Got home late. Was at the gym for nearly 70 minutes today. Now home after buying myself a nice perfume and going to have a big bowl of chili, a bath and then bed.
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Way to go bri! One day at a time, go get them girl!! :yay:Quitting and staying quit isn't easy, its learning a whole new way of thinking. It's accepting a new way of life, and not just accepting it, embracing it...
Worry about tomorrow, tomorrow. Just get through today. Tomorrow will look after itself when it becomes today, because today is all we have to think about.
Friendship is not about how many friends you have or who you've known the longest. It's about who walked into your life, said "I'm here for you", and proved it.Comment
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I made it to day 2....
I did it.Comment
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Awesome job....now let's rock day 2!
:welldone!: :woohoo2: :celebrate: :dancin:“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness”- Desmond Tutu
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Thanks See The Light.
Cravings a bit stronger tonight as I got home earlier and am alone...
Making soup. Hopefully by stuffing my face I might feel a bit better. :/Comment
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Hang out here and you won't be alone, Bri! On that topic, I posted this to someone else but maybe it is something you would consider:
Enjoy your soup!Maybe it would help to participate in the Newbies Nest. There is power in a group and the thread is fairly busy, so someone is likely to be around if you need some support. Plus, there is so much good information already there for you to read. We've had some wonderful discussions there in the last week or so - check it out!
Perhaps more importantly, I think there is as much or more to be gained (for you!) by helping others. Be the guy who is online when someone is hurting and needs to be reminded why it is worth getting past any craving - and how relatively short those cravings really are. As you write, encouraging others, you will be slowly but surely rewiring your brain to believe what you are saying. After you've participated for awhile, you'll want to live up to your own words! None of us wants to talk the talk but not walk the walk. The thought of having to return to the NN and post that I had chosen to drink was a powerful deterrent (and still is!).
Hope to see you over there, NS
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well done on Day one Bri. Hope you made it through Day 2. Soup was a real pancea for me in my quit. It can be as filling - or - not as you like - doesn't have to be fattening but is filling - and is also a liquid. I also never used to associate wine with soup. Same goes with home-made curries and Asian food - at least for me. I ate a lot of what I wanted and also what gave me comfort. I stuffed myself with salads as well early in my quit - converted the family to this as well- and now a bowl of a healthy salad is usually part of the evening ritual. Then there is ice-cream…Comment
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Hey Bri, Its rednose and I am back for another go at it. It is actually day one for me and it is the witiching hour for me.Originally posted by briseus View Post
I hope you are doing well. Sorry to see you went back like I did but you are back here where you belong.
Good luck with this day. Stay strong.
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NS - I will make sure to stick around the newbies nest for sure! I didn't get a chance to yesterday...I ate two huge bowls of soup and then felt ill, bath and then feel asleep reading an addiction/recovery book. I guess that's an OK way of going to bed and making it through the day! Lol.
Treetops - soup and salads do it for me too. I feel like if I eat too junkie that it won't help me in my recovery...it'll actually have me craving more booze! So despite trying not to put too much pressure on myself...I will still be very conscious of the way I eat and such....I still haven't ate my chocolate! But I am stocking up - just in case. Haha.
I have at least three bars sitting in the pantry calling my name.
Welcome back RedNose! I am glad to see you here! How did your day one go?? We can do this together! Send me a PM if you'd like. I missed you! I was actually just thinking about you the other day as I was going through my inbox.
It sucks...but being accountable is important. That is why I feel like I always should come here and tell everyone how I am doing...slips and non-slips and the like.
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Good on you Bri. So glad you are getting through each day. Small but significant steps. Yes I found that in my last quit I concentrated a lot more on healthy eating, rest and small indulgences. I was delighted to not only loose the booze bloat but quite a bit of weight and one of the first things people said was how well I looked. This did wonders for my self confidence. For me, i need to feel a degree of self control - not only over my drinking - but over other daily aspects of my life as well.Comment
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TT - I completely agree - I also need to feel a degree of self control...over every aspect in my life...with my anxiety and OCD I often don't feel that way...so it's something I strive for...although shouldn't be putting too much pressure on myself at this point.
When I first quit back in Feb for 8 months I lost just over 50lbs...so that definitely was a bonus of quitting...amongst so many other things.
Day 5 now.Comment
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Day 5 already. Thats great. Be good to yourself over the weekend. I bet its cold now where you live.Comment
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Definitely chilly out where I am. Not enjoying the cold but the snow is pretty.
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Keep up the good work..late fall/ early winter (the "holiday season") has always been my peak drinking time for me ....but not this year...this is where it stops..for me and I hope for you ...enjoy the rest of your weekend without alcohol...it's a great a world there when you see it sober...do whatever it takes to not poison yourself anymore..it hurts, it sucks...I've been there..but it IS possible if you really WANT it“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness”- Desmond Tutu
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I used to worry about the holiday season without AL (and where I live its summer and annual holidays) but now I am so relieved. It makes it much more manageable and its great to not have 'wasted' days. It takes so much of the holiday/Christmas panic away too I find. This year will be my 3rd sober Christmas but it will be at a large (and possibly boring/tense) family gathering. But we will be driving for c 10 hours (to a lovely beach holiday I hope) on Boxing Day - and thank goodness that I will not have a hangover - because I used to, in the past, drink even more than my usual too much - at Christmas (with excuses of coping, cooking, family tension and on it goes…)
Don't worry about Christmas Bri - just keep to this day and this week. How are you doing?Comment
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