AF Daily Monday 1 June

[LVT25]

AF Daily Monday 1 June

Good day, friends! I really should be out taking advantage of the 1.5 hours I have until the little league baseball game, but just wanted to pop in here and thank all of my Daily Ab's friends :thanks: and :thanks: again! For your support since we started this thread. It has helped me so much to have friends here that can relate to life's struggles AF!
It is hard to believe it's been a year since I quit smoking, and it's hard to believe I may have actually done it for real this time! It took me being honest about the alcohol being a major contributor to that nasty habit--and giving up both that did the trick. Now if anyone asks about why I don't drink, I say it's just so much easier to not smoke this way. One year without any drunkenness, and probably only 4 occasions I drank between now and my official AF date of Sept 27th.

DG-- I have to say I feel like I've neglected some of my friends since I quit--the phone especially. I hate the phone anyway, but since I was drinking mostly at home, it was a way to stay in touch and drink/smoke and be social at the same time. There are certain people it is really hard to talk to on the phone, and I RARELY initiate the call. I guess it's called priorities, and my family comes first right now. In reality, I think their priorities have changed to and if I am honest.....it probably has nothing to do with me! (I hope at least some of that makes sense!)

I really have to get busy....more later when I have more time!

Love you guys!!!!:h

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily Monday 1 June

LVT25;625803 wrote: It took me being honest ..........

I think you hit the nail on the head LVT. I don't care what addiction we are talking about - being completely honest with ourselves (and often others) is such a critical part of successfully dealing with it.

Congrats again!!!!!!!!

DG

[Pamina]

AF Daily Monday 1 June

Hi again, folks

Double congrats on your double quits, LVT!!

HG, I didn't like the taste of AF wine but did try AF bubbly which I found to be better.

DG, I do constantly re-evaluate friendships with people who drink/drank. One of the big issues that arises for me is how much 'friendship' was there, or of what quality, and how much 'shared drink' or 'shared escapism'.

The reason I'm back on here tonight is that Loppy's story kept bugging me at work. I decided the only course of action is to pop on and spit it out.

Loppy, I take it you felt nervous that your appointment is 2 weeks away. So am I.

What makes me nervous is that I don't know how many outlets for feelings and sources of support you have outside of this thread. Right now we're not enough.

Keep in mind I'm a fellow emoter, over-reacter, anxiety prone worry wort! But I'd feel a lot better is you had loads of padding between yourself and potential crappy thoughts for the next two weeks.

So would you please at least consider

1. telling someone in your 3D life how you've been feeling and stay in regular touch with them
2. phoning the Samaritans or Mind and talking through a concrete plan of action for what you can do if you hit a crappy spell in the next two weeks
3. maybe attending AA meetings
4. taking St Johns Wort

or some combination of the above. And maybe you already have.

Now I got that off my chest, I can go to bed! Sweet dreams, everybody.

[speedster]

AF Daily Monday 1 June

HG - a favorite AF drink we call a Transfusion is Fresca and concord grape juice (not white grape juice). I'm not a big diet soda fan but the grapefruit flavor of Fresca is good.

I'm pondering the dialog about friends. No thoughts yet.

Commuted to work by bike, met a coworker at the coffee shop. What a fun way to go to work. will do it more now that I have a bike suited for commuting.

Have a great AF night.

[Determinator]

AF Daily Monday 1 June

Mom of 3, thanks for the reminder! I forget to refill my POM juice too often and really like it. I also like to cook with it as a replacement for vino. Lately I've been drinking plain carbonated water. fruit juices have so many carbs that if I slug it down like I do most liquids I'd turn into a blimp.

well, I'm here at my hotel. nice sunny California. Catch you all at breakfast time.