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[Rivergal]

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Hi all,
Been managing to read most posts on NN And this most awesome thread, get my name on the daily newbie roll call. Makes me smile & laugh ( doing much more of that btw without AL in my life) to continue to witness how much we all have in common and how we are wired so similarly! Anyone interested in face timing with iPhones or iPads, I am most interested. Be forewarned, I look nothing like the awakening fresh blonde in the white sheets! Peace, Annie

[scottish lass]

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Hi to check in and say well done friend Pav!
Many congratulations and you sound so very good!
This thread moves a little fast for poor, slow me - I check in every so often, but I don't think I can keep up to be a regular here....

[Dottie Belle]

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Congrats PAV. Well done..
SL just read and check in when u can.. there aren't any rules...

[Pavati]

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Hi, Everyone:

Thanks again. I agree, Dottie - no rules here. I like to type a lot because it helps me process - I only expect Ava to read it all! (I found a picture of you last week, Ava - :toohot

SL - I read on another thread about your daughter's friend. So sorry to hear what you and she are going through. I work at a high school, so I have been faced with WAY too many teen deaths in my career. It is never easy.

OK - heading to bed. I felt sort of blah again today - not related to alcohol in any way. I got out a bit for a short hike with DH, read and spent most of my time helping the younger one with his TWO projects that are due the day after a three day vacation. That's BS in my book, but I'll refrain from the nasty email in my attitude of gratitude - I got to spend some quality time (well, quantity anyway) with my kid...

Good night, all. Sleep well.

[narilly]

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I agree Pav. Assignments should not be due after a three day vacation!
You will feel much chipper tomorrow!

Hello Dottie and SL. Nice to read your posts.

River, nice to hear from you again.

I am feeling really strong in my sobriety right now. I don't have as many AL thoughts as I used to and my habits are changing. AL isn't the first thing that comes to mind when I plan my evenings or weekends. It's a very positive change for me.

I am tired so have a great night.

Heli Ava and Pat. I will catch up on your posts in the am.

[HumbleRider]

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Pav, congrats on your 50 days! Woohoo (I think I said the same over at the nest, but this bears repeating). You are fabulous.

I'm eating too much sugar and drinking too much caffeine. I have 3 cups of am coffee and get agitated and crabby, then look for something to calm me down FFS, but all I have is Bach Rescue Remedy, doesn't work well for me. Then late at night I start munching on whatever we have sweet in the house. I'm replacing alcohol consumption with sugar and caffeine. Ridiculous.

This long weekend I've spent reading. I have this huge book, A Suitable Boy, to finish. I got quite a ways into it, then another book and the holidays came around. I've finally committed to finishing it and have been a recluse except for getting pedicures with my friend on Saturday, something I had never done in my life before meeting her, and walking the dogs.

Not a thought of drinking, even when I got pissed at dh, a serious trigger for me in the past. Absent from the swarm of emotions I felt as we argued was the urgent anxiety to have the fight blow up to the point where I could go off and drink to nurse my wounds. This time I worked through it with him without alcohol on the brain.

Tomorrow it will be 80 days for me, thanks in large part to everyone here. Thank you!

[j-vo]

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Nar and Humble, you both are sounding great and strong. Thought patterns and ways you're dealing with the things that once drove us to Al. That's huge!

Stay SL!!!! Just check in!

Ok, now is my "quickie!" Going to airport after work today to catch a pm flight to Florida. I'll be in beautiful Ft. Myers until Sunday afternoon when I come back to the cold. So I'll be checking in daily, girls. Don't think you're getting rid of me! Just gonna have a nice, relaxing AL free mini vacation with folks. Have a great day.

[patrice]

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Hi all,

Congratulations Pav - I so like reading your posts, I'm so happy for you. Is that the book by Vikram Seth? If it is the same one, yes it's massive!! A colleague recommended it but the size daunted me. Is it any good?

Hi everyone- sorry too tired to address anyone individually.. not sleeping that well but I've just got home from my weekly massage ( I know, I do treat myself!) and feel great...no thoughts of drinking but still very early days for me. Got to think about cooking soon.. or do I? My son was asleep when I got home at 6pm and the minder had fed him early.. so just me, maybe a yummy salad..

Take care all
Hi River Gal!!
x
Patrice

[narilly]

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Hey J-Vo- enjoy your quickie! We could all use one

Humble, I just looked up that book by Vikram Seth, and it is HUGE! I don't know if I could get into it , but I might like it. Both of my parents are from India and so I probably could relate to some of the stuff. I was born in Canada and my parents are really Westernized, my hubby is of English/Irish decent.
Anyway, Enough about me!

It seems like most of us are doing quite well in the drinking department. I guess Maybe Christmas brings that up a lot more. Also, alot of us have been AL free for longer than we can remember which is part it. Changing habits and changing our way of thinking is working. Talking to all of you beautiful ladies really helps a TON! Thank you for being here.
SL- yes, just check in once in awhile. It is so good to hear from you.
Ava, is it still brutally hot there?

Talk later,

[Dottie Belle]

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Hi ladies,
10 degrees here with 5 inches of snow..going down to 0 and below this week...I am seriously tired of this...depressing and gray...but I will not drink at it or anything else...I sleep so much better and look better and I want to keep this...so I will find some other way to cope...eating cashews right now...when I can get to the store I will do better...maybe.

[DreamThinkDo]

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Hi Loamers!

Pat and Nar, Suitable Boy is huge, but so well worth the read. Glad you took it up again, Humble - did you have to start from the beginning again? I started it a couple of times, then put it down, started at the beginning again, lather, rinse, repeat - but very glad I did eventually finish it. Busy re-reading Emma at the moment - Jane Austen is such a good writer.

Enjoy the visit, J-vo!

SL, there is such a lovely group of people posting on this thread - they have no choice but to endure me as an occasional dropper-in!

Have a lovely AF MAE, Loamers!

[narilly]

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Well, I will try and read Suitable Boy this year sometime. I have a pile of books by my bed and I keep adding to them. Right now the Alan Carr book to Stop Drinking is the book I have to finish. Then I have a few others that I got from this website like 'Fever' a story about Typhoid Mary which is supposed to be good and some others.
If you gals think it is worth the read (Humble, DTD) then I am in! Its amazing how much we can read when we are sober!

Well, another hard day's work in the oil patch and I am off to walk home!
Talk soon,

[available]

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Hi all, a quick post from me, which we know is never really quick but i have a great story to tell you and one that i am quite chuffed about.

I finally went for a drink with a guy i was supposed to meet last week or something and we met at a pub. he asked me what i wanted and i said lemon, lime and bitters please. he said do u want a wine, i said no i will have LLB, asked if i was sure and im like "of course i am farking sure". He then said it is unusual for someone not to drink and i said my brother died of al and i was starting to drink too much. I will cut out the details ha ha but we had dinner and he asked me if i wanted a bottle of wine with dinner and then said "oh thats right you dont drink" and i said no i dont. So guys i did it, i did it, i did it. My daughter was messaging me saying "mum dont have a wine" and i just said I am not. I thought of Byrds words of "you dont need to drink to have fun" and i had fun and i didnt drink. I am having so many good moments that i am actually stunned that i have the strength and willpower to say no. I looked at other people having a beer and i had no desire or cravings, it was indifference.

God i am waffling again, whats different about today ha ha. I will reply to everyone when i get home after work. Everyone sounds so positive now and yes we are a great crazy bunch of Loamers. xx

[NoSugar]

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AVA, YOU MORE THAN PASSED THE TEST YOU GOT AN A+++!

[paulywogg]

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Great job Available,see how easy that was?proud of you,will you see him again you thnk?