friday 31 July

[bear73]

morning all - up ready for another day - tea,coffee and few smoothies kicking about here.
Pie - thinking of you and sending you love through the interweb.

up with splitting headache again, having work related dreams near;y every night atm - least I'm sleeping! I have lazy eve planned tonight and am finishing work early for a long back/neck and shoulder massage.
I'm not thinking of drinking,I'm exercising(yoga and pump this week) I need to add walks/skating/section of yoga DVD on days I don't hit gym - for mental chill - not beating self up.
I'm craving smoking like I did when I was a 20 a day girl,think I may need to go back to e cig.I do not want to go back to that - I know there's the argument of one battle at a time but the two are interrelated and I was a very heavy daily smoker.
I'm also thinking ' i need something' as I'm not drinking when out socialising - which makes me think on some level I'm having BS deprivation thinking about the booze.I need to challenge that thinking and take solace in expensive toiletries and breathing/yoga.
Saw GP and my moles are ok and my chest pain was stress related - heart,BP and blood oxygen levels are all great. Phew!Think the camomile tea may be coming our at work this afternoon.
I'm so glad i don't drink - I guess I'm just feeling all the feelings that I would have felt if I hadn't numbed myself and just felt anxiety/depression. Realising that if i do sit with a shitty feeling it does pass,and that deep belly breathing really helps me. Also that I need to move every day - did plan a quick swim before work today but CBA.
Happy Friday - tonight massage,PJs,cat, egg and oven chips and some choccy - lush.

(Det - it'sok - I'm having overnight oats and nutribullet earlier in the day)Though any leftovers - gratefully received

[Lavande]

Good morning Abbers,

Thanks for starting us up bear
I see Mick also has a thread started so I'll stop in there too.

Deprivation thinking is the exact opposite of gratitude thinking. I know for sure that gratitude thinking has kept me on plan with my quit these past 6 1/2 years. I think I finally battered the AV (ego) enough that it finally shut the hell up, ha ha
This is a vital action that we all need to take to protect our quits!
Enjoy your day, treat yourself well.

Have a great AF Friday everyone!

Lav

[Pie]

I'm so glad i don't drink - I guess I'm just feeling all the feelings that I would have felt if I hadn't numbed myself and just felt anxiety/depression. Realising that if i do sit with a shitty feeling it does pass,and that deep belly breathing really helps me.

Hi Bear, You sure seem to have your head in the right place, and I agree with what you said above. Feeling the uncomfortable feelings won't kill us, and they do tend to lose power when you sit with them. Takes practice, though, eh?

[Mick]

hey bear good for you...now as for the moles............HowtoGetRidofMolesinYard.jpg

[Determinator]

sneeze! hack! mornin' ABeroooos!

woke with a nasty head cold and didn't sleep for squat. oh well, we press on.

Bear, ditto what Lav says on the gratitude. it's our weapon against the weakness that deprivation thoughts seek to exploit.
i signed up for this guided meditation program and really enjoying it: https://chopracentermeditation.com/?...gn=mgg-daily-7

yes, I'm a gun-toting prepper that listens to Oprah and Chopra. LOL! I don't fit well in any social category I guess. And that's ok.

not many check-ins yet?

time to make some tea

be well peeps

[Samstone]

ah... the other freddddd

Det, I've been doing the same. Very good way to start a day. Miss Lav pointed me that way some time back.

[porqoui]

MAE ALL....

Quick check in as I'm exhausted and need to relax for a bit.
Bear...I'm glad the checkup was positive.
Will check back later to post properly....:smile:PPQP