Newbies in Need May Day 12

[Janice]

Morning everyone, hope you all made it through Friday night okay. Aduggan, where are you??? Hope you are okay and still enjoying your AF days. Have a good Saturday everyone! See you later, Janice

[bird]

Newbies in Need May Day 12

Morning all,
Dreamed I was drinking and woke up and thought I had a hangover and had all that guilt. Laid there a bit and realized I didn't drink last night and was o.k. What a relief. Also dreamed there was kudzu growing out from under a fence where I was walking and I was picking it and putting it in my backpack. HA. Am going to try to finish my book Easy way to Stop Drinking before trigger time today. Its very good.Luck to all today. Saturdays are hard. Bird

[Java]

Newbies in Need May Day 12

Morning guys, sorry about your dream Bird, I think most of us have had that happen, or at least had a very real dream. Isnt it nice when you find out it didn't happen. Happy saturday to you Janice. Hope you both have a great weekend.


Victoria

[ducky]

Newbies in Need May Day 12

Good morning all. I also had a dream about drinking. Not so much about drinking but that I exhibited some bad behavior after doing so. I was mods last night so this was interesting. I was glad to wake up and see it was a dream!

Trying for mods again today and especially tomorrow with the inlaws!

[retteacher]

Newbies in Need May Day 12

Hi Everyone: Unfortunately, I had 2 heavy drinking days after a 6 day string of AF's. I wish I hadn't, but there's nothing I can do about it now. I'm going to get right back into AF's & put the drinking behind me. I didn't even enjoy it. I will read, read, read on this site & remember how wonderful it feels to be AF. Thanks everyone for being there.

[Janice]

Newbies in Need May Day 12

Nearly 6pm Saturday evening and I'm struggling - feeling the pull. Hubby's got his glass and I've made lasagne, what I'd give ...... Anyway, came straight up to the computer and I think I'm going to have a bath. This is when you think "but its just not fair!!" Janice

[Kitty]

Newbies in Need May Day 12

Hi all,

Retteacher well done for being so positive after your slip. I know I keep harping on about the same thing but I think it's so important that we're not too hard on ourselves.

Went out for the family drinks today and it was fine. I just had a very large coke and it didn't bother me one bit. My bf's mom was an alcoholic so I wasn't the only one with a soft drink!

Back on day 6 after my slip last weekend and feeling pretty positive for the first time in many many years.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Kitty

[adaptable]

Newbies in Need May Day 12

Day 4 for me. Last nite was hard because I went to the theatre and met so many friends that I usually hang out with after and have lots of fun. Felt deprived and lonely as I was driving home. Can't wait until the day comes when I can have fun with my friends with out the drink and the desire to drink. I'm just going through an emotional spout right now. I'm just going to take care of myself this weekend and visit friends in BC that don't trigger the longing to drink.

[retteacher]

Newbies in Need May Day 12

Kitty: Many thanks for your kind words about being positive. Currently, there is nothing to drink in the house & that's the way I want to have it. I do much better w/no temptation. Unfortunately, when there's a bottle in the house, I find an excuse to drink it. I hope everyone has a wonderful AF or Mods weekend. It's Mother's Day here in the USA tomorrow, so regardless of where you are "Happy Mother's Day" to all the moms out there.

[ducky]

Newbies in Need May Day 12

Kitty and Rtteacher, great job getting back into it. Janice and Adaptable, hang in there. It is very hard not to drink when others are. I am only doing mods and it is hard to watch others go overboard like I usually do. I am trying to reward myself in other ways...

[aduggan]

Newbies in Need May Day 12

Last night went to friends and I had three glasses of wine. However, I was glad I did, because I was always worried that I would never be able to moderate, and now I know I can, because I was completely happy after three they kept trying to push me to drink more, have a brandy etc. normally I would have drank loads and had more when I came home, but I was totally happy and genuinely didnt want any more. Now I know I can moderate and dont feel I need to do AF anymore. Maybe I am kidding myself, but I am gonig to try and moderate for a while and see how I go. So I am going to use the drinks tracker and still use the supps and topa, does anyone know where the drinks tracker is and how to use it?

[ducky]

Newbies in Need May Day 12

Good luck with mods Aduggan. That is my goal as well. If you click on community and get to the page with all of the threads, the tracker is near the bottom. I have not used it yet but clicked on it. Isn't it nice to be able to stop?:goodjob:

[adaptable]

Newbies in Need May Day 12

Oh boy. I was all set to go to Canada to visit friends but they decided to invite old party buddies to dinner that I hadn't seen in years! I canceld and I felt so bad because I would have loved to have seen them! But I really need to stay on track now and take care of my self. I just wish I had been more clear when I called and said I was coming for a visit. They were just so happy I was coming and bringing old friends together. Now instead I'm home with hubby and he's drinking and smoking pot. I called a girlfriend that doesn't drink and have invited her out to dinner.

By the way what is AF and what is a drink tracker? I feel like I should know this because it’s all over the place, but I just don’t.

[jane rees]

Newbies in Need May Day 12

got throught the weekend!

hello everybody. Thank goodness the weekend is drawing to a close. The temptation is huge and I really related to Janice feeling the pull to crack the wine open. anyway, managed to entertain on Saturday night and poured one glass to be sociable ( and so nobody would know) and promptly left it. So feeling quite chuffed with myself. I'm sleeping so well now I'm not drinking. I hadn't realised it caused my restless nights! Hope I can hang in there. Still waiting on the vitamins and CD's to arrive from America and reading Allen Carr to keep strong. Nearly finished it though, anybody have any suggestions what to tead next?
Jane

[Janice]

Newbies in Need May Day 12

Jane, great discipline, well done! Have you read "The effective way to stop drinking" by Beauchamp Colclough?? Read it a few months ago, before I found this site - its more geared to "stopping" than moderating though. Good luck! Janice