Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of JUNE 9!

[kaddy]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of JUNE 9!

morning all,,, hope you all have a good day
sorry about the small post all the time,
l find it hard to talk with my spelling
97 af days

[happydog]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of JUNE 9!

Hi ALL Booze Busters,

Kaddy...dont you worry about your post or spelling, my spelling is not that great. The main think is your here with us.

It funny because i feel a bit the same but with my reading trying to catch up i find hard because i feel like my brain cant seem to take it all in or cope with it. i forget what i have read in the first place and have to go back and write notes and get angry with my self. or there are times i will just miss words out. kaddy dont think your on your own i understand and the think is no one will judge you here. If it help i always got my dictionary beside me.

Yesterday was my last 1to1 session (should of put this down on my post yesterday but not had time to express how i feel ) funny i felt like Im at a lost end a little bit like a lost sheep wondering about. my therapist said is this ok and we will have a follow up in 4weeks time. Of couse me, try to be brave and said yes that fine. i still go to group sessions which helps me a lot.(which is a good think)
Had a very strong urge as well yesterday and had to go tesco super market and i felt very overwelm all i wanted to do was breakdown and cry trying to hold back my tears was hard im sure people were looking at me i felt like a total mess and wonder about not sure want i was buying in the first place, feeling stress out and oh yes sorry for myself because i wanted a drink so bad. wish i never got a balance on my account as well because that piss me of, knowing i have not bought any AL in two months still not good with money. I know just typing this out there is a lot of triggers. Forgot to mention about that bottle if bandy in the cupboard notice the other day that was open......I feel like im missing out on something. (afterwards i did ring a friend up that is on mwo and it did help me to know i dont feel like a lost sheep) Sorry this is all about me.
I know it 60days AF for me and need to learn to take the good with the bad. feels good to vent, got it of my chest .

DG and all booze busters thanks for all your support.

Have a good day to all booze Buster,

Take Care

Love

Teardrop.x

[happydog]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of JUNE 9!

p.s kaddy i also find it helps just to say what you want to say it helps me a lot. I also feel like i have improved in expressing myself since ive come here but my typing is still slow.

love
Teardrop.x

[Hannah]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of JUNE 9!

Hi guys! Sorry I wasn't "around" today, I was out most of the day, and then came home and decided I'd put off painting the master bedroom long enough! So spent the evening painting, have finally got it done, the bed put back together, etc....yay! Whole condo is now done, and I am never going to paint again! (Or at least not anytime soon!)

So sorry, haven't read the posts or anything - except the last few. Kaddy, I echo what Teardrop said. No one give a hoot how you spell your words, or how well you type. Although, I'll bet if you stick around your typing will get much better - I know mine has. But the main thing is that you are here, and keep posting, okay?

Well, one very tired puppy! And that's a good thing! Off to bed....

Take care, BB's, hope you are all sleeping soundly!

[Doggygirl]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of JUNE 9!

Good Day Booze Busters!!

endgame, congratulations on Day 11 AF. This early time really is a challenge, and you are doing GREAT. It is obvious you are thinking things through, examining how you feel and most of all concentrating on your plan and your success. I believe that quite a bit of self absorption is necessary to get the Beast out of our lives. We MUST put our sobriety first - whatever that takes. So I encourage you not to feel bad about that. You will be a much better person to your family, friends, business associates, etc. when you get past the hurdle to a sober life. Hey - sounds to me like you are utilizing AF beer for the exact purpose it was made!! To enjoy beer without AL!! (and I'm SURE AL doesn't like that!) At Day 11 your feeling of not thinking clearly may be due to withdrawl. We all still go through that, even if we are fortunate enough to NOT have the really severe symptoms. I find that as well - mixing up words and forgetting what I was about to say...stuff like that. It will pass. (If I understand what you meant in the first place!!) Glad the exercise took some edge off!

WHEE!!! A July Fly By!!!!!!

kaddy, CONGRATULATIONS on your 97 days. Boy there is something that seems very special about 100 and you are almost there!! Help us all remember to throw you a party on Sunday!!! Please don't worry about spelling and silly crap like that. We are all glad you are here and you are an inspiration to the rest of us!! If you can make it to 100, so can we. You are proving each and every day that WE CAN DO THIS and that is VERY important.

Teardrop, I just want to give you a big huge bone crushing hug. I am so sorry you are going through a sad time .....changes in your therapy schedule and it sounds like sort of moving to a "next phase" in recovery which is a bit uncomfortable? I don't know what to say other than to stick to your guns. You know what kind of life AL has to offer and you've come SO far...please don't turn back. 60 days was a tough turning point for me - that's when I fell hard last year. Please don't do what I did - it's not worth it. Hey - did you see Londoner's post a couple days ago? I really liked her idea of putting ACTUAL money in a piggy bank every day - the money you are saving on booze. That way it WOULD accumulate. I have the same problem as you....it somehow disappears and I don't really know where it went or do anything special with it. Maybe that would be a good idea so you have some "treat yourself" money on hand every month? WE LOVE YOU TEARDROP!! That's the important thing. Hang in there!!!

Hi Hannah! OMG I can't believe you got home after a full day and PAINTED. Never in this life time will you catch me doing something THAT crazy. Do you have a fever or something? Well, at least your whole place is done now!

This is Day 22 and last night the sleep was much better. I still woke up several times but all in all probalby got 6 hours which beats the snot out of the previous night. So I feel MUCH more energetic today - at least for now! I can't believe how fast this fisrt 30 is flying by this time. I'm grateful for that. I know AL can start buggin' me at any time. So I'm trying to enjoy the peaceful moments when I have them.

I hope everyone has a great Booze Bustin' day today! WE CAN DO THIS!!! Keep the faith and hang in there. We deserve the great things life has to offer without AL in it.

DG
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[Pamina]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of JUNE 9!

Hi BBs! Sorry to hear you've been down, Teardrop, but I'm relieved to hear other people have been up and down despite their longer path into AF. It's finally day 30 today, but I've been all over the place the last few days. The first week it was my body rebelling, the second week it was the emotions. Then the third week was a bit calmer and I even stopped counting the days, AF just became more normal. But now the fourth week it's been my mind playing up. As though this might all just be a 30-day magic spell that will end at midnight. Tomorrow I might wake up a pumpkin and find that all the wine bottles at Tesco's start jumping into my shopping cart. It's like some part of me can't believe that *** I *** have done this and that I can keep doing it. Gotta run now - have a calm day everybody!

[Miss Behaving]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of JUNE 9!

late at night.....

I'm usually here much earlier than this but have been working late, and just came in to see what everyone has been up to.

PAmina - you did it. That wonderful, committed fantastic you!!!! My wish for you is that you will wake up blooming, and not as a pumpkin!!:heartsnflowers: ( this was as close to flowers as I could send and at least better than flying underpants!!)

mame

[louise]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of JUNE 9!

Hi all.
Good going Cherbear! It gets easier.
Endgame, as July saus, it's ok to be self absorbed when you need to be, which is often the case when starting or struggling. This goes for you to Teardrop (sorry you were feeling down). I think we forget that by sharing our struggles we help others. We never know when what we have said or the response from someone to our struggle will be helpful to others. There may be someone reading now who sees that Teardrop called a friend and that helped get her through and it will remind them to do the same.
Kaddy, no one grades the posts. Post away!
DG, so glad you got some sleep finally. Maybe tonight you will sleep for 8 hours!
Hannah, you are an inspiration painting in 1 evening! You were up late! Hope you are not too tired today.
Good to see you Mame.
I'm starting day 13 and doing fine.
Have a good day everybody!

[endgame]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of JUNE 9!

Hi guys,

Day 12 for me and it's the same mental tug of war but I guess I must be winning because I'm still AF. I had an invite to go drinking after work today from my usual drinking buddies. I just said I can't make it tonight but have a good time. I haven't come out about what I'm doing yet and I'd just rather not get into it with those guys right now. Also went for lunch with coworkers and a couple of them ordered beer and wine and I just ordered an orange soda. Anyways, thankfully they didn't comment about that. Of course, normally I would partake.

Teardrop, that's awesome that you are 60 days AF. That seems like an eternity to me right now. I think can identify with the money issue - when you're drinking you are wasting so much money on booze that you figure you'll be rich when you quit. But I think spending habits are hard to change and that's a challenge in itself with or without alcohol. I know I tend to spend rather than save. But I figure I've got a way better chance at improving my spending habits sober than drunk. And if I'm spending more money on clothes or something at least that's a form of self-improvement instead of self-destruction.

Pamina, it's fantastic that you are 30 days AF. I'm sure I will face some confusion myself when I finally reach 30 days because that is all that I planned to do in the first place. I don't know if I can totally embrace abstinence as a lifestyle, my head just isn't there yet, but I would hate to see myself on day 31 right back where I started, back to square one as it were. Anyways, you seem to be aware of the trap that lies in "celebrating" your accomplishment the wrong way. Congratulations!

That's all from me today. Thanks again all, for the support and understanding - July, DG, Louise, thanks!

[Doggygirl]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of JUNE 9!

Hi everyone!! This is gonna be quick for now - but I MUST report on my rooftop garden. My back is killing me, so these little suckers better live. And I have beatle to thank (and will thank beatle all over MWO) for telling me to basically put up or shut up about the garden already. I NEEDED THAT! As I said in the daily thread, I put the "Pro" in Pro-crastination. WHEE!!!!!

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The hanging basket was already assembled - I just couldn't resist a two hanging tomatoes with marigolds. (I guess the marigolds keep certain bug pests away that like to eat tomatoes...pretty cool!)

All those pots on the ground were "assembly required." LOL - a lady at the nursery took pity on me and took me under her wing. She picked out all the plants for me, and then drew me a diagram for each pot. Do you guys in the US remember Grrr-animals that Sears used to have for kids clothes? For those who never witnessed this, all the matching pieces to an outfit were marked with one particular animal, so kids could get dressed and their close would match as long as they could get a shirt, pants, socks, etc. all with the same animal. So anyway, I told the plant lady this was Grrr-ani-plants.

Now...I hope they live.

Special hello to Louise and congrats on Day 13!! :cheering:

Hmmm...I suspect it is already Thursday for Mame - I hope you are having a calm and orderly kind of day. And if it is NOT calm and orderly, I hope you at least having the opportunity to :b&d: somebody who pisses you off or stresses you out. (better than booze any day!)

Pamina, congratulations again and may the spell be with you for another 30 days!!

Now I gotta go shower and get some FOOD!!!!

DG
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[Doggygirl]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of JUNE 9!

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DG
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[Cherbear]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of JUNE 9!

Hi everyone,
I'm on Day 5, tired and craving right now, it is my witching hour now. need to figure out things to do to stop the triggers. I have a harder time when I'm alone than when I'm with people.
Tear drop hand in there! and I will too. I feel like such a baby.:upset:

[Doggygirl]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of JUNE 9!

Cherbear are you still around? I assume not because your Green Blob is not turned on. I hope you found someone to talk to in chat or with posts!!! Hang in there - you can do this!! Yes you can!!

DG

[jbphan]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of JUNE 9!

HI everyone, I would like to join the Booze Busters too! Today is my first day! I found this sight last night at 3:00am! I couldn't sleep because I drank earlier in the day and was in bed by 8:00...so up at 3:00am. I am going for complete abstinance. I have ordered the CD's and the herbal supplements. Hopefully they will get here soon and my will power will last until they do. Thanks for having this thread. Is there a way to bookmark a thread?? so far 1 day AF! Thank God for this sight!

[Doggygirl]

Booze Busters 30 Day AF Challenge - Week of JUNE 9!

:colorwelcome: jbphan! Welcome to MWO and to BOOZE BUSTERS where we work on our sobriety 30 days at a time. Good going on Day 1!!! I hope you will join us a post a little something daily (or when you can) and let us know how you're doing. And of course you can raz other people too.

There is also a Daily Thread here in the Monthly Abs section that you might want to post in also. Many of us post in both, some one or the other. The cool thing about this site is that there are LOTS of different on-going type threads so you can find a place to "hang" while getting sober, where you feel most comfortable.

I'm about to sign off for the night but I look forward to getting to know you better!

Day 22 AF is drawing to a close and I'm SO very happy to be sober. The "What I love about my AF life" and also What I hate about Booze" threads are really really helping me stay focused on the fact that I DON'T WANT TO DRINK. NOT AT ALL. My subconscious brain might sometimes try to get a fix, but *I* don't want that.

Happy Booze Bustin' and we'll see you all tomorrow!!

DG
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