AF DAILY SUNDAY January 25th 2009

[momof3]

AF DAILY SUNDAY January 25th 2009

Ocean
Congratulations on 30 Days
This is a Huge Milestone!
Good Job

[cuckoosnest83]

AF DAILY SUNDAY January 25th 2009

Ocean, congratulations on 30 days. Great job.

[charlee]

AF DAILY SUNDAY January 25th 2009

Morning everyone
Ocean, huge congrats on your 30 days. I used the drink tracker for the first months of my sobriety and remember finishing up that first month and looking at all those yellow zero's!!!...I found that tool to be very useful keeping me on track and accountable. Perfectionist that I am, didn't want to mess up that consecutive line!!!...Well done Ocean..
Mom I am glad you shared, life does throw us those curves, and making it through without the temporary escape really shows how important the mindset is. You know it will not help you or your friends.....I hope you feel positive knowing you are there for them 100%....
Not much on the agenda today....housework and a ton of laundry...Big whoop!
Hope everyone enjoys their Sunday....

[Mohun]

AF DAILY SUNDAY January 25th 2009

Congrats on 30 days Ocean. That's a big milestone.

Good luck this week all...

[Determinator]

AF DAILY SUNDAY January 25th 2009

Happy Sunday ABadingos!!!!

Ocean, cheers to you! (coffee mug raised).

Momof3, life does seem unfair at times. all I can say is congrats for taking care of yourself. Sobriety will be your biggest ally when the chips are down.

I'm getting ready for a flight to san diego tomorrow. spending 2 days there for work with my power-drinking workmates. They are pretty used to my non-drinking now thankfully, although being the egoic dysfunctional insecure males they are I'm sure they will give me some crap for not drinking. I always laugh it off with a comeback like: "somebody has to set a good example around here".

I'm off to post my buckwheat muffin recipe. just made a batch last night and loving them.

be well everyone

[Mohun]

AF DAILY SUNDAY January 25th 2009

Determinator;529022 wrote: Happy Sunday ABadingos!!!!

Ocean, cheers to you! (coffee mug raised).

Momof3, life does seem unfair at times. all I can say is congrats for taking care of yourself. Sobriety will be your biggest ally when the chips are down.

I'm getting ready for a flight to san diego tomorrow. spending 2 days there for work with my power-drinking workmates. They are pretty used to my non-drinking now thankfully, although being the egoic dysfunctional insecure males they are I'm sure they will give me some crap for not drinking. I always laugh it off with a comeback like: "somebody has to set a good example around here".

I'm off to post my buckwheat muffin recipe. just made a batch last night and loving them.

be well everyone

Good luck Det. I know how hard it is on the road with colleagues. I think I have used your line before. We should come up with a list of comebacks (although someone probably already has done so).

Mo.

[Pamina]

AF DAILY SUNDAY January 25th 2009

Good evening all!

Congrats on 30 AF days, Ocean! That's great news - how are you celebrating?

Mom - so sorry about your friend. I can really identify with your feeling down about it. A dear friend of mine, 44, has been in and out of hospital for several months now with heart trouble and some mystery infection they can't find the cause of. Antibiotics kill it for a while and then it pops up all over again. We've been friends since our 20s, and I know it's a relief to her to vent her concerns for her young children without having to burden hubby all the time. You're able to be there for your friend sober - that's a huge gift.

Speaking of friends, I ran into a friend of mine by chance yesterday. That NEVER happens in London. We had a good chat over skinny latte. I'm still pleased about it despite the crappy weather here today.

And this Sunday marks new beginnings! Mame has definitely crossed over into the Year of the Ox, and so have we here in Europe, I believe. The US might have another few hours to go. The Year of the Rat did start good life changes but contained a lot of crap for me too, so I'm very happy to see the back of it. Happy Chinese New Year to all!

[kitkatsue]

AF DAILY SUNDAY January 25th 2009

Congatulations Ocean !!:goodjob:

The sun finally came out today altough itlooks like it maynot last, so I'm off to run errands.
Happy Sunday to all !!

kit

[LVT25]

AF DAILY SUNDAY January 25th 2009

What a wonderful thread with so much support--keep up the great work ocean!!

Mom/3--I'm sorry "when it rains, it pours" I know the feeling. Sometimes it is a function of having a lot of friends--it sucks when bad things happen. It's great you can be there for them--I mean really be there (sober)!

Snowing like crazy right now, I'm loving it now that I'm home from church and grocery shopping. Curled up on my couch with my laptop watching it snow. I recently found facebook--oh great, another Internet addiction!

WIP--your story about the house reminds me of a novel--maybe you should write one!

Ok, gotta go check out det's recipe. I'm thinking a nice hot comfort food like soup tonight!

[Cherbear]

AF DAILY SUNDAY January 25th 2009

CONGRATUALATIONS OCEAN!!!! feels good huh! my 30 was yesterday.

Mom - hang in there, and remember this is a place to share all feelings. no one can judge you here we are all in this together.
Kit - what part of the washington state has sun!! its snowing here in Seattle. Very cold winter for us.

have a glorious day everyone. or whats left of it for some.

[hulagirl]

AF DAILY SUNDAY January 25th 2009

Aloha Ocean and All, I join you in 30 days today. Even though it's only noon, I know I will complete the day AF. (I'll just "borrow" some of your congratulations for myself). Somehow I don't feel out of the woods yet. I still have a long way to go and I already anticipate some MAJOR triggers this summer when I go to visit my mom for a few weeks. I am (or was) her drinking buddy.....Hopefully by then with more AF time in me I'll be "over it". I am so envious of all you that are so active with swimming, running, surfing, biking. I pull myself out for an hour walk a few days a week but I sure don't have the enthusiasm that you " true" athletes do. I just can't find that passion. And the wierd thing is I like to swim and ride bike. But, yes, I'll admit, I hate to run (too much flabby whistling in the wind) I just have to get motivated. Happy AF day to all.

[skootiemom]

AF DAILY SUNDAY January 25th 2009

Ocean and Hulagirl! Huge Congrats on 30 days! 7 more days- and I am there. Can not believe it! Feels damn good!

Skoots!

[LVT25]

AF DAILY SUNDAY January 25th 2009

Hulagirl too!!! Great--keep it up. Unfortunately for us I share your lack of enthusiasm for athleticism. I think it's the weather here.

:goodjob:

[Guest]

AF DAILY SUNDAY January 25th 2009

Hula Girl, Yes Yes and Yes You may happily share all the wonderful congratulations I have received for today,
WOW! THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH!
I admit though, I am having a very difficult day today. No, no stress, my husband is being kind and loving and supportive. He had a discussion with his therapist who told him to be "encouraging and to acknowledge my successes." And he paid attention and he is coming through for me.

As you may all remember,(or not), he has filed for divorce and we are still meeting with lawyers and the mediator. Well this is a very expensive method of getting me to STOP DRINKING but hey, I could have spent $80,000 at a fancy Malibu rehab, and some home and drank again. So maybe this is money well spent. I am not getting divorced. And I am not drinking.

However, I am having strong urges. I have a big surf trip coming up and as I travel alone, what the heck! Ok I can not go there. I am going to get on the plane and not drink. I have done that once before in my life in 35 years. And I am going to get to the surf adventure and not drink for two days. That will establish my position to myself, and then I will be on the roll (of not drinking)

I am not going to drink today. And it's mostly due to me and to all of you that so warmly gave me so much credit and support today, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.:heart::heart::heart:

[kitkatsue]

AF DAILY SUNDAY January 25th 2009

Cherbear

Spokane, and it was a balmy 25 but the sun was still nice to see