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[scottish lass]

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Day 6 today - just have to get thru tomorrow and I will be on a roll - Fridays have let me down last 6 weeks - have to find a way to make tomorrow work.
Well supposed to be 84 today and in 70"s this weekend, rain by next week - of course, my screens went in last night and overhead fans tomorrow!!!
Janet - I am from Scotland, parents now live in England. I came to US about 23 years ago. I live in Stockton at present - was where ex's job was and we settled, I hope to be able to move once girls go to college. My works main office is in Oakland - so two rather bad news city's!!
Happy Thursday all...

[Ishybit]

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Aaaaaaahhhhh! I just lost a post darn it! I will have to try again later. Shoot, shoot, shit!

Now I have to go. I'll check in later.
Ishy

[SAUSAGE]

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Hi everyone
Off on holiday tomorrow for a week as it is half term here for Scottish schools. Will try and read MWO from my phone as holidays away are always a challenging time for me and I get lots of triggers. Posting from my phone is tricky though and am not sure about the Internet signal. Hope everyone is well, lots to do today to get ready so only a short post, but I'll try and look in again later.

[planetjanet]

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Hello Everyone,

Just wanted to check in to say a quick hello before going to bed. I got struck with something that I ate on Thursday and it really took a loop in my stomach....phewy! But I got lots of rest, drank lots liquids and stayed in bed til it was gone and now it's made its way out. I did have a dream that I drank and wow that was strange, really strange and scary..YIKES! It's that dream where you tell yourself "that you will just get drunk tonight and start over the next day"....eeeek phew thank god it was just a dream, thank god!!!

SL- thanks for sharing your honesty (this also applies to all of you MWO members), I am sure by now you have made it passed Day 6. Congrats!

Sausage, have a great holiday and please keep us posted when you can, keep something close to you that will help with those " tricky triggers".

Ishybit, LOL too funny post, sorry for what happen and I have so been there...grrrrrggh : )

Janice, you should be coming up to your 5 month mark too, right? Anywho, nite nite for me, glad to hear you guys are doing well : )

Hugs,
Janet
AF Day 155

[Janice]

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Hi everyone...a quick one to say I'm having internet problems so havent been able to get on at home...hopefully will get sorted early this week!!! Coming up to 5th month this week Janet - on the 9th. Have a grt holiday Sausage!! Looking forward to catching up...hopefully soon as I am away visiting my mam next week & no internet access there aaargggh!!! xx

[Janice]

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Hi...internet finally back on after being hit & miss for a few days phew!!

Hope everyone is doing well. Today marks my 5th month without a drink...9th May was Day 1, I remember it well. Today 5months later I am so so grateful for my life without alcohol.

There are times, especially mid-late afternoon, if I'm in on my own when I can feel a bit "edgy" and 5mths ago they were the times I would pour that first glass. Now I've come to recognise those times as the need to change whatever I'm doing or thinking...suppose its boredom with whatever I'm doing, or too much thinking time and then I start to think abt mam & dad and then I end up in an unhappy place. Now I get myself out of that unhappy place asap!!

Anyway, just want to say a big thank you to everyone who contributes to this thread...have a great day everyone. xxx

[scottish lass]

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Congratulations Janice - everyone is doing well racking up teh AF time and I am still trying to get my 30 days, well as long as I keep trying??? Had a bad weekend as I posted elsewhere and gave in to overwhelming sadness....and the wine was nice to begin with, but as always it did not help me at all
Sausage, i hope you are enjoying your time away, weather doesn't sound the greatest! Hope the triggers are laying low.
Hows things Ishy??
Hope life is still good for you Janet???
Have a great day all...

[planetjanet]

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Hello Everyone,

A quick hello, already in bed will write more tomorrow........

Hugs,
Janet
AF Day 158

[Janice]

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Good morning everyone..Ishy, scottish, Janet, Sausage...and all who pop in! Lovely autumnal morning here in Kent...love this season with all the colours in the garden! Getting back into my swimming this week, did 50 on Sunday, 50 on Monday and another 50 today. It really does make a difference to my energy levels during the day if I've had a swim and I feel so much more positive.

The other day I took a phone call from the Sunday Times Wine Club where my hubby gets his wine from (I used to get the cheapy stuff from Sainsburys!). The guy was trying to sell me a "special" box of red for him which I agreed to then he asked what I liked to drink (thinking he could get another sale). I told him I dont drink anymore and he asked why. So I happily let him have it!!! I told him I was drinking far too much and that I didnt like how it made me feel & that I hadnt had a drink since 8th May. Well, he didnt know what to say, think he thought "I've got a right one 'ere!!" lol!! I asked him if he did any "special" sparking water!!! Put it this way, he soon said his goodbyes!!!

I really cant believe where the last 5 months have gone. My hubby said he didnt think I could do it, that I was in too deep. And when I stop to think abt it, it was the heart racing during the night that really frightened me. Waking up drenched in sweat with all the anxiety of 'what am I doing to myself?' was bad enough but when I woke up feeling my heart racing so fast, that was scary and I couldnt go on like that. I think it must have been the combination of that together with the 'Rain in my Heart' Docs and ...yes you guessed, Jason Vale's book, that flicked the switch for me.

Okay, going to put some washing in, do a few chores then meet a friend for coffee.

Have a great day....xx

[planetjanet]

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Hello Everyone,

Once again, another quick hello. Job is going really well, however it's also "crazy" busy and I have been working late. So, by the time I get home and finish my evening duties, it's bed time and I am not able to personal stuff. Grrrrrgh!

Anywho, I will write more this weekend and til then lots of congrats and hugs to you all.

Hugs,
Janet
AF Day 160

[Janice]

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Hi everyone, hi Janet - bet you're counting down the hours until the weekend when you can relax a little!! Sausage, hope you've had a good week, not sure if you've stayed in the UK but hope you've managed to get some decent weather. After a lovely day Wednesday, yesterday & today are pretty mucky, not nice at all, dark days with lots of wind & rain. Food shopping this morning then housework this afternoon. Had another swim this morning so I'm raring to go.........! Will check back in later. xx

[planetjanet]

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Hi Everyone,

Janice, A BIG CONGRATS to you on 5 months, that's awesome : ) I would LOVE to write more but I am up in Northern California (Rohnert Park, it's close to Sonoma) and the hotel has really slow internet. So, I will have to wait til I get home because it's taking forever to write this post....grrrrgh.

Anywho, lots hugs and congrats to you all : )

Hugs,
Janet
AF Day 162

[Janice]

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Thanks Janet...just checking in quickly as my roast chicken needs taking out of the oven!!! Off up to visit my mam tomorrow...back Friday. No internet access for a few days just a house full of memories. But I'll be fine...will get the diet cokes stocked up. Sausage you will be arriving home as I go away so hope you've had a grt holiday.

xxx

[planetjanet]

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Hello Everyone,

A quick hello to you all and a big "way to go" high five on your AF days : ) Nothing really to report, life is good. Job is keeping me busy and I am just loving it.....

Janice, wishing you good thoughts during your visit with your mom. Sausage, hope you had a great holiday. How are you doing Ishybit and SL? SL, hope you are feeling somewhat better.

Anywho, gotta head to bed and will check back in a couple of days.

Hugs,
Janet
AF Day 164

[SAUSAGE]

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Hi Janet, Janice and everyone else.

Had a good trip ( in UK but great autumn weather, not really wet like when we went away in July. ) no Internet access though and this time I found it tough ( I am definitely vulnerable if I don't have MWO to keep me motivated so I really feel for you Janice on your trips back home.) I am not so vulnerable in the camper van as I've got used to the routine of not drinking alcohol in there and keeping a supply of other drinks in stock such as tonic, ginger beer etc. but I do get envious thoughts when I see couples drinking wine in restaurants and I do think, why shouldn't that be me, I am on holiday after all? And I know this is bad / dangerous. I kept myself motivated by re reading Jason Vale on my Kindle and also when we were out on several occasions Mr Sausage ordered himself a grappa and I absolutely cannot stand the stuff - never liked it, so I deliberately smelt the glass and that put me off alcohol!!

I am approaching the point (in AF days) where I failed last time , but I am trying not to focus on it, and not actually count days any more. I am determined to post more in MWO as I know once again I am starting to drift away and this I know makes me vulnerable.

So glad the job is working out Janet, you deserve it. Hope the others in on this thread drop in soon. Best wishes to all,

Back later

Sausage x