Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

[hadit]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Mauri, Please hang around. I will be on and off all day! Stay strong............... we can beat this beast!!

[shueaddict]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Well, I conquered day 1 again.

I have been struggling to have a completely AF day since Sep 29th and yesterday I got so mad with myself that even the AL voice knew it would be pointless to tempt me with a drink.

Boozer, I like your attitute, I always beat myself up and feel like a failure after I push the boat out.

Sick and Tired - thx for the support

Mauritius - happy you decided to hang along, I reald all your posts recently, I'm here for you too

Enough, my sweet, where are you hiding, how was the beach?

have a great day all

[mby82266]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Shu congrats on making it through the 1st day.
Boozer I am still on one hour at a time!
On day 4 and pushing myself uphill all the way, staying sober has helped me to get alot of school work done and I made it through mid terms. Now my goal is to keep this pace until I get all my papers written and catch up on the time I lost drinking.

[shueaddict]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Mby, day 4 is wonderful .... for me is one evening at time (it can easily go down the drain after I come home from work if I don't watch myself) ... keep it up, I am so happy for you :h:l:h

[mby82266]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Thanks Shu, evenings are my worst time too.I have been making it a point to go out for a walk right after dinner to curb that need and taking extra L glut before and after dinner. Not tonight though I have a class from 6pm till 945pm. By the time I walk in tonight I will be so tired it wont be an issue. Good luck tonight I will be thinking of you and sending you positive vibes

[mby82266]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Enough Where are you?

[Enough!]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Hey!!!!
I am here...
I am fine... just catching up at work after a long weekend. I am so happy to hear mb...4! Shue... Boozer... Mauri (welcome here- I have read your poats) ... Athome... ST... Big wave to all.

The beach was nice. Made sandcastles with the boys and watched them jump waves. Drank some wine and beers, but went to bed sober each night and woke up each morning hangover free! Did not drink anything last night and had a rotten night sleep.

Almost through Kicking the Drink- wasn't really beach reading material so picked it back up last night. Sorry to say no big lighbulb for me. It does certainly present a different angle on drinking that I fully appreciate. It a drug. Period. I refuse to beat myself up and refuse to obsess like I was... it's just wine.

Hope everyone is having a nice day
Enough!

[hadit]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Enough, Good to hear from you. Beating yourself up doesnt work for me either! If you slip, just quietly pick yourself up and try again. Recently I have been taking a very relaxed approach to the whole thing and have drank 1 .5 bottles of wine in about 10 days. (That was my DAILY intake for years!) Stressing about the number of days AF might be and probably is necessary when you first start out but once over that hump a FEW times its then about WILL I drink or WONT I. Not counting may not work for everyone. You are correct, it iS a drug. We treat prescription drugs with respect dont we? I wouldnt and have never taken recreational drugs. AL definatley needs to be treated with respect, given it kills more people than any other drug! Good Luck with your modding,sounds like you are really coming to terms with it!!:goodjob:

[shueaddict]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Good morning, peeps,

starting day 3 AF and Blessed Herbs detox ( lost 2lbs of the AL water rentetion) - feeling truly energized, focused but also a bit snappy at those who are in my way. Hubby was at the receiveing end this morning ... not really fair since he was the one that on Sunday took care of my merry self, but I will make it up to him.

Jason Vale is working well eroding my ideas of AL, also making me question my reasons for loving wine so much, but like Enough said, not really a "light bulb" moment.

My lightbulb moment came on Monday when I read this post by Doggy Girl:

Doggygirl;790508 wrote: Hi Time2Live. I of course cannot speak for your daughter, but I certainly recognize the progression that you described from "hard partying" in college, to "work hard play hard" on the career path, to "work and drink at home." The next step for me was "don't work and just drink all day at home."
DG

Boozer, you sound great, you found what works for you.
Mby - in the early days of "weaning off" I took the dog out for a walk each night - getting out of the house and away from temptation was what I needed.
Enough - way to go girl, life is to be enjoyed

[Change]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Everytime i try to stop, some loser 'friend' of mine gets me drunk. I know, it's my choice, but it's hard to give up some friendships.

[shueaddict]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

The most difficult one for me to give up was my long term friendship with Mr. Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand ... We used to to spend so much time together debating the merits of Marlborough county. He was always there for me, whether I was happy or sad, anxious or relaxed. He was gently soothing me to sleep most nights. You could say it was a love affair . Not "An affair to remember", sadly.

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Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Shueaddict, i'm thinking the same. Just last night i made the decision to not worry about friendships, or myself and just submit to this thing. My thinking was: the bottle is always there for me. Funny thing is, today i even rationalised to myself that being a drunk has just as much, if not LESS of a pay off than being in a bad relationship, and that i'd be sum better off choosing the bottle than another loser-relationship, which is what i always seem to have. Idk, but hten this morning, i woke up feeling horrible. Depressed, flat, low energy. All that stuff, like i want to sleep for a week and can't get enough. I look shithouse at the moment.

I've had: 1 glass of pinto, 1 glass of flat white and 2 small glasses of savignon blanc tonight. I don't think i will have any more but am feeling smashed nonetheless.

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Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

And, i'm watching a DVD for the fourth time, cos i'm always too drunk to watch it properly. This has got to be the last time, because it's due back this weekend.

[mby82266]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

After 4 days of basic seclusion and avoiding my DH I finally gave in and sent him a text that I was past the worst of it and needed him. His response was to ignore me. Wtf I was not ready for that kind of rejection so I had a couple of shots took a shower and went to bed. Before I went to sleep I sent him an email of how his behavior hurt me. (Its amazing how much time I spend on an email to the man who sleeps next to me) When he got home he wanted to talk but I was not receptive. This morning I found out he didn't get my text! I blew it over a miscommunication! Today will be AF and no more reacting to outside influences.

[Enough!]

Conquoring day 1!!! Who's beating this with me?

Helloooo!

Another day without a hangover... Novel fuc&in concept not totally AF but feel good.

Change... Welcome. Ahhh the DVDs I watched over and over... My husband saying we watched this a couple weeks ago... Not remembering... Blowing him off saying yeh yeh I wanted to see it again. Liar liar . Best of luck to you.

Shue... You sound really good

Mb... Yes we are all quick to make assumptions. Back on board friend.

Talk soon!
Enough....

BTW... Over 1000 posts here on conquering and not one person pointed out I could not spell conquering. I guess in the scheme of things it is irrelevant. Big hug.