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    #16
    AF daily - Monday, September 14th

    Hi everyone! Happy UnHungMonday. Special :yougo: to Bear on 30 Days AF AND SF (SmackFree :H Sara that was very funny!) and Marshy :yougo: on your new record!! It's been quite a journey and I love sharing it with all of you. Congratulations to everyone else on your accumulation of days regardless of the number! AFness rocks.

    Speedster are you sure you're not twins or something? How on earth do you get done as much as you get done!! You should bottle it and sell it whatever "it" is.

    When Mr. Doggy was at the dog training seminar over labor day weekend he sent me a picture of him holding a little German Shepherd Puppy about 3 or 4 weeks old. Our trainer breeds a couple of litters a year so that was not a surprise that people might be playing with the puppies and maybe even going for photo ops. The way puppy names work with the type of German Shepherds we're involved with works is by alphabet. A breeder's first litter is the "A" litter of that year. The next one is the "B" litter for that year and on it goes. (if you breed more than 26 litter a year you might be a puppy mill!) Anyway, Mr. D sent me that pic in my avatar from his phone with a message that said "It's a C litter - what should we name it?" I sent a message back saying "Cain'tHaveAnotherDog would be a good name." I thought he was just joking anyway.

    Wellllll after he got home he started with the... "Did you know Fergie is turning 5 this year? He will only have a few years left to do Schutzhund....blah blah." I said "NO. MORE. DOGS." I think I repeated that two or 50 times. But it's Mr. D's hobby and so I said I agreed. What the hell. So Cain't will be coming home in probably 4 or 5 more weeks. Mr. D thinks his name is Cooper. But it's not. It's Cain't. So anyway, that's the story of how we will soon be a 5 doggy family.

    I am mostly amazed at how calmly I have handled this and a few other "life" things going on. No pity parties. No drinking. No upset. No arguments. No drinking. :yougo: That's how I spell success - learning to LIVE in a new and better way. I am very grateful to all of you here and also to AA for the things I have learned there. New skills to deal with LIFE on lifes terms in a more mature and rational fashion than the old days. Is it possible I am growing up???

    Hey - on another topic...I was thinking we should have a Friday thread where each next person who posts just adds their sober days to the total from the previous post. Whoever starts the thread says how many days they have. Then the next person ADDS however many days they have to the first persons days for a subtotal. Then the next person adds their days to the previous subtotal for a new subtotal. Etc. It would be fun to see how much UnHungness we can come up with going into the weekends. Or at least I think that would be sort of fun. But I'm a (dirty) old lady and it doesn't take much to entertain me. Let me know what you think.

    Anyway...
    Sobriety Date = 5/22/08
    Nicotine Free Date = 2/27/07


    One day at a time.

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      #17
      AF daily - Monday, September 14th

      DG, hahahahaha too funny. cool idea on the unhung count. i'll need to borrow some fingers and toes to help me count
      nosce te ipsum
      (Know Thyself)

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        #18
        AF daily - Monday, September 14th

        Congrats Bear and everyone else for hanging in there and notching up the days.

        DG - Sweeet! I'm not fooled by the protests. I bet you Cain't wait to get him home!

        Welcome Dancelot! Or maybe I missed you last week when I wasn't around.

        Night all! :bedtime:
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        AF since December 22nd 2008
        Real change is difficult, and slow, and messy - Oliver Burkeman

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          #19
          AF daily - Monday, September 14th

          Wow, what a day around here! So many happy, positive people

          I just wanted to shout out Congrats to Chief for 6 days, very, very nice!

          Peacenik, I'm glad you looked at the Amoryn website. If it hadn't done such a good job of relieving my anxiety/depression, I would never have mentioned it, honestly! I am confident that it is a safe & effective product & best of all has no side effects. I wish you good luck with it

          DG, a 5 dog family???????? Honestly, I would have a few more (I have 2 now) but dealing with all the dog hair can be overwhelming at times......... Best of luck with your new pup!

          Have a good night one & all.
          Lav
          AF since 03/26/09
          NF since 05/19/09
          Success comes one day at a time :thumbs:

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            #20
            AF daily - Monday, September 14th

            i'm excited to try it lavande...thanks for showing me!

            dg, i would love to be a 5 dog family...that means 2 more for me...where i live i would want to rescue though...there are alot of neglected pups in rural/reservation areas.

            well, off to bed with no guilt or shame and ready for an unhung morning tomorrow!
            i've been sleepyand a bit slow today from my mini binge...over the hump now i hope!

            nite!

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              #21
              AF daily - Monday, September 14th

              Peace, I've heard from a variety of sources now that Omega3 fish oils are beneficial for depression. worth looking into at any rate. glad your feeling better!
              nosce te ipsum
              (Know Thyself)

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                #22
                AF daily - Monday, September 14th

                Aloha All! I had an experience with a changing friendship too this summer. As you all know my goal this year is to make a friend or two because I have none (except you guys of course!) I have started walking with a co-worker and so far so good. I don't know if it will every progress to more than just the walk but I'm fine with that now. This past summer when I was in So. Cal. I tried to make plans with an old friend that I have been "friends" with for the past 30 years. I say "friends" because I'm not sure what that is. We used to live together in our wild twenties, took road trips together, wound up together in Hawaii for a year or two. Would get together every couple of years when we were in the area (where our parents live) Know each others families but have really taken differnt pathways in life.
                This summer I contacted her and said I wanted to get together. Left messages, we emailed, I said I would go visit her any time any place. (She was about 30 miles from me) As the time went on, she kind of kept putting me off, finally my last week there and she was too busy. wow. Here was my plan to invest more in the friendshsips I have even though far away and I was left questioning if this was really a friend any more. Ab out all we have in common is our past. If I met her today I would not be drawn to her for friendship. She's a little wacky..artist...new age....eastern, native, folk spiritualy all mixed up...lives and does art in Bali...sells her stuff at all the new age fairs in cali and NM. I am so boringly stable with my science teaching job, husband, two children, one dog, I guess people do grow apart and relationships change. Now I'm not sure where we are at friendship wise. Am I not reading the writing on the wall? It's hard to let go and accept. So just sharing my experience since you asked.

                DG, Please don't make me do another assignment with numbers. I can't handle one more responsibility.
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                  #23
                  AF daily - Monday, September 14th

                  det i take a vegetarian omega supplement...you know me, no animal stuff :H:thanks:

                  hmmmm, can't seem to sleep...this withdrawal is taking longer than it should for "only" drinking for 2 days!
                  my poor liver and kidneys hurt.

                  this is why it's so much easier to stay sober...easier said than done sometimes!



                  argh!
                  :h

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                    #24
                    AF daily - Monday, September 14th

                    hula..i have more of those "friendships" than i can count! it doesn't seem worth the effort sometimes, i guess. it seems most of my friends are from the past, and we just don't jive like we used to. in fact, i just came here after deleting about 20 of them on facebook...ahhhhh...i am like you in alot of ways as far as being fine with the 2-3 "friends" i have and see occassionally, although i'm sure it would do me good to embrace them more and reach out for regular old hanging out friendship...seems scary tho!

                    if you're old friend is a little flaky, maybe she just really doesn't know how to make time for you?


                    anyway...aloha!

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