100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

[Lavande]

100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

:H:H Good one Sunbeam!
I could still kick the youngsters butts if I needed to do so

[Rahulthesweet]

100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

Hi Everyone !

Heard the PODCAST about PAWS yesterday. Looks like I am definitely going thru that phase. Work related stress ! small things which irritates me as well as stress and more stress. I remember I would simply drink away and was so care free. Now its different. Yes, small things are affecting me ! BIG things are affecting me in a BIGGER way ! like now ... just got some bad news at work and my whole attention is around it. Cant think about anything else !! Last month or so has been really terrible ... so bad that I felt why am I working the way I am. For what ? I so want to rest have a peace of mind, be with the family or free from everything. Right now sitting in office I cannot work. My productivity has gone down in a big way. I recall l used to be so focused carefree but how suddenly I feel I have changed. Now I dont know if it is due to AL or something else as these new challenges on the work front I have never faced ever !

Wow ! this stress I wish it could go away. As if my mind is blocked and all I cant think anything else.

I sit here in my office drinking coffee and wishing if i this can just go away. One thing though no interest of going towards AL. no wish or wanting for it ... which is the only good thing I can see other than anything else.

They they life is about balance. Right now its seems chaotic, a roller coster ride. I need a break, I need to relax.

[wagmore]

100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

Thanks for the welcome everyone. So happy I qualify for this thread - got my rocking chair ready to go

I'm not feeling a post-100-day slump at the moment, but I asked about it just to prepare myself in case it's common. I was really focused on reaching 100 days, and although I have absolutely no intentions of drinking again, I realized that I didn't have a next target to focus on (other than 101, then 102, etc.). There will be times where one more day will probably have to be my focus, but I'm motivated by numbers and milestones and it really helps me to have a medium- or long-term goal. I'm thinking my next big goal will be 180 days/6 months/half a year with other milestones along the way.

[wagmore]

100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

x-post Rahul. Sorry to hear you're feeling so stressed, maybe experiencing PAWS. What types of things help you to de-stress or relax? Sounds like a good idea to make some time for those things. For me, exercise is the key to managing stress and mood. Do you like to exercise?

[giraffe1234]

100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

Hi everyone
Do I need to register or subscribe to join the 100 day club?
Nice to see you here wagmore!

[giraffe1234]

100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

:H Ok figured it out

[Ginger999]

100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

Howdy folks! Today is 100 days for me. It's been a trying few days but I made it and I'm happy to be joining you all here. In my drinking days yesterday loss of my beloved little dog Ellie would have thrown me into a good drunk. Oh sure, I'd have sobered up enough to go to work and get things done but I would have started right back up as soon as I walked through the door at the end of the day. I can honestly say, drinking thoughts didn't enter my mind through this time. I told my hubs this morning I reached 100 days and I had MWO and all you wonderful people to thank for that. He's so proud of me and rarely drinks anymore either. Good stuff happening here ladies and gents. Let's keep on keeping on!

[NoSugar]

100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

Wags, Giraffe, and Ginger - 3 of the coolest AF ladies around. It is great to have you here :hug:!

[Mick]

100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

hiya wags ,ginger and giraffe...welcome to the 100 day club..welcoming new people when there are a few of the old timers...for want of better words! honest..slipping..perhaps today is a good day to reaffirm our commitment to staying alcohol free..the consequences of that "just the one"are disastrous..lets not kid ourselves that we are big or brave enough to just partake in the one quaff and walk away..its a non starter..so whether each and every one of us has a day,a month, a year 10 years ,whatever..let us take a moment just to quash those "what if ,maybe I can thoughts"and give our support to those still struggling in the early throes of quitting
Thank you

[Byrdlady]

100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

Welcome Wags, Giraffe and Ginger!
Mick, I'm with you....AL is considerably smarter, more cunning, and certainly more devious than I am, I am not about to flirt with it in any way. I consider it to be a rattlesnake that is ready to bite, so I'm not going to poke it! At least I have learned that much! I have great respect for those things I cannot control...Mother Nature, the galaxy, Death...and AL.

[NoSugar]

100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

Good thoughts there, Mick. I was in a conversation with a friend yesterday, sort of feeling frustrated that "words aren't enough and don't even matter". He reminded me that they really do. And hopefully when we're writing to one person in particular, we are helping others who happen to read them, too. The thing I realized is that at bottom, we're all writing to ourselves, explaining once again why we can't risk taking a drink and why that's ok. So, those words really do matter!

[roxane]

100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

hello, posting here because i can!

[NoSugar]

100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

YES YOU CAN AND YOU SHOULD! Great to see you here, Roxy :l!

[Sunbeam]

100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

Wow, a great wave of newcomers to the oldies thread. Welcome Roxy, Giraffe and Ginger. It is always a thrill for me to have new people arrive here. We are all in good company, more is always better.

[Byrdlady]

100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

Sunbeam;1692610 wrote: Wow, a great wave of newcomers to the oldies thread. Welcome Roxy, Giraffe and Ginger. It is always a thrill for me to have new people arrive here. We are all in good company, more is always better.

Sunbeam! Famous words for us alkies!!! More is ALWAYS better!!! :H:H:H
GREAT to see you!! xo