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[FlyAway]

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Scottish Lass and Queenbug! So good to see you both. I'm happy you're both here. Hello to all the rest too. :goodjob:

[scottish lass]

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Hi Fly! How are you??? Are you going to join us here??? Good group that doesn't bite:H
Hey Star, sorry you lost your post, but so glad you are hanging in....proud of me too - just came very close to blowing it, but thought of you all and managed to squeeze by

[Ishybit]

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What did you do to get through the witching hour?
I cleaned shower heads. Now I'm coloring my kids hair.
Whatever it takes,right?
Hope everyone is feeling good tonight.
Ishy

[DreamThinkDo]

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Ishybit;1580079 wrote: I cleaned shower heads. Now I'm coloring my kids hair.

Clean showerheads - wonderful!!!

[K9Lover]

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Hi Daisies!

How did everyone do over the weekend? Star...I'm glad to see you made it through the cravings. As bad as they seem at the time, they DO go away. I'm proud of you for staying strong!!

Ok, so I had my last ciggie on Saturday night at 6:30pm...it is now Monday morning at 8:33am...but who's counting??? LOL I gotta do it this time...I spend WAY too damn much on anti-wrinkle cream to continue smoking. I guess I'm going to quit out of vanity. LOL

I have a doctors appointment in 30 minutes...you gals know "the" appointment we all dread once a year...ugh...at least it will be over soon!!

I will be back later to complain about my cigarette quit. LOL

Love,
K9

[j-vo]

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k-9, it's really hard to quit as I've done that more times than quitting drinking. Whatever your reasons for quitting, strength to you.

[acadiaofmaine]

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Hi everyone,

So glad to see you all alive and kicking! K9, good luck with the cigarettes! What a feat that will be, to give them up, too!

My weekend was hard, lots of cravings, but I kept busy and got very distracted by realizing we had moth junk on all of our woolens. So I spent a lot of time tossing what was too holey and too gross (what they leave behind is just creepy!), and taking some stuff to the cleaners. Another chapter in the downsizing of my possessions. A good thing, but I could have done without the bugs.

Today is day 7. No one is more surprised than I am to be at this place!

Ann

[scottish lass]

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Yah Ann!!!!!:goodjob:
Feeling so much better than this time last week.
Quick check in, off to meetings - ugg to Mondays, but hangoevr free ones are a tad better for sure!
Have a good day all - will check back in this evening and see what everyone has been up to.
Good luck K9 - both with no more fags:H and the drs visit

[K9Lover]

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Well I survived the Dr....even had minor surgery (I had an implant put in my arm...no periods for 3 years!!!! ) Now I go back at 3:15 with my daughter. I am sick of that place!

[Queenbug]

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Hey k9 I had docs too for that dreaded visit!...snap! Just quick check in...back to work today...only just home....still on it....feel so much better than this time last week ....thank you lovelies....big love hope u all ok xxx

[SoberSoul]

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Hey everyone sounds well despite the yucky annual stuff. I am so glad I don't smoke with my addictive personality. Back from a weekend of temptation and giving in. I really am an alcoholic; no doubt. I found myself really eyeing the booze at a dinner party I attended. Succumbed too. Will stick close by and work towards total abstinence; I am trying different tricks; open to try new things.

Good luck with the quitting cigs, K9.

[Kailey]

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Well, I fell off the wagon.

At least I'm learning something. The last two times I've broken a streak it's been when I've been in a situation that normal people can handle with just a few drinks and I think "Why not me?"

Last time it was an out of town dinner with work friends and this time it was watching football with friends. It's so hard for me to give up the idea that I can be a social drinker... that I can't just join in the fun when normal people drink.

I don't know how many times I need to learn the lesson that I'm not like them. They don't sneak extra drinks. They don't worry about how much wine is left and if there will be enough for them to have another few glasses.

And I'll bet they didn't drink after they got home. : (

I hope to join you again tomorrow back on track.

[scottish lass]

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Quiet day here today.
Glad to see people checking in, and getting back to business even thou they have slipped.
Kailey - so get it! I really do wish to be a social drinker - I am finding that I can not drink and that feels good - its when I start, why the heck can't I stop??? I am drinking so much fewer days, but when I do it keeps on going - I was thinking this morning that I am moving from a heavy drinker to a binge drinker! I go through the same thoughts as you do, and have the same desires for a different outcome! I keep on trying hoping something will be different this time.....think that is definition of insanity isn't it
SS - glad that you are hoping back on again..
Ishy, Star, ODAT, Daisy - where are you????

[Kailey]

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scottish lass;1580899 wrote: Quiet day here today.
Glad to see people checking in, and getting back to business even thou they have slipped.
Kailey - so get it! I really do wish to be a social drinker - I am finding that I can not drink and that feels good - its when I start, why the heck can't I stop??? I am drinking so much fewer days, but when I do it keeps on going - I was thinking this morning that I am moving from a heavy drinker to a binge drinker! I go through the same thoughts as you do, and have the same desires for a different outcome! I keep on trying hoping something will be different this time.....

SL, it's so nice to know someone understands this crazy way of thinking. I really do feel like I'm ready to give up the thought of social drinking and move on... I just wish I could finally get there. I'll give it everything I have again tomorrow. One thing I know is that I won't give up.

[scottish lass]

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Good for you Kailey - I wish I knew how to post pictures here - I saw one that said failure only happens when you stop trying, never give up and you will never fail!

I really do feel like I am ready to go to giving up thought of being a social drinker, then the thought scome back again - so I am admitting to myself that I am not quite there yet, and that has made it easier on me - I am doing this for the now, and just hope the now keeps on going!