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    January 5, 2007

    Morning all in absville,

    Yes, it seems like the mornings are getting earlier and earlier! At least in my city we will get another 11 minutes of sunshine this week - yes, spring is coming. Another meeting awaits and there are 4 more spreadsheets to do, so I will keep this very short and not nearly as peppy as other greetings. Get up, get up, it's time to get up and stop drinking!

    To all in absville, I wish you lots of success today. I am AF Day 5. I know it is Day 5 for many others, including Lucky Ducky, Queen of Campral. Others I will not mention, but many began their January abs on the first of the month, others in the days preceding or after the New Year. It does seem like many on the site are now taking campral, so it will be interesting to see how they are assisted by this medication. I think I talked to two new people on chat yesterday who had been prescribed the medication by their physicians.

    This will be the second day I have not taken my topa because I am concerned about cog fog combined with lack of sleep. Perhaps the half life is long enough that there is still enough in my system - I was at 100 on the last day I was taking it, not a huge dose. I guess I will take it at 50 mg this weekend, just to keep some in my system. That way, if need be, it is not such a drastic increase to go to 100 if I have to counteract cravings. There have a been a few, but mostly psychological - like driving by party store on the way home from work on what have been some pretty nasty days. Hopefully, today will not be so awful as yesterday, which is better left undescribed. IT IS FRIDAY!!


    Welcome to all those who have joined the abs community! Wishing everyone great peace today.

    Hugs,
    Pansy

    #2
    January 5, 2007

    Morning Pansy...and all following today.
    Very happy day 5 to you and others here! Not easy but you are doing it.
    Tomorrow you can post day 6! Day 10 you get confetti and a parade ( nancy-still trying to make that one stick )
    I too have some spreadsheets to do today Pansy so I sympathize. Very glad it's friday. I think I will be working from home most of next week. I have a budget to complete and don't want the office interruptions.

    Went to dinner last night. My friend had one glass of wine and it took her from salad to dessert to finish it.....just made me think, 'yep, if I were drinking, it certainly wouldn't be like that.'
    It again confirmed my choice of iced tea was the right one..sigh... and just to be even more clear about it...I would have had a glass and a half before going to dinner and then 2 at dinner- and come home and finished the bottle I started before dinner. Not sure why I felt the need to post that - I think just as a reminder to myself that that is how I was drinking and I don't want to go back to that ever.
    You all have a wonderful friday. I'm going to go get my morning coffee and listed to a cd I got for christmas - You On A Diet - oprah winfrey's diet doctor's book.
    Love and Good Wishes to you all today-
    Lisa

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      #3
      January 5, 2007

      Morning all.

      I hope you are all well and full of beans today. Day 9 for me.
      I stayed in most of the day yesterday, except to take the dog out. Last night I let him into the back garden and he jumped the fence and ran away. He's done it before but he usually comes home after an hour or so, or the neighbourhood kids will bring him back, bit he didn't come home at all. I phoned the police this morning and ,sure enough, he had spent the night in jail. I've just picked him up. He's a bad dog....but I love him.
      It's Friday again and I have no intention of drinking. Susan, my wife, sometimes goes to the pub on a Friday with her pals, and that's OK with me. I simply don't want any more booze.
      Tomorrow, we have arranged a trip to Gigha. It's a tiny island off the West coast. It's a good 2 1/2 hours drive, so we're getting up early so as not to miss too much daylight. I think we'll take the dog and the fishing rods.
      I hope everyone has a great Friday.

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        #4
        January 5, 2007

        Good Morning Paul Lisa & Pansy,

        Paul i am so jealouse...I've not been out fishing for ages...Sounds like you got a great day planned...Tight lines
        Happy Day 5 Lisa, Keep up the good work...I never saw the point of having one glass of wine and making it last 3hrs..Well done for sticking with the tea.
        Pansy, now Christmas has come and gone the sooner we hit spring the better..Then bring on the summer when i can get my cute little 2 piece out...(Whoops)
        Gonna call back in this afternoon, as i have nothing to report this morning...I just wanted to get back in the habit of posting in Absville...Oh yeah...Day 4 Wahoo

        Have a great day all...Love Macks:l
        I don't care who you are...Your not walking on water while i'm fishing..
        One drink is too many... A thousand is never enough...Sober since July 2nd 2009

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          #5
          January 5, 2007

          Good morning Pansy, Lisa, Paul and those to follow!

          Pansy....I couldn't tolerate the dopa effect on Topa. I loved how it worked at 100 mg though. I'd look at a bottle of wine after having 1/2-1 glass and think "How on earth did I ever drink that whole thing in one setting?" It was awesome. However, I nearly crashed the car, couldn't think or stay awake. It just didn't work for me.

          Lisa....I hope you feel so proud of yourself today. That would be a little difficult to drink iced tea when someone else is drinking wine. But that is life I guess. Sunday I am going out for dinner with my dad and his fiance. No one will be drinking including me. Hee Haw!

          Paul....I love how you said this "Susan, my wife, sometimes goes to the pub on a Friday with her pals, and that's OK with me. I simply don't want any more booze." I simply don't want any more booze. I think I'm going to self talk that. "I simply don't want any more wine." Seriously, I need all the help I can get. I envy your week end plans.

          So day 2 for me. I plan to start Campral today, not trying to be "perfect" and wait 5 days since I caved on day 5 last time.

          Maggie

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            #6
            January 5, 2007

            Good morning Absville,
            Not much to report except that I am starting on day 5 today. Have not had anything to drink, but the lack of sleep is really making me groggy.
            I am going to the Pharmacy to get some Valeriana. It stinks terribly as I remember, but is apparently helping one to relax and sleep. I am trying to go as Homeopathic as possible to give my pooooooooor liver a rest. Was up till midnight and then I rolled around in my bed for hours. Got up at 7 am, so if I slept, I may only have had 4 hours. They say, that is all that Martha Stewart gets every day - balony!
            Have a nice day, I will check with you later.
            Love Lori
            *Definition of Insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result* Albert Einstein

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              #7
              January 5, 2007

              Pansy dear,

              IT IS DAY 10 FOR ME!

              Still going strong....

              My best to all-
              lucky

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                #8
                January 5, 2007

                Good morning all,
                Not sleeping very well here either!
                Its hot inside and outside our house. Hubby still wants his side of the heat blanket on! Problem is MY side gets warm too. I woke up at 3:30am with my jammies wet!
                OK.........its raining out and Belle and Daisy have run circles around the house.
                I need a cup of tea.
                Be back later.
                AF 7 days........again
                :h Nancy
                "Be still and know that I am God"

                Psalm 46:10

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                  #9
                  January 5, 2007

                  Good morning ABsville

                  Day 7 for me... Good going to you all for the days you have remained sober!

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                    #10
                    January 5, 2007

                    Hello all,

                    Nice to see so many posts, Hey Pansy its my Friday to, I hope it goes fast for all of us. I wonder what Scotland's weather is like this time of year. Southern maybe you should just fold the electric blanket in half, then he will know how it feels.

                    Anyway 7 days AF, it took me exactly seven days to feel like my old self, I wonder what a month will feel like, now is when it will get interesting cause I can do seven days easy, well not that easy, but after that I am usually back to my old tricks like " OH I CAN HAVE JUST ONE OR TWO GLASSES OF WINE" not!!!!

                    It will be a challenge but coming here helps so much, I don't have anyway to get topa and I don't like the idea of feeling dopa, as to campril I will have to wait till I have insurance again. In the mean time I will use supplements and tea.

                    Looking forward to a positive month.

                    Kitkat
                    AF since 12/11/2008 :ranger c:
                    Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream !:catroll:

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                      #11
                      January 5, 2007

                      Hello all
                      Just wanted to say that I think everyone here is doing great! Hubby and I have decided last night to be AF for a while. No set time. JUst a while. Wasent sure what I was going to do (the goal of course is a long long time but I cant say that to myself or I might cave). So I am going to post here too again if thats ok.
                      I will continue to post in mods too though cause otherwise I will miss my muffins!
                      Day 3.
                      Love you all
                      Jen
                      Over 4 months AF :h

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                        #12
                        January 5, 2007

                        Hi Kitkat.
                        It's cold and showery today though not as cold as it should be at this time of year. I have a good supply of jumble sale sweaters, so I'm ready for anything

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                          #13
                          January 5, 2007

                          Sounds like we ahve similar weather then, its sunny and cold but one minute it will rain and the next it will snow.

                          Thanks

                          Kitkat
                          AF since 12/11/2008 :ranger c:
                          Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream !:catroll:

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                            #14
                            January 5, 2007

                            Sorry not even awake yet
                            AF since 12/11/2008 :ranger c:
                            Today well lived makes every yesterday a dream !:catroll:

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                              #15
                              January 5, 2007

                              Day 9 for me!!!! Yipee
                              Sounds like everyone is doing so well
                              Congratulations to everyone, keep the positive thoughts flowing and
                              HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND......

                              Love Changeling

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