Wednesday January 10th

[Popeye]

Good morning all.
I hope you all achieved your aims yesterday. I managed another day AF and I'm heading into uncharted territory. Day 14 today. That's nearly two weeks, and I'm still feeling good.
I think I may have heard the mental 'click' that people talk about. There is a definate difference in my attitude this time. I haven't had a craving for ages. I got some supps at the weekend. Kudzu, L-Glutamine and vitamin B complex. I have been taking evening primrose oil, Milk thistle and magnesium for a few weeks now.....maybe they are doing something. I wanted to make my supps as natural as possible. I don't want too many chemicals swishing around my system.
Thanks again for all your encouragement.
This is a great place.

[anke]

Wednesday January 10th

Well done !!! For some reason, this is the year that Iam going to beat the booze. Iam hopeful the MWO starter kit will arrive soon.

Anke

[Olly]

Wednesday January 10th

Mornin' Early-Bird Paul and others,
Day 10 for me, I'm right behind you Paul. Keep leading the way on this great uncharted trail of sobriety!!
Olly

[weemelonhead]

Wednesday January 10th

Hooray....it's the world famous pat on the back thread!!! And well deserved too my sober chums!!!
The Melon reaches out her 'Brother Lee Love' (you had to have watched The Kenny Everett show to know wot in the name of Biggles striking moustache I am going on about) arms which have no difficulty in embracing and delivering a hearty slap on the vertebrae to ALL this merry Wednesday (wot date is it again Pauly??? I think you may have been operating on some ancient druidic time chart the other day).
I am up to day 34 now....or day 273 on the Pauly B calender!!!! Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Have a good day mes petits choux....Au revoir...lepetitcanteloupetete xxxx

[irishlady]

Wednesday January 10th

Good God weemelly...you like everything I do...I loved Kenny Everett..Remember Sid Snot....The only drawback with Paulb's calender is if you use that it makes you about 98 years old.....ever smelt a 98 year old melonhead...yuckety yuck....

Paulb, way to go, sounds as if that mental click has marched in wearing hobnail boots, you have always sounded positive in your posts but now you seem all fired up with new energy....talking of which I take all those supps you do but I also take 4 Amino Acids each day and 1 Multi-Vit....
I hadn't realised how important Amino Acids were, always thought it was just body builders who used them, but they are very important in aiding the body in recovery...Go onto Google and look them up, what they do for you is awsome...You can buy them in Holland and Barrett health food shops for just under ?5 and they are called....Natural Amino 1000....you get 190 tabs per bottle, I really do recommend them...In the early days they really helped me by lifting my mood and actually helping to make me happy...Mind you, with all the positive vibes coming off here this morning I won't need anything else today.....And as the French mistress said to the gardener....KEEP IT UP.....

A Good Day to You All
Love from Louise xxxx

[Mackeral]

Wednesday January 10th

Good Morning all on the funny farm,

Day 9 here...I've been taking the anti depressents my doctor gave me for my poor sleeping ( EH?) ...And while they have done absolutly zilch for my sleep...The last 2 nights have been...well not easy but easier..

Paul...Excellent work reaching the 2 week mark,,,Lou is right...You sound like a man on mission..Keep it up mate.
Anke...First off i'd like to say hello, i havn't seen you around before, and also best of luck..Pauls good vibes must be infectious
Olly..Congratulations on day 10...Your right behind Paul and i'm right behind you.
Melon and Irish..The pair of you crack me up....34 days is fantastic Melon..And Irish i am going to give those aminos a try...( but if they're just for women tell me quick before i make a prat of myself in the shop)

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

[Pebbles]

Wednesday January 10th

Morning all, or whatever timezone we're in.
talking of moods, any suggestions for help with "miserable, fed up, can't be ar~ed" which is me most of the time. Then, every now and again, say 2-3 times a day, temper flashes, irritable, anger, not violent just not very nice to be with.

I've been to the GP. I'm not clinically depressed, apparently I need a holiday! Nice of the NHS to pay for one for us I'd say.

I've got some SAMe this week, waiting for it to work.

Mackral, I found with sleeping- I thought drinking made me sleep better, but really it was passing out, then I'd wake at 2.00pm for 3hours. Now it takes longer to go to sleep, but I sleep like a baby. Tried Kalms...kept falling asleep in peoples arm chairs and at work.
love
Pebbles

[pansy]

Wednesday January 10th

Morning all,

Melon, the bald did nice work on that avatar! Today is Day 10 for me. Things going pretty smoothly. Yawn, I JUST got up so I now I must rush out the door!

Hope all have a good day,
Pans

[Java]

Wednesday January 10th

morning all, just 4 more days until i go to the doctor! I am excited and i am still taking the supps, each day they make me feel better, and I am going to look into amino's, thanks guys!

[kitkatsue]

Wednesday January 10th

Good morning all, and great job,

paulb it sounds like you and I are on the same regime I would rather do natural I have had my fill of prescriptions in the past and some of them are supposed to be hard on the liver.
I've been taking milk thistle for years so maybe I will be ok , and love that glutamine.

Wee thats great 34 day wow! Well wishing you all a great day!!! Oh yeah day 12 for me!

Kitkat

[MaggieD47]

Wednesday January 10th

Happy Wednesday People!

And it is a happy Wednesday for me! I am day 3 wine free and day 3 Campral.

I finally had an experience with dbf where he said I need to stop drinking my wine because he is unable to love me like he wants when I drink it. If I don't stop, he needs to leave the relationship.

He has tried in his own sweet way to help me cut down. Sunday night I had about 4 glasses and was in a foul mood. We talked and I just went off with him about all that was bugging me and not in a nice way. This is probably the 100th time I've done this and he's had it.

I always thought I was controlled with my drinking and it didn't really affect anyone but me. I have tried so many times to moderate and 3 previous times to abstain. But never before has anyone put it to me so bluntly. I love this man and there is no way my wine will get in the way.

Is it possible to have the mental click after an experience like that do you think? I think I have the mental click. "It's not an option" is my new motto.

Love to read all the successes here and the humor is so great! Love you all!

Maggie

[irishlady]

Wednesday January 10th

Macks, the Aminos are for blokes as well, trust me would I lead you down the garden path???

Pebbles, when you say you sleep like a baby I hope you don't mean you dribble and wet yourself while you are asleep??:H What are Amino Acids?

If you click on link above you should find some good info on Amino Acids

Hope it works, the link I mean, never done it before.

[YoungAtHeart]

Wednesday January 10th

Morning all,

Welcome, Pebbles, just wanted to say that you don't have to worry about the time zone~if you want to be in Absville, you're in the AbsZone, and we have our own zone! At any rate, I'm glad you're here and looking forward to getting to know you better.

Macks, Amino Acids are for everyone. They are the building blocks of our body, and certain ones are the building blocks of those "feel-good" chemicals in our brains that alcohol depletes. So you don't have to send Mrs. Macks out to the vitamin store for them! Not to sound like a commercial for MWO, but I buy the Amino Complete on this site, because I tried to save money and buy amino tabs locally, and they ended up being like pills for horses, and you had to take, like, 10 a day!! Yikes! I'm glad that the anti-depressants seem to be evening you out.

Welcome aboard, Anke! And Hi there, Olly!

Wee-One with the amazingly long names, I love your new avatar! Congrats on 34 days!

Paul, I'm glad that you have experienced the "click". Keep up the good work!

Great on 12 days, KitKat!

Morning, Pans!

Good luck at the docs, Newgrl!

Hey Maggie, sounds like you've got a special guy who gave you just the wake-up call you needed! I think it is entirely possible that an experience like that can give you the "click". Not an option, not an option, not an option......I'm gearing up to make that my new mantra too.

Hugs,
Kathy:l

[YoungAtHeart]

Wednesday January 10th

Ya done good, Louise, the link works! And hi there love!! XOXOX

[davy4ann]

Wednesday January 10th

AFTERNOON ALL

Pebbles your absoloutely right about the sleeping problem...for bloody years i was convinced i would'nt be able to sleep at all without a bottle of wine...how the hell will i be able to get up for work if i can't sleep, i would tell myself....one of the reasons i decided to quit on my weeks holiday, was to put this to the test...afterall if i really could'nt sleep, then what the hell i could snooze during the day...anyway first night i doozed all with a couple of night terrors for the first couple of hours...got up, had a cup of tea instead of a large whisky..logged in for a while...went back to bed relaxed and had the best sleep i've had for years...same pattern last night...back to bed and slept really well from 2am till 9.15am...seems to me that 5hours of quality sleep, beats 8hours of semi-conciosnes...bugger ca'nt spell that....
my problem is gonna be monday going back to work monday and getting up at 5am and staying up...

love
dave