AF Daily - Thursday 8/27

[greeneyes]

Morning abbers!!

I had a nice lunch with Brittzak yesterday. She looks great and had really good energy.

Doggie park was encouraging - little doggie was comfortable and playful. Beautiful sunset there.

Today my mission is to get EO to understand his financial declaration and sign it. Send good vibes please, I REALLY need this to happen. I'm pretty stressed about it.

There is a memorial service tonight for a friend that died unexpectedly. And then a gathering at a bar afterwards. I'm going to bail on that and go to an art show opening instead. I'd like to see those people and spend some time with them but not "funeral drinking" in a bar. I'll see if I can get a commitment for dinner at a near future date or something.

Have a good AF one!

[Gold]

AF Daily - Thursday 8/27

Morning greeneyes and all to come.

Greeneyes, glad you had a great lunch and time at the doggie park. I'm not sure what EO stands for, but I'll send good vibes anyway. I hope the memorial service does your friend justice, going to an art show and looking at beautiful things seems a good way to honour your friend.

My daughter has gone to the Reading Festival over this bank holiday weekend, she's 17 and its her first time at one of these camping festivals. I'm hoping for good weather although rain is forecast over the weekend, she's not at all the camping type so I'm sure it will be an eyeopener for her. Top tip for festivals is to make sure you wear wellies when visiting the toilet block, think unexplained areas of wet!

Day 34 today, how long does it take to get all of the effects of alcohol and its by-products out of the body, does anyone know?

Hope you all have a great AF day

[speedster]

AF Daily - Thursday 8/27

Good Morning AF land!

DG ? congrats on the Nicotine-Free anniversary! I do think you need to reward yourself with some new shoes! Fabulous idea. I took a break from canning last weekend, but if there are tomatoes at the market this Saturday I will pick up some and make another batch of sauce.

LVT ? wow, High-Five on not blowing your cool over the house cleaning. I?m proud of you. I?ll send you some positive vibes for the visit. That sounds like a lot to handle and you should reward yourself for such a job well done. This is a major accomplishment. Is the visit over or are you in the midst of it? Hang tough if the visitors are still there!!!

Greenie ? thanks for the link yesterday, I need to look at it this weekend. Art show versus drinking funeral sounds like a good plan! Sorry about the loss of your friend. Pupster is happy little doggie had fun at the park!

Gold ? good for you and 34 days! Keep pluggin?. I would say every person?s experience is different on detox. Are the headaches gone?

DET ? good deal on the foot! Yes learning to walk again after an injury is interesting. I recommend a visit or 2 to the chiropractor. Limping/hobbling for weeks can lead to mis-alignment from over-compensation of other muscle groups.

Sunshine ? I had to stick with my current agility class, the other class never started up. Good news is, after getting a serious lecture, the student who was stressing me out is easier to be around. She took the lecture to heart and is playing more with her dog. She admits to being a perfectionist and recognizes she?s stressing her dog out at class. This means my pupster does not sense me feeling stressed about the other student and our runs were really nice this week!

Started to come out of my stabby funk yesterday morning only to be brought down by very sad news that a fellow cyclist in town was struck from behind by a truck and died. He was a wonderful man, 78 years old and riding strong and very active for decades in the local club. He was riding on one of the most car/bicycle compatible roads ? large shoulder. He was run over by a 24-yr old. No word on why the driver swerved off the road, but I expect he was not paying attention to his driving.

So I was in a resentful, agitated mood all day. Went home and started to clean the deck so we can re-stain and played with pupster. Went to bed early and was grateful to not escape the sadness with AL.

Stay strong under all circumstances!

[greeneyes]

AF Daily - Thursday 8/27

Well, let me clarify that I AM going to the church memorial service, I'm just skipping the bar afterwards part. EO is estranaged one. I never cared for soon-to-be-ex and all that so I call him EO. I'm sure I can think up something new when he officially qualifies as a former husband.

speedster, was you friend injured or worse?

[Gold]

AF Daily - Thursday 8/27

Greeneyes, sorry, I realised you were going to the service, and the art show as an alternative to the bar, I just didn't express it well enough.

Speedster, the headaches pretty much gone now, thanks for asking.

[speedster]

AF Daily - Thursday 8/27

Greenie - the friend died. I didn't make that clear and edited my post. Funny how my brain filtered out that important detail.

I didn't know him well, but interacted with him some on volunteer activities. He and his wife hosted a beginners ride every Saturday for as long as I can remember and I would often see them out riding. He always wore long-sleeve, yellow jerseys no matter how hot it was.

What really gave me the creeps is the accident was reported to happen at 7:03pm and I remembered looking at the clock at 7:04 as I washed some dishes and realized I needed to leave for agility class. Little did I know what had just happened a couple miles west of the neighborhood.

Thanks for 'listening'.

[sunshine_gg]

AF Daily - Thursday 8/27

Good morning, guys 'n dolls!

No time today.. just wanted to check in on day 20 - wishing you all a fabulous AF Thursday!

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily - Thursday 8/27

Hello all! Thank you Greenie for kicking us off today. I am sorry to hear of your friend's passing. I think your plan sounds like a good one. (art instead of being around the funeral drinking) I am sending every positive vibe I can muster your way for the EO outcome that you are looking for. This seems to be dragging on forever - you must be so frustrated. I admire you for hanging in there with as good of an attitude as you do!

Speedy I am very sorry to hear about your biking acquaintance as well. What a very sad tragedy. Before sunup on Sunday morning near my house, a pedestrian was run over - very sad. I'm not sure that any shoulders are wide enough these days for walking or biking or pulling over to change a flat or anything in these days of high distraction driving. That is really something about your look at the clock. I don't think those kinds of things are coincidence. I'm really glad to hear that agility is going well these days for you and pupster. I'm sure that helps offset other stabby parts of life! Going to bed early on stabby or just tiring days is a strategy I like as well. Getting lots of rest has much greater possibilities of making me actually feel better than booze, in any volume, ever did.

Gold, congrats on 34 days! Your question about how long it takes to get the effects of AL out of our systems is a tough one to answer. I was reading recently that after a long drinking career like mine, my body may be holding onto toxins from AL at the cellular level for a very long time to come. The same is true I guess of drugs. Some of this depends on how effectively our own detoxification systems are still working, and obviously years of excessive drinking in addition to environmental toxins, etc. impair that. Supposedly detox methods such as Far Infrared Sauna help with this. Who knows. I think it's longer than we might think. Anyway, I too am glad to hear the headaches are gone. I think you WILL feel better and better all the time. Especially if you are making other positive life style changes.

Sunshine congrats on 20 days!

I am so happy to feel momentarily caught up with the garden! I ran out between the rain drops this morning and picked a bunch more tomatoes. But I'm not canning any of these. What we can't eat will be givin away. I already started that with the cleaning lady!! She is happy. I think I will just catch up on some work stuff and maybe throw something in the dehydrator and other than that, do some shoe shopping and goof off. Have a wonderful sober day everyone!!

DG

[bear73]

AF Daily - Thursday 8/27

really sorry to hear about your friend, I too am a cyclist.
well day 12 here af and sf for me - had a very busy day today but off round af friends' house for lovely dinner - taking my diet 7up!

Tomorrow last day at work before the weekend - I've got a massage booked after work at 6 then off to see other friends (not af - am taking diet 7up and driving to remove the choice!). Then it's 3 days in work next week then off for two weeks - one week on a boat holiday with friends - I can't wait - 2 big smokers but not really drinkers - 1 a drinker and a non smoker - guess i can choose who i hang with depending on strongest craving!will be on day 21 by then so feeling confident can maintain it - feel incredibly relaxed with these friends so can be totally honest and say I am worried that i may have a problem.

Cycling to work at mo - I live in Reading and is festival weekend at moment - very jealous - no point driving anywhere this weekend! good day all - I am loving being sober - sleeping tonnes but guess my body is mending - asleep from 9pm yesterday.
Skin looks much better today - gettign back to running/gym at the weekend - feel like I need to move and get sweaty.
good eve all xx

[lilmea]

AF Daily - Thursday 8/27

Afternoon Aber's,

Greenie-Sending you lots of good vibes.

Gold-Congrats on 34 af days. I'm on 31 here.

Speedsters-I've be riding my bike a lot this summer but am lucky to have a bike trail where no motorized vehicles are allowed. Take care riding yours to work.

Sunni-Congrats to you on 20 af days!

Doggie-I wish I had some of your tomatoes. I tried to grow a plant in a pot and it didn't work for me. Next year I'm having a real garden!

Bear- A massage sounds wonderful. Enjoy.

I took some of the money I saved by not drinking this month and had a manicure and pedicure. It's still a little shocking to me how much money I was spending on booze.

Hello to everyone who follows and I hope everyone has a great AF evening.

[greeneyes]

AF Daily - Thursday 8/27

GRRRRRRRR!!!!!

He didn't even look at it yet. I believe I have run out of nicey for the week. Snarky and stabby are ready and waiting to be let loose.

[Determinator]

AF Daily - Thursday 8/27

Happy Thursday ABlanders far and wide!

doing very well, but very tired today. I'm even considering a nap which is unusual.

Greeneyes and Speedster so sorry to hear of your recent losses. I hope you both are coping as healthfully as possible. hmmmmm upon seeing the post above I'm going to recommend you get a punching bag Greenie! it may be the 'right' therapy for today!

be back when I'm more awake
be well everyone

[Marshy]

AF Daily - Thursday 8/27

Evening all,

Greenie - how annoying! Can't you get a lawyer to get tough with him? Or would that be a bit heavy? I hope it gets resolved for you soon.

Speedster - sorry to hear about your fellow cyclist. There have been quite a few memorial bikes to cyclists killed on the roads appearing in London - bikes painted white and chained to a post or bike stand where the cyclist died. I was on bus yesterday and saw three of them in the space of a couple of miles. Quite chilling.

I've been quite tired lately - totally fine, just tired. I meant to get an early night tonight but it's now getting on for 11pm and I've still got a couple of e-mails to send. Might get a bit of a lie-in tomorrow though as I've got a late start at work. Was woken up early this morning by a very loud crow in a tree outside making a big noise about something. What is all this wildlife doing in the city? :H

[Lavande]

AF Daily - Thursday 8/27

Good evening Abbers,

Greenie & Speedster, I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your friends. My thought are with you tonight.
And Greenie, about your EO - I'm sorry about that as well.

I'm just going to bid the entire group here a goodnight, kind of tired myself............
Be well!

[speedster]

AF Daily - Thursday 8/27

oops posted on the wrong day, moving to Friday thread.