AF Daily - Friday 3/18

[greeneyes]

Gooooood Morning Fabs!

'Tis a good day to be AF. That is all.

[tiptronic_ct]

AF Daily - Friday 3/18

Isn't it just?

Whoah... feels kinda spooky posting in this section of MWO...

Thought I'd bounce by for a change

[greeneyes]

AF Daily - Friday 3/18

I just love it when you bounce!!!:h

[universal]

AF Daily - Friday 3/18

It is a great day to be unhung for sure!!!

Det - to answer your question from yesterday - I had a horrible discussion with my father which put me in a bit of a tailspin. I'm doing much better now, thanks in large part to everyone here!

Feeling good today - I did take the advise on here (I think it was Sara?) and went over to SMART recovery and attended an online meeting last night. I haven't had a chance to peruse it much but I did print off some of the tools and have them posted all over my house (my Hubby is wondering what is up with me! LOL). I will give it a try though, I figure the more tools I get in my toolbox, the better.

I am also attending a dual recovery anonymous meeting today which is for those of us who suffer from mental disorders as well (like depression, anxiety, schitzophrenia etc.). So I'm looking forward to that meeting to see how it is.

Woke up early and made my hubby lunch to take to work - want to go back to bed but I'm up now so I might as well do something useful! I'm trying hard to fight the grip of these diseases of mine!

Love you guys and hope you all have a great day!

[greeneyes]

AF Daily - Friday 3/18

Uni..:l:h I'm glad to see you taking action. I sort of function outside the mainstream of therapeutic modalities ... which is where this suggestion comes from... can you hand print the tools and verbalize them whenever you see them? It will be helpful.

[Lavande]

AF Daily - Friday 3/18

Good Spring-like morning Abbers!

Heading up to a fab 75 degrees here today - Yay!
I'm going to absorb as much sunshine as possible because the weekend looks to be chillier & damp.

Greetings Greenie, Uni & tip! Wonderful to see you this morning

Glad you found some relief Uni - whatever helps, right?

Wishing everyone a wonderful AF Friday!
Lav

[SarahH]

AF Daily - Friday 3/18

Feel much, much better than I deserve to. Re-reading the tool box, some great stuff in there.

Watching all the horrible stuff on the news. Just think, horrible things happen randomly to blameless people, while I have actively gone out to embrace my own destruction. Insane.

Great weather today. Willow tree is coming out, my seedlings are happy. Need to do my taxes...

[greeneyes]

AF Daily - Friday 3/18

SarahH... you deserve nothing less than utter joy and peace. Love and accept yourself :h

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily - Friday 3/18

Hi fabbies!

Just finished speed reading the alst few days threads. Marshy, thanks for sharing that about your Mom and how you and she handled things. That's definitely what I need to do. (or not do as the case may be!!!)

SaraH - big welcome to you. The insanity is truly mind boggling isn't it? I'm so grateful I don't live in that particular nuttiness (AL) every day any more. I know you will get back to some good AF time too!

Tippy - GREAT to see you here on this thread!!!!

Green one, it truly IS a great day to be sober. Thanks for starting things off for us today with that simple truth.

Uni, I am thinking of you. :l I love what Sara posted yesterday. I love that you are forging ahead and willing to use every tool you can get your hands on. I love how you just keep going - you don't quit. That is wonderful.

Lav, that was a fabulous piccy of Lily on the previous days thread!!!!!!! We are enjoying some gorgeous weather here today too. Windows open. Amazing.

Hi to all other fabbies!!!

It's been a busy but good week. I'm signed up to work some of the events at the theatre. I'm especially looking forward to Dionne Warwick, Lucille Ball, and the Organ Extravaganza, whatever that is. They have a pretty spectacular pipe organ in the theatre - most of it still the original stuff from 1926. I wonder if autographs or hand shakes from Dionne or Lucille will be possible?

Mr. Doggy has been doing computer training one night a week for the guys in the Men's recovery program at the mission. He ended up helping one guy with his resume and he found out today that guy just got a job. Amazing how heart warming this stuff can be. The Easter program is underway and they hope to get food boxes (full Easter dinner with all the trimmings) and Easter Baskets out to 400 families this year. Lots of work, lots of volunteers, lots of donations. This too is heart warming to be part of.

Sara (from yesterday) I love that sugar free goal. That's another one I just have to stay on top of. So easy to slide off that wagon! That spells trouble for me.

I checked out Oliver Ami....(however you spell it) book "The End of My Addiction" from the library. We have so many people here at MWO now who are using bac to help them in their recovery, I just want to learn more about it. I am grateful that so far, I have been able to stay sober with the help of MWO, AA and supplements, exercise, etc. But I am willing to go to any length to stay sober, so I like to keep myself armed with all kinds of information.

Also, I think stopping drinking alcohol is only the beginning in recovery. I know I sure had (and still have!) lots of life skills to work on. And I think most of us have baggage from our past drinking lives to clean up. That all doesn't happen magically just because we are finally able to find a way to stop drinking. I really value all of our discussions on this thread which is often WAY more about dealing with life post AL than dealing with exactly how we stopped taking a drink. I hope more of the bac friends who are working to stay AF and trying to deal with life on life's terms will join us here on AF daily. We all have something in common - we want to stay AF.

One thing is for sure........there will be no AL in my world today.

DG

[bear73]

AF Daily - Friday 3/18

hey all - 4 weeks af tomorrow - am not skating this weekend decided to go to friend's birthday do - told him I'm not drinking and why. i also found out the plan is a meal tomorrow eve - not a huge boozy night out,phew.

I'm feeling strong - had initial chat with counsellor choice between cbt and hypno - think am gonna go for cbt for depression/low self esteem initially.I have looked at smart recovery site too and i love it - need to work out how online meetings work with UK time difference.
anyway not much to say - mad week - working on work not getting to me as much.

good weekend all - lazy evening with cream cake (counted in calorie allowance!) in front of tv and decaff coffee - maybe a nice long bath.need to catch up on posts.

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily - Friday 3/18

Bear - an early congrats on 4 weeks AF!! You are sounding great and I'm loving the "work" you are doing assessing yourself and figuring out who you are and who you want to be.

DG

[Sarasmiles]

AF Daily - Friday 3/18

Hi Everyone,

It's been a busy day for me, so I'm posting late. Just wanted to pop in and say hello.

I don't want to sound catty or stir up trouble (how's that for a provocative way to start a paragraph?) but does anyone else find it a little troubling/disturbing to log on and see a thread titled "Direct Alcohol Substitutes"? I finally read some of it and was really bothered by the idea of sharing suggestions for other substances to use to get high instead of alcohol. I guess that's not what the whole thread is about (I didn't read the whole thing, since it made my stomach tie up in knots). Anyway, my reaction to it makes me realize that I may be more vulnerable than I thought. I have been feeling so good, so strong and clear about wanting to stay sober. But I must say, that thread pushed a button for me, making me realize that there is this part of me that wants to latch on to some source of escape. Otherwise, why would it bother me to see the thread?

For a long time I stayed away from MWO because I had the same reaction to seeing the moderation threads. I felt torn for so long, wanting so much to be able to moderate. Coming here seemed to keep that hope alive, since other people were trying to do it, too. Now I have let go of that yearning - or at least more fully accepted that it isn't ever going to work for me. So it doesn't bother me to see the references to moderation. That's why I could come back here.

By Friday every week I start to think maybe I won't go to my Sunday night SMART Recovery meeting, and every week something comes up to remind me that I need and want to. Something always triggers an insight or a memory or a feeling of insecurity, that makes me know I need to keep going back there, and coming here, and posting at SMART too. I need all the help I can get!

But one things for sure...

Sara

[SarahH]

AF Daily - Friday 3/18

It's already Saturday here, so good morning all.

[Determinator]

AF Daily - Friday 3/18

Happy late Aloha Friday ABland!

in a hotel in the middle of nowhere and totally fell of the sugar bandwagon tonight. d-oh! ate my own body weight in coconut cream pie. oh dear. may get to sleep by June! bazing! bazoing!

kudos on the AF time Bear and anyone I missed.

Strength to you Uni xxx

Sarasmiles, I hear and appreciate your frustrations. unfortunately we live in a world with a lot of unhealthy influences all over the place. we just have to know our limitations and let the crud run off our backs like water. easy to say I know..... but something I try to aspire to.

be well everyone