Ladies on a Mission: The Official Site

[scottish lass]

Quick hello - Pav, sorry for the marital discord...hope it sorts out with little strife
j-vo - glimmer of hope?? Maybe you were able to grab it and help it to bloom?
LB - good for you, that is not easiest attitude to cultivate, well done for doing it!

[narilly]

NS, I LOVE that! MWO is our daily immunization against AL. I know for sure if I didn't have MWO I would have drank again and again. Never being able to really quit. So keep coming back and get your immunization. It has to be more often that once a year though!
Pav, my hubby and I go through this sort of thing once in awhile and I agree, it is a pain in the butt. But as they say, communication is Key to a relationship. After my hubby's meltdown he really stepped up to the plate with communicating better and me too. Counselling and Not drinking AL helped!

Lil B, oh man...how many living things can be sick at the same time. You are right, at least it isn't you! Your Beagle loves you :heartbeat:

J-Vo, I too am a huge fan of visualization and it is great that you are starting to feel hope. Its gonna be ok sista!

Peppa- "grateful everyday I am" (Yoda)
Talk later Gloamers, hi Cowboy

[little beagle]

Wonderful post J-vo.

[daisy45]

Hey Gloamers.....it's been a while. I needed to be selfish while I tried to get myself back on track....I have been in rehab in the Newbies.....now I can start to venture out a little....
J-vo, I love your post and have been really focused of staying positive. Reading books like The Secret and Power of the Subconscious Mind over 4 years ago was what first got me on the road to improvements in my life...I came here not long after. Must dig them out again.....you have inspired me!
As you all may remember I went back to the oul vino after 89 days sober and 'feck' was it a tough one trying to get back again....took me from 8 August to 1 Dec....nearly 4 months! Don't want to say much, just that I am 60 days AF now and would like to pop in and visit every now and again. Talk soon......

[scottish lass]

Daisy :hug::hug: Happy 60days!! Well done! So glad to "see" you and doing well - you sound good too

[narilly]

Way to go Daisy!

[Pavati]

Hi, Gloamers:

Awesome, Daisy! Glad you stopped by to share your big day with us. Looking forward to 90!

J-Vo - Nice post. Hope you're well.

NS - A gem, as usual. I'm with you, Nar, I wouldn't be sober if it weren't for MWO. I wasn't ready for an in-person meeting, and I know the thought of having you all chase me down has kept me sober more than once. Thanks, everyone.

Off to bed. Too many late nights again this week. At least we have nothing planned at night. Phew.

xo
Pav

[available]

Hi Gloamers

Quick hello to wish Jvo a happy 30th and Daisy a wonderful achievement for 60 days. Keep going girls, there is so much to say for being accountable to one another.

Will post tomorrow longer, Mia is on her way over with poppy and i cant wait to hear her bark for me to throw a ball. How it used to annoy me when i was trying to hang out the washing but now i am just grateful she is still with us so she can annoy the crap out of me.

[patrice]

Hi all, well done Jvo and Daisy !! Yay

All ok here, Friday and did another walk .. So tired now
X
Pat

[available]

Im tired too Pat, going to watch "the 100" and "mom" and hopefully nap for a bit. doesnt matter if i stay awake late as i can sleep in tomorrow.

You are doing so well also!

[little beagle]

Hurray for Friday.
Good going Daisy. 60 days. I'm glad you're here with us.

[jane27]

Daisy, congratulations on 60 whoppers in the bank! Somewhere between 90 and 120 days is when things shifted into a much easier gear for me. I noticed it one day when I realized at 2pm that I had forgotten to remember that I had quit drinking up until that moment. That felt pretty nice.

Lil, Why DO things happen lots of times in 3's? I'm glad you got through it. When I pictured you laughing it reminded me of the film Planes, Trains, & Automobiles (John Candy & Steve Martin). Strangers meet while traveling to get home for Christmas and everything you can and cant imagine goes wrong. (Their flight gets cancelled, they hit a moose with the rental car, the car catches on fire, they're forced to share a motel room with 1 bed and Steve Martin slides his hand under John Candy's butt (mistook it for a pillow). You're a brick for dealing with the staph. I hope the pup(s) are feeling better.

Jvo, This is redundant- I know you can do it. If you were a race horse there would be buzz among the handicappers. You're destined for a great, successful sober life. Alcohol is so f'd up. The farther away you get from it, the less power it has over you. That in conjunction with exercising your sobriety muscles here on MWO, and never forgetting how deep a hole you were in at your worst, is a sure ticket to getting you where you want to be. Mind over matter was my #1 priority for the first 6 months.
Glad your shrink session went well too.

Wishing everyone a great weekend. Ive caught a bug from A2, but hoping to manage it without meds. Been feeling pretty good, survived the move of all my stuff out of storage and planned it pretty well so there is order to the mess (in the basement). Happy it will save us 6k per year. Little by little I want to sell/donate a lot of the furniture. In other money saving news, I switched my cell phone provider to Cricket. My Verizon contract expired a couple of months ago. I had been paying 157. a month for 2 smart phones (the 2nd for my mother). She never used hers and we haven't spoken for the better part of 2 years so I ditched the 2nd line. The single line is month to month- unlimited talk and text, 1g of data. I got to keep my phone number and its 35$ a month. Ive been using the new service for 4 days and its been working fine. Apparently ATT bought Cricket, so the coverage is anywhere AT&T has service. AND its easy to sign up. You do it all on line.

Pav, we go through changing weather conditions over her too (marriage). The things that comforts me most is that its predictable.

OK, wishing everyone a great weekend. Heading to Florida tonight and staying until Wednesday.
Much love to all.

PS Started watching yet another cool show last night. It is called The Americans. The quality of tv shows is going to put alot of pressure on movie theaters to raise the bar!

[narilly]

Morning Gloamers.
Hope you are doing ok Cowboy.

Hey, I will post later...busy this morning.

Have a great day. Its Friday! Yes!!!

[j-vo]

Morning and Happy Friday,
Thank you all for the support you've been giving me. I know I haven't been much of a support, but I know in time, I'll be able to give more.

Daisy, congrats on your 60! And so nice to hear you're doing better.

I've struggled a lot this month. More than I can ever remember. This quit is the hardest of them all, and I don't want to go through any of this again. I've got my ducks in a row as far as doctor's appts for my medications, for my nutrition, and my therapist. I will keep going and fake it till I make it as we say.

I do have a glimmer of hope. That happened a few days ago. I have drinking dreams every night. Most of the time, I am hiding and sneaking booze, and people know I'm doing it, trying to stop me. That's not just a dream obviously.

I know I"m not alone in this. That's a relief. I thought I had more to say than I'm doing right now. But I know I deserve to be free of this addiction. I know that it'll take a long time. I'm willing to do the work now, take it one day at a time, and use the tools and not run when I feel the cravings coming on. I know I'm an alcoholic and I must get time in, do the work before I feel confidence. But I also know that I can feel good about things, allow myself to feel good and not feel guilty about things in the past. Mindfulness. I need to practice that. I almost feel ready to start exercising a bit. I was having dizziness for a good while after my fall. That has subsided, I noticed the last week, especially when I get out of bed or turn my head quickly. I'm healing physically still. But I feel a positive change. Gonna take it slowly. Just wanna get my body moving and some good nutrition in me.

[jane27]

Good stuff Jvo. Each little thing you do counts much more that it feels like it does. Talking/posting is the big winner in my books. We love you and believe in you. We always have.