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MrSunshinez wrote: »Kicking myself into tomorrow called Day #1 again.
HAPPY Day one!!RubyRed427 wrote: »One more reflection : Sunday mornings are so joyful these days. My daughter and I have been sitting at Starbucks on Sundays and doing the word puzzles together from the newspaper. It is heaven not to be sitting there with a hangover.
Awesome!! that you are chasing your joys in spite of difficulty at home. What a good example for your daughter. BIG hugs
Lastchancetochange wrote: »Day by day. We managed 22 days, so new streak on the way.
Cheers.
22 days with a hiccup and now you're on to your "new streak!!"Happy Saturday night, AF friends! Been quite sick the last few weeks and haven’t checked in properly BUT I did want to belatedly share that Thursday was my 6th month sober-versary ☺️ I am grateful for all of you and how honest and vulnerable and excellent you are. You’re inspiring, day in and day out 💙
HAPPY Sober-versary!! I L VE that!!! I may steal that in future LOL...hope you are ending & healing promptly! 6 -
Happy Saturday night, AF friends! Been quite sick the last few weeks and haven’t checked in properly BUT I did want to belatedly share that Thursday was my 6th month sober-versary ☺️ I am grateful for all of you and how honest and vulnerable and excellent you are. You’re inspiring, day in and day out 💙
amazing....I didnt know you were that far along4 -
lorrainequiche59 wrote: »MrSunshinez wrote: »Kicking myself into tomorrow called Day #1 again.
HAPPY Day one!!RubyRed427 wrote: »One more reflection : Sunday mornings are so joyful these days. My daughter and I have been sitting at Starbucks on Sundays and doing the word puzzles together from the newspaper. It is heaven not to be sitting there with a hangover.
Awesome!! that you are chasing your joys in spite of difficulty at home. What a good example for your daughter. BIG hugsLastchancetochange wrote: »Day by day. We managed 22 days, so new streak on the way.
Cheers.
22 days with a hiccup and now you're on to your "new streak!!"Happy Saturday night, AF friends! Been quite sick the last few weeks and haven’t checked in properly BUT I did want to belatedly share that Thursday was my 6th month sober-versary ☺️ I am grateful for all of you and how honest and vulnerable and excellent you are. You’re inspiring, day in and day out 💙
HAPPY Sober-versary!! I L VE that!!! I may steal that in future LOL...hope you are ending & healing promptly!
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You are doing great!
Keep going Ruby. Sounds hard, but you have a great attitude about the situation!5 -
Hi everyone.. I ruined my 18 day streak.. I wasn't all that angry with myself at first, but it continues to grow as the day goes on. I don't want to feel this disappointment again.. It felt good to not have any guilt for the last 18 mornings.. I think the hardest thing for me right now is to not hang onto the bad feelings and just move on.. Hopefully when I wake up tomorrow, I'll be back to feeling ok about myself.. Congrats to everyone who continues to remain AF.. And to those who put themselves out there today after having alcohol, thanks for doing it. It made me feel more open to sharing.9
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@Yellowstone1983 Thanks for sharing! Keep going! Yes, you are disappointed, but if you stay stuck you may drink again! Quickly just start again!6
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Yellowstone1983 wrote: »Hi everyone.. I ruined my 18 day streak.. I wasn't all that angry with myself at first, but it continues to grow as the day goes on. I don't want to feel this disappointment again.. It felt good to not have any guilt for the last 18 mornings.. I think the hardest thing for me right now is to not hang onto the bad feelings and just move on.. Hopefully when I wake up tomorrow, I'll be back to feeling ok about myself.. Congrats to everyone who continues to remain AF.. And to those who put themselves out there today after having alcohol, thanks for doing it. It made me feel more open to sharing.
You didn’t ruin anything. Hope you had fun and tomorrow you will say “Ok, now it’s day1”. And get back on track. You made such great strides during those 18 days, I’m sure you will be able to say “Well that was a fun night. I’m going back to AF living.” Xo5 -
RubyRed427 wrote: »Yellowstone1983 wrote: »Hi everyone.. I ruined my 18 day streak.. I wasn't all that angry with myself at first, but it continues to grow as the day goes on. I don't want to feel this disappointment again.. It felt good to not have any guilt for the last 18 mornings.. I think the hardest thing for me right now is to not hang onto the bad feelings and just move on.. Hopefully when I wake up tomorrow, I'll be back to feeling ok about myself.. Congrats to everyone who continues to remain AF.. And to those who put themselves out there today after having alcohol, thanks for doing it. It made me feel more open to sharing.
You didn’t ruin anything. Hope you had fun and tomorrow you will say “Ok, now it’s day1”. And get back on track. You made such great strides during those 18 days, I’m sure you will be able to say “Well that was a fun night. I’m going back to AF living.” Xo
I'm definitely back on track.. It wasn't for fun so much as for emotionally detaching from a difficult financial situation, which of course didn't make anything better, I was just able to get away from it for a while.. Hopefully the shame I feel will be enough to keep me from giving in so easily.. And FYI to anyone with Federal student loans, or family members with them- income based repayment is an evil trap, don't ever do it!8 -
salleewins wrote: »@Yellowstone1983 Thanks for sharing! Keep going! Yes, you are disappointed, but if you stay stuck you may drink again! Quickly just start again!
Thank you for the support! I'm definitely continuing AF!4 -
Hi all. I’ve been away for months. Just checking in. I had a 50-day AF streak going and then had “one” drink on September 25. It took till MLK day to get to another Day 1. Hard lesson. So today’s day 7. Teaching in juvie detention has been wonderful and terrible and eye-opening. Tons of joy and tons of sadness. I won’t return next year. The job consumes my life. But I’m hoping the next 16 weeks will be an opportunity to be AF and healthy. Great to see y’all. No phones allowed at work so I can’t be a regular but will dip in for inspiration when I can. I really appreciate this thread.12
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Yellowstone1983 wrote: »Hi everyone.. I ruined my 18 day streak.. I wasn't all that angry with myself at first, but it continues to grow as the day goes on. I don't want to feel this disappointment again.. It felt good to not have any guilt for the last 18 mornings.. I think the hardest thing for me right now is to not hang onto the bad feelings and just move on.. Hopefully when I wake up tomorrow, I'll be back to feeling ok about myself.. Congrats to everyone who continues to remain AF.. And to those who put themselves out there today after having alcohol, thanks for doing it. It made me feel more open to sharing.
been there done that many times.....i think what worked for me was the next morning feeling of utter dejection....then i read on here that you will make the change when the pain of drinking far exceeds the pain of abstinence...that pain of drinking when you dont want to is excruciating8 -
@Norminv that is said well.5
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Im off to Austin with 2 girlfriends for a couple of days. I'll ttys. One of the girls is AF all the time. One is not. So I feel like I will have a great chance at remaining sober. The month is almost over! I would hate to lose sight of my goal now. Sending hugs to all
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Good Morn to ALL
The sunglasses are wishful thinking...although the sun did peak out for a few mins this morn, 'tis now dull and grey AGAIN! My therapy light is my sun for today
I wanted to share another blurb from my Letting Go book from a few days ago...it keeps nagging at me to share it so here goes: "We admitted we were powerless over alcohol~~that our lives had become unmanageable. ~ Step One of Al-Anon
"...One of the most significant words in the First Step is the word we. WE come together because of a common problem and, in the coming together, we find a common solution....many of us discover that although we may have felt alone in our pain, others have experienced a similar suffering. And now many are joining hands in a similar recovery. We. A significant part of recovery. A shared experience. A shared strength, stronger for the sharing. A shared hope ~ for better lives and relationships." Melodie Beattie.
THIS is US right here!
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P.S. KEEP sharing...no matter how difficult or shame-based our behaviour is, we have a safe spot right here to spill it ALL! That is courage...doing what need to do to care for ourselves in spite of our fears. Spill away......
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You will do it Jen!
Thank you @lorrainequiche59 !
Remember that if we have a problem with alcohol, one time of drinking is not real fun. It is a false fun for a brief time.4 -
Im off to Austin with 2 girlfriends for a couple of days. I'll ttys. One of the girls is AF all the time. One is not. So I feel like I will have a great chance at remaining sober. The month is almost over! I would hate to lose sight of my goal now. Sending hugs to all
Have fun and I am happy you have the support from your other girlfriend who doesn’t drink. DAY 28, baby!
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Wishing everyone a wonderful week! Happy Monday! Last night we had sauce/pasta and always open up a few bottles of wine. I thought about initially and started getting aggravated AND then the light 💡 came on and I thought to myself how great I have been feeling. Deciding not to drink and waiting for “cocktail hour” to have a drink feels great. My desire to have a glass of wine went away quickly and didn’t think about it the rest of dinner, BIG YEAH!
I am being mindful of not drinking and the positives OUTWEIGH the negatives SO much! I don’t stop at one glass of wine. I know I change my eating habits when I am drinking...or should say lack of eating. SO BAD FOR ME. I am taking care of myself, I LOVE HER, ACCEPT HER and will be HER BF. It is much easier, obviously, to have positive talk to myself when I am making the right decisions and not apologizing to myself what I did the night prior.
“Your own thoughts are able to make you down quicker than any enemy. Mindfulness can put a kind of spam filter on your mind.” - Ilene Gregorian8 -
salleewins wrote: »Remember that if we have a problem with alcohol, one time of drinking is not real fun. It is a false fun for a brief time.
"False fun for a brief time". That's exactly right! A good way to think of it.
I've been trying to convince myself that i'm just as fun without alcohol as I was when I use to drink. I'm usually the life of the party, but, a lot of that was alcohol induced 😆 Now I need to find a way to break out of my shell and still bring that energy and fun, while sober.7 -
Hey Dry Januariers!!! We are almost there....me and my imaginary friends are gonna celebrate with chicken bone broth8
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