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    #31
    Company needed for Day 1 - Please and Thanks

    Well Done Patrice!

    Just a quick few lines to encourage you throughout today Patrice - Hope your "Headache" gets better soon - Great Job for getting back on track immediately! – You are so strong – well, well done! YAHOO!

    Yes, MWO has an amazing community, with such clever, amazing people, always willing to give up their time to help out and share and guide us along this rocky path, again and again, we are so lucky to have found it! THANK YOU TO ALL!

    Hope all is well with you Free At Last, I will check in later on tonight to see how you are.

    I know I will get through today - I have deliberately put no challenges in front of me – I’m enjoying having all my family at home – and more importantly so, enjoying them with a clear head and no shame/guilt because of my drinking the night before, and of course I have to report to my two great buddies tomorrow - Yeah!

    Stay Strong

    Snowflake X

    Day 5 AF
    If you don't know where you are going,
    you'll end up someplace else.

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      #32
      Company needed for Day 1 - Please and Thanks

      Snowflake.....I just picked up on your comment about challenges. Be VERY kind to yourself for some weeks, avoid confrontation if possible, jettison whatever unnecessary tasks you can.

      When recovering people often, unwittingly, court drama to stress themselves in order to justify drinking.

      If you were just out of hospital and recovering from an injury that nearly claimed your life you would think nothing of recovery taking a few months.

      Try to remember that this addiction HAS threatened to take your life and must be afforded the same respect.

      Be very gentle, very quiet, rest lots and eat well.

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        #33
        Company needed for Day 1 - Please and Thanks

        Dear Gang,
        Thanks for encouragement -- and great advice, Kuya.

        Patrice, I too had wine on Valentine's Day. But, today, I am back on track and focusing on taking things one moment at a time.

        Will check in tomorrow morning to report that I had an alcohol free day!
        Free at Last
        "What you seek is seeking you." -- Rumi

        Highly recommend this video
        http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html

        July 19, 2013 -- the beginning of being Free at Last

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          #34
          Company needed for Day 1 - Please and Thanks

          Hi Free and Snowflake
          It
          is great that we can support each other, today my first day too
          Will check back in tomorrow girls!
          x

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            #35
            Company needed for Day 1 - Please and Thanks

            Thank You So Much Kuya

            Hi Girls

            Thanks so very much Kuya for hovering around here, there and everywhere and for looking after myself and all the other Members of this wonderful Community – you remind me so much of irishlady – she used to be like our Mum back in the old days – thank you from the bottom of my heart, I appreciate everything you said and yes, it all makes sense and I am excited to put it into practice – thanks again from the bottom of my heart for your care of us all here and your kind thoughtfulness.

            Briefly.... 22:00 here and busy, busy at home with having all the family here, Day 6 AF for me, every day so far with a thumping headache (no problem, rather that, than struggling through the day with a rotten hangover). Lots more to say, but no time to write, main thing is my family and myself are over the moon with my AF days, it is a different world! One day at a time.

            Hope that you are both well Patrice and Free At Last, and thinking of you both.

            Snowflake X
            Day 6 AF
            If you don't know where you are going,
            you'll end up someplace else.

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              #36
              Company needed for Day 1 - Please and Thanks

              I see a little of myself in each and every struggle AND success here.

              Because this addiction creates such a feeling of isolation, from others AND from one's true self, I feel it is vital to share if I had that same problem and how I coped with it.

              We are all far more alike than we think, differences of culture and lifestyle are minimal compared to feelings that we share.

              I think it is very hard for those in the early days to see folks with decent AF time and feel they have some special skill or do NOT have as many problems.

              The truth is that getting sober is a skill, nothing more, with tips for how to succeed and how to avoid failure.

              And if a person lapses it is important they examine why, or it will happen again and demoralise them.

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                #37
                Company needed for Day 1 - Please and Thanks

                Hi ladies, a quick note to let you know I am doing well -- just really busy with houseguests and now work travel. May be a couple of days before I am back online. Feeling good about progress.
                Free at Last
                "What you seek is seeking you." -- Rumi

                Highly recommend this video
                http://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html

                July 19, 2013 -- the beginning of being Free at Last

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                  #38
                  Company needed for Day 1 - Please and Thanks

                  Hi all, I'm also back at work but also feeling positive about progress!!

                  Hope you are both doing well

                  Patrice

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                    #39
                    Company needed for Day 1 - Please and Thanks

                    HI ALL

                    Just a very quick check in from me - 23:50 here, still busy with my family, but nearing the end of another day AF - so really happy about that.

                    Kuya - Thanks so much - you have such a wonderful way with words and we are all so lucky to have you here - Everthing you say makes so much sense and makes everything fit into place and gives us all so much encouragement to get through this struggle - THANKS!

                    Great to hear from you Free At Last - I was starting to worry about you - so nice to hear from you and glad that all is well.

                    Hope you are well Patrice, and that you are being kind to yourself.

                    Will check back in again tomorrow.

                    NIGHT NIGHT Snowflake
                    DAY 7 AF
                    If you don't know where you are going,
                    you'll end up someplace else.

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                      #40
                      Company needed for Day 1 - Please and Thanks

                      Hi all

                      Well that's the weekend gone... Monday night 23:15 so off to bed for me. Another successful day, thank goodness!

                      Hope that your first day back at work wasn't too hard Patrice and that your travels are going well Free AT Last.

                      Great to hear that you are both making good progress - that's fantastic news - well done!

                      Night night Snowflake
                      DAY 8 AF
                      If you don't know where you are going,
                      you'll end up someplace else.

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                        #41
                        Company needed for Day 1 - Please and Thanks

                        Quick Check In

                        Hi again

                        Well busy as usual, so no time to stop, but just to check in and say that here I am at Day 9 and all is safe and sound, have just fed the family, made the picnic lunches for tomorrow, hot water bottles are in and it's time for me to check in quickly here and then get the kids off to bed.

                        Hope that all is well with my two buddies, thinking of you.

                        Take Care and Bon Courage with your Plans
                        Snowflake
                        AF DAY 9
                        If you don't know where you are going,
                        you'll end up someplace else.

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                          #42
                          Company needed for Day 1 - Please and Thanks

                          Keep on trucking Snow, slow and steady.

                          Be proud though because 9 days is a big deal at the beginning, breaking a habit is hard.

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                            #43
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                            Snowflake,

                            Just wanted to pop in and say well done, you are doing such a great job. Well done :h

                            xxx
                            Teezah

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                              #44
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                              Day 2

                              Hi All: I just found this site today and I am starting Day2 AL free. Snowflake, like you I have 4 children and a wonderful husband - who actually does like to drink but seems far more in control than I. My children are all young and I have decided that I don't want them to grow up remembering a mother with a wine glass constantly in her hand, slurring and urging them to bed so that she could finish her bottle.

                              Rather than drinking every day, though, I tend to binge drink which makes me very worried about the "bargaining" stage and the "I can control it" stages. I am really proud of myself that I have actually joined and that I am posting. To be honest, I am shocked that I am doing this. I found this thread and it really inspired me. I hoped to become part of the group. I would like to harness strength from you all to hopefully get to place if acceptance and happiness with the decision to quit AL.

                              I will check back tomorrow.

                              Best,
                              4thekids :new:
                              4the kids:l

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                                #45
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                                4thekids;1465742 wrote: Hi All: I just found this site today and I am starting Day2 AL free. Snowflake, like you I have 4 children and a wonderful husband - who actually does like to drink but seems far more in control than I. My children are all young and I have decided that I don't want them to grow up remembering a mother with a wine glass constantly in her hand, slurring and urging them to bed so that she could finish her bottle.

                                Rather than drinking every day, though, I tend to binge drink which makes me very worried about the "bargaining" stage and the "I can control it" stages. I am really proud of myself that I have actually joined and that I am posting. To be honest, I am shocked that I am doing this. I found this thread and it really inspired me. I hoped to become part of the group. I would like to harness strength from you all to hopefully get to place if acceptance and happiness with the decision to quit AL.

                                I will check back tomorrow.

                                Best,
                                4thekids :new:
                                Hi 4thekids :welcome:

                                I'm so glad you found us. I too didn't want my three children growing up watching me wander through life with a wine glass stuck in my hand...

                                Please pop over to the Newbie Nest and check out the tool box threads fr lots of help. I have the links in my signature line o you can just click on them. Heading to bed now as winter break is final love and the munchkins are back at school tomorrow ... I love them but am ready for some down time... With no AL!!

                                Stay close :l
                                On My Own Way Out Since May 20, 2012
                                *If you think poorly of yourself, you can fail with a clear conscience.
                                https://www.mywayout.org/community/f11/tool-box-27556.html tool box
                                https://www.mywayout.org/community/f19/newbies-nest-30074.html newbie nest

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