Sat. - April 18 - Daily Thread

[retteacher]

I'm opening this quickly. Hope all is well. Mary

[greeneyes]

Sat. - April 18 - Daily Thread

I'm off to gather a year's worth of papers and stuff to take to the town hall for free shred morning. I felt like a drink last night (you know, like a normal person) as I drove home but I just treated the thought like a pest and swatted it away. My netflix movie sucked. I must have made a mistake when I ordered it. Two shitty movies in a row! Tonight I guess I'll read. That's a safe bet! :H Think I'll make det's buckwheat muffins too. Going to tackle the tundra (back yard) today so I'll probably just fall out at dark. Have a good one!

[retteacher]

Sat. - April 18 - Daily Thread

I just know I can't drink like a normal person. My biggest help is reading recovery literature & going to meetings. When I hear or read here at MWO about other people's victory over the cravings, I find that they leave me. Mary

[rustop61]

Sat. - April 18 - Daily Thread

Hi everyone

Have not got to post in the last two days as I had family staying. Thankfully non-drinkers so that made things so much easier. Yesterday we were at a wedding and I drove so that took care of Al.

Congratulations Greenie on 10 months, you should be so proud of yourself. I have not had a chance to catch up on posts yet but the last day I was on here the theme was gratitude. One thing we should all be grateful for is our health. I just read a case in our local paper about a 31 year old who drank so much vodka, he was in a coma for weeks and now cant walk and there is some brain damage. I wasnt a vodka drinker but I think all of us have drunk to excess at one time or another. We should be grateful that something like that did not happen to us. Like you say Mary, it helps to read recovery literature and does us no harm to read about cases like I just mentioned.

Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the week-end.

Rustop

[greeneyes]

Sat. - April 18 - Daily Thread

I was an excessive vodka drinker. A lucky one.

Change of plans today. Going to an outdoor festival and then to dinner. Here's the pluses: Not worrying about spending a ridiculous amount on AL at the festival or sneaking my own, driving, or drinking too much and not making it to dinner. Affording a nice dinner because no AL tab and feeling great tonight and tomorrow. Life is so much simpler this way. Not to mention enjoyable.

[retteacher]

Sat. - April 18 - Daily Thread

I too drank vodka which I think alcoholics tend to drink, because they think it doesn't smell. I switched to wine at the end, thinking it was less "harmful." Honestly, the stupid stuff we tell ourselves so that we can continue to drink! Mary

[Arial]

Sat. - April 18 - Daily Thread

Hi Mary, Greenie, Rusty and all to come - am having a wonderful AF weekend, though it's just started raining and I have to cycle home! The cravings have been well under control this last week which was great - you're so right, Greenie, life is so much easier and nicer AF!

Actually, I went to my weekly run meet that I just started on Thursday, after which we meet for drinks in the bar afterwards. Out of the 9 of us I was the only non-beer drinker - stuck quite happily to fizzy apple juice. It was commented on - someone said about not bowing to peer pressure then? and I just laughed, said 'no' and carried on talking - nothing more was said and I had a great social evening without making a complete ass of myself - it feel s so good to be in control!

The books I find I enjoy reading now are meditiaton and sports - I suppose they're both ways that look at recreating a healthier life style and attitude so I find they give me good focus. I also like gardening magazines, house magazines... jealous of all the gardening stories I've been reading - next year I'll hopefully have space to grow things!

Wishing you all a wonderful AF weekend and congratulations on all your successes - may this day be added to that list of things to be grateful for!

[dill]

Sat. - April 18 - Daily Thread

Hi, Mary, Greenie, Rusty, Arial, and all to come. It's a perfect Spring day here. For some reason I am in a very grumpy mood. I mean, I am really kind of on the edge of exploding and I have absolutely NO REASON. I think I'll get outside and kill some weeds! That ought to help.

I had a moment yesterday afternoon when I felt suddenly sad and disappointed with myself because I had drunk a can of beer at a family gathering the night before. Then I felt instant relief because I realized it must have been a dream I had in the night, because it didn't really happen! There were no family gatherings at our house last week! :H

Rusty, thanks for the gratitude reminder. We are lucky. Mary and Greenie, my first choice was chardonnay, but I often bought vodka because I thought I could 'hide' it better. Maybe I did, too. But who was I hurting in the process: ME!

I was the only non-beer drinker - stuck quite happily to fizzy apple juice. It was commented on - someone said about not bowing to peer pressure then? and I just laughed, said 'no' and carried on talking - nothing more was said

Arial, that sounds like an interesting comment for someone to make. ...Very sociably acceptible and non judgemental but obviously taking note. I wonder if that person is also thinking about their own drinking and drinking motivations, more so than yours? Anyway, good job! I am not even close to being able to be in that kind of social setting yet!

[LVT25]

Sat. - April 18 - Daily Thread

I am freezing my a$$ off at an auction. But I scored a brand new vitamix blender thanks dg for the inspiration! Maybe you can PM me with your favorite recipes!

[hulagirl]

Sat. - April 18 - Daily Thread

Aloha All! A beautiful morning here. Any morning not at work is beautiful...
I have thought about all the bad things that could have or should have happened in my drinking frenzy and I am thankful, grateful that I am here, right now. I didn't get too much into vodka because that was my parents drink and I didn't want to be like them (ha). But when I did, after all, there were gallons in the home liquor cupboard, I mixed with orange juice to be healthful...The lies we try to believe to make our drinking ok. I had an addiction moment this morning that made me pause and analyze. Hubby left for a workshop so I'm home alone (trigger), I'm planning on housework--bathrooms (trigger), I'm planning on preparing for the next month of work (trigger). Called my Mom for our weekly conversation (trigger) I found myself having a coffee cup of ice cream with chocolate syrup at 9 in the morning. Used to be wine. Weird.

[greeneyes]

Sat. - April 18 - Daily Thread

hula, I'm sitting here nodding at your post. I sometimes have to have a little something, usually a square of chocolate as it is better for me to not have ice cream in the house, just to satisfy that "need" feeling. You know it's funny how I got satisfaction out of the hiding by not just the drinking, but the "getting away with it" feeling. I liked it and hated it at the same time. Ugh. I'm so glad that's gone. All part of this sweet freedom.

[controlroom]

Sat. - April 18 - Daily Thread

I'm new here, it's day one for me and it is so good to read about people who are exactly where I want to be, where I WILL be.

[Determinator]

Sat. - April 18 - Daily Thread

Happy Saturday ABerooooos!

Controlroom, big welcome to you and congrats on day 1! yes, you WILL be indeed. in fact the now moment is all that is real anway so you ARE.

sad to hear bout young folks like that 31 yo in a coma from booze, I'm sure I've done myself some permanent body and brain damage in some of my many very bad binges....shudder!

here's a somewhat gross story recently related to us by some friends of ours. the privious tenant of their apartment was a bad meth addict and one night after dosing up he started sneezing so violently he sneezed one of his eyeballs out of his head! he was running around the yard screaming with his eye hanging out and got the attention of the landlord (and I'm sure the entire neighborhood). I'm assuming the landlord is grateful to have a new tenant now. yikes!

well, I had a great workout at my martial arts class and now it's chores, and tonight is a UFC! woooo! got my O'douls in the fridge.

be well my friends

[Williammam]

Sat. - April 18 - Daily Thread

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