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    #1

    April 11 - Sat. - Daily Thread

    Hi Everyone: I was up early w/the dog & thought I'd start this thread. I hope all is well, & everyone is celebrating the holidays (Easter/Passover) the way they want (mod/abs). I won't be drinking tomorrow. It was so great to wake up today completely sober & not hungover.

    I'm doing well. The combination of MWO & AA is working for me in a way that I haven't felt in the past. This past week marked my 2nd anniversary in MWO (Apr. 7, 2007). While I have been far from perfect, my membership here sparked my recovery. I was in denial when I came here. I didn't admit I was an alcoholic. I thought I could drink moderately some day. I also thought I could continue to keep my drinking under wraps. I didn't know how progressive alcoholism would be for me. That said: I continue to enjoy coming to MWO & reading & sharing. It's a big part of my recovery. I hope you all know that I don't take you for granted.

    I'll check back later.

    Mary
    Wisdom, Courage, Strength
    October 3, 2012
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    #2
    April 11 - Sat. - Daily Thread

    Good Morning Mary, and all to come. I too am up early. I usually am, even on weekends.
    Mary, I am so happy for you. I joined MWO on January 1. I lurked for 3-4 months before that. During that lurking time I read posts of yours and of all the posts I had read, yours reached me and resonated in such a way as to give me the good shaking I needed. You are so honest and descriptive of the behaviors of hidden drinking! I saw myself. And like you, I am going at this with fits and starts. But, thanks to your honesty about your event in February, I think I have become more serious. I'm doing pretty well and hope to continue, but I still have that little voice telling me one day I will mod. So you see how much we are alike? I know you don't listen to that voice anymore, but I, unfortunately perhaps, still do.

    This is Easter weekend and I am sober and will be sober throughout. I woke up this morning feeling grateful to start the day feeling good, not hung over!

    Hope everyone has a great day today!
    Dill

    Dont forget, you can: start late, start over, be unsure, try and fail AND STILL SUCCEED!

    If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you will find an excuse.

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      #3
      April 11 - Sat. - Daily Thread

      hi everyone. just know i am online and reading. thank you all for being here. it helps.

      love
      cindi
      AF April 9, 2016

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        #4
        April 11 - Sat. - Daily Thread

        Morning Abbers!

        Hi Mary, dill, cindi & all to come this glorious day!

        Wow, what a beautiful day! It was like a hurricane last night. Brutal wind and sideways rain, lightening, thunder "Aunty Em!" Pollen is washed away and everyting is bright and fresh and green.

        Had a great dinner out with a relative in town. He asked if I liked wine and I said yes, but I quit drinking about 10 months ago but this place is known for it's wine list so you get whatever you want. He simply said really, how come? I just shrugged and said it was in the way and it's important that I deal with the stresses of divorce and career change without martinis. With that out of the way, the waiter (a friend of mine) walks up, says hello and says to me "You still not drinking?" Thank God I had not made something up. :H

        He didn't come to the house. So here I am at the beginning of the day with a clean house and the front yard is mowed, edged and blown. I'm getting better at the weedeater. I didn't want a drink this time. I also didn't feel the resentment that I did last time that preceeded the drink feeling. That was a conscious thing.

        Off to the health food store. Going to try to give up my dietary sins. Except for peppermint ice cream. Little doggie contributed to the cause by eating my easter candy.

        Have a good un!
        sigpic
        Thoughts become things..... choose the good ones. ~TUT

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          #5
          April 11 - Sat. - Daily Thread

          Happy Saturday!

          Morning all....beautiful day here today! Can't wait to get started. Hope to get a hike or bike ride in today. So wonderful to wake up feeling refreshed and ready for the day, rather than feeling like crap and rolling yourself out of bed, head pounding and cursing your antics the night before.

          Today I will enjoy the day sober, whatever it takes.

          The boards have been a bit quiet, suppose everyone is busy with the Easter Holiday.

          Hey, where's DG? I miss her words of wisdom. She didn't have her surgery, did she?

          Hugs to all, thanks for the support and the wise words.

          R2C
          Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall. --Confucius
          :h

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            #6
            April 11 - Sat. - Daily Thread

            Hi All, haven't been posting here much but am reading. Am AF for 30 days from Monday, so will be popping in regularly. Haven't disgraced myself, but I felt so much better AF.

            I've just started to 'train' for a run I'm doing at home in the UK, 17th May. It's just a 5k, but very special as its the 'race for life' which raises money for Breast Cancer Awareness and research. The fantastic thing is it means I have all my favourite ladies together in one place. My Mom, stepmom, sisters in law, school friends and friends I made when the boys were at school. I feel so priviledged that we'll all be together for such a great cause.

            Green-eyes I loved you restaurant story - honesty is the best policy?

            Hi Cinders, Dill, R2C and Rett

            xx
            Proud to be SLIGHTLY SLOVENLY.:wavin:


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              #7
              April 11 - Sat. - Daily Thread

              Top of the Saturday ABeroooos!

              Mary, thank you for the heartfelt kickstart today. I love the grounded resolve you bring to us here.

              Greeneyes, well done on passing on the vino! red wine is still the only thing that I think about once in a great while although I'm glad to say it's allure has waned tremendously.

              had a rather fitful time trying to sleep last night after watching the stupid anti-gun 20/20 special on TV. what a pack of lies and deception. I hate it when the media uses cute little children to bolster their agendas. whatever happened to telling the truth?! ok, rant over. I'm back.

              a friend of Dx that she used to work with is just now celebrating 21 years AF and is interested in going to meetings with me if I want. wow! I'm sure I'll give it a go and see what meeting he goes to. I've not had the best luck finding good AA meetings but I hear there are plenty to choose from.

              off to the gym today, can't wait!

              be well my friends
              nosce te ipsum
              (Know Thyself)

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                #8
                April 11 - Sat. - Daily Thread

                I was going to watch that same program, Det. I decided not to. I saw the preview for it, and it just made me feel sad. No sadness is welcome in my world unless it is unavoidable. I have also stopped watching the news for quite a while now... it really gets me down.

                Anyway... just got back from the clinic. I have a sinus infection - again. I had one in December. Shitty. I hate feeling like crap. But I have a prescription and am about to head out the door to fill it.

                Have a great day everyone!

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                  #9
                  April 11 - Sat. - Daily Thread

                  Hi all. Far from springy here -- cold, windy, grey, with intermitant showers. Puts a damper on things -- literally. I've tried to make the best of it...went for a run, ran errands, etc., but still feeling low energy. This is when I have to be extra vigilant. I'm thankful you're all here and sharing. Makes a HUGE difference.

                  Mary: I love hearing about your progress (and honest approach)
                  dill: Stick to your guns and don't let that little voice get the better of you -- you're in control, not those dang voices.
                  Cindi: Always nice to see you...hope your arm is mending nicely
                  green: Wish my day was as bright, fresh, and green as yours!
                  r2c: I'm with you -- I miss hearing from DG.
                  Betty: I've participated in a few race for life-type events in support of cancer research...truly special.
                  Det: Sounds like you found a potentially good buddy with whom to test the AA meeting waters...
                  AFM: Sinus infections are so not fun -- hope yours clears quickly.

                  Enjoy the rest of your day, folks. :h
                  ~K.

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                    #10
                    April 11 - Sat. - Daily Thread

                    Thanks everyone. If I can't be honest here, where then can I be honest? No more hiding! Mary
                    Wisdom, Courage, Strength
                    October 3, 2012

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                      #11
                      April 11 - Sat. - Daily Thread

                      Aloha Saturday Everyone! Looking forward to Sunday Easter Church joy after Good Friday church somberness. Had a small garage sale this morning. Small for me but it was a whole neighborhood thing so there were about 8 garages open to sell. Glad it's over and did not pour myself a hugh glass of wine afterwards like I did last fall. I tend to keep stuff (junk) around for sentimental reasons. Like the box of "fairy princess" for my daughter who was never the fairly princess type and now is 22 years old and has been moved out for three years. Or the "serenity sphere" (a snow globe that has turned very dark) that plays the bouy bell in the fog that I kept (in a box in the closet) because it was a gift from my mother. Guess what. Nobody else wanted them either. The fairy princess in a box went to donation and the serenity sphere went back into the closet.
                      Sounds like everyone is in good spirits this week-end. Peace.
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                        #12
                        April 11 - Sat. - Daily Thread

                        Hula, I can SOOO relate to the garage sale items that didn't sell! LOL! I think I need to hire someone to go through my stuff FOR me with an objective eye and help me get rid of some of this junk! Good job on not having the wine afterwards!

                        Kirova, thanks for the nudge in the right direction. Every little bit helps!
                        Dill

                        Dont forget, you can: start late, start over, be unsure, try and fail AND STILL SUCCEED!

                        If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you will find an excuse.

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