AF Daily - Christmas Day 2009

[Doggygirl]

Hi everyone! Merry Christmas to one and all. My overwhelming feeling this morning is one of gratitude. I am so grateful to be sober today. I am so grateful for the positive turns that life has taken since dumping AL. My life isn't perfect but it's so much better than that lonely, desparate, suicidal place that I came from.

Today will be a laid back one here. I'm going to AA this morning - I'm looking forward to seeing the friends there who are planning to go before their Christmas activities begin. Mr. Doggy sleeps in! This evening we will go have dinner with my parents and my brother and nephew. I got my Mary Kay inventory order so I need to unpack all of that and organize it this afternoon. LOL, that will feel l ike :coolsanta: came!!! :H

I hope everyone has a very special day.

DG

[Guitarista]

AF Daily - Christmas Day 2009

Merry christmas DG, and to all my friend's here. Have a safe, sober, and magical day!

[Cinders]

AF Daily - Christmas Day 2009

Yes, have a magical and sober day, all.

Much love from my home to yours,
Cindi

[Leelou]

AF Daily - Christmas Day 2009

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone, our Xmas is nearly over, and it was a quiet, relaxed and yipee I'm on holidays! Wishing you all a special day.

[spedteach]

AF Daily - Christmas Day 2009

Hey all,
I remember thinking how much fun it was to drink champagne on Christmas morning while opening presents. Pretty ripped by mid morning, maybe a nap and then dinner would just about be a disaster.
I am so done with al. Sometimes/often wonder how I let it go on for so long.
Had a wonderful Christmas Eve. Friends and family. Fantastic food. Now I'm just sitting here by the fire waiting for everyone to wake up. There's a half empty/full bottle of white wine in the fridge just looking at me every time I get the milk for my coffee. Makes me shudder to think about having a drink this morning. As I said, I am so, so done with al.
Hope everyone has relaxing, peaceful day.
Shelley

[Lavande]

AF Daily - Christmas Day 2009

Merry Christmas!

I'm grateful to be here AF with all of you DG, Guitarista, Cinders, Leelou & spedteach!
My plan is to relax by the fire today & wait for my son & his family to return this afternoon - no stress

Wishing everyone a wonderful & relaxing day!
Lav

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily - Christmas Day 2009

Hello again Absters!

Our Christmas ends up being more "peaceful" than we originally thought and planned. We were to have dinner at my Mom & Dad's house tonight which involves a drive that is normally about 35 or 40 minutes across country roads. Well, the weather has turned from rain and 40 degrees to snow/ice and 22 degrees todayl. The roads were REALLY slick without a salt truck in sight, so we turned around and came home.

I'm glad to be sober and clear headed to make sound decisions like this. I'm afraid that even last year - my first sober Christmas - I might have still been so guilt ridden over past holiday drinking disasters that I might have wanted to forge ahead even though the conditions were definitely not safe.

The sober life keeps getting better. Not perfect. Not problems magically disapperaring or anything. Just WAY better than being drunk every day.

DG

[spedteach]

AF Daily - Christmas Day 2009

You"re so right, no matter how I feel, which is kind of low right now, it's so much better than being drunk!!

[Pamina]

AF Daily - Christmas Day 2009

Merry Christmas everybody!

Sorry to hear you're feeling low Spedteach but it will pass, hopefully soon.

DG, that sounds absolutely like the right choice. Slippery roads are a nightmare. We've got that here now as well after going from -16C to -3C with more snowstorms on the way tomorrow.

I've done OK so far, but Christmas is a bittersweet experience. I love the holiday, the food, the decorating, but I'm organising the whole shebang for my sister for whom it's all very important. As she has mental problems, her contribution to anything practical is zero. Last night she managed to forget her handbag in a cab and I phoned around at midnight to recover it. Figuring out how much I'm happy doing for her without getting resentful about it is a fine line and an ongoing challenge. Still, I think I'm getting better at it ever so slowly.

[Lavande]

AF Daily - Christmas Day 2009

Good evening Abbers,

Just wanted to stop by again, say good night.

DG, so glad to hear you decided to stay home. Better safe than sorry, right? I'm sure your parents understood!

Sorry your day wasn't the best spedteach, tomorrow is just about here!

Pam, I'm sure you are a good sister - wish I had one

Wishing everyone a peaceful night!

Lav

[greeneyes]

AF Daily - Christmas Day 2009

I saw the glasses of oj at 9 AM. Then I noticed they had a couple cubes in them. Later I saw the champagne in the fridge. I wondered if that was what I called "normal" drinking. Then I quit wondering because you know what? It doesn't matter what I think. It only matters that I don't drink and that I am grateful, sooooo very grateful for that. It was a wonderful day from start to finish!

[Determinator]

AF Daily - Christmas Day 2009

Merry AF Christmas everyone! ok, i'm late but I was busy defrosting here in Hawaii, don't you all feel sorry for me? ahahahahahaha!

much love,