AF - daily, Sunday, February 26

[Guitarista]

AF - daily, Sunday, February 26

Greetings Abber's near and far,

Sorry to hear of your Godfathers passing Uni. Take it easy on yourself.

Wishing everyone a safe, sober, week.

May all beings be well and happy.

G-bloke.

[sidney]

AF - daily, Sunday, February 26

I am around just been busy cleaning my very messy house.

Uni I feel for you. In this stressful time we always think that Al will make the pain go away. It always makes it worse. Throw the hidden booze out. I understand why you are hiding it I did that all the time too. But as you know it is a vicious cycle. Drink...feel like shit...drink again. The longer it goes on the harder it is to stop again which is what you will have to do in the end.

Chat helps me a great deal. Strong and kind people you can talk to. Why not give it a try? You don't live far from me if you want to talk PM me. Sid

[sidney]

AF - daily, Sunday, February 26

Uni cross post..send me your cell I will call you when I am alone. Sid (Karen)

[Doggygirl]

AF - daily, Sunday, February 26

Hi Uni. :l:l:l I'm so sorry to hear about your loss and also your struggle. I say the following with all the love in my heart going out to you. It's one thing to talk to your long distance friends by phone. I know that seems like support, but the distance will allow you to keep drinking. I hope you will consider calling your local sober sisters. Someone who can come to your house and hold your hand and help you pour the booze down the drain and hold you while you cry and then help you dust off and try to get back on the AF trail again. You have worked so hard to become the wonderful woman and mom you were always meant to be - please don't throw it all away on AL.

My thoughts and prayers are with you!

DG

[choice]

AF - daily, Sunday, February 26

Hi Uni,
I'm sorry for your loss. I hope you can pour the hidden alcohol down the drain. About an hour ago.. I just finally poured the two beers and 2 bottles of wine I'd brought back as a present for a friend down the sink. It felt good to just get rid of it and remove it from any sort of temptation the other me has. :l:h

[Kaslo]

AF - daily, Sunday, February 26

Well i guess nobody is going to comment on my pine siskin pix, thats for sure.

>>>>

Sorry youve had this bad time Uni. Was your godfather sick for long? When was the last time you spent time with him? What was he like and what were some of the great things he did? Anyway, I hope you pour the crap down the sink and start over, Im pretty sure no one wants to see you wrecking yourself with AL.

kas

[Rusty]

AF - daily, Sunday, February 26

Kaslo,

I LOVE the pic of this beautiful bird. I smile when you talk about how endearing Mr. Kaslo is when it comes to sharing photography with you. I admire you for many reasons, but your passion for photography is right up there. I love this pic even more because I took photography in college and wish I could have developed the skill you have. And I just love the name of the bird. Did you make it up?:H Umm...sorry, a dirty mind is a horrible thing to waste. Have a wonderful evening.

[Kaslo]

AF - daily, Sunday, February 26

Ha ha! Its pronounced Pye-nus, Rusty old sock. And thanks for the kind words.

kas of t. fr.sn.

[Lavande]

AF - daily, Sunday, February 26

Back from the BD party, it was great
I have to wait for my DIL to send me her pics (mine turned out crappy as usual). Lily was all dressed up in her party dress, looked real cute but she took off her tights & shoes & walked around barefoot all day :H

uni, I'm sorry you are feeling so low. I sure hope you take DG's advice.

Kaslo, I love the bird pic!
Don't think we have any birds of that sort around here. I have a brand new, large bird feeder on my deck & am enjoying watching the birds visit

Hi to everyone & I promise I will be back with a pic or two of the party girl.

[BlondeAFAmbition]

AF - daily, Sunday, February 26

Hi Everyone! A sober BlondeAF checking in for duty...

Kas, that bird is sweet! I love birdwatching and keep my feeders full all year round. We have mostly house sparrows, cardinals, chickadees and mourning doves. Robins in the Spring/Summer on the lawn. I don't have that bird that you photographed. Great shot!

Uni, sorry to hear about your loss, but don't make it worse with AL, please. Be good to yourself. We are all pulling for you. Most importantly, DON'T DRINK!:l

Choice, I enjoyed your post about meeting new "normal" drinking girlfriends who only know you as sober. I have a few women who I have met recently and some at work where I have been for almost 3 years that have no idea of my past struggles with AL, but everyone one else in my family and my circle of friends does (they would describe me as a heavy drinker I'm sure). They will be suprised to know that I have quit cold turkey. I need to develop the non-drinking friends as sadly, most of my friends that I hang out with are heavy drinkers since I was always wary of the non drinkers and now I am one of them! Good for you for the weight loss for both you and your boyfriend. Did I hear you are getting married and if so....when is the BIG day??? Great job on pouring out the rest of the booze you had around, better off down the drain than sitting there tempting you.

Det, GARLIC WAFFLES? And what kind of syrup do you serve with that...hmmmm, never heard of that before!

Lav, that must have been some birthday party! Can't wait to see pics!

Hi to DG, Rusty, Sid, Shue, TDN, Chill, Guitarista et all on here tonight. I'm about to sign off so have a great rest of the day wherever you are and I'll see you again on my 6th day, Sober Monday!

[BlondeAFAmbition]

AF - daily, Sunday, February 26

Oh, and another note about old drinking buddies...I cancelled plans to go to a birthday party last night with an old circle of friends who live about an hour away. Although I miss them, I knew it was going to be a drinkfest and I just didn't want to deal with that so early on in my recovery. I made an excuse that I had to work today (which is TRUE) and hubby was glad to get out of the long drive and back after helping a friend move some furniture yesterday. I feel good about not going and saving myself the turmoil of being around them as they are bigtime boozers, just like I used to be! I don't think I will have much in common with them anymore...and that's OK. Time to test some new waters when it comes to my social network!

[Determinator]

AF - daily, Sunday, February 26

Kas, a 400MM lens? holy knockout gas Batman! I just reread that. I'm green with envy. or maybe that's from garlic overdose, not sure. that bird looks like it's right in front of you, what was the actual distance from lens to subject?

Choice, good move tossing the booze.

BlondeAF it's tough at first, but rewarding to find a more healthy social network. I tried to remain friends with my friends from the wine tasting club but we just quickly drifted apart which is understandable.

Uni, the fact that you are here pressing on to achieve sobriety is a really good sign. your not blaming others or angry at the world because you can't drink. you just took a fall and are already climbing back up. kudos dear.
I'm not sure just how I'd be able to cope with the death of a close family member. I'm really hoping that it's a ways off, but I don't have the luxury to dictate such thins so..... I'm just hanging on for dear life on this game of the same name.

[Determinator]

AF - daily, Sunday, February 26

oh, and no syrup on garlic waffles. just butter

[papmom3]

AF - daily, Sunday, February 26

Hey friends, just catching up now after a long day at work and a battle with balancing my budget and getting to know the new Quicken 2012 which they MADE me update too by saying I wouldn't be able to get any info from my bank after April. Pirates.

Anyway, Kas, LOVE the pic of the Siskin! One of my fav birds when they come around every few years. I love how they bully the goldfinches right off the feeder!!

Lav-can't wait to see the pics of Miss Lily!!

Blonde-By jove, I think you've got it!! Protecting your sobriety by not putting yourself in situations where you know you might be weak is so so important. Good on ya!!

Uni-sweetie-I'm so sorry you are so down but I think DG is right. You need a real shoulder to cry on, not a virtual one. Doesn't sound like you really want to be talked out of anything tonite but I so wish with all my heart you would find some other way to deal with the sadness and loss. You know the AL isn't the answer. Why do you keep going back to it? I worry so much when you get like this. Please make an appointment tomorrow with your therapist and start coming to terms with your godfathers death and the pain you are experiencing. But first pour that poison down the drain!! Sorry I logged on so late. :l :h

DG-good to see you post but I am so sorry to hear about your dad. Sincere wishes that he isn't in too much pain. Stay strong. :l

Greenie-thank for the well wishes. I'm much better tonite but still very tired and overwhelmed. Just gotta push through.

Hi Choice, Shue of the slopes, Turn, Sid, Rav, Sausage (is there a story to that name?), RUSTY!!!!

So interesting turn of events. Remember job number 1 that I turned down last summer due to salary? Well, there is another position open at the same place that is also right up my alley. Minimum starting salary is what they offered me for the other job so my thought is they would again go up 5K which would do it. Part of me wants to jump on this-walk to work, a job I would really like etc. Part of me is soooo tired and gun shy that I don't even want to apply. I'll keep you all posted.

time to feed the pack and hit the sack (hee hee).

[Lavande]

AF - daily, Sunday, February 26

Ah papmom - APPLY!
This could be your big chance

DG, meant to say that I hope your Dad is comfortable. I went thru the same end of life issues with my Dad & chose to leave stuff usaid....just wasn't worth the aggravation in the end.

OK - here's the BD girl in her party dress that matched her eyes :H :H
She prefers the barefoot look!


I have lots more pics that I need to sort through.