January: Just Do It! ~ AF ~ Week 4

[dill]

When things go wrong as they sometimes will, When the road you're trudging seems all up hill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest if you must, but don't you quit. Life is queer with its twists and turns, As every one of us sometimes learns, And many a failure turns about, When he might have won had he stuck it out. Don't give up though the pace seems slow--You may succeed with another blow, Success is failure turned inside out--The silver tint of the clouds of doubt, And you never can tell how close you are, It may be near when it seems so far; So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit--It's when things seem worst that you must not quit. - Unknown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rlio7lcORws[/video]]YouTube - Rest If You Must But Don't You Quit

Welcome to January, Week 4, all oldcomers and newcomers! Let's help each other down the homestretch!

[lilmea]

January: Just Do It! ~ AF ~ Week 4

Thanks for starting us out on week 4 Dill and with such a positive quote.

Here we are everyone. Starting on the last week of January. We are on the down hill slide. Lets finish this month out strong and af!!!

[Lavande]

January: Just Do It! ~ AF ~ Week 4

Good morning January friends,

Thank you for starting us off on Week 4 Dill with such inspiration That was very nice!
Good morning Lil!

I woke up with some ideas for February swimming around in my head!
There are 2 descriptive words at the top of my list - Fearless & Faithful...... we should incorporate one of them in our new name.
February Fearless Friends
February Faithful Friends
Or we could be Fanatics, Fantastics, etc...........

See what a good night's sleep does for me?
Well, it is seriously gloomy here, waiting for 1-2 inches of rain to roll in. Definitely going to be an inside day. I'll find something to keep me occupied & will check in at 4 pm to see if anyone wants to chat!

Have a great Sunday!
Lav

[Chillgirl]

January: Just Do It! ~ AF ~ Week 4

Hi Gang
Yeeha to week 4! Bring it on.....

Dill & Lilm - lets enjoy the last of jolly january

Lav Heres to the freedom of a fantastic funfilled fruitful February!

Rain has stopped here and I just spend a wonderful afternoon in the sunshine at the beach...

[Lavande]

January: Just Do It! ~ AF ~ Week 4

Evening gang,

Where the heck is everyone today?????

Hi chill - on the beach in January? I've never looked at the weather in Portugal.......I'll have to Google that Hoped you enjoyed it!

Dill, LBH & Lil - nice chatting with you today! I have to brush up on my chatting skills. I swear I think my brain turns off every now & then when trying to talk to too many people at once
I should think about putting together a 'Field Trip' for this group, there is a lot to see in my end of PA. In addition to the beautigful Longwood Gardens & Kennett Square (the mushroom capital of the world) there is the Brandywine River Museum & the Brandywine Battlefields - all right in the same area. Just a few mile away in DE is the Winterthur Museum & Country Estate - very nice too!
Do I sound like a travel agent or what?????
Well, I can at least dream for all of us!

LBH, hope you feel better very soon & don't forget - I'll help you out with those eye drops

Lil, hope your HB's computer feels better soon.

Dill, grab onto my big blue tail - we are heading straight thru this month & into the next with no problem

Have a good night friends!
Lav

[ladybirdheart]

January: Just Do It! ~ AF ~ Week 4

Good to see you on our fourth week, moving winter a bit more into history. I used to love it so much, skiing like a rocket (I was not that great at control and the mountains here are legendary), picnic fires in the deep quiet snow with steaming mugs of probably really bad coffee that seemed heavenly. I still love the sense of everything underground waiting but now I include myself. I am off early for now, keeping small and beating back my virus (or agreeing to live with it in harmony) for hopefully one more night, thank you for chat today. It can be awkward--I really never know my lines--but it is fun, yes? See you soon wherever you are. Love, Ladybird.

[dill]

January: Just Do It! ~ AF ~ Week 4

My, it is quiet here today! LBH, you are just great in chat. Perhaps, if it would make you feel better, we could all pitch in and get you a "chataprompter"!:H Take care of yourself and banish the little microbes as quickly as you can.

Sped, I peeked in on chat after 4:00 hoping to see you there. I did see Lav, LBH, and a trace of Lil as she logged off when I logged on. A couple of others were there, too, not regulars from our thread.

Lil, sorry I missed you today.:l

Lav, I think a visit to your area would be lovely!

Open, I must give credit where credit is due: The bit-o-honey was suggested to me by Lil, and I have found it very helpful!

Cyn, I tried the labyrinth and I truly enjoyed it! I think the next time I do it I will have someone carry me through. I thought moving the cursor was a bit tedious. But then again, maybe having to put that little effort forward helped keep me focused and made the meditative breaks more special. I'll try both ways and then decide which I prefer.

I'm going to go catch some of the Saints/Vikings game. I'll bet SD is watching, too!
All, have a peaceful evening.

[cyntree]

January: Just Do It! ~ AF ~ Week 4

hey everybody! I'm so sorry that I missed chat - I somehow missed that it was today, and thought we were waiting until nex week.

Sky - I absolutely hear you about the destruction that al wreaks on relationships. Great job on getting those days behind you - this group is a place of comfort, respite, cheering, and foundation, and I' so glad you're here.

Open - good going passing on the drink last night - woohoo! I'm glad my words made a little sense to you, I'm never sure...judgement to me means the getting stuck in micromanaging and forgetting to see the forest for the trees. I am really trying to stay focused on the path to sobriety, and not get hung up every five minutes. As for your menagerie, I'm so jealous. My dream is to have a hobby farm; I doubt that I'll ever get to live it, but I'm learning to live vicariously from all the stories here.

LBH - I still think you're 'holy'. Hope there's a way to fill that hole...

Lav, Chill - great words for February! Lav - you're on for that field trip - I was once in your neck of the woods, and I remember it as being gorgeous. In the middle of winter, I still think about Washington and his troops at Valley Forge. Pnut - great to hear from you - take care.

Wishing all a good end to this Sunday. Will catch up with you tomorrow -
(looks like we're online at the same time, Dill and Lav - big hugs)

[dill]

January: Just Do It! ~ AF ~ Week 4

Cyn, We are planning a chat meet up for the 31st. Today was just a few of us poking our heads in the door. Do plan on chat next Sunday!

[FindingMyself]

January: Just Do It! ~ AF ~ Week 4

Hi everyone,

Thank you all for the support. I am still here and still AF. I'm on vacation this coming week and think I promised too many people too many things and just had my nose to the grind stone trying to get it all done. I've promised myself 2 things before I leave Tuesday: take the time to catch up on the posts here from the last couple of days - (you are the best!), and to sit down and write about how to be who I want to be this week (stay AF). I guess there will be a bit of anxiety, but nothing I can't handle. The people I'm going to be with aren't big drinkers, and I usually do pretty well when on vacation as I'm distracted by new surroundings and tend to keep busy. (It's the daily home routines and triggers that are so ingrained and hard to handle.)

Hope everyone is doing well.

[openheart]

January: Just Do It! ~ AF ~ Week 4

Hi everybody--wow--here it is week 4--that is feelin' pretty good. Pretty much ready to say goodbye to January already. I wouldn't mind skipping Feb and going right to March. Looking forward to hearing the birds singing, "Spring soon! Spring soon!"

Nice job, Finding, on continuing your af status. Way to go on getting your plan down for your vacation--you sound strong--hope you have a wonderful and restful vacation.

I've always been an animal lover, Cyn, but I find if I get too many none of them get the attention they need. But I get these hankerings to get more animals all the time--have to curb that desire, too! I'll try to get some pix of our goats to share--they are hilarious.

LBH--lots of rest and fluids (like your chicken soup!) to kick this virus of yours--be well soon!

Gonna call it a night--need to be fresh for the week. Have a great start to week 4 everyone!
Open

[Sky]

January: Just Do It! ~ AF ~ Week 4

Hi all. Just popping in to say hi. Waiting on another tradesman to come and give me a quote. The money is just walking out the door today. Gulp!

Thanks very much for your welcome and I'll look forward to getting to know you all better.

[sooty]

January: Just Do It! ~ AF ~ Week 4

Well I'm back after a ridiculously busy weekend but it was worth it and the family party yesterday was just fab. People travelled long distances to join us and we had a wonderful time. I didn't manage it AF but feel ok today so not beating myself up.
Lav I can't believe that we're thinking about February already - but you are right, its coming upon us quickly - I love the idea of fearless and faithful - hope we manage to get them into our name.
Have a marvellous, magnificent, meritorious Monday everyone - see you all later
Sooty

[redhibiscus]

January: Just Do It! ~ AF ~ Week 4

It's Monday again, too soon for me. I had a horrendous weekend and am feeling unwell. Friday I drank my self sick and I am just plain scared. I have been unable to stay away from alcohol on Friday's during this MOnth of January. I was so sick Saturday I laid around all day. Yesterday I tried to do catch up, but have such bad anxiety that I slept restlessly last night. I know the best thing to do is to go to work. I just don't understand the insanity of my pattern of drinking. I know if I drink it will end badly, yet I still drank.

All I can do is start again. In the past this happened several times a week, then I was better for a time, now it has been weekly for the last three weeks. It has to stop. I have committed to AF ness till next Monday, knowing that if I get through the weekend, I will be fine. Sorry to be such a bummer to all, but what is the point being dishonest? Please send me hope and strength, I need it.

[dill]

January: Just Do It! ~ AF ~ Week 4

Peace, hope and strength to you Red! I am so sorry that you are feeling so badly but I am happy that you are here and posting. If I've said it once, I've said it a million times, the only thing that has kept me moving forward on this journey is MWO and this thread in particular. NEVER give up! One thing that I found particularly helpful for myself is that on one of those horrible nights after drinking where I would lie awake unable to sleep and feeling like crap, I got up and wrote the time, and the fact that I was awake and how I felt and why. I carried that note with me. Looking at it in the daylight, when I was feeling OK and forgetting the bad side of drinking, I would be able to really remember how I felt at that moment in the middle of the night. It was like getting a note and proof of the other me. The one that so desperately wants to stop drinking and be healthy. The one that I manage to forget about during the witching hour in the light of day when I'm feeling just fine. I look at that note and can't deny the reality of what "one" will do to me.

Sooty, good job getting right back here. I would have been challenged in the situation you were in, too. Just dust off and put one foot in front of the other. I'm glad you enjoyed your weekend with family.

Finding, good for you on you af time. Enjoy you vacation this wee, but do try to check in with us! Do you have a vacation destination or are you just taking time off?

Sky, thanks for checking in. You and Mandalay are the only posters on this thread from down under. Do you have a link to the World Clock? It tells you what time it is all over the world. The closest city to me on the list of cities is Detroit. Here's the link:

The World Clock – Time Zones

Open, Lil, Lav, LBH, Pnut, SD, everyone, have a good, af day!