Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of 3/31

[kaddy]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of 3/31

morning everyone hope you all have good day...well done barebones on 85 day
l went to my 1st party last night and never had a drink,, l have mates come on saterdays for dinner who drink,, there is only 8,,, so last night was big for me ( the big test)
77 days af

[happydog]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of 3/31

GOOD MORNING ALL BOOZE BUSTERS,

Just like to say well done everyone,

Friday evenings always seem to be the hardest for me some how but nothing bets the feeling of getting up on a saturday morning feeling wide awake and with full of energy.
Kaddy so proud of you for not drinking that is a big test well done.
Doggygirl... no broken bones thank god dont think i could copy with that. Just graze both my hands like kids do and twist my neck so that hurts and my shoulderas well,but beside that everything is in working order.lol Thanks for asking.

Love
Teardrop.x
40dayAF

[Amethyst26]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of 3/31

Want to do AF for 30 days

:new:
Hello to all. I was going thru the boards and found this thread. I have many reasons for wanting to go AF for 30 days. I havent been AF for more than a day in the past year. It is becoming work and also I am really starting to feel I have a prob. Also, I will be going on a 12 days cruise on June 25 to the Meditaranian. It is just me and my 12 yr old daughter and I want it to be a great experience for both of us. One which I do not want to mess up by becoming out of control with my drinking. I also want to get back to my spirituality. Meditation, more Yoga, hypnotherapy (am certified) And also want to get back into writing which I love to do but have given up due to lack of motivation. Any support would be appreciated. And to be realistic, I am thinking to start my day one on Sunday May 25th (in case I slip tomorrow, it being Sat) Thanks for listening to me babble and for any suggestions and ur support

[Doggygirl]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of 3/31

Hi everyone! Happy Saturday.

Big Mac - love your screen name and your headless avatar! Thanks for the welcome back and kind words. This community is really amazing. Congratulations on 45 days AF!

July - Your post brought tears to my eyes. Oh how I wish I could go back to that fateful Day 60 last summer and do that day over again. But I've thought a lot this past week (well, longer than that) about where I would be (close to a year) if I had stuck with it, and what that would mean to my health and happiness. I have thought a lot about how truly happy I had started to feel after 30+ days AF. Those are the things I HAVE to keep at the forefront this time around if I'm to make it my last. I'm so happy for you and Satori and Hannah and all the people you mentioned. Nostalgia!!

barebones - congrats on Day 85 AF. And umm....I've been gone for awhile so bear with me....what's SF? I hope that's not Sex Free or anything. (or Free Sex...that would be just as bad I think)

kaddy - congrats on 77 days! And congrats on your Big Test Friday night. Best wishes for your dinner party tonight.

Teardrop - glad nothing was broken! Bet your palms don't feel very good though...

Amethyst, I always love your avatars, this one included. Welcome!! I know what you mean about losing motivation for things we really WANT to do. Booze has woven it's way into my life and robbed me of a LOT. Good for you recognizing that and wanting to change it. I applaud you too for wanting to prepare for an awesome cruise with your DD. (can I come too? wait...they don't make suitcases that big!)

Well, I'm off to Curves. Hopefully those endorphins will help me through an AF dog training day. I will do whatever I have to do to make it.

DG
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[livingfree]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of 3/31

DG - so glad so see you back. Your post means a LOT to me today -- just reading about the thoughts of where you'd be if you could change that fateful day "60" almost a year ago - as today is a really hard day for me. I am at a family reunion with my husbands family. His extended family (sisters, their kids etc) are very warm and welcoming to me - but my grown step children would rather spit on the ground I walk on than to like me. It is hard to spend time off work with people who dislike you. Id rather be anywhere then here. So today is the first day in a long time that I could drink my brains out. but I will not. BUT I have been thinking about how much easier this would be to get through. I am so uncomfortable in my skin today. Just plain ol uncomfortable if you know what I mean. So your thoughts on "where you'd be..." will keep me on track. I am within a week of ending month 5. Oh why can it still be hard?!!

So --- welcome back and thanks again for starting this thread!

Liv

[july232007]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of 3/31

DG,


I believe you will "do whatever it takes."

Get those first few days AF under your belt and you are sailing in open water.

Take care all May soon to be June Boozebusters.

July,

Day 303 AF

[Doggygirl]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of 3/31

Thanks as always for your words of support July!!

Liv, this board is so cool because when we are open to it, we can always find what we need to keep us going. MY problem is that I close my mind and rebel - and I hurt myself in the process. I'm glad you came here. I understand how it feels to go through a downright shitty day and just want to stick my head in a bottle and forget about it for awhile. I'm sorry to hear that your step kids don't treat you nice. I hope the time you have to spend with them is limited! I'm glad you have hung in there and decided NOT to trade in nearly 5 AF months for a few jerks. Not worth it IMO.

And trust me...I'm going to file our exchange today away in MY pea brain because I know I will need to be reminded many times if I am to master an AF life, which is what I want.

This was a much easier dog training day than I expected!! I even sat with the group through the "afterglow" and drank my Lipton Green Tea Citrus thingy without a whole lot of thought for booze at all. AND it was a LONGGGGG training day. Mr. Doggy and a few others who train here are preparing for their first ever official trials at the end of July, so they are training longer. And we had THREE new first timers here today which means I lead the charge to roll out the red carpet and make them all feel welcome and answer all their questions...etc. etc. Kept my mind off of drinking, that's for sure!

It was nice to get to the end of the day sober. I'm sure EVERYONE here knows exactly how smashed I usually am by that time.

After 3 days in a row at Curves (after a several month layoff) and all the running around today, I'm sore and stiff! I already took two aspirins, and I'm heading to bed in hopes of finding a movie.

I hope all you Booze Busters had an awesome day. Liv, I'll be thinking of you and hoping your day from hell is coming to a close, and that it will be a long time before the next one!

I must refuse to trade my quit for a short lived, cheap thrill.

DG
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[Accountable for Me]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of 3/31

Liv - I can relate, and understand about not feeling comfortable in your own skin. Keep telling yourself that you are a deserving of love and respect individual, and nothing less than that! Chin up - and be proud. 5 months is kick ass! Nothing is worth trading in your sobriety for! Absolutely nothing.

DG - OH MY GOD! How nice of you to drop in again! Stop disappearing, please. Even if you do fall off the wagon for a bit, there is NO SHAME in coming here. It may give you the 'umph' to get you going again! Glad to see you back, hon!

Hi to the rest of you Booze Busters!

[barebones]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of 3/31

morning all, i hope u all had good sat, and u have a good sun.

doggy SF means smoke free, i gave up smoking few weeks ago

take care everyone

day 86 AF 27 days SF

[Doggygirl]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of 3/31

Good morning Booze Busters. It's Day 4 here and I'm determined to make it a good one. Mr. Doggy is getting ready to trial his dog so he's getting in extra training on Sundays by driving to our trainer's home field. It's about 2.5 hours each way! I just got him on the road with breakfast in his belly to boot. No way would that be accomplished this early on a Sunday morning when drinking.

Accountable, thanks for the welcome back. I know my disappearances when I fall off the wagon are bothersome. It's not about anything or anyone here - it's a problem I have. Hopefully I will stay firmly on the wagon and it won't be a problem again. And to all who have continued to welcome me back with open arms and forgive me, my heartfelt thanks again!!!!

LOL barebones! WHEW I'm glad to learn you are not Sex Free!! Congratulations on giving up the smokes. How are you doing with that? I found the first couple months to be quite the hell ride, but tomorrow will be my 15 month anniversary S(moke)F and I am VERY happy to have that monkey off my back! I don't think about it much any more. And if I do have the odd crave, all I have to do is shift my focus and it goes away quickly and easily. So if you are having any struggles at all now, please just hang in there!

Since Mr. Doggy is out, I am going to busy myself with some reading and catching up here, a bit of accounting work for our business, and some reading on how to use Wordpress. I want to start a blog and need to better understand how to use the tools. But I also have to decide what I really want to blog about! Sometimes I feel like I have a lot to say but can't get my thoughts organized, so the page stays blank. Well, except for my tediously long posts here!

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

DG
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[Marshy]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of 3/31

Doggygirl - It's good to see you back and fighting!

[Doggygirl]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of 3/31

It's good to see you too Marshy!! It's been a smooth sailing Day 4 here,which I am very thankful for. I got lots of administrivia done while Mr. Doggy was away training his dog. The supplements must be working because I really did feel calm today - not many cravings. Normally I would have poured myself a big Voddy drink the minute he left the house this morning. (6:30AM - now that's pathetic!) I would have been ready for a "nap" by early or mid afternoon (read: forget about dinner - I'm passed out until bed time, then I'll want to watch TV all night). I'm SO SICK of that roller coaster and glad to have 4 peaceful, sober days under my belt.

We had rib eye steaks with sauteed garlic mushrooms and Fauxtatos (low carb - it's mashed cauliflower). I'll tell you what, those Fauxtatos for me are big time comfort food with a fraction of the calories and starch and 'heaviness.' So I'm winding it down now, and getting ready to watch the rest of a movie I didn't finish last night, and maybe another one. I Netflix!

Hope everyone is having a wonderfully fantabulous AF day!!

DG
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[Cinders]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of 3/31

Hi, BoozeBusters!!

I had an AF day today and stayed really busy with grandkids and family. It was awesome.

I didn't have a thought of AL all day!! YAY!!

Hope I have a similar day tomorrow.

Love,
Cindi

[meditation mama]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of 3/31

Hello my beloved BB...

Well, I'm back on day 1 today. I posted on the main board, so I am too tired to post what happened here, but needless to say I am here. I am not happy about it and feeling very low today.

I had a good long stretch of AF and have some good reference points to fall back on, so I think I will be OK. BUT, I know I need your support right now.

I hope I can be supportive to you too. I don't know all of you as I have been away for a while, so bare with me while I get to know you.

Thanks my bestest girl, Doggy. I am glad you are here right now!

Namaste, my friends.

MM

[happydog]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of 3/31

Hiya all booze busters,

Barebone...looks like your really doing well with the sf as well keep it up. well done on AF and SF.
Doggygirl...4Days welldone...i use to take my dog, dog training...That a long drive 2-5 hours. mine was only round the corner and i still got in the car.
meditation mama...sorry to hear you have been through difficult time...you have done this before and you can do this again you are a strong person . i ahve always have faith in you.
Kaddy... Hope all is well with you ?

For me 41days AF sometimes i feel im being tested all the time. well yesterday round my inlaws for dinner, they had 2bottle of red wine, no one open them, i just get the feeling WHY have they put them on the table for show. silly made me a bit angry they know i like my drink but dont know i have a problem. Anyway when we lift they give us some food in a bag, not realize until i got home there was a bottle of greek brandy my favourite. got me thinking i would of open that up straight away drunk it like a greed pig. got up today brandy not in the kitchen i panic a bit dont know why. My husband put it away somewhere out of reach out of mind i hope. I know, i have to stay very close to mwo!
Half term this week it will be hard to get on the pc but i will try my best mybe during the night time.
Have a good day everyone.

Love
Teadrop.x