AF Daily - Wednesday - August 12

[dill]

Good morning! It is a misty, cool morning here and hard to wake up and get motivated. I will do so in a moment, but wanted first to get this life-line of a thread started for today! I am short on words, though. I hope others will come along and make up for it!

From todays Daily Readings:

I have been given a new day to live, to grow, to give love and to feel love.
--Ruth Fishel

I'm grateful for this day.

[lilmea]

AF Daily - Wednesday - August 12

Dill-Thank you for starting the thread this morning and for the Daily Reading.

I think so much of the time, I get so busy with everyday living, that I forget to be grateful for the good things in my life.

Today I am grateful to be af and able to enjoy the simple pleasures.

[Gold]

AF Daily - Wednesday - August 12

Hi Dill and all to come,

A wet day here after a hot sunny one yesterday.

I haven't posted anything the last few days but have still been reading, it's day 19 today and I'm really pleased with that, I've noticed a pattern though I resolve to do things and then don't, so similar to intending to stop drinking, I hope this tendency improves!

It's great to hear everyone is doing so well. Thank you for asking after the puppy Speedster she's doing really well, very bouncy. I'm thinking of joining a beginner's agility group here with my six year old boy Standard, I think he would enjoy it he's always jumping over streams and things. I just hope we don't show each other up!

Hope the day is good for everyone.

[Lavande]

AF Daily - Wednesday - August 12

Good morning Abbers,

Thanks for th enice start Dill! I am one grateful person, that's for sure. I plan to meet old friends for lunch today and am grateful to do so feeling well & positive!

lilmea, hope our weather improves soon - very overcast this morning but at least the temps have dropped a little!

Gold, 19 days, good for you! You have to be feeling proud Enjoy your pups today!

Hi to everyone else who checks in today, have a great AF Wednesday!
Lav

[Accountable for Me]

AF Daily - Wednesday - August 12

Good Morning!

I am super busy right now and I didn't check in yesterday - but that is the way the cookie crumbles I guess!

The sober life is a busy life; in a great way! I am thankful my time is not being spent sitting on the couch drinking all day long. Only to get up and start over because I feel so rotten and my body is going into shock from alcohol withdrawal!

Have a great day everyone!

[peacenik]

AF Daily - Wednesday - August 12

grateful!!!

quick check in as im kidsitting and packing for a backpacking trip this weekend...can't wait to get out in the hills and sleep under the stars with my family!

have a great sober day all!

peace!

[fay2play]

AF Daily - Wednesday - August 12

Good Mornin,

I'm hoping I may join you. I've had a couple of posts but have been here everyday reading and being inspired. I'm on day 24 AF and feeling good.

AFM, I had to chuckle about sitting on the couch all day because that's exactly what I would do but when someone asked me how I was I would always tell them how busy I was....lol. Now that I do have some sober time under my belt I can't seem to find time to get everything done that I really want to. Funny (not in the ha ha sense) what AL does to your sense of time and reasoning.

Thanks for being here.

fay2play

[bear73]

AF Daily - Wednesday - August 12

hello everyone - well day 4 here for me - off to do some exercise in a mo - just wanted to check in,say hi and keep on not smoking/not drinking. really focusing on diet this week - not been sticking to calorie limit (1500, not that small!) - hopefully booze will leave a hole for more food.
food diary was useful for finding out that is why I'm not losing weight - also I eat far more junk in between meals than i realised (sometimes as many calories worth/more!)
off to go on mini trmapoline now for 20 mins and bounce away some stress!

[Determinator]

AF Daily - Wednesday - August 12

Happy Wed ABeroooooos!

Dill, thank you for the nice start and quote.

talk about busy! zoom zoom!

Fay2play, welcome. congrats to you and Bear73 for AF times.

went to AA last night for the first time in over a year and had a VERY good time!

will try to catch up later.

be well friends and all to come

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily - Wednesday - August 12

Hello hello! I didn't manage to get checked in yesterday either but am sober and rolling right along. Dill, thank you for getting us started today! That is a great quote and I too think of this thread as the "life line" between me and MWO.

Fay2play, welcome!! Congratulations on 24 days AF. That is a super accomplishment and I'm glad you are feeling good! I look forward to getting to know you better.

I love the subject of gratitude - something I was sorely lacking when I was a daily drunk. AFM I can relate to spending the day on the sofa and F2P, lying about how "busy" I was to anyone who asked. I was always up for a pity party about how "stressful" and "difficult" my life was. I'm glad to be living in a far more honest fashion, and to be *really* busy with the business of life and gratitude for the simple things (I'm with ya lilmea!) - gratitude for sobriety being at the top of the list!

Peacenik sleeping under the stars sounds wonderful! Gold is that your Poodle in your avi? I always thought agility sounded fun and I live vicariously through Speedster & Pupster. If you decide to try it, I would love to hear all the details! Congrats on 19 days! That is awesome. In the old days, I put the "Pro" in Pro-crastination so I can relate. When I first got sober I started making lists of things to do - making sure to include some FUN stuff in addition to chores. That was my "emergency list" when I had cravings, but I think it helped transition me from a PRO-crastinator to an action kind of gal. Whatever techniques you try or don't, I imagine just eliminating the AL will produce good results all by itself!

Lavande have fun at lunch! Bear, congrats on Day 4! I agree that journaling food is very eye opening. I don't have to keep close track of every morsel like I used to, but I tracked everything in a software program called Life Form (similar to Fitday which is free on the web) until I reached goal weight. I don't have much of an "off" switch for food any more than I did for AL it seems. Best wishes in all your self improvement endeavors! It's worth the effort - at least it has been for me.

Today is again a busy day. It's not as hot and humid as the last couple of days, and I really need to get my but out to my garden with a hoe and some seeds if I want some fall crops! Life is good. I know that addiction is NOT a rational thing, and that there will always be times when the thought of AL seems like a good idea. But I do NOT want to go back to that :sofa: bound lifestyle. (Deathstyle??) And it would only take one drink to put me back on the path to hell. No thank you.

Strength and hope to all for a great sober day. Thank you for always being here to help keep me on the straight and narrow each day!

DG

[peacenik]

AF Daily - Wednesday - August 12

had to check in as i am having cravings...took kudzu and more l-glutes...this will pass. i know i won't drink, just want to distract myself for a bit.
will go read through past threads and be gratful i can hold off!

peace!

[lilmea]

AF Daily - Wednesday - August 12

Peacnik-hang in there. The cravings really are fleeting. Good job on distracting yourself. As you said...this will pass.

[peacenik]

AF Daily - Wednesday - August 12

thanks!

[Cinders]

AF Daily - Wednesday - August 12

Good Evening from Hotlanta my AF friends,

Peacenik, you did the right thing, doing something, anything to distract from the cravings. I was bad about that. I just caved for years instead of facing up to them. While taking Baclofen has helped reduce the cravings to almost nil, I do get those, "A glass of nice wine would be so wonderful to relax with," thoughts. Well the last time I drank one glass of wine in a single sitting was so far back I can't even remember it.

Like you, I just find myself doing something to keep me busy and before I know it, the feeling passes and I just smile to myself. Won another one. Yes!!

It is funny about the procrastination attitude. I have determined that I am not going to procrastinate on my job duties ever again. That is my next big self-improvement step. I have snarled and growled about doing the administrivia for work so much and I have put it off until the last minute for so many years, that it is really difficult to get myself motivated to do these things. We are talking simple things. Filling out my time sheet daily so I can accurately record all the things I do, getting expenses done in time so that my managers don't get a red flag and have to remind me to do them, doing all the usual courses required every year, etc. I just have to do them and do them right away.

Yet, I sit here putting off the expenses. I am not sure why I hate doing them, once I get started it is okay, but I actually get physically nervous about getting started.

Anyway, I am going to fill my time sheet out right now and do at least one outstanding expense tonight!!

All in all, it will just keep me busy and that is a good thing.

Oh, and I am planning on going to an AA meeting tonight. It should be kind of fun, however I will first call the central office to ask if it might be an appropriate meeting place for me. One time I drove to a meeting in Columbus, OH and realized I would be lucky to come out of the meeting with all the tires still on the car. Needless to say, I learned a valuable lesson that night.

Everyone, I hope you have had a wonderful, AF day and are heading into a relaxing and sober evening.

Love,
Cindi

[LVT25]

AF Daily - Wednesday - August 12

Mission accomplished, dead, rotten skunk(s) flushed from pipe and buried. I'm sure glad I ate a light breakfast! Grossest thing I've seen or smelled since I quit my vet tech job!!

Just had to let you know!!:H