Booze Busters 30 Day Challenge - 8/21 New Thread!

[Finding My Self]

Booze Busters 30 Day Challenge - 8/21 New Thread!

DG - thanks ! Yes please! Been tooooooo long since romance!! (Shame, D did so much but never said a thing romantic - ever, in 5.5 years!! Actually walked out once for 3 days when I asked him to!!! But I look forwards now
Satori - I hope you have a good un-wet weekend!! On the outside as well on the inside. Thanks for getting me through this week... :l

Thanks all - it's so lovely to come here and catch up and pick up little messages and wrod of wisdom and support...Well, big words!

Have a really good w/e.....hang in there and love life! :h

Love
Finding xx

[rob]

Booze Busters 30 Day Challenge - 8/21 New Thread!

Hey AFers!!

DG-Hope everyone out your way is safe. We've had rain and some thunder here in central Ohio but the really rough stuff was up north of us. We've got mostly hot and extremely muggy weather right now. Sorry to hear about your tree losses, but at least as you said nothing has landed on your house. Was Mr Doggy a boy scoup perchance?

Luc-Hi and congrats on 30 days.

MedMa-Have a great weekend with your baby girl.

MadisonMay-Glad to see your hanging in with us.

AF-You and I are both on Lucky number 13 only one day behind Chief!!

Pinkie-Hope things have settled down in your neck of the woods. It seems to me that the weather has been just brutal this summer in terms of cost to human life and property.

Hannah-It sounds as if your husband has plenty of experience for the business he is interested in starting, but I think you're right about the startup costs.

Satori-Hope you get a chance to catch your breath and stop by and say hi this weekend.

Buffy-Great going on 6 days.

Lotus-What can I say, some people mean well but just don't get it.

Finding-I like the gratitude book idea. Thanks for the tip.

July-Tomorrow's your big day, Can hardly wait!! I've gotta work in the am, so I'll check in tomorrow afternoon.

Everyone have a great AF weekend!!

[july232007]

Booze Busters 30 Day Challenge - 8/21 New Thread!

Booze Busters Weekend

BOZE BUSTERS have a Great Weekend,

DG, Luc, MedMa, MadisonMay, Chief, Finding,Satorie, Pinkie, Hannah, Buffy, Rob, Rob2 and Lotus and newly mintd BBers. Good Night and have a restful AF weekend.

July

AF 29 days

[Finding My Self]

Booze Busters 30 Day Challenge - 8/21 New Thread!

July! You there?!?! WOW!!! 30 days is yours!! :bday3: Not sure if I should be the first to post your own thread - DG's the one for that!!! But morning here in the UK so wanted to have something for you to wake up to...................! YEA!


PARTY TIME

30 DAYS IS JULY'S
(even if July's got 31!!)

BRING ON THE BOYS TO CHEER!

:wave:

Hugs
Finding x :goodjob:

[Doggygirl]

Booze Busters 30 Day Challenge - 8/21 New Thread!

Hi everyone!! Hey - whoever gets here first can start the PARTY threads OK???? WHEE and more congratulations for 'Finding' aka 'Feet' at 90 days AF and July at 30 days AF!

Buffy, congratulations on one week today! Glad you are feeling good and thanks again for the reports on Valerian. I may have to get me some on my next trip to the health food store.

MM - congratulations on your one week yesterday!! You are sounding good - all that pampering must be working!!! (I'm pea green!) LOL on the 2 day AF comment. I think back on the MANY times "I was never going to drink again...!!!" well...until the bad hangover was gone....

AF!! Day 14!! :yougo: Hope "lucky 13" passed without incident. And on a Friday too...

Hi Satori! Let's see. You had no sun when the kids were out of school. We've had no sun since the kids went back to school. It's gonna be a long fall/winter/spring around here. Congrats on No Temptations Friday! Have a great weekend and we'll see you on day 40.

'Finding' - I think I may have some catch up to do. Are you talking about your daughter and university? Being an art director at a major institution would be something! Congrats on 90 days!

Hi rob! Mr. Doggy was not a boy scout, but he coulda been. His Dad is quite the outdoorsman so Mr. D and his brothers did hard core tent camping and learned a lot of survival type skills as kids. So now we have all this extra gadgetry around here. Sure is coming in handy right now though. The ComEd greeting says it will probably be Monday before we have power. This is getting old, I must say.

Hannah, it sounds like you hubby has some interesting knowledge for a business. The research / business plan evaluation process should be interesting. Good to find out if it's viable!!

Hello also to anyone yet to come since I last posted, and anyone I may have missed!! I hope everyone is well on their way to a wonderful AF weekend.

It's Day 46 (i think) here. No power except for the power to stay AF LOL! At least we've got the generator so I can reach out and touch the life line now and then. (thanks to all of you!)

DG
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[Hannah]

Booze Busters 30 Day Challenge - 8/21 New Thread!

"Lo Everyone

This will be just a quick one, (I heard that sigh of relief). Hubby is dragging me out the door to go look at an acerage. I do not, repeat, do not want to move again. The boxes are barely unpacked since the last one! But, in checking out the viability of hubby starting own business, we would need a shop, and maybe an acerage w both house and shop on it would make sense. But I am absolutely going to have to fall in love w the place before I will agree to this, that's for sure. I love where we are living now. DON'T WANT TO MOVE!!!!!!!!!! HELPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!

DG - glad to hear you are okay. We really live at the mercy of the weather, don't we? Can be pretty scary, fior sure. We once had a plow wind pick up a grainery and plop it down about 10 feet from the back wall of our house, smack in the middle of the veggie garden. Completely trashed the fence, not to mention the veggies. Sorry to hear about the trees, but glad to hear you, Mr. DG and the dogs weren't hurt. Thank God for your generator, and boy scout hubby!

Quick hello to Buffy, MM, AF, Satori, Rob, and everyone else who may post later . . . hope you all have a good AF Saturday and keep racking up those stars!

Hannah/aka Deb

[rob]

Booze Busters 30 Day Challenge - 8/21 New Thread!

sorry, very late check in today. Crazy at work and killer sinusitis
I'll catch up in the am. Hope everyone is well

[july232007]

Booze Busters 30 Day Challenge - 8/21 New Thread!

Thirty days AF is goal one

Thanks for being a booze buster, that's how I feel today.

I was looking for a way out and didn't even know about this plalce, our place, when I first came upon it during a web search on July 23, 2007. Not knowing how to get started I just grabbed at the date for a screen name.

I had been wanting to quit for sometime but I had not found the right approach for me. AA was something I had no problem with in concept but I knew it was not for me. I'm not sure why, but I was confident that there had to be a way that felt--well more like me. I am not by nature a joiner and I prefer the company of my wife, my best friend, or perhaps a close friend to say a group. Then I came upon this group and this thirty day goal thread.

I read the thread for a day or two and I was ready to get started (I actually knew upon reading my first day that this was something that was going to work for me). I read and laughed outloud at some of the stuff that has been written here. I worried about others of our BBers as they have faced deep personal challenges, and I have been humbled by the strength of individual successes and periodic setbacks for others of us. And, I have thought about this group, each of you, daily since my first post.

My first goal is to be AF free for thirty days. My second goal is to be AF for life. That's it. I like how Satorie explained how there is no trying to his son. I think I understand it in our personal stuggle with alcohol. It is about doing it daily with quiet strength. Not easy many days.

I started the thirty day challenge and had to wait to day 5 to get my supplements. I thought I'd cave. The words I read from all of you on this thread kept me headed in the right direction. I don't pretend to believe the struggle is over. I know I simply have a problem with alcohol and I can't drink. I believe it and I accept it as true. For many years I thought I could drink a few beers and it was no big deal. But to look in the mirror and say I drink 7 to 10 beers a night and that is something I want to change is a big deal.

Thanks to all of you for helping me reach goal one and beginning on goal two. My wife has been Af for three years + and she has gently nudged me in my new direction. My three kids deserve a clear AF headed Dad, something I never had, and I have found a place here with all of you where I am confident that will happen with work and vigilance on my part.

I hope to return the favor to my friends here at MWO.:h

July

AF 30 days

[Finding My Self]

Booze Busters 30 Day Challenge - 8/21 New Thread!

July - thank you so much for telling us your story. It's awesome....truly an honour to share a party with such a great guy, hubby, dad.... you seem so grounded. It was lovely to read.

I wish you all the best here and in AF world.

Love
Finding :happyheart:

[rob]

Booze Busters 30 Day Challenge - 8/21 New Thread!

Oh, July: Thank you, Thank you so much for your post. I've been feeling a little shakey the last couple of days, not that I've conciously wanted to drink but more like, ok, I'm not drinking, so where's all the wonderful?

Your post has reminded me of the value of honoring our commitment to ourselves, our families and our fellow board members. You've also reminded me that this is my journey and my responsibility even though there are people here who are caring and supportive.

Thanks again July. May you meet all your future goals

Love and Peace

[Doggygirl]

Booze Busters 30 Day Challenge - 8/21 New Thread!

Hi HannahBDeb and rob and 'Finding' and July!

rob, I hope the sinusitis is feeling better. YUK! And a busy day at work to boot. Are you off work today so you can rest up?

HannahBDeb (can't get Hannah out of my mind!) - WOW a grainery that close to your house. If you idea of a "grainery" is the same as mine, that must have been scary. I can sure understand not wanting to move again. I've done enough of that in my life too thank-you-very-much. I hope we either stay here til we're gone, or maybe move one more time someday further out in the country.

It's Day 47 today. Still no power - there are a bunch of trees down on the lines "upstream" from us. Since the problem we are connected to is residential only in our little "not the hoity toity" side of town, we will be way down on the list for power restoration. I'm hoping tomorrow or Tuesday but it could be longer. Our yard looks like a war zone. Not only the big trees that came down, but also all the branches large and small and just tree debris everywhere. BIL is bring the yard slaves oops I mean nephews over today to help. I wanted a drink really bad yesterday, but NO WAY. Times like that really help me solidify my decision to quit because I review all the reasons I don't want to drink any more. OK - enough of my sad tale. I am thankful that no trees came down on our house or fence or us or dogs - and we're actually pretty lucky about that. Count my blessings not my branches down - that will be the mantra for Day 47.

JULY!!! What an awesome 30 Day ramble. Your wife and kids must be so proud of you and so happy that you have made this choice. I love your quotable quotes - and I really like this one. On AF: "...is about doing it daily with quiet strength." Well, I'm not always quiet but I think I understand what you mean. CONGRATULATIONS!!! I take it you are in for another 30 Day Challenge?? I hope so!

Well, I'm going to enjoy what is left of my "quiet time" this morning before we get started on yard cleanup. Have a great AF day everyone!! Oh...and if you live near Joliet IL and have a chain saw, come on over!

DG
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[Finding My Self]

Booze Busters 30 Day Challenge - 8/21 New Thread!

Hi - I am having real trouble posting just on this tread.....??!?! I'll keep trying so when this comes through please ignore it and then I'll send the one I want to send.....!!!???

Love to all.
F x

[Arial]

Booze Busters 30 Day Challenge - 8/21 New Thread!

Hi Everyone,

Sorry I haven't time to read through all the previous posts but I'll try and catch up later. Just wanted to drop in on everyone and applaud your efforts and achievements, headed of course by the inimmitable DG!

Hope everyone's doing well - thinking of you all but crazy time at work and little access to computer at home these days so with you in mind if not in body!

Take care and 'talk' soon, hopefully

:l :l :l xxxx

[Finding My Self]

Booze Busters 30 Day Challenge - 8/21 New Thread!

Hello guys - just wanted to say that I know I have posted 'over on' Mods.... it's just that I have 'that' question lurking around and want to get to it before it gets to me....I want to stay on top here!!! And I'm not going anywhere today!

And this message wouldn't send for ages (3 hours) and ages so I feel REALLY bad now about you guys... But I sooooh didn't want to send any funny messages anywhere else about where I'm at without 'consulting' you guys!!!

So, just telling you before you might find it and go #)*$?/~@{+?#$%!! ??????!!!!

It's not that I don't think of all the support here - you guys are great and I see myself both here and there - I don't know.... I mean, I know I can't be here and there; doesn't make sense!! But hopefully you know what I mean... I couldn't bear to hurt your feelings or detract from here....soooh special. Just got to Find My Own Way Out!!! And boy, I'll need your support if I've get it all wrong!!..... Just gotta gdo this for myself haven't I? Which I don't even know if I will..... just...got to face it I think and 'know' once and for all...if...here's safe but that 'question' is eating away and....it seems safer to stay here and pretend I 'could' be OK but that's living a kind of 'life on ice'...jst waiting to slip all the time. If I can never take another drink, well, I'll know and get off the ice once and for all. (well, you know what I mean!)
D always said I was alcoholic coz he didn't drink any more (could drink a bottle of scotch in a day apparently when he was 30 but he said that was when he was young and wasn't every day so didn't count - ??) but maybe I just believed him about me and needn't have done....? (Well, yes at the end - I sort of got myself there by perhaps believing him....and frightening myself whitless at AA in January when he asked me to try it....? Boy, did I drink after that!!!) I wouldn't call a girlfriend who enjoys a couple of glasses of wine every night necessarily alcoholic - ??? It never entered my head then - 5 years ago.... it seemed HE had issues around alcoholism, he never shut up about almost all his friends/collegues who seemed quite OK to me and still do even knowing what I know now!...maybe he has got issues?!?!

Well, not going to try today that's for sure!!!! And probably gone by tomorrow - the feeling that is!!!! (?hormones..?)

Love and hugs all round.
Finding x :l :l

[Cinders]

Booze Busters 30 Day Challenge - 8/21 New Thread!

Finding My Feet,

As you have said, there are many of us different types of alcoholics. No doubt. Bingers, every day drinkers, hidden drinkers, those that drink from depression/anxiety, lonliness, those of us with the "weird wiring" that causes us to be susceptible to alcohol dependency, and on and on.

Not one of us could tell you what is right for you.

I do know this, though, the thoughts you are having are quite normal, I have read over and over many people who have been AF a long time still having those thoughts. So don't beat yourself up for thinking about it.

Take one day at a time, just as you have been doing, and make good choices. You have done brilliantly.

Cindi