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[Starfish1]

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Coco, Gardener and Katty, you all sound very good! Keep up the great work! Your sleep will quickly improve, once you get a few Alcohol-free days under your belts....and then, you won't believe how rested you will feel after getting some good sleep!

[Starfish1]

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Cross Post, K9! Glad you are feeling better!

[Gardener]

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K9Lover;1587831 wrote: Hi Daisies!

Gosh I had a tossing and turning sweaty night too...not sure what's up with that. Sounds like it should have been a really good time, but my only bed buddy is my dog. LOL :H

K9

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[K9Lover]

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Gardner...funny how at my age a night of sweaty twisted up sheets does not mean what it did 20 years ago. HA :H

[Gardener]

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Amen to that:lol3:

[Starfish1]

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Well ladies, I am feelin pretty good now! Just GORGED myself at our work Thanksgiving Feast! Hopefully, that will curb my cravings for a bit!

[4thekids]

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Great to hear that everyone is back at it today. For me it is Day 3 and so far no real cravings; however, I do expect those to come in the next day to two when my body says"hey, where the hell is my al?!". I really hate those days when my body seems to realize that it is being deprived of its most prized potion. Compounding matters is the fact that I have to go to a charity wine tasting for my daughter's school this wknd. No real way around it as I have been helping coordinate many aspects of it. I will really have to psyche myself up for this one!! Any advice from some long term abstainers would be appreciated. I will keep checking in and posting here but will need everyone's encouragement!

[Starfish1]

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Great job on 3 days, 4thekids! That's awesome!

Gee, I don't know what in the world to say about the charity wine tasting dilemma. Like you said, if there is no possible way for you to get out of it, just psyche yourself up, but good. Maybe with everyone else doing the tasting, no one will notice if you just sniff? Good luck!

[Starfish1]

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Made it home without stopping for Alcohol! Great news for me!! Hope everyone else is doing well today

[Dottie Belle]

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WooHoo Starfish!!!! WTG!!!

[Starfish1]

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Thank you, Dottie!

[Katty]

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Way to go, Starfish!!

I keep thinking about drinking. Drink. Drink. Drink. That's all I want to do.

But if I do drink, I will turn on myself with a terrible wrath. And then I will drink even more in an attempt to stop the self-hateful voice.

So I am between the proverbial rock and hard spot.

What makes sense right now is to stay away from alcohol long enough to see if some sort of "new normal" emerges.

Like maybe, happiness??...

[Starfish1]

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That's the way to think about it, Katty. You probably know that Alcohol is a depressant. I know that too, but one of my friends here reminded me of that fact just the other day. We think it will make us happy to drink, but it does just the opposite, really.
I think one thing that helped me today was eating so much at lunch. I know we are supposed to avoid hunger when trying to recover, but I don't usually overeat. Today, at lunch time, I ate more than I usually do (even got sleepy, I had so much). It definitely helped with the cravings this afternoon.
How are you right now? Is it your dinner time?

[Katty]

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Yep, I know that alcohol is a depressant. But somewhere after the first few sips and BEFORE depression sets in, there is a moment of pseudo-happiness: the buzz. It doesn't last very long, and there is hell to pay for drinking, but it's just enough to keep me hooked.

I'm still at work and taking a break. I'd better get back at it, tho.

[Gardener]

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Hi everyone, long tedious day today for me, but I did meet my goals. I know its only day 3, but I am feeling really proud that I am accomplishing so much and beginning to change the chatter in my head. Writing this down first thing in the morning really helps.

Bet that lunch was tasty SF, I am gathering my recipes together and beginning to plan our feast. Good on you passing up the liquor store tonight, being full does work and WTH, I had a hamburger for lunch today.

4 kids, you and I have the same quit day, congrats to you for getting thru, tomorrow should be the worst of it, at least it is for me in judging from my past quit. That wine tasting will be rough, maybe you can come up with a reason you can't drink, but can help with the event. I use the acid reflux, but you could come up with something. Don't sacrifice your days quit, you'll be glad you did. Have fun though, I am a member of a wine/dinner club, so I know how you feel. I have really good friends that aren't problem drinkers and I really enjoy their company.

Katty, don't drink, and stay away from AL. :-)

Have a peaceful evening everyone, and tonight K9, I'm using my fan.