An older drunk back on day one. Who's with me?

[Mumof4]

An older drunk back on day one. Who's with me?

Dogwood Im finding its helping loads knowing there are other people at the same postition of giving up as me if that makes sense lol? So they understand how i feel at the same time?

Freefly That happened to me also today, i woke up and for a second i thought...Did I drink last night?? As I came round, i started to feel human and fresh!! What a nice relief!! Although i've been tired today but I've been told its a side effect of starting to not drink. x

[FreeFly]

An older drunk back on day one. Who's with me?

Hey Mum, nice relief isn't it. Keep up the good work

[available]

An older drunk back on day one. Who's with me?

well hi all, back again! time to get my head around this af for good. hope all are doing well being af, here to give it another go and hopefully get rid of al forever. have a great weekend and i'll be back x

[Dogwood Blossom]

An older drunk back on day one. Who's with me?

Welcome back Available!

[Dogwood Blossom]

An older drunk back on day one. Who's with me?

Does anybody know where I go on here to adjust the time before the page times out? I am constantly having to sign in. I've looked around, but can't find anywhere to adjust that!

[Running4life]

An older drunk back on day one. Who's with me?

Hi Everyone:
Day 5 and another beautiful AF day. We have been traveling the coast in Atlantic Canada and visiting towns that my parents had lived in. The scenery is absolutely spectacular and I am grateful that I can drink in every sober moment. Had a bit of a wobbly moment when we stopped for dinner and beer was being served but I rode it out. The lobster was fantastic. Sending you all positive thoughts and energy. R4L

[Running4life]

An older drunk back on day one. Who's with me?

Sorry Dogwood, I have never had the page sign out so I can't help you.

[Guitarista]

An older drunk back on day one. Who's with me?

Hi everyone,

and G'day Available! Good to see you.

Here is an extract from the article link that Lilly graciously posted earlier from the Spiritual river site.

'Life in recovery becomes easy. It starts out tough because we still have the shackles of addiction pulling at our feet, and it takes time to clear away the wreckage of our past. But positive actions accumulate, and this is the real promise and reward of recovery.

If you can maintain sobriety, good things will happen. If you can figure out what you want to achieve in recovery, then things really get exciting because the world becomes your oyster. Life is easy when you are not handicapping yourself with addiction every day. Most addicts and alcoholics are fairly sharp people but they are holding themselves back due to their destructive behavior in addiction. Once those shackles are removed then their potential is nearly limitless.'

Have a great weekend everyone.

[Guitarista]

An older drunk back on day one. Who's with me?

Dogwood Blossom;1356027 wrote: Does anybody know where I go on here to adjust the time before the page times out? I am constantly having to sign in. I've looked around, but can't find anywhere to adjust that!

DB, try going to 'User CP' at top left of the page and there are a few edit options there.

Welcome M4. Be persistent, and a big serving of blind faith can help too! But a firm decision and a firm committment is where it must start for me.

Hi R4L. Great stuff! :goodjob:

[hadit]

An older drunk back on day one. Who's with me?

Hello available and welcome back

[FreeFly]

An older drunk back on day one. Who's with me?

Well all my teeth have just fallen out, I rescued a child from abuse, then a bunch of pyschiatrists were on my back trying to figure me out. Made me angry! All in a good night's sleep, not. Think my subconscious perhaps at work? 4.30 am - now in wide awake club!

[clear eyes]

An older drunk back on day one. Who's with me?

Good night all. Made it through Friday night and day 4!

[scottish lass]

An older drunk back on day one. Who's with me?

Hi Available! The more the merrier, glad you were able to come back - I am so gald that I came back.
Clear eyes, we must be in a similar time zone, I am getting ready for a restful night and waking up feeling great....
Night all - see you on Saturday...

[FreeFly]

An older drunk back on day one. Who's with me?

available;1355979 wrote: well hi all, back again! time to get my head around this af for good. hope all are doing well being af, here to give it another go and hopefully get rid of al forever. have a great weekend and i'll be back x

Nice to see you Av - good luck on your day one.

Yoga for me this morning then off for a gong sound bath meditation later today Should be nice and chilled for this evening's witching hour. Happy Saturday all

[Dogwood Blossom]

An older drunk back on day one. Who's with me?

I had a tough evening going back & forth to drink or not to drink. I wanted that feeling of that first buzz after a few swallows, but I made myself think about what this morning would be like and I knew it would SUCK!!! I wanted to wake up rested, clear and refreshed more than those few swallows. Then the hubby comes in from mowing and says, "why don't you run to town and get some McDonalds?" The alarms began going off in my head. Clearly an apportunity to make a purchase had been dropped in my lap!

Anyway....somehow I got to town and back with only food! I ate, did a couple things and went to bed. Great news is; I FELT AWESOME THIS MORNING! I did something I haven't been able to do in a very long time. I got up, got dressed, and took my dogs one at a time out for a good long walk. They loved it and so did I. I ended up putting in about 4 1/2 miles. I'll probably pay for that but it will feel good to have aches from a work out rather than from mystery bruises or burns.

I know there are trials ahead, but this morning; LIFE IS GOOD! I hope more of us here at MWO also had a successful night. If you didn't, no worries...just pick it up, and try it again.