they were going out of fashion but hzve no plans to even consider drinking.

Like jennyneric said we all did our damned hardest and should be proud of whatever af time we achieved