Tuesday - June 3rd - Daily Thread

[4theboyz]

Good Morning Abbers!! Wake up already!!

Still a busy maniac at work, AF mornings sure help get through all this craziness here.

I hope everyone here has a super great AF day!

[Miss Behaving]

Tuesday - June 3rd - Daily Thread

Good night!

As for myself, I'm heading off to bed!

[on my way]

Tuesday - June 3rd - Daily Thread

Good morning, thanks 4tb for starting the thread. Hope your wild day goes well. We're having one of those weeks here too. Hoping to make it through AF. Stress is the big one here and there is no lack of it right now. Think I'm around day 24?? I should count days. I sure feel better than I did in March.

Hope you all have a great AF day,

omw

[Beck]

Tuesday - June 3rd - Daily Thread

Hi everyone,

Today is house walk through day. I'll be bored to tears looking for every flaw. Husb and I play good cop/bad cop with the builders - he is unreasonable so I am the one they call/appeal to. I have to say that it works - we've gotten everything we've asked for. After that I get to finish off painting my Mom's kitchen...grrrr

My husb will be underfoot for a few days this week then off again for the move - should be interesting as our agendas rarely mesh. Stress, yes. Drink, no.

OMW - You can make it through AF. Some people count days, some don't. I kept an eye on it until I hit 100 days then just sort of remember when my 30 day dates are.

Mame, check in again in your morning.

4tb, thanks for starting us off. More productive in the mornings are you? When I was drinking I kept a very low profile in the am.

Janice - where are you????

DG - yes, puppy. My kids only chance to have one as kids. Think big unfinished basement for the housebreaking stage.

Thanks for all the support on my thread yesterday. Getting my head back together and trying to figure out how I can use my four kids to my advantage rather than having them add to my stress levels. People here seem to have more confidence in me than I do.

Have a good day,
Beck

[retteacher]

Tuesday - June 3rd - Daily Thread

Hi Everyone: I'm doing well. I can honestly say that yesterday I barely thought about drinking at all...except to be thankful for abs. I know the unpredictablility of the drinking personality, so I do not take anything for granted. I heard a woman share at an AA meeting that she was still very nervous about picking up a drink after 2 years sober.

As far as counting: I've done that in the past, & it is a motivator of sorts. I do keep track on DrinkTracker & a calculator that I found on-line. I like seeing the number. However, I want to accumulate more than the VERY humble number I have before telling you dear friends on this thread.

June does tend to be a very busy month for teachers (my daughter), students (g-son), & anyone connected to them. We have many parties in the offing, but I know what I can & can't drink. I'm going to be fully prepared...even if I have to drink a quart of water before I go out (I find that a deterrent to the first, crucial drink).

Take care everyone. Mary

[cowgal]

Tuesday - June 3rd - Daily Thread

hey

Thanks 4theboyz for starting us out today...............busy as all getout here too..............

Mary, Beck, Auntiemame, and On my way you all have an AWESOME day!!:h

A bug ole hug to everyone yet to come!:l

Back to the grindstone!!!!

lots of love,:l:h

MA

[Janice]

Tuesday - June 3rd - Daily Thread

Hi everyone......not been on for a few days. Saturday/Sunday our internet was down. It really dawned on me how powerful this place is and how much I need MWO for my ongoing sobriety.

I came close to having a drink on Sunday. I had drinking thoughts. You know the ones - where you have a conversation with yourself......"Oh, I'm alright!!!" "Should I be thinking about trying to moderate?" "I'm sure I'll be in control this time!" "Just one glass won't hurt on the patio with hubby". I really don't know where they came from. Out of the blue. Al sneaking back into my head.........BUT I'm relieved to say I didn't let him back into my life!!! Tried to think about what may have set this off.......I was in on my own for most of the day, painting. Lots of time to think and reflect.........too much of that chatter going on in my head!!! Lots of thinking about mam, dad etc etc etc etc. Too many negative thoughts.

Mam's withdrawal is really bad......she's been put on a sideward cause she's disturbing the other patients so much...........just how long does this sort of withdrawal last does anyone know???? She's hallucinating really bad and having conversations with people who are not there, people from her early childhood. I'm so confused as to whether this is dementia or withdrawal.....they're doing a brain scan so I expect we'll find out.

Sorry for being down in the dumps........haven't had chance to read and catch up on posts yet.

love Janicexxx

[Doggygirl]

Tuesday - June 3rd - Daily Thread

Good day abbers! 4tb thanks for starting the thread and I hope you have a wonderful AF day even though it sounds like things are hectic at work.

OMW congrats on your progress! Sorry things are stressful right now for you too. I have BIG confidence that you will handle it all brilliantly and AF-ily. (new word!)

Mary, good for you having a solid plan with all those parties coming up. Mr. Doggy and I don't have kids, and I'm sort of glad that our nieces and nephews, etc. are not in the graduation age zones this year - all are either up and out already, or too little yet. Getting through it AF will just make you stronger though! Practice (successfully navigating parties where alcohol is served) will make perfect one day.

Beck, YES!! Unfinished basements are the Puppy Antidote. When you unpack your nices shoes, just stow them on the top shelf of your closet! My first dog Caesar (R.I.P Caesar) got into my closet as a puppy. I came home from work to find about 40 pairs of shoes all over my bedroom in various states of demolished. That is NOT what caused him to die, but it was a pretty close call at the time. That's when I figured out crates are a GOOD thing, for many reasons.

Hi Cowgal!!!

Nighty night Mame!!

It's Day 13 here and feeling good. I can't believe I am feeling calm and happy despite my best laid plans for the morning being totally disrupted. No tizzies for me today, in addition to no AL!

Have a great AF day all!

DG
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[Determinator]

Tuesday - June 3rd - Daily Thread

Top of the Tuesday ABadabadooos!

Janice, glad to have you back....sorry but I don't know what your mum is going through...seems a bit odd, but at any rate hope she's ok.

Beck, love the good/bad builders LOL

Cowgal, your happy attitude just makes me smile

Onmyway, during stressful times is the perfect time to implement some new ideas for coping skills...we know what happens if we don't have new skills to rely on. Be strong! and talk to us.

big hugs to all the rest of you rascals too XXXXX

be well

[on my way]

Tuesday - June 3rd - Daily Thread

Evil Ginny

Took off and did my marketing this morning. Brought home a big supply of af beverages as always. One of my favs is diet tonic water with bit of lime (no gin). As I was putting away my stuff I discovered a forgotten stash..... a 1/2 empty or half full bottle of gin, ARGGG! Now that?s irony for ya. I promptly dumped it down the drain but the smell OMG the smell, what a powerful trigger. Glad I did not sniff it before I dumped it.:H

Kinda makes me wonder how many more forgotten stashes there are.

I am going to check out the drink tracker today, I've never looked at it before. Would be a good way to keep track.

Off for a run before the rain hits,

omw

[retteacher]

Tuesday - June 3rd - Daily Thread

Janice: Thank God you didn't give in. It's amazing how those thoughts just pop up. For me, when & if they do I'll:
-remember back to my worst drinking episodes.
-think about now horrible I'll feel afterward.
-know that I'd have to come here & "confess."
-think about how much better my life is AF.
-know (for sure) that I'd never, ever have just one.

Good for you for staying sober. Mary

[Doggygirl]

Tuesday - June 3rd - Daily Thread

Janice looks like we were cross-posting. I'm so sorry to hear about your mom. I hope the brain scan results give you more information about what exactly is going on. Please don't apologize! This must be so sad and frightening. Good for you on putting up that brick wall to keep AL out. And internet down to boot!! Yikes. You have my respect.

Hey Deter! Happy Tuesday back in the "real world." I use garlic a lot when I cook, and I can't scoop out any garlic from the jar without thinking of you. Sorta frightening. :nutso:

OMW - oh yikes on your find! Mr. Doggy found a stash of mine on around Day 2. I was glad because I knew it was here somewhere, and I was worried the cleaning person or inquisitive kids at a family do would find it!! Hopefully that's it....but like you I'm sort of wondering. (how pathetic!)

Speaking of drink tracker.....Mary or anyone else, is there a way you can look at past months? or can you only see the current month? (not that I have anything to look at in past months mind you.....) Just curious.

Keep on AFin'!

DG
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[charlee]

Tuesday - June 3rd - Daily Thread

Hi abbers...
Janice, so glad you were able to talk yourself out of giving in to the drink. I have conversations with myself all the time and sometimes I get exhausted just talking to me!!
I do not have thoughts of "a" drink. I know if I choose to let AL have his way, he is going to be one happy camper.....one drink will not do it for me. If I am going to blow my sobriety, I will do it big time. I will want the buzz, the euphoria, the take me out of this place feeling....I know I will be hurting the next day... I also know it wouldn't be long before I was on that rollercoaster AGAIN!!...Think I'll just keep on having those conversations!

[Beck]

Tuesday - June 3rd - Daily Thread

Janice, So glad you stayed strong. Sorry about your Mom. Sounds like we are in a similar place right now. Yes, let's navigate this minefield together.

OMW, worried about what I will find in my household shipment. Movers aren't really supposed to pack booze but sometimes they don't notice/care. I was a g&t drinker as well. Good for throwing it away. Stay strong,

Char, I am afraid I will blow it big time as well. A real WTF attitude will kick in. Keeps me sober...

Beck

[vinophile]

Tuesday - June 3rd - Daily Thread

A very late good evening,
I have a bunch of teenage boys here who are spending the night so absolutely no drinking for me.Hopefully they'll settle down to some video games and a movie and I'll go to bed fairly early. I've hidden any spare liquor bottles (from them not me, as I'm a wino and can't stomach the hard stuff.) Maybe I'm paranoid but better safe than sorry!!!
Have a great evening all. Hoping I get to check in earlier tomorrow.

Janet