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[New Day]

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Hi Free....I too succumbed last night.....and I really don't know why, other than I felt I "deserved to drink a glass of wine"...... But of course as we know, it just never stops at a glass, especially when I'm at home.

So here is to getting back the great feeling of waking up feeling alive again!

[free at last]

Company needed for Day 1 - Please and Thanks

Dear Strong and In Control -- forgot to say "well done" on your 7 days. Keep strong and don't be tempted to think "just one glass."

Dear Snowflake -- huge congrats on 21 days. Must feel like a major accomplishment

Dear New Day -- so we are day 1 together. April 1st is 30 days from now. Sounds like a good goal, after reaching 1 week, 10 days, 15 days.....

[hadit]

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Hello Everyone, Sounds like many of us struggled this weekend. W/E are hard! I just need to handle daily living pressures without climbing into a bottle of wine. This weekend my son decided to file for a divorce and my Grand son landed himself in jail!!! ANYWAYS, it is the beginning of a new week. I woke up without a hangover! What a great feeling.If we could only rid ourselves of Alc, life would be sooo much better! Have a nice week everyone and keep strong!

[New Day]

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Okay Free and Boozer.....lets set our first goal .....1 week.....on our way to 30 days. 4 weeks today and I start a 2 week beach holiday that I've been looking forward to all year. I won't worry just yet about how I'm going to handle that. For now, lets work on one day at a time.

We are way behind you Snowflake......but you can show us the way. You did an amazing job by staying AF on your weekend without the family. Well done!

[hadit]

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Hello New Day, Its very much ODATwith me. I am also going on hols in 2 weeks to Vietnam. I will be away for a month,so thats going to be difficult. I also have a wedding I am going to next Sat, there is allways something to derail us,the key is not to allow that to happen. I don,t find it difficult to give up the booze during the week. The weekends are the killer.Although, given a chance I could easily drink everyday and have in the past!! I just choose not to at the moment. SO why can,t I just stop completely?? I think its the end of the week thingy,a reward. Fat reward,when it just makes me feel like crap because I can,t say NO!!! One drink leads to a Doz!! Good Luck in your quest to beat the booze. Stay strong and keep close to MWO.I hope one day it will CLICK!!

[Snowflake]

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HI TO ALL

Hi Free, Sorry about your slip/choice, and I know I maybe should not be saying this – but please don’t be too hard on yourself – temptation is there every single day for you – it’s not only temptation, it’s throwing itself in your face. You have been ever ever so strong – my gosh I have been/am so proud of you – so it’s OK – you can start again – as long as it doesn’t put you back into giving into the temptations day after day – it’s OK – you have proven that you CAN say NO. So just start saying No again. Yes, like NSs experiment and Kuya’s candy at the checkout – we can’t seem to stop at one or two – that’s the problem isn’t it? And that is why we are here. Good thing is – you woke with a nasty headache – Sorry for saying it's a good thing - but you know what I mean! Glad that you spent the next day checking out the sights and hope that you weren’t feeling too lonely – I feel for you I really do and all the best of good luck on this new day:l

Hi Strong and in Control – Well done on your 7 days AF – that’s great news – and yes, don’t get too “cocky”, stay aware – but you know, I’m sure; looking forward to hearing more from you.

Welcome Crocus – Wow – what an amazing year you are going to have - three weddings in one year – that will be fantastic. You certainly have plenty to get yourself in ship shape for – so why don’t you start now. I come on every day to “check-in” it keeps me accountable, and of course you are very welcome here – but if you need 24/7 company, please check into the Newbies Nest, there is always someone there to listen and help and the girls and boys there are all ever so nice and please also check out the tool box in the meantime (links below). Please already try to start Day 1 – once you get past that it just flows from there. Hope to hear from you and in the meantime take good care of that cough and yourself and think of your Husband, your family and your upcoming weddings and try to stop thinking about the AL.

Nice to hear from you New Day – yes we all have that voice that tells us we deserve to have a glass of wine – if you read Kuya’s reply to my post asking the same thing a few pages back she has answered it 100%, also NoSugar did a great post a few pages back. So wishing you good luck on this your new Day 1 – you can do it! Thanks for your kind words re my AF w/e at home – they are much appreciated.

Boozer – you have a lot on your plate – Yes One Day at a Time sounds good for you – All the Best with everything – it has all come at once for you – try to stay AF – it will help a lot in dealing with all your issues.

All fine here, safe and sound and through to another day AF – and not missing it one bit – and neither are my family – once again I’m not faced by your daily challenges Free, I just don’t pick the enemy up on my way home from work….. But, give me a nice dinner date out with my husband or with my friends, or any social occasion, and well, I don’t know, that’s why for me it‘s one day at a time for the moment – with no social obligations in my calendar, but it’s well worth it!

Thinking of everyone at MWO, Best Wishes to All

Snowflake
AF Day 22

NewbiesNest: https://www.mywayout.org/community/f1...est-30074.html
Toolbox: https://www.mywayout.org/community/f1...box-27556.html

[free at last]

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Hi all, A quick note to let you know I am back on track. Snowflake, it is interesting you used the words slip/choice. I believe it always is a choice. I was a little kid who wanted it NOW. But, I am back on track, using my experience to remind me why I can't moderate and want to be AF.

Boozer and New Day -- glad to have you board. It will be great for us to encourage one another in our efforts.

I am off to evening meetings so I doubt I will get online tonight or early tomorrow as the hotel connection is outrageously expensive and I am limiting my time online.

Will try to get online tomorrow night where I expect to report that I have been AF 12 of the past 13 days/nights.

I really appreciate the way we are encouraging one another.

[Snowflake]

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Love the Atitude!

Way to go Free! You show em Gal!
Snow XXX

[4thekids]

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Hi All: So happy to see that we have some new folks joining here. Free, glad to hear that you are back at it. Perhaps your choice/slip will be inspiration for you to truly stop. You have already been AF for long enough to know that you can do it. Thus, the slip just taught you that you want to be AF for good because the hangover and accompanying guilt are just no fun.

Thank you for being honest and sharing with all of us! It helps us to hopefully not conduct our own experiments (as No Sugar so rightly pointe out). I really like the "epic fail". I have definitely had a few epic fails before.

Hope everyone stays strong. It is a new week.

Best,

4thekids

Day 15AF

[Jazzetry]

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Kind greetings Snowflake and welcome back however I am quite the newbie to this great group! =D I started day one a few days ago now with success so far! I also have quite the taste for wine and find the most difficult time leaving it out of the dinner menu. Im 33 young professional single. I was pretty good at quitting for a few days but would find myself opening another bottle after or during dinner. Moderation was hard at first but really and truly putting your foot down and being accountable to yourself helped. There would be nothing more delightful then to stay strong and keep track together Siren, s1179 and patrice as well! I send everyone warm rays of sun today and wish a good day to you all.

[free at last]

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Thanks, everyone, for your encouragement. I had another dinner engagement this evening. When the waiter came around with the red wine, I didn't think twice about saying "just water, please". In fact, there is a half bottle of red wine in the mini-bar and I wasn't tempted last night or tonight. Now potato chips are another matter.....

I think my choice to succumb to temptation, to not stop at 2 drinks, and the ensuring terrible headache forced me to admit that I am really helpless when it comes to trying to control my red wine consumption. Best to just not drink, period.

Looking forward to hearing from others -- Boozer, New Day, Patrice, Strong, Columbia, Jazzetry, and others who signed on early in this thread as to how your progress is coming along.

[New Day]

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Hi Free ..... well done on ordering just water with dinner. It is really tough to do when dining out, isn't it. Back in January when I was doing my 30 day goal, I had to go out a couple of times and before the first time, I practiced in my head ordering a "tonic and lime" at the bar, and then "cranberry juice and soda, please" for dinner. It worked! .... those words just popped out of my mouth.

I am just finishing up day 2 here ....... my biggest threat is dinner prep time .... that's when I always poured myself the first glass of wine .... so that I could "enjoy" that dreary repetitive chore of preparing dinner every night! I now buy Cranberry juice by the huge jug at Costco and have that handy and pour a cranberry juice and water (to cut the calories) in my favourite glass. Works (most of the time.....just not this past Saturday)

[hadit]

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Hi Free and well Done,I know at the moment I couldn,t do it,so I just try to keep away from social and work siutations where booze is being handed around!!! day 3 here and feel fine. Just a quick post as I am at work and have to fly!!!

[hadit]

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Hi Guys, Just got home from work and hit with horrendous cravings. Nearly caved and cracked open a bottle of wine. Instead, hopped onto MWO and read all your posts.........because of you guys, I am now over the cravings for today and drinking ice cold water. Its very much a ODAT situation for me Thanks and I hope you all have a successful AF day! Its amazing how all the little comments people make on this thread help when you are struggling!!:l

[Snowflake]

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GREETINGS TO ALL

Welcome Jazzetry and looking forward to hearing more about you on your journey, please read as much as you can and you will see that you are doing the right thing by starting to realize you have a problem and starting to stop, before it gets worse.

Nice to hear from you 4the kids and well done on Day 15 ? Brilliant!

Hi to all and well done to everyone in their daily challenge!

All well here, but pretty busy so no time to stop ? just wanted to check in, I?m still ?trucking? away one day at a time.

Have a great day.

Snowflake
AF Day 23