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[DSLR]

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Morning or afternoon everyone, there are some really great and inspirational posts this weekend, it is really helpful for me to hear people's thoughts and feeling, particularly going through situations, like going out, which I have not been tested on!

Audrey, I am sorry your daughter was upset on her special, it is wonderful to be ambious and as you say she lives in a different regime to when you grew up, but perhaps the experiences you had will help her through this period even more and give her an excellent perspective on life. Well done for getting out and dealing positively with your feelings, we know it isn't going to be stopping something that has become such a major part of our lives, but the rewards, well they speak for themselves, well done!

Leave, well done for your night out, it sounds like you had a lovely evening and as they say 'prior planning...' what drink did you take it sounded nice?

Wishing everyone a lovely AF Monday.

[Audrey14]

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Morning Leave, noodle, mylife....all !!!

Morning DSLR!!!

I know i'm not teenage girl but i like to read your toughts and suggestions..they're full with life expierience and gives me positive charge

1 year ago when i entered MWO site and tried to tell my therapist (now i can't afford such luxury) that i have drinking problem he told me that chemical addiction comes second, the first is emotional and he knows me very well..he asked me what unberable and painful feelings i'm trying to cover with wine..i made a list..now i have to remember and make a list again...

Day 7!!! Yes!!

Wishing you all fresh start on Easter week!!!

Audrey

[mylife]

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Good morning April gang!

Well, we made it through another weekend AF! I have to admit yesterday was a challenge for me. I actually got some "Alcohol Free" Rose Wine and drank it. It actually tasted like grape juice with less sugar, but it gave me the feeling that I was sipping a glass of wine for an hour or so...!! LOL. Anyway, it was challenging as I had an argument with my husband over long term issues we have had and I have covered up with AL for years. I guess I will just have to face these sober.!!

Audrey, Congratulations on Day 7! See how fast they add up!! I agree in some ways with your counselor that there are definitely emotional problems we are trying to cover with AL. However, I think at some point the physical addiction takes over and unless someone has had this problem they can't understand that. That is only my humble NON doctor opinion! Does your counselor specialize in addiction?

Noodle, Leave, DSLR, Gidget and all others to come, have a fantastic AF Monday!

[learning]

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Hi I am a Newbie and dont really know what I am doing and not sure how this goes but today I am going to beat the devil ! And if I have done this wrong then please forgive me

[Audrey14]

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Hi mylife!!!

Yes, you're absolutely right!! At first comes emotional addiction than physical..my counselor just told me that he can work with me to understand which painful emotions i try to cover with AL..for chemical addiction he offered me to meet another specialist which i never did because it was anonyme and exepensive and..i didn't think about it.. unfortunatelly...

My Day 7 is complete and as you said it becomes easier..after yesterday "emotion storm" today i felt apathetic and sleepy like after some brain treatment:H so no real temptation..

Hi learning!!!

You're in the right place!!! Keep reading threads, post, look in the health store and perhaps some more wise and expierienced members will give you more advises!!! I'm learning too

Audrey

[scottish lass]

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Hi to all the April winners and newbies! What great posts. I have not posted in a little while, but have read daily - and everyone has given me such inspiration. My first week was not as hard as I expected, but as others have mentioned the next week was more difficult. I am not sleeping well - not sure why? I am not loosing weight - inspite of a HUGE drop in calories, and I was so looking forward to both sleeping and getting skinny - oh well. Like DLSR, I had some bowel problems, then the supplements arrived and cured that!!
I am on day 15, with one slip up - I met an old friend for dinner and she had ordered me a glass of wine. i put it to the side, then started to tell her about my separation - and grabbed the glass of wine. I had the control to say no to a second, but I have beaten myself up for that one slip - pretty silly that I am not rejoycing the (approx) 104 glasses of wine I have not had in the two weeks, and beat myself up for the one I did have.
Reading all your posts has put things back in perspctive - I am not starting again, I am going to continue on and ignore the one little slip up.........and now i feel better about myself.
Congratulations to all who have made milestones - one day, one week, one month...and beyond - you are all the role models that have kept me going. Being able to read everyones struggles, realise that we all have ups and downs, and some are far more difficult than mine, is what is realy keeping me going. I have given up one of my favorite blogs (mothers who love wine) and using mwo instead - I read every morning when I wake up and it puts me in teh right frame of mind to keep going - thanks to each and everyone of you..
Have a great Monday, and great week and an AF Easter weekend coming up.

[witchywoman]

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Hi everyone
just a quick checkin, just wanted to say hope your all doing well
catch ya later
XX

[DSLR]

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Hi learning :welcome: to MWO you are most welcome and have found a great place to get support.

There are no rules as such (I think!) just read as many posts as you can, doesn't matter which threads, but the 'Newbies Nest' is a great place to start, post when you want, again where you like and draw strength from these great people who have decided to make that big change as well. Everyone is at different stages so plenty of experience and any fears or questions you have, someone will most likley have experienced the similar and be able to help.

Hi everyone wishing you all a great AF Tuesday wherever you are in the world.

[psychobuble]

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Day 1

Hi,

This is day 1 for me, I have just joined the site and really enjoyed reading the posts so far. Audrey14, after reading your post I too will make a list of everything I am trying to cover up with wine, this sounds like a good idea so thanks for that. x

[DSLR]

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:welcome: psycobuble, good to meet you and I am sure you will find this brilliant community as helpful and supportive as I have over the past couple of weeks. Day 17 for me, I have done that over a very long time and a great deal of that achievement is thanks to the guys and gals on MWO.

Good luck with your plan and wishing you a lovely sunny, AF Tuesday.

[Audrey14]

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Hi all April team!!!

Had busy morning so just checking in.
Day 8 and feeling almost as normal person...:H
I'll see what will happen at my tricky time of the day - around 5, 6p.m....


Hi psychobuble!!! I'm glad that with my expierience and toughts i can help you a bit to perceive your own worries, dissapointments etc. and maybe to find some solutions how step by step to deal with them...

Wishing you all successful day!!!

A

[mylife]

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Hello April Gang!

Day 19 here. I feel a little blue today. But I will "surf" through it because I've made it this far! And I know AL would only make me feel worse.

Scottish -- great to hear from you again! Audrey, great job on Day 8! Keep posting and reading during the "tricky" time of day.

DSLR, Psychobuble, Witchy, and Learning -- great to hear from you all. Hope you all have Fantastic AF days!

[Audrey14]

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Hello mylife!!! Hello April team!!!

I can say that i feel today a little blue too
Did all my programm, skipped "tricky hours" safe but feel tired of life...

I noticed that i have one day optimistic and bright than next one is not so great.. feeling like walking on the big chess-board...
Many problems i have to solve..but unequivocally - with clear head they seem more solvable..

Today i think i drunk 2.5 - 3 l of water I know my veins are not anymore filled with red wine but soon will be pure water..:H

Hope that tomorrow will step on the white square...

Wishing you a peaceful night!!!

[mylife]

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Hang in there Audrey! I'm sure tomorrow will be a white square, and maybe the white squares will out number the dark squares!

[leaveinsilence]

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Physobuble and Learning welcome:l

You are in the right place there is so much support and genuineness here:l


Audrey well done on day 8, after about 3 weeks my witching time seemed to fade into the background, now it gets to 4pm and I don't even give it a second thought even though I am doing the same things as I was before... only I now have two hands to make dinner and not one... It'll happen, the urges come, you distract yourself and bamn they go again...

Scottish Lass, you slipped and dealt with it, you were strong enough to resist a second glass, it would have been all to easy to think "sod it" I may as well have more, that takes strength and if the wine hadn't have been ordered for you and you hadn't have automatically reached for it it would have been a different story anyway:l

Well I had a lovely day once again with the kids, park again, planting seeds, making them their own garden etc... but at the same time I got down and blue thinking about al the lost moments I could have spent with them over the years,