Tuesday 13 March Oz time :)

[Cashregister]

HI all,

Had a wonderful long weekend. Spent lots of time with hubby and daughter, felt calm and collected, yet productive, have not had a drink in....28 days! Today is my 29th day AF.

never thought i'd be here and not be hanging for a drink...don't want one...don't need one more to the point. I think it's a combination of the new medications and feeling calmer, not needing to self-medicate away the agitation.

One of the meds i'm on is gabapentin (Neurontin - another antiepileptic medication that aslo works as mood stabiliser)- works on gaba - has been studied for it's effects on alcohol consumption (decreasing it that is) so that may be a help here - whatever gets me through the night

Hope everyone else is doing well.

Lotsa love

Cashy

xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[Paddy]

Tuesday 13 March Oz time

Why take a chance, indeed, ha, ha. Congrats on your 29th day.Whatever gets us through, right?

Have a great week.

Peace,

[Ripley]

Tuesday 13 March Oz time

Mornin' all

So, how does this work in monthly abs then? you get to 30 dys tomorrow Cashy -well bloody done- and then what, you start again? Graduate and move over to to long terms abs, or whatever it's called? (Is there a certificate? a ceremony? If so, can I come?) Or will you move to mods and leave us?

Is there a rule sheet somewhere?

Anway, all fine here in leafy Surrey. Talking of which, haven't seen Pebbles for a while, my fellow surburbanite. You out there Pebbles?

I have 2 new jobs starting in the next couple of weeks, which should be great except that frankly I don't know how I am going to fit them in around my slavish devotion to this site.

see you later,, k

[weemelonhead]

Tuesday 13 March Oz time

Mornin' all......Well it's Wednesday the 14th here in Kiwi a gogo land...and the melon is treating herself to another bout of insomnia????? Gaggghhhhh

Hooray, hooray for your 29 days Cashie!! Great that you've found a med combination to ease those cravings...you seem really positive, it can sometimes take a while before we find something to suit, but for the edge it gives...it's always worth the trial and error, although I know a lot of us are hoping for faaaaaar more trial than error!

A wet and blustery VERY early morning in the land of the long white Melon...I have three saucepans lined up on the floor to catch the water from the leaky roof, but at least we have re-arranged the furniture so the downpour doesn't soak the tv and video as it did when it first notified us of it's presence! New Zealand roofing is a mysterious affair...with every new wind direction, cloud formation, and rain strength comes the discovery of another hole.....I haven't got that many pans either, so I trust that these three gaps in the ceiling are all that will become apparent during this little storm at least.

However I am thankful for a bit of wet..I have planned to weed my front garden this weekend, and as our earth is a very clay soil, it had been baked hard by weeks of hot sun, and I was going to have to get a lumphammer and crowbar out to remove the little blighters from their nesting place...hopefully, the soil will have softened somewhat by Saturday now, and a light poking with a kitchen fork will be all that is required...last time I did it, I had blisters like party balloons all over my hands, and they are pretty thick skinned little digits anyway.

Have a good day all, whether in Blighty, Oz, USA, Malaysia, S.Africa or wherever else you are from in our lovely little multi cultural community........Mucho loveeo....

Weedrippymelon xxx

[Breez]

Tuesday 13 March Oz time

Hi Cashy,Paddy, Kate & Wee-and other Abbys!

Congtrats Cashy-Awesome job!

Wee-you're in a time warp!

Have a great Tuesday Everyone-ok-great Wednesday for Wee!

[southernbelle47]

Tuesday 13 March Oz time

Hi all abers,
Cashy....:goodjob: !!
Kate....no rules here.....I'm a "crossposter" myself!
Hi Paddy and Wee, and Sea.
I weeded some of my garden yesterday. I have clay soil in the front and sandy in the back! Confusing, isn't it!
Back out now!

Love to all,
Nancy
AF