October Sober...
Hi peeps, and ODAT for starting this thread. I've been reading it but a bit cautious about joining in - for such a silly reason too! Basically, I've been 14 days AF - my goal was to see if i could be AF until i did my marathon (yesterday)... now I've passed it, I'm keen to see if i can get to day 30 (including a very difficult weekend coming up at work where we are programming a festival, which will include everyone indulging in a fair amount of booze).
I do hope i get to 30 days. I've not had 14 days AF, let alone 30 since i was about 18 or 19. More than a decade ago. Anyway, my fear or caution for jumping into this thread was that i might fail you if at some point i slipped... which is daft, cos we shouldn't be seeing slips as failings. Failing would be not facing up to the fight in the first place, and everyone here, in their own way, is fighting and a fighter.
But i am also aware that there is very much a voice in me that wants to test the 'waters'. And i know so, so many here have tried to mod' or are learning how their relationship with AL changes over time now that they have brought it to their attention and shared with this community their battle to overcome addiction, and/or to overcome the compulsion to drink until drunk, and/or to overcome binge drinking or drinking every night, or drinking due to anger, loneliness, boredom, anxiety etc.
An October Sober for me would mean 45 days AF. Wow.
What i am keen to see, is how my thinking changes, and how my body may change still, being completely free from the nightly drip feed of beer and wine for an extended period of time.
Sorry - typically had a single thought that turned into a wee ramble... anyway, to the October Sober thread: i'm raising a toast to October 1st AF! :woot:
RC
Hi peeps, and ODAT for starting this thread. I've been reading it but a bit cautious about joining in - for such a silly reason too! Basically, I've been 14 days AF - my goal was to see if i could be AF until i did my marathon (yesterday)... now I've passed it, I'm keen to see if i can get to day 30 (including a very difficult weekend coming up at work where we are programming a festival, which will include everyone indulging in a fair amount of booze).
I do hope i get to 30 days. I've not had 14 days AF, let alone 30 since i was about 18 or 19. More than a decade ago. Anyway, my fear or caution for jumping into this thread was that i might fail you if at some point i slipped... which is daft, cos we shouldn't be seeing slips as failings. Failing would be not facing up to the fight in the first place, and everyone here, in their own way, is fighting and a fighter.
But i am also aware that there is very much a voice in me that wants to test the 'waters'. And i know so, so many here have tried to mod' or are learning how their relationship with AL changes over time now that they have brought it to their attention and shared with this community their battle to overcome addiction, and/or to overcome the compulsion to drink until drunk, and/or to overcome binge drinking or drinking every night, or drinking due to anger, loneliness, boredom, anxiety etc.
An October Sober for me would mean 45 days AF. Wow.
What i am keen to see, is how my thinking changes, and how my body may change still, being completely free from the nightly drip feed of beer and wine for an extended period of time.
Sorry - typically had a single thought that turned into a wee ramble... anyway, to the October Sober thread: i'm raising a toast to October 1st AF! :woot:
RC
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