AF Daily Thursday 9/15

[Lavande]

Good morning Abbers!

Getting ready for several days of chilly rain & high winds - aka - a Nor'Easter!
Guess I'll be staying indoors, should do some cleaning up & organizing
Thinking about putting on a pot of White Chicken Chili, yum!!!!

Hope you all have a great AF Thursday, I'll check in later
Lav

[greeneyes]

AF Daily Thursday 9/15

My goal is to make it through the day.

[LVT25]

AF Daily Thursday 9/15

Hello friends. Just popped in to give all my af friends a cyber hug--:l

The weather is back to more normal fall-like temps and sunshine--70 degrees by Sunday!

I don't mind winter, but starting in October is a little early. The evenings are already getting to be pretty long. I need to do something besides sit in my chair as I feel my waistline expanding again! :upset:

That's all I got! Have a great sober day all. :h

[Determinator]

AF Daily Thursday 9/15

Happy Day ABeroooos!

where is everyone?

Greeneyes, you ok? penny for your thoughts

be well everyone

[universal]

AF Daily Thursday 9/15

HI guys,

Det, Greeny is dealing with EO today so having some hard times. Rough week for her.

HUGs to you girl - I know you will get through it - love you!

Happy to be sober today - busy day at work and then I am going home to relax, have a nice salmon dinner and watch survivor! Woo hoo. Looking forward to this afternoon and evening.

Have a great one guys.

Love and hugs,
Uni

[Emmy]

AF Daily Thursday 9/15

I'm glad it finally stopped raining , I'm meeting a friend for lunch , I hope she doesn't have a glass of wine , I know I'll be watching her take every sip ! I'm doing good so far , I think this is my 17 AF day..
Still not sure if I am going to stay AF . I'm reading Allen Carr's " Easyway" book , so far , I like it , he makes sense , we'll see what happens , I read his "Stop Smoking" book in June and quit smoking mid way through the book.. I don't want to jinx myself , so I'm making no promises and no expectations .
Hope all my MWO friends are happy&healthy , I am truly blessed to have found this site

[Lavande]

AF Daily Thursday 9/15

Evening folks,

Greenie, I hope you are feeling a bit better tonight. We are all with you...........

Hi to Deter, LVT & Uni!

Em, hope lunch with your friend went well! I've learned to ignore what people are drinking....it just doesn't really matter

Have a good night everyone!

[Sarasmiles]

AF Daily Thursday 9/15

Hey Everyone,
I haven't checked in for several days...

I've been depressed. I am still hoping that what I'm experiencing is withdrawal from Prozac, although it's been over three weeks now. Tonight I went out and bought a bottle of wine...feeling a desperate need to try and relieve the tension and irritability I've been feeling. I'm waiting for my Amoryn to arrive in the mail...Finally ordered it last week. I've been trying everything I can think of, in terms of supps to help.

Anyway, I feel stuck and discouraged, and I don't know quite what to do. I don't want to go back on Prozac, for several reasons, the chief one being that getting off of it seems to be so hard! I'm dizzy, tired, and irritable. It's like having the flu and a raging case of PMS both at once. You guys haven't known me very long, but this isn't like me. Not even before Prozac. I used to get gloomy and blue, and alcohol of course made it worse. But I wasn't like this...Feeling as though I want to scream and gnash my teeth. Crazy.

It doesn't help to stay away from here, and it certainly didn't help to have three glasses of wine tonight. Back on track tomorrow, I hope.
Sara

[LVT25]

AF Daily Thursday 9/15

Sara,

I had/have similar issues. At times I feel like i could bite through nails, and no matter how hard I try I can't speak nicely. When I first quit drinking, I experimented with several supplements, and I'm trying to remember what they were. I know the Allone has antioxidants and other vits and minerals that help to heal our brains. I also took True Calm and GABA. At one point I tried the 5HTP. L-tryptophan. The GABA really helped my mood. It was something I took at the first sign of that terrible tenseness. I also bought some that I could let dissolve in my mouth. Pretty cheap if I remember correctly. And it did help--and I took the True Calm at night.
Then I had my hormone levels checked. I put if off for a long time for several reasons, but finally bit the bullet and just did it. My progesterone and testosterone levels were low, and my estrogen was high, among other things. I really think the progesterone cream has helped me a great deal, you certainly can tell when I forget a dose. Now I'm taking DHEA, but so far don't notice the desired effect from it yet.
I realize now I did use the alcohol to try to keep me in a good mood. And I suppose it helped at times, but I remember being quite bitchy when hungover/tired.
I'm willing to bet your new supplement will help you, but in the meantime see if you can get some GABA at the store.:h

Sorry for TMI on this thread.

Greenie.......we're here for ya friend! Hope you check in soon.:l

[greeneyes]

AF Daily Thursday 9/15

LVT, thank you so much for the songs. So much.......:h