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    So far I'm not doing too bad. Haven't had a drink since the 14th March, 07. Its great waking up every morning and being able to concentrate on my work. I'm amazed at how much back log of work I am now ready to face (I'm self emplyed). Before I would brush it all under a haze of booze and hangovers. I've made a point of chosing several soft drinks I enjoy, so that there is something attractive and cold in the fridge. Pink Grapefruit juice and soda water does the trick and funnily enough doing the mixture makes me feel I'm fixing myself a special drink and it just doesn't have to have alcohol in it! I am definately drinking loads of coffee and smoking far more than I did before, which I am not happy about as these can kill me too! However I've got to take things one step at a time. First things first!

    I had my first night out the other evening and handled the situation fine. My problem is when I've been out on a photo shoot or just finished a client's graphics, I'm tired but on a high and then go out late and join my friends at the club and the combination is fatal!!!. Thats when I fall flat on my face and as the night grows long drink beyound control. A situation like that is what scares me! But I'm determined and frankly I know that I have run out of 'chances' with my friends and clients. Survival dictates I make this abstinence work and........ well new paths, I hope, will open! Thanks for being there all of you.

    I haven't tried vitamin supplements or anything else yet. I need to read up on it all first!:thanks:
    A BushBaby with Attitude
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    Weldone you!!! sounds like your'e really getting it together. It is useful having enticing soft drinks in the fridge. mine is tonic and lime. I even use a special glass! I have situations when i would normally drink with friends but just remember how good you will feel in the morning, they wont! Good luck Elizabeth. B

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      hi Elizabeth, you are doing incredibly well, I'm proud of you.

      i have found that refusing the first drink out with friends is the hardest, after that I am kind of "over it", and then they don't notice either. how about you?

      coffee won't kill you, and the fags: well you can deal with them later.

      keep strong Elizabeth. Kate

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        Reply to Kate from Elizabeth

        My friends are all boozy, kinda comes with the territory. It comes part and parcle with living in East Africa I'm afraid! So I haven't really told anyone I've stopped drinking because the last 3 times I did it seemed to trigger me off again. Don't ask me why, its one of those strange things! I find I just don't go out so much, but I've got so much to catch up with that it does'nt bother me. When I went out the other night I found myself listening to a friend who was drinking and could'nt help but think what a lot of rubbish he was talking. Now that could be a bad or good thing! Keep in touch. Nice talking to you.
        A BushBaby with Attitude

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          Bella, I like your train of thought. Yep.. I'll remember how good I will feel in the morning, when they wont! Good one. Thanks.
          A BushBaby with Attitude

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            Congrats on your AF dayss! I would suggest getting the supplements/Topa or Campral/cd's etc. This is a battle & I wouldn't want to enter a battle with no artillery! LOL!
            :flower: Change a life; make someone feel important. ................. ........................ ..................... ........................ ................. ....... sigpic

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              Thanks SeaBreez. Will do
              A BushBaby with Attitude

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                well done elizabeth your doing great:goodjob: ive been out with drinkers wasted and sobz!!its amazing wot bullshit we say when we are slevvered anyway best thing to do if your friends are all wet(didnt mean that in a ssexual way)but drinkers is to change company with non alcoholics its like last year i was stuck for 4 days in schipoll airport(amsterdam)coming home from working in melechen(belgium)when i bumped into 4 lads from my up my way who i have worked with for years i was 3 months abs and sitting with them in a pub in the airport what doesnt close i managed to fight off their ridicules( of and get a coke for mitch the woman) for hours and the temptation got too much for me and i fell by the wayside as many of times i have and missed 4 flights and 4 days later?1600 shorter and a killer of a hangover i wouldnt of done this if i hadnt bumped into them so good company is sober company best of luck to you anyway all the best from scotland davy mitch
                Nothing improves the memory more than trying to forget.

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                  Elizabeth,
                  Hi, we have not spoken before, but you doing a grand job. Please post here on the boards and read RJs fantastic book, or download it from the net.
                  In the beginning I found it very helpful to choose my companionship wisely, but there are social situations that one cannot avoid. Nobody really cares, if you turn down that first drink, and after a while everybody else is sauced and they don't know what you are drinking. An hour into the event I am starting to yawn (secretly) because I cannot believe the shallow, self important and unimportant crap that comes out of peoples mouth when under the influence.

                  If somebody does question me about my drink, I just make a face and rub my tummy - it works! They don't bring it up again. Like Kate said, once you make it past the refused first drink, it gets easier.

                  You are doing fine with your AF days and let us know how it continues. We are always here for you.
                  Lori
                  *Definition of Insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result* Albert Einstein

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                    Thanks for all the advice you lot. Contact means a lot to me as I am sure it does to most participating here. Yep there are occassions I am best avoiding and when I can't I'm going to try and see the situation as if through a tunnel and the light at the end is my target - Sobriety, a clear head and embarrassmentless morning!:h
                    A BushBaby with Attitude

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                      Definitely refusing the first drink is the most important step. A tonic with lime makes you look like a party girl when you actually aren't. If anyone asks, just say you don't feel like drinking tonight. Nuff Said!!! None of their business!!

                      My sisters and brothers are drinkers and I only see them once or twice a year. But I find that when they drink and I don't, they look so silly. I remember last summer late at night when we were all in my sister's jacuzzi and they were all smashed. They seemed so silly. I don't want to sound arrogant, but I think I had more fun than they did.

                      Abstinance is really not such a bad thing - just hard as hell to do. But the rewards are worth it.
                      Rest in Peace, Bear. We miss you.

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