AF Daily - Wed March 9th

[EnglishWriter77]

Hey All,

Hope you are having a good 'hump day' so far!

I think I may have to head to the dentists - have toothache and a headache that could down a Rhino this morning!

EW

[papmom3]

AF Daily - Wed March 9th

awww-feel better EW! Hope it can fixed in one visit! Come here if you're feeling weak and want to "self medicate" the pain!! Othewise, have a great day!!

:l

[mylife]

AF Daily - Wed March 9th

Good morning abbers! EW, I am headed to the dentist this afternoon as well. Just for my cleaning. As my In-Laws and Parents have become older I am realizing the importance of teeth in old age, and decided I need to take better care!!

Hope you are all off to a good start this Ash Wednesday!

Have a wonderful AF day all.

[Sarasmiles]

AF Daily - Wed March 9th

Good Morning Everyone,

So sorry about your tooth and head, EW! Do take care of yourself and get to the dentist!

I'm feeling optimistic as this new day begins. Today I want to eat well; vegies, fruits, proteins and whole grains, and no refined sugar. Just for today...one day at a time, LOL. I have time for a hike with my doggy this morning, then I go to get my hair color repaired, since the last time I had it done I was left with some dark spots amidst the highlights. I'm considering doing away with the highlights and going back to my natural brunette color. I find myself humming the old Carly Simon song, which speaks to me, not because I want to leave my husband ( I don't!) but because I want to leave behind my false self...somehow reclaim the girl I once was: "guess she decided she'd been too long away from her roots..."

She wasn't crazy
She wasn't mad
She just knew in her heart they had drained her of all that she had.
She was tired of being blonde
Tired of coping with the desperation
Tired of being blonde
Tired of fighting back the feeling inside that had told her to run
Tired of being blonde
Tired of hiding her own inclinations

But who knows...I may just decide to keep the highlights :H

Be well everyone!

Sara

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily - Wed March 9th

Hi Fabbies!

Enjoyed reading the further comments on L-Glut yesterday. A huge reminder to self that I need to keep my own dose up there especially if I notice sugar cravings - which I do get a LOT.

Mean time...

EW thanks for getting us started today. Sorry to hear about dental issues! I too hope it's a one visit thing to fix. I neglected my teeth for YEARS. Too busy drinking in every spare moment, and of course did not want the dentist to smell AL on my breath (today's AL OR yesterday's AL LOL). So I went about 20 years without a cleaning. Finally took care of that last year. She said "yours is the second worst I've ever done." It's really embarrassing for me to admit that, but sometimes admitting the embarrassing stuff is a good reminder of why I don't drink any more. Drinking makes me do crazy stuff, embarrassing stuff, and dangerous stuff. The jury is still out whether my mouth will return to normal on it's own, or whether further more surgical type stuff will be needed. What a lesson.

Jenny, I am SO proud of you for your success staying sober alone at home last night, and also for your good attitude about your outlaws and that situation.

Hi P3!! Congrats again on your 10 month anniversary yesterday!!!

Sara, sounds like a good plan for the day. I'm going to stay sugar free and AL free today too. I'm so glad to know I'm not alone!! KEEP THE HIGHLIGHTS!!!

Well, off for some Mary Kay running around, a board meeting, nails, a bit of shopping at a sale, Curves, and then some office work. No time for AL today, that's for sure.

I love LIVING again.

Hello to all fabbies yet to come. One thing is for sure...

DG

[jennyneric]

AF Daily - Wed March 9th

Good Morning. . .

Sorry about the teeth issues EW, I have a tooth ache on one side also, DG my teeth are is bad shape also but it has more to do with genetics than drinking.

Hi p3, ML, and Sara! Hope everyone has a great day

I'm off tomorrow to hang with my son on his 12th b-day. We hung out all day 12 years ago so I thought it was fitting though I wish he would have taken Friday off instead of Thursday but it's his real bday so I said ok. Now to find something to do.

I reached out to the grand parents of my SIL kids this morning, they seam to have custody of them, so that we can establish a visitation schedule so the cousins can get to know each other and keep in touch. We'll see what happens. I hope I didn't just set myself up to get hurt again. The kids are my motivation for this though.

Happy Wednesday, one things for sure. . .

ps DG thank you for your kind words!

[Lavande]

AF Daily - Wed March 9th

Good morning Abbers!

Happy Humpday to one & all!

EW, hope your tooth issue has been resolved - ouch!

Greetings papmom, mylife, sara, DG & Jenny!
I was totally happy to leave that old girl behind as well Sara - good riddance :H

My new life is not perfect because I cannot change everything or the behavior of others. But I am happy & grateful to be where I am now & moving forward

Wishing everyone a wonderful AF Wednesday!
Lav

[Mstall]

AF Daily - Wed March 9th

Good Morning All!

I too neglected my teeth and have a cleaning appt in April after 4 years, yikes! I'm scared, she is going to need a jackhammer to get all the plaque off my teeth. But I must face the music sometime so I might as well do it after a period of soberness.

It's amazing to me how you neglect your health while drinking. I also need to quit smoking, but i'm going to give myself a little more time in my sobriety before i tackle that monster.

Have a great Hump day everyone!

[LVT25]

AF Daily - Wed March 9th

Hello friends,

Congrats Pap and anyone else I may have missed on your milestones! Jenny, good for you for reaching out and what a cool idea to spend time with your 12 year old. Enjoy, if he's anything like my 13 year old, he won't want to hang out with mom so much in the future.:H

Sara, how nice we have a therapist on our thread to give us all kinds of free advice!!!:H I respect your decision to go "natural" I'm not quite ready for that yet!

Sad stuff on the news this morning, made me think of you Lav, a farmhouse in PA burned down with 7 children inside. So sad!

Ash Wednesday kind of snuck up on me and the last couple of years I have given something up for Lent (even though I'm not Catholic). I know I should give up Facebook, or even MWO, or coffee maybe, or sugar. TV? I have decided to commit to start reading the Bible daily, but I really feel like I should go without some of these other things that I am quite attached to. Does anyone else do this?

I've been working on taxes the last 2 days. Perfect weather for that as it was snowing both days. Today I need to go in and do my bookwork in town and it's Yoga day! So, I better keep moving!

Enjoy the rest of the sober week all!:h

[Lavande]

AF Daily - Wed March 9th

LVT,
That was very sad news this morning. The central part of this state is serious farmland & I'm afraid most of the homes are oldish.....not up to code where fire is concerned.

I gave up worrying about giving up something for Lent when I left Catholic school at age 12.
These days I see it more as an opportunity to give something back, donations to those in need, etc.
I always failed trying to give up sweets as a kid anyway - all it did was produce a lot of useless guilt :H

Big rain on the way, flood warning up - that mean mud warnings around here -yuck

[EnglishWriter77]

AF Daily - Wed March 9th

Hey All,

I need two fillings but after a bad car accident when I was in my teens I can't open my mouth wide enough to do the work, so back to the maxillofacial surgeon to see what can be done.

Hope you've all had a good day and thanks for the well wishes.

EW
x

[Sarasmiles]

AF Daily - Wed March 9th

Doggygirl;1073021 wrote:
KEEP THE HIGHLIGHTS!!!


DG

Too Late! I am back to being a true brunette...I believe the very color I had as a child. It is going to take some serious getting used to, and will probably freak out everyone I know. Not a subtle change! But amazingly I am THRILLED. Not because I think it's beautiful or anything, but just because I am looking in the mirror and seeing someone I used to know. More and more I want to get in touch with the girl I was before I started screwing things up with drinking.


"My new life is not perfect because I cannot change everything or the behavior of others. But I am happy & grateful to be where I am now & moving forward " I love that, Lavande. My life isn't perfect either, but I know I can live it better without booze.

LVT25, please don't give up MWO for lent. I don't think God would want you to do that. :H Facebook, maybe, but not a support group!! That's my advice, since you said I could give it out as a therapist, LOL. There are an awful lot of non-therapists here who are much better qualified to give advice than I am, but I'd sure rather see you give up coffee than MWO.

Can I use this line, too? One thing's for sure...

Sara

[mylife]

AF Daily - Wed March 9th

Good evening guys!

EW, I made it to the dentist, suffered through it, and everything is okay again in my mouth!

Sara, good for you on going brunette? Why not?! Sounds like a fun change.

Lav, sorry to hear about the mud possibilities. I remember those when I lived up north!

Jen, hope things work out well for you and family. Sorry you're going through that.

Hope everyone has a fantastic evening.

[jennyneric]

AF Daily - Wed March 9th

Hey ML, good to see you. Thanks for the kind words. I'm doing ok except for the occasional email that I write and delete. I just have to keep saying "I will not stir the pot"! Well see.

I am getting cravings on the way home again. That is concerning. It was 4 weeks ago Friday that the wheels came off and I worry about that with all this SIL stuff going on, just like it was then. Not to blame, I just know I have a very emotional response and that is sometimes bad for me.

Today was good, Tomorrow I have off, sort of. Off to eat and watch AI.

One things for sure.

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily - Wed March 9th

I have a bunch of AA speaker CD's in my car. If I were getting cravings while driving (i.e. home from work) I would be playing those. I think in newer cars there is a way to pipe stuff from your iPod through the speakers?? If so, you can download free AA speakers from iTunes. Just a thought!

Zoom zoom - tomorrow is my first day training as a receptionist at Weight Watchers. I'm really excited!

Sara it's funny - you are going back to your natural brunette and I am going wild with color and highlights and spikiness, etc. But for the last several years of my drinking, I completely stopped taking care of myself. No hair cuts, colors, teeth cleanings, new clothes as I got heavier and heavier (just sweats), no makeup - pathetic. I guess I'm going back in time too - to the girly girl phase! :bling

Speaking of....went and scored $250 worth of clothes for $140 at NY and Co. today. Like I need more clothes but still. I'm all set for summer now!!!

One thing is for sure....$140 wouldn't have bought me a few weeks worth of cheap rot gut vodka back in the day. I'd much rather have the clothes.

DG