Saturday January 10th

[Popeye]

Good Morning All.
January 6th.........sorry

Day 10 for me today. I thought I'd start the ball rolling as I'm going out for the day and won't have access to a comp most of the day. Yesterday was a breeze for me. I feel good about today too. Weemelon, I loved your 'house' analogy in the 'chicken and egg' thread. I think that my rusty sickle is starting to get sharper, though there are still a lot of weeds on the floor...
I hope that eveyone is well and up for whatever challenges today might bring. I know I am.
I'll catch up with you all tonight

[weemelonhead]

Saturday January 10th

Yaaayyyyyyyyy! Pauly...the day ten tartan trooper .....good news my old haddock!! You sound as though you're just full of the AF spinach ...see you tomorrow morning! (for me)

Now, talking of time differences (almost)...as we all know, the Melon is an expat Pom who currently resides on the shores of Kiwi agogo...many people who have never lived in Blighty ask why she moved to the other side of the world when all her chums and her nearest and dearest still live in the land of the Oggy.
Well one of the reasons was the escalating crime rate ....horrific attacks and maimings seemed to be occurring with greater frequency in her homeland, and she liked the fact that NZ is always described as similar to England, but about 40 years back in time, when all was a little bit calmer and more lovey dovey...
I am now re thinking the move, the following excerpt was snipped from the Otago Daily Times not 2 months ago, and only serves to show that even in supposed low crime countries...you must be vigilant at all times

"They were to have faced trial in the Dunedin District Court on joint charges of aggravated burglary (relating to the alleged burglary of a house in Carruthers Rd, Clinton, while armed with a tin of Golden Syrup), robbery, kidnapping and assault with intent to injure."

Hahahahahaha...this is a 'stick up'....oh, come on, well it made me larff anyway

[Mackeral]

Saturday January 10th

Good Morning all,

Day 5 for me today..

Paul, hope you have a great trip today...and i hope them fish keep pulling your string..
Weemelonhead, You are absolutly crackers...and i love it.

Last night wasn't the hell on earth i was expecting...the first time i went abs last June it was about day 5 when things got really grim..Not this time though..I hope i'm not counting my chickens too soon..But this time i dont feel it's going to be as hard..
Right plan for today....Jobhunting...failing that winning the lottery tonight....I will get my guitar shaped swimming pool one day

Have a great day all....Love Macks:l

[Birdman]

Saturday January 10th

Day Ten Too

I haven't been posting much but just wanted you guys to know that you have been a grat support to me. I had some really tough days but they are much better now and I haven't slipped yet; AF for ten days. You all have a great day. I am going to watch my son in a wrestling tournament and am really looking forward to a great day.
Lots of love.
Birdman

[Newyear]

Saturday January 10th

Paub and Birdman - A very happy 10 days to you! Today you get a full confetti parade in your honor! Congrats
Very happy 5 days to you Macks - I do think it gets easier each time we try. Great job!

weemmelon...stay away from pancake houses...

today I am at 70 days af...never ever ever thought that was possible. I feel I am slowly changing my life for the better. Getting to the gym has been so good for me too - has helped as much for my mental health as for my physical health. I tried a slightly different attitude this time around. This time I thought - even if I don't see results, even if nothing changes and I even feel worse (meaning both stopping drinking and the working out thing)
no matter how I feel about it on a particular day....I'm going to just keep going. I have sabotaged myself so many times by saying to myself- well, this isn't working is it? may as well...drink...eat...stay home and not go to the gym....
This time around I just said - ok, I know I will feel that way at some point but unfortunately, I don't have the option this time of giving up. To my surprise this had actually paid off and worked for me! I didn't have a lot of mind games to play because I took the options out. Anyway, thought I'd share that on my wise ole 70th af day.
Don't know if this is forever for me but it is for today anyway. Today, I'm not going to drink and I will go to the gym.
Have a great Sat!! Enjoy the fishin' Paul...

Lisa

[Mackeral]

Saturday January 10th

Lisa 70 days....You must be so proud of yourself...I know we are all proud of you...You are showing the way...And please keep those pearls of wisdom coming...I have started the gym so many times and talked myself out of it...Saying to myself i dont look or feel any different..
This time next month you'll be hitting the big 100..

Keep up the good work Lisa

[lucky 2.0]

Saturday January 10th

Lot of successes here! So encouraging to read!

Today is day 11 for me and it is amazing I made it through yesterday AF. Feels good that I did.

Had a dream where I was @ dinner with friends and had a big goblet of white zinfandel, which I would NEVER order in real life. In the dream, I let it touch my lips and pushed it away saying " I can't drink this." It tasted horrible. And I did not order anything else. It was like it did not even occur to me to do so. Even though it was white zin, I still feel good about the dream and my ability to be AF.

Happy Saturday to all. May we all make good choices today that make us proud.

[mikeupnorth]

Saturday January 10th

Hi there Absville,

Just wanted to pop in and say happy Saturday to you. Sounds like there's a lot of good energy here today! Except for that syrup stickup, of course!

I'm still plugging along, one day at a time. Day 110 here.... I can't believe it's almost 4 months in a few days! I keep marking the days on my calendar and it gives me a boost to watch the count go up and up...

Every day is not a struggle any more, like it was at first, thank God. There are some days that I breeze through with hardly the thought of alcohol (except to be thankful that I'm not using it). But there are still days when the thought comes tapping at the back of my mind that a drink would be nice, that it would somehow make the stress melt away, that it would help me relax, or whatever. So I guess what I'm saying is that while I'm not struggling as much on a day-to-day basis, I don't feel that I'm any "safer" now than I was at Day 1 or 10 or 30. In fact, my biggest fear is that I'll start feeling too safe, that I'll start to take my sobriety for granted -- because if I do, that's when I'm most in danger of drinking.

All of that is to say that wherever we are on this journey, no matter how much time we've been sober, we all have today -- and that's what's important. The future is still unwritten, and we are the authors of it, so let's make it something wonderful for ourselves. Like you said, Lisa, you always gave up and gave in before and this time you're doing something different and getting different results. I decided the same thing for myself. I know where drinking leads me; I've done it thousands of times. Sobriety is the undiscovered country.

~Mike

[lorisunshine]

Saturday January 10th

Hi and good morning to all, the Kiwis, the Poms? (why Poms?) the northpolers and anybody else that my failing shortterm memory cannot remember.
I am on day 6 and feeling great. Had a wonderful nights sleep and feel rested and energized (bunny...bunny...bunny tatatatata). It's pouring cats and dogs outside, but what the hell, that could be snow which I would have to shovel. Pauly, hope the fishing is great - you murderer.
(I am a hypocrite... I don't kill anything....I just eat it).
I really have to run and will catch all of you later.
Love Lori.

[Changeling]

Saturday January 10th

10 Days Yipee

Happy weekend everyone.
Hello to PaulB & Birdman, I am on day 10 as well and feeling really good.
I seem to have so much energy and have spent my saturday cleaning out cupboards that havent been touched for ages and cleaning the patio.
Lisa congratulations on 70 days, you are a great examply to all.
And Mike - what can I say 110 days. You must feel like an entirely different person.

This for me feels like a time for renewal, a time to try and create a new life which has no space for drinking excessively.

As Mike said "sobriety is the undiscovered country"
I want to go there.....
Changeling

[Popeye]

Saturday January 10th

Hi All again...
Guess what? I went on the internet this morning to check out the sailing times for the ferry. We drove for three hours to catch the 11 o'clock ferry. When we got there, there was a little notice saying that all sailing were cancelled due to recent gales. Why was this info not on their website......Ho hum...What a bummer. We just drove to Cambeltown and went for a look around, then drove the 3 hours back home. Still, it was a beautiful drive, fantastic scenery etc.
We'll sit in tonight and watch a movie and get a curry in. Sounds good to me.....
Well done Mike and lisa. You are doing what I want to do....I'll get there in a few months.
Birdman, Macks, Lucky, Lori and Melon. well done too. I hope that we can all keep it up together.

[weemelonhead]

Saturday January 10th

Woooowwweeeeee!! Well, while the melon has been resting her fat head on the pillow having nightmares about 'fruit salads' (quelle horreur..!!!) everybody else in the world is up and about, adding on AF days!...Mike and Lisa...thank you for the advice...this is the great thing about these posts, we get to see any obstacles that may crop up in advance and so are better prepared when we come to a similar 'bend in the road' .....lets just keep adding to those fabtastwonderful sober, guilt free days!!!!
:yay: to EVERYBODY!!!!!!! :h
You are my FAVOURITE abstainers (and no, I don't know any others, but it's the thought that counts LOL)

Oh, and by the way...I take it that 'crackers' is an olde Engysh word that means deep thinking, intelligent and wondrously beautiful individual Macks.................................? By Hoki it better do my boy....you know where that trident of yours is going to end up otherwise don't you:moon:......your 'snip' will be the least of your worries then :h
Much love abbers....keep on truckin', we got ourselves a convoy Hoooonk hooooonk...(no ducky, that is NOT a mating call!!) xoxo

[weemelonhead]

Saturday January 10th

Posting while you were Pauly...wot a bummer!! Glad you kept positive though and enjoyed the views anyway...have a relaxing evening xoxo

[kitkatsue]

Saturday January 10th

Hello all,

Wow so much good advice and so many people here who have come such along way.

8 days and I feel so much better, I look back and can't believe I put myself through it.

Wee I love your posts. I almost wet myself.

I'm so glad I found this place.

Hugs

Kitkat

[lorisunshine]

Saturday January 10th

Hey Pauly,
I can hear the fish applauding all the way across the atlantic, jeers to gails and cheers to cancelled ferries. No really that is a bummer. Good thing that you found a substitute in looking at the wonderful Scottish landscape.
Lori