CarolD

Please do continue to share here on a fresh page
Yes.... forward is the correct direction!


Here is the previous one

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...ml#post2666846

lyddie

Thanks Carol.

cat1961

Woo Hoo! Fresh page!

Day 19 winding down and feeling good. Got a late start to work because of the rain but got to work and planted 12 flats of flowers in a few hours. It was getting really hot and humid towards the end but the project is now complete!

Moving in two weeks and the fine people from work are going to help me - they are totally awesome.

Other than that, no cravings, no headaches, no nuthin! However, the "quit smoking plan" is still in the works and have to get really serious with that. I've really cut back in hopes I can ease off them completely by tomorrow.

LaFemme

Are you a landscaper cat??? It must be great to make the world better through your work:-)

At the end of day 20. Train to the city broke down and we were stuck on the tracks for 2 hours, I did catch myself thinking that a drink would be nice for all of like two seconds, so iconcentrated on my breathing and then took a nap. Had dinner with friends, my friend A had kindly put a bottle of white wine in the fridge for me, so I got to tell her I quit.

Even though I think she would understand I said I had just gotten sick of the taste...I have seen a number of posts here where people have friends/family who just don't get it, so for now this is what I am saying.

cat1961

Hey LaFemme - yep this year I'm a landscaper so to speak. Jack of all trades.

Anyhoo, I can relate to the "others" that just don't get it. Of course those others are the social drinkers that can stop at one or perhaps two drinks. They have NO clue what life is like being addicted to alcohol.

The response that the taste is unappealing is a good answer. Or perhaps my favorite is that I'm watching my calorie intake - that excuse should fly with anyone. I've been ashamed way to many times to say "Oh, I'm sorry, I can't have a drink with you because I'm a raging alcoholic."

ps.... I'm still one day behind you!

LaFemme

Hey cat, I thought about the calorie thing, but I could see someome saying "awww, comeon, one drink isn't gonna kill you." And then I would have to say "actually, it could".

I'm keeping you in my rear view mirror and I'm tailgating Murray and Texasnative. We've made it out of July...yeah us!

MTWildflower

Day 19. I was at a get-together last night where there's no direct peer pressure to drink (just the being around drinking people indirect kind), but I usually do drink at this thing, so I was a bit worried that I would forget what I'm doing - or not doing - now.

The event was in the evening, so all day and through the event, I wore a bracelet that I called my No Bracelet. It's one I usually don't wear, so I don't associate it with anything except its new name, so every time I saw it, I thought No. Worked like a charm.

Murray4x5

Day 29

Another major hurdle jumped. Yesterday we took our new to us (been in the family for 30 years) Trillium trailer for its first overnight shakedown trip. Everything vehicle and trailer wise worked as it should, but we arrived late on a long weekend so ended up in the overflow section without a picnic table or fire pit. It was right beside the playground though, so it worked out great for our daughter.

I had such an incredible sense of relief and freedom both yesterday and today. Not once did I have to waste energy planning on when and where I was going to buy booze, how I was going to perfectly pace my drinking so I wouldn't get absolutely plastered but could have my last guzzle just before I fell asleep, and I didn't have to face a beautiful new day with a hangover.

Tomorrow I leave this thread and join the 90 days and under group. When I first started this sobriety thing 29 days ago, 90 days seemed impossible...now it's an eagerly awaited milestone. See you there!!!!!!!

Murray

lyddie

Day 30.

I'm with you Murray - moving on to the 90 day thread.

LaFemme

Congrats on everything Murray, I'm still chugging alomg ten days behind you...you rock!

You too lyddie:-D

cat1961

WTG Murray and Lyddie on the graduation to a new thread.

LaFemme and I are close behind!

Day 20 coming to an end...

How time flies when you're sober.

LaFemme

Three weeks this morning and I feel like crap. Sorry, sore throat, headache and ear ache. I never get sick...or maybe my body was so pickeled before viruses couldn't survive

Do people often get bugs in early recovery? I am wondering if it is part of my body adjusting to sobriety. I have noticed a bunch of people in early recovery getting sick.

Dee74

I certainly got sick, LaF. I don't know whether it's a regular occurrence tho.

D

lyddie

Thanks Cat and LaF - the 90 day thread is waiting for you!

recycle

I put two weeks without a drink to bed last night. This morning I was a bit snarley, but overall I have been very calm and serene. It is like my desire to drink just fell away. It is something I used to do.

In the past two weeks: I have lost ten pounds (with ten to go). My eyes are clearer, and my vison is better. I can trust my emotions more. I can concentrate better. (I would say that I can write better, but after reading some of the ca-ca I wrote here last week, I’ll call it a work in progress.) I don’t have to hide my actions or intentions from my family, friends, or co-workers. Money just seems to pile up in my wallet. I have started riding my bicycle to work again and revel in the simple joy of riding across town. I can trust a fart not to be an embarssring episode. (Eww – that is probably too much sharing.)

I know future challenges will test my resolve and my state of mind: Winter will likely bring the blues like it always has in the past. At some point I am going to have to try to explain this all to my sons, and do my best to make amends.

Please forgive me if this post seems to lack humility; I thought it important to mark where I am in this moment. I want to thank SR and the community here for the support I have received – Thank You.

Murray4x5

No, it's okay, it's good to air your dirty laundry

Along a similar tract (digestive that is ) while camping this weekend I was very much relieved not having to go to the washroom three times in the morning for embarrassing, noisy, and farty diarrhea's. Nope, no more of that for me. I entered, pooped, and left in blissful silence.

Sobriety has many benefits!

Murray

thirtybubba

A million relapses last year, and any time I'd make it to about two weeks... sick. Caught the flu twice, and I hadn't gotten it since 2000--or even been sick more than a few hours in a few decades. So, I'd agree that at least with some of us, seems like we're playing catch up.


PS. I learned something from those 2 flus... the first, I eventually succumbed to the only cure I knew (whiskey) and while the flu did go away, it dragged on. The second, I stayed sober, and it went away much much quicker.

thirtybubba

Doing good

Being proud of yourself doesn't strike me as "lacking humility" in this case. Keep up the good work!

LaFemme

I used to know an Irish guy who said that if you felt like you were getting sick, drink and smoke as much as possible and you will kill what ails you. Sadly I used to follow this advice. Enough so that the thought crossed my mind briefly on the way to work today, but no worries, I'd rather be sick as a dog and sober than smashed

lyddie

Congratulations Recycle!