af daily thu 3 sept

[bear73]

hello there - day 19 for me here - feeling good - over bluesy hump for now.
off on hols with friends for a week sat - stocked up on alcohol free beer in case i crave - otherwise will just have diet 7up.
choc cravings continue - put on half a pound this week - need to stick to 1800 a day i reckon for a bit - still manageable and can fit daily bits of small choc in.
anyway wishing all a good day be back later
day 19 af/sf

[Cinders]

af daily thu 3 sept

Good morning.

Have to rush to work but wanted to check in and say hello to everyone.

I wanted to add a special welcome back to you, Don, and am sitting here hoping you are waking up soon to Day 2 and beyond. :l

I had a drinking dream last night. I was trying to convince my mom that I was just drinking the last beer in the house so it wouldn't be there when hubby came home. ??!!?? I hate beer. Ick. Glad it was just a dream, though. Whew!!

I'll check in with everyone later. Until I see you all again, I hope all have a happy, sober Thursday.

Love,
Cindi

[Doggygirl]

af daily thu 3 sept

Good day all and Happy Hump Day! Bear, thank you for getting things started today and :yougo: on Day 19AF! Sounds like you have a good plan for the holiday with your friends. You can do it!

Cinders, you sound fabulous my dear. AFness fits you well. Those dreams really are something aren't they? Almost funny sometimes once we realize it wasn't for real. I think they also show how illogical and twisted our minds can be when it comes to our addictions. I don't have a lot of drinking dreams but I used to have smoking dreams quite a bit. They ranged from to downright :H.

Pamina, I'm thinking of you today. Your plan to visit your Dad's resting place with flowers from the garden sounds very peaceful and a wonderful way to honor him.

Marshy, I love the reminder you gave yesterday of the sage advice that we should be willing to at least invest as much time in working on our sobriety as we did drinking. Amen to that!

Sausage it's great to see you back.

Speedster, good luck to you and the Pupster this weekend at the trial! Mr. Doggy is going to a seminar this weekend and they are doing a mock trial on Monday which will be good preparation for his Schutzhund 1 "real" trial later this fall. I thought of you and Pupster the other day when Mr. D was talking about Ferguson working when he's happy v. when he's not. Usually what makes Ferguson unhappy in the work is when he is over what Mr. D wants from him. Fergie even gets a confused look on his face. It's a journey not a destination with the dogs it seems.

Greenie, I can only speak for myself but I can't afford to take any mod fantasies lightly. Last time I had "just one drink" it lasted 8 months. So that's why I'm hard on myself. I must stay AF or it is trouble X 10.

Lavande, you sound awesome and like you are having great fun with G-son!

Welcome Raven Joy and I hope today is Day 2.

You too Chief. It's awesome to have you back here in the land of the LIVING. Welcome to Day 2 :yougo:

Sunshine - part of what was hard for me to accept back when was that drinking is simply NOT an option no matter what sort of day / week / month / time I'm having. I think I subconsciously waited for "life to get better" before I quit. That just isn't realistic, at least not at my house. Hang on and I agree with Marshy's advice!

Hello Uni and Deter! Deter when do you get back home? Is there hot water in the hotels where you are staying?

Life is good here. Today marks the beginning of Figure Skating Season as far as internet viewing is concerned. The Junior season is kicking off with the Lake Place Junior Grand Prix. So you know what I will be doing this afternoon! (fighting with my computer to get the video to work :H)

I have canned all the tomatoes I'm going to. The garden is winding down. I do have some fall crops growing - lettuce, spinach, sugar snap peas, beets, turnips, radishes, Daikon type radishes. We shall see how that all turns out. They are just babies right now. They might need some water today. The brussel sprouts plants are huge. We will see if those little nubbins grow into sprouts by Thanksgiving. I didn't get enough cukes out of my own garden but got 12 more pounds at the farmers market Tuesday which I had to beg the veggie man for. (weather not conducive to pickling cukes even for the pros this year!) I made 6 pounds of pickles yesterday with 6 more to go this weekend. Then other than some random dehydrating, I'm done! WHEW!!

AF life is good. Old fartish sounding, but good. (well, I have not yet started including my list of aches and pains aka the "Bunyon Report" so I guess I've not gone ALL the way to Old Fartdom)

DG

[Mstall]

af daily thu 3 sept

Good Morning Abbers!!

gotta run and get ready for work. I'm on day 27 or 28?? not real sure at this point but i know i will add on another sober day tomorrow.

i have about 18 smokes left which will leave me quitting on Friday at some point. Scared and excited to start a smokefree routine again. got my plans laid out and a week worth of patches to start.

hope you all have a wonderful Thursday!

[Chief]

af daily thu 3 sept

Morning all,

Day 1 is done!!!

On to Day 2, and DG, I too am looking forward to getting back to the land of the LIVING...

Have a great day everyone...

Don

[greeneyes]

af daily thu 3 sept

Morning abbers!

All this busy busy!

I get to have a mamogram today. Oh yay. I know everyone is jealous. Especially don :H
don, I know you're glad to get day 1 behind you!

This is a cut and paste from another thread. Hope you don't mind. We've been having some Arrrgggghhhh!!! days.

I think if we google human emotions or such in relation to seasonal change we would find ourselves understanding what's up right now. There is also a planetary thing just starting to happen that is unusual and will last about 3 months? Much strife is anticipated. In addition, Mercury goes retrograde on the 6th and lasts for 3 weeks. Basically, be flexible as that creates communication issues, put off major repairs, contractual agreements (although a GOOD time to negotiate but not finalize), get in touch with old friends that come to mind. It's kind of a Murphy's law thing. Remember that there are universal clocks and rhythms and we are subject to them. It's not always that we have a kink in us that we need to work out. Just be like beach grass and bend in the wind. Ommmmmmmmmm

Have a wunnerful AF day

[DogLvr]

af daily thu 3 sept

Good morning all -
Don great job getting through yesterday - you've got lots of people here sending you good thoughts to get through today like a champ!:goodjob:

Pamina - may peace find you today as you honor your Dad.

DG - Iloved your post. This is the first year I've ever tried to grow anything - have a lot of tomatoes and basil - but my cukes - despite having a boatload of flowers in June - turned into only 1 whopper cuke! Do you think it's too late to plant some the things you mentioned you're growing in the mid-atlantic region?

Cinders - I had those dreams a lot last year when I started on my 30 day journey - I would wake up completely thinking that I had broken my promise to myself. I guess it helped keep me focused on staying AF during my waking hours.

I hope everyone here has a great day!

I'm on day 7.

[Lavande]

af daily thu 3 sept

Hello Abbers,

Happy Thursday! This week is going fast.........OK with me I guess. Slept like a rock last night. Spending 5 hours crawling around after my grandson yesterday was a real workout. Who needs to go to a gym after that??

Bear, 19 days, good for you. I have to admit I have consumed at least half my weight in chocolate these past few months and it shows - boo hiss.

Cindi, the dreams are strange, aren't they? It's irritating to wake in a panic only to find out that I really didn't drink or smoke!!!! All part of the process I suppose

DG, there will be no modding attempts for me either. I don't even want to try and risk giving up every good thing that has come to me. I'm in line right behind you marching into Old Fartdom, ha ha.

Welcome back Chief, congrats on 2 days, keep em going!
Welcome to Raven Joy, good to have you on this journey with us! Congrats on your 2 days as well.

MStall, 27, 28 days - you're pushing 1 month, fabulous! Don't forget to look at QuitNet for help giving up your smokes. I've got 107 days today

Greenie, thanks for the planetary warnings............ I am in the midst of having some severe communication problems with Mr Lav. He is in one of his 'total shut down modes' right now. Half of me just wants to ignore him until he gets over it but the other half of me just worries. He's prone to some very dark, mixed-up thinking..........Arrrggghhh!

Well, I'm heading out to the overgrown jungle that used to be my garden. The excessive rainfall this summer really screwed things up out there...........oh well.

Wishing everyone a great AF Thursday.

[LVT25]

af daily thu 3 sept

Hello friends!

Pamina, I'm thinking of you today also. :h

Love the garden stories also--Doglvr--1 cuc--that's too funny! That is about all I have in abundance right now! And I don't have time to do anything with them except eat them! I also have a few beans coming on, if I canned them, about 4 quarts. Maybe tonight. I trimmed back all of the foliage on my tomato plants to see if I could speed up the ripening process. It is getting pretty cold at night--so I anticipate an early frost. :upset: Some of my plants are just dying--zucchini and tomatilla. Not sure the cause. I planted the tomatillas to try in my salsa this year. Ok, here is a question for you Kale experts. My kale is purple and beautiful! How and when do I harvest it? All at once, or do I just go out and pluck a few leaves at a time? Outside leaves or inside? Thanks in advance!

Greenie, I need to get in for my yearly titty-torture as well. Been putting it off. Thanks for the interesting bit about what is going on in the universe--good to know it's not all our fault! I started back in to the yoga routine finally yesterday--Yay!! and we are doing mantras now. I never knew what the words meant and how that was suppose to work, but it is pretty cool and I felt great afterward!

Chief, please stick around and continue to post here. You have a lot of wonderful wisdom and I hope you share it with us!

Bear--nothing wrong with a little chocolate, especially in the beginning IMHO. I went through pounds of peanut m and m's at first. Now at almost 1 year later--I am down 12 pounds!!

I love being sober. My only wish right now, is that it felt more natural. Will that come in time do you think?

Better run--taking "Sam" to the vet for his Rabies shot finally. And a bath.

Have a great day all!:h

[universal]

af daily thu 3 sept

Hi guys,

Everyone sounds so positive today, it's great! I love fall, the nice weather, the fresh air, and especially the return to routine. I don't know but as I get older I am finding that I don't enjoy summer as much anymore - it is just so hectic.

Anyway, I have some new projects planned - I think I have finally figured out what I want to do with my life. I may finally be able to quit this rat race. Will take me about a year of planning and organizing - I am just researching some specifics right now to determine if I will actually be able to bring my idea to fruition. Wish me luck!

Don - glad to hear you're on day 2!

Take care everyone,
Uni

[Determinator]

af daily thu 3 sept

Happy Thursday AB-enators far and wide!!!!!!

LVT, I had my ups and downs but really felt 'A-OK' after the 8 month mark. you getting enough complete proteins/aminos in your diet?

I'm feeling super spiffy after a comatose sleep in my very own bed last night. AF was easy on the trip even though I was smack in the middle of CA wine country. i must say I do enjoy seeing the vines as much as ever, they are so beautiful glowing in the sun.

Dg, this is too funny: Old fartish sounding, but good

just as a reminder that we have live chat here. it can be pretty entertaining in the evenings! and no cover charge....what a deal. still working on the pole dancing part........

ok, work to be done. I bid thee all a fantabulous day

be well

[Raven.joy]

af daily thu 3 sept

its day 3 af and 2 on antabuse, feels new and exiting. Starting to find my way round site and reading many inspirational things from people I am already starting to learn from.

[Determinator]

af daily thu 3 sept

Raven.Joy, excellent! glad you're sticking with us.

I just now heard on the radio that a local youth counsellor (drug counsellor) was found running around screaming and acting crazy. He was so high on meth and heroine that he had to be hospitalized and nearly died. how sad and ironic.

[Cinders]

af daily thu 3 sept

Raven.Joy, :welcome:. I hope to get to know you.

Det, re the counselor. Not ironic at all. In rehab, all but one of my counselors was in recovery themselves. The counselor that was not an addict grew up in a family of alcoholics and lost her best friend to alcoholism.

Don, You are almost at the end of Day 2. I hope you know how loved you are. Hang on there to wake up to Day 3. Okay?

Love,
Cindi

[Doggygirl]

af daily thu 3 sept

Just a quick end of the day hello before shower time! (oops that was probably TMI..)

Anyway...special congrats to Raven.Joy - keep hangin' in there and keep comin' back here every day. You can do it one day at a time. Chief - you too! It really is good to have you back. Even if you feel like crap right now. That won't last long.

Doglvr, I stressed and stressed over whether to plant and what to plant for fall. And I got some very sage advice right here at MWO. "Seeds don't cost much - just put some in the ground." So now I get the chance to pass that tidbit along!!!

I generally save the AA stuff for the AA thread but my sponsor who is a Nun said something hillarious today. A "young" person asked her in a meeting "how do you get to be an Old Timer?" She said.... are you ready?? "don't drink and don't die." :H She told me her walker is going around my head if I ever drink. I'm not going to test her out on her promise either. She would probably do it. And my thick skull would surely ruin a perfectly fine walker. Not. Going. There.

Anyway....have a great rest of the day everyone! Enjoy your AFness. And if you qualify, your old fartedness.

DG