AF Daily - Tuesday April 7, 2009

[speedster]

Good Morning!

Had a fabulous night's sleep and love an AF morning. I'm in for another cold, bluster day while the dogwods bloom. Oh well, tomorrow it will be warmer.

I'm in conflcit as to what to do at lunch. I like to get a short workout in, missed it yesterday. Today we have a speaker coming to work to talk about cancer and nutrition....wish I could do both. Since it's cold I'll probably stay in and go to the talk and need to get the dumbbells outs when I get home. I don't like the gym after work and like to get straight home and outside with the dog.

Hula - glad you had a great date! I understand about the value for the fusion. I love the food, but is it worth it? Just think what the bill would have been with cocktails and a bottle of wine!

Where is Cindi? I wonder if she's having Dogwood winter too?

TG - congrats on today's anniversary. If you do mod, have a very strict plan in place.

det - how was the gun show? do you still have snow?

Mohun - how is 'No'? How's the kitchen remodel?

Hello to DG, Marshy, LV, Mari, Mame, Sausage, and that's all my brain can remember at this early hour. Hello to everyone else too!

Rudemama, Sante - congrats on going AF, keep pluggin, it gets better and better as your body heals.

Better get this posted!

[Cinders]

AF Daily - Tuesday April 7, 2009

i'm here. broke my left arm so mostly lurking.

snowed last night. spring in the south

cindi

[Guitarista]

AF Daily - Tuesday April 7, 2009

Greetings Speedster and Cindi, and all to come!
Sorry to hear about your arm Cindi. What a pain in the @#%^
Speedster, can you get a 10 minute workout in at lunch? They tell me 10 mins. will at least maintain fitness levels if you're pressed for time? I'm talking running here, but depends what you do i guess. Just a thought.
Best wishes to everyone, and be well!.................G.

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily - Tuesday April 7, 2009

Good morning absters! This will be a quick one as I'm running late to get out the door! AA then traffic court. I was going to plead not guilty and see where that led, but Mr. Doggy and I talked this over at dinner last night and he thinks I should just pay the ticket and move on. It's sad to think we can't get a "fair" day in court but he's right - these cops and that judge sit there every morning yucking it up together. So I will probably plead not guilty. I reserve the right to change my mind - hey I'm a girl, right?

Speedster if you go to the talk I will be interested in what you hear. I am reading "Detoxify or Die" right now by Dr. Sherry Rogers and cancer / diet is a subject in that book. She also mentions Kushi and the Macrobiotic Diet which I read part of recently. I know he was The Man for this stuff back in the 70's but I personally think some of the stuff he recommends is a bit dated. (i.e. vegetable oils that in todays world are known to be rancid before you get them off the grocery store shelf - they might be great if they weren't spoiled already)

Cindi - how did you break your arm???? (well, I guess we might have to wait for the answer!) Hope you are OK otherwise.

Hello Guitarista too!

Well - gotta go. Have a great AF day everyone!

DG

[Guitarista]

AF Daily - Tuesday April 7, 2009

Hiya DG....All the best in court!!

[Sante]

AF Daily - Tuesday April 7, 2009

Good Morning AF April'ers,

DG, good luck in court today. My only experience in court was traumatic, so I'd advise you to keep your cool whatever happens and remember the #1 thing is to be true to yourself and stay AF.

Cindi, snow in Alabama??? I'm in the Florida Keys right now and we're having high winds (more today and tonight) and cold temperatures (colder tonight) but no where near cold enough for SNOW!!! Yikes, what's becoming of our weather?

Yesterday, my husband and I socialized for the first time since we set sail on March 30th. (We're living on a sailboat for the month of April.) We were with two other couples. One couple was great. Our age, really experienced sailors, and people we could have truly enjoyed/learned from. The other couple was loud, raucous, etc., etc. Everyone but me was drinking -- not a lot -- but still drinking. The whole thing kind of upset me. Not the drinking part so much, but the socializing. I think I'm seeing how I used alcohol to lubricate myself so that it was "easier" to socialize -- so I felt less "dorky" (which I am) and felt like I fit in more (which I don't). Oh well, I got through it and last night AF and I can look forward to today...a new one -- sunny but windy!

Have a great day to you all. Any words of advice to a dork are appreciated.

Sante

[Cinders]

AF Daily - Tuesday April 7, 2009

i broke my arm roller skating at g'son's b'day party

[greeneyes]

AF Daily - Tuesday April 7, 2009

Hey abbers!

Talk about putting off taxes till the last minute..... Eeek! Busy day for greenie!

Sante, I wondered who would I be AF. I wondered if I would like me. I wondered if my friends would. I was scared. I think our self-esteem is just under the table and we often see ourselves as less than we are. Congratulations on the 9 days BTW! I suspect that as time goes by you will see yourself differently and have a new appreciation for qualities you had forgotten about. onemore chance had an exercise she found in which you write down 5 qualities about yourself each day for 5 days. A total of 25 diff. ones. Then at the end, you stand in front of the mirror and say them to yourself. I taped mine to the mirror and said them every day. I found I liked it better on the way out the door all dressed and everything rather than in bathrobe with bed hair :H.

Cindi, OUCH!! Might want to bump up some supps. I don't know what off the top of my head, but you could google or ask at health food store.

DG, I'd plead not guilty. I got a ticket once and argued it on the fact that I was pulled between where I pulled onto the street and a posted speed limit sign a ways down the street. It got it down to the technicality of what is in the driver's manual for that kind of area which was a mix of residential and business so it was really "iffy". BUT, it greatly reduced my ticket and hopefully gave others watching cause to think. Officers are not infallable in spite of the good ole boy system which is especially alive and well here.

Hey speed, greg & all! I've worn myself out now.

[Sante]

AF Daily - Tuesday April 7, 2009

Greeneyes,
Thanks for the suggestion. You are absolutely right about self-esteem. It is at an all-time low. I'm retired/unemployed (depending on how you look at it) and it has had a really devastating effect on me. Really taken me by surprise even though I tried to prepare myself for this time of life. Anyway...when I'm feeling a little better, I'm going to try your suggestion out: 5 qualities for 5 days. Yikes! Will I be able to come up with that many???
Sante

[greeneyes]

AF Daily - Tuesday April 7, 2009

Sante, um.... just a thought, but maybe the exercise would help you feel better? You could start today with one and maybe get to 5 by the end of the day? I found that as I dug for more (25 seemed like a lot), I would question each one.... "Am I really that?" and yes, I am. And I found I was proud of the things I "discovered". It's a great exercise. I think she said it came from the website "The Daily Om" .?

[Marshy]

AF Daily - Tuesday April 7, 2009

Hello everyone!

DG- good luck in court whatever you decide to do!

Cindi - ow! Cool to be a roller skating granny though

Sante - I agree with Greeneyes about your view of yourself improving the more time you have AF. It has certainly been that way for me, it really does get better. The sailing sounds great. Have you thought about maybe doing some volunteer work now you're retired? It can be very rewarding if you find something that clicks with you.

Hi Speedster & Guitarista and everyone to come.

[SAUSAGE]

AF Daily - Tuesday April 7, 2009

Hi everyone

I did try and start off yesterday's AF daily but then it wouldn't let me save it and start a new thread - then my computer crashed so in the end I gave up.

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who supported me the other night over my envy of a woman seen sipping wine in a pub garden!!! DET you were absoluteley right - looking at it from the other side of the coin, she could be in the alchohol trap and really envious of me! Arial - thank you for reminding me of the WIP quote about re-visiting the whole scenario down to the hangover after and resumption of daily drinking again, and I know I don't want to go there!!! Besides i'm nearly at 6 months now (may 3rd) so don't want to spoil things - maybe it's normal to have a few little hiccups as you approach the 6 month point, similar to that which I experienced around day 90?!

Marshy - I read the link to the article in the Guardian about the writer's stay on a hospital ward with alcoholics ( in yesterday's thread for those that missed it) - yes this really motivated me too - horrible reading, but did me good - dont' want to ever go there! That might be a good one to post as a link in the tool box thread to put people off / remind them of where they could end up if they don't stop drinking - should they choose to want to read this kind of thing?

Cindi - sorry to hear about your arm

DG good luck in court

Hello to everyone else to come - will drop by again later

Sausage xx

[narilly]

AF Daily - Tuesday April 7, 2009

Hi everyone,
Sorry about your arm Cindi- what a pain (in the arm!)

Sante- I know it is wierd to hang out with couples you used to drink with. I really can see how much I used alcohol to become 'the life of the party' unfortunately I soon became the drunk of the party which was pretty embarassing. I guess we have to be happy with the 'real' person that we are and not the lubed up one.


Narilly

[AAthlete]

AF Daily - Tuesday April 7, 2009

Guys, need to rant for just a minute. I know almost everyone here is trying really hard to figure this disease out and get better, but why do so many posts talk about "X" or "Y" or "Z" not being an option? Is it simply that sometimes we aren't at a point in our lives to admit to ourselves the true nature of our problems? It amazes me to see those statements made when the world is crashing down around us - losing family, jobs, etc. and yet we still look for the kinder, softer way out.

Guess at one point in my life I was no different - thankfully I've moved past wearing those rose-colored glasses. I just wish there was a magic phrase I could udder, or some jewel I could pass on that would help them see the kind of effort that it truly takes to beat this thing. It's not about just quitting drinking - its about changing your entire outlook on life...

Anyway, I need to accept that I can only worry about myself and let the rest go. Just like me, everyone has to find the point in their lives where they truly want to change for the better. Sorry for the rant...

[rudemama]

AF Daily - Tuesday April 7, 2009

hey day 5 here wow last night was a doozy too ds decided to yank 400.00 worth of metal out of his mouth with a lego piece went to ortho this am ouch dd upset because here team didn't have enough players and had to pullout no wine lots of whining feeling good thanks all rudemama cindy that is a real ouch greenie nice to see you here by for now