June 2010 Sobriety Group Pt 4
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June 2010 Sobriety Group Pt 4
Another 500 posts down 
Carry on guys!
Old part here:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...pt-3-a-20.html
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Carry on guys!
Old part here:
http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...pt-3-a-20.html
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Hooray for 500 posts for June, 2010!
I have been working from home today and am just finishing up. I am so looking forward to having 4 days off for Thanksgiving. I need to get my mind off of work. I keep banishing work thoughts from my mind when I am not there but they drift in.
Beth - I too have had drinking dreams that have felt very real. And for me what is most curious is that I have dreams where I smoke cigarettes. I quit smoking decades ago but in my dreams I have my box of Winstons and I am smoking. I decided if the smoking dreams don't bother me, then I shouldn't let the drinking dreams upset me.
I have been working from home today and am just finishing up. I am so looking forward to having 4 days off for Thanksgiving. I need to get my mind off of work. I keep banishing work thoughts from my mind when I am not there but they drift in.
Beth - I too have had drinking dreams that have felt very real. And for me what is most curious is that I have dreams where I smoke cigarettes. I quit smoking decades ago but in my dreams I have my box of Winstons and I am smoking. I decided if the smoking dreams don't bother me, then I shouldn't let the drinking dreams upset me.
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Whew what a long day! We went Thanksgiving grocery shopping at 2 dif places today! It was not as busy as I thought it would be but still exhausting. I am cooking the whole Thanksgiving dinner for the 3 of us (plus 2 dogs lol) We were invited to his friends house but everyone would be drinking and he said he didn't feel like lying to everyone and pretending were a happy family. It is kind of sad really because they have a 1 1/2 year old girl. We have been there many times before and I use to get drunk and mean. I am surprised they invited us. On second thought the last time we saw them was in Napa for his friends 40th in May and I was good.
Oh well..
I am feeling so much better today. Thanks for getting me through it.
Drinking dreams always seem so real don't they?
Lyddie I smoked packs of cigarettes when drinking for decades but never smoked sober. I had no withdraw from quitting them when I stopped drinking. Every time I drank again I smoked again. Strange how some things are so hard for some and easy for others to quit.
Dee I think the dreams are a reminder of why we shouldn't drink again.
Thanks HFA.
Today was a good day
DAY 13
Oh well..
I am feeling so much better today. Thanks for getting me through it.
Drinking dreams always seem so real don't they?
Lyddie I smoked packs of cigarettes when drinking for decades but never smoked sober. I had no withdraw from quitting them when I stopped drinking. Every time I drank again I smoked again. Strange how some things are so hard for some and easy for others to quit.
Dee I think the dreams are a reminder of why we shouldn't drink again.
Thanks HFA.
Today was a good day
DAY 13
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Thanks Lyddie! The anxiety has also finally subsided! I feel stable. I hope you are enjoying your time off
Hey Dee, HFA, TJ, and Shoei I hope you are all good
I got my new comforter today and I am all curled up in bed right now. Life is good!
Night
DAY 14
Hey Dee, HFA, TJ, and Shoei I hope you are all good
I got my new comforter today and I am all curled up in bed right now. Life is good!
Night
DAY 14
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Good Morning! Pulled an all nighter with DD last night. She went to bed way to early and was up at 1:30am ready to roll. I am sort of out of it today. I manage to nap a litlte here and there so, hopefully I will be ok. This sleep situation is rough. I have got to ge some at some point it effects everything, mood, patience,organizational skills,coordination,energy. It's so important to are well being and mine just keeps getting depleted. I guess I will keep her up as long as possible today and go to bed when she does if I have to take 10 ambien to do it. Desperate.
Anyway I am in a good mood underneath it all and I hope you are all having a wonderful day.
Talk later
(Lyddie I think your Vaca starts today?) Enjoy!
DAY 15
Anyway I am in a good mood underneath it all and I hope you are all having a wonderful day.
Talk later
(Lyddie I think your Vaca starts today?) Enjoy!
DAY 15
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Beth - Hope you get some sleep tonight!
Actually I have one more day of work but I get to work from home tomorrow so it's almost like a day off.
Work is testing my sobriety this past week. Very stressful and aggravating stuff happening. But I just get myself home as fast as possible after work and somehow all those thoughts of wine are gone once I unwind at home. I really don't want to drink.
Actually I have one more day of work but I get to work from home tomorrow so it's almost like a day off.
Work is testing my sobriety this past week. Very stressful and aggravating stuff happening. But I just get myself home as fast as possible after work and somehow all those thoughts of wine are gone once I unwind at home. I really don't want to drink.
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Good for you Lyddie. Trust me you really don't want to go there.
I think there is a danger in feeling too good. I was thinking today gosh I feel really good and then I thought about having some wine. I think after being on the cleanse and not drinking for awhile I just felt so good and in control I kind of thought I can do anything. Then once I started I had real hard time stopping. I hope to never go through that again.
It does get easier the more time I have as long as I don't get cocky about it, I will make it this time.
I hope that my experience helped you guys on some level to remember why you don't want to drink.
I had an ok day I think I am too tired to sleep..I need to unwind. Have a good night
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I think there is a danger in feeling too good. I was thinking today gosh I feel really good and then I thought about having some wine. I think after being on the cleanse and not drinking for awhile I just felt so good and in control I kind of thought I can do anything. Then once I started I had real hard time stopping. I hope to never go through that again.
It does get easier the more time I have as long as I don't get cocky about it, I will make it this time.
I hope that my experience helped you guys on some level to remember why you don't want to drink.
I had an ok day I think I am too tired to sleep..I need to unwind. Have a good night
DAY 15
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I relapsed so many times on 'feeling good' - and rationalising that noone could feel this good and be an alcoholic LOL.
Didn't really spot the flaw that I felt so good because I'd been abstinent
(10 ambien Beth?
LOL)
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Didn't really spot the flaw that I felt so good because I'd been abstinent
(10 ambien Beth?
LOL)D
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I am a June baby along with two very good newfound women friends who I went through treatment with. We all live in different cities around our larger area but meet up once a month for dinner and an alumni aa meeting at our treatment center (SO fun!).
Last night we went to collect our 5 month chips and they were PINK!!!
Ahhh, the little joys of life!
Last night we went to collect our 5 month chips and they were PINK!!!
Ahhh, the little joys of life!
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Hey Glitter welcome to the June Group! I love all things pink Congrats on 5 months! Very cool!
I know right Dee, got look out for feeling too good! Oh and whatever it takes Dee (10 ambien!) LOL!
Ok I think I am delirious must go relax......
DAY 15
Congrats on 5 months! Very cool!I know right Dee, got look out for feeling too good! Oh and whatever it takes Dee (10 ambien!) LOL!
Ok I think I am delirious must go relax......
DAY 15
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Woo Hoo!! I got 8 hrs of sleep!! DD woke up at 6am and I brought her to X and said I have to get sleep. I still haven't been out there yet but I am milking my independence for a little longer. Coffee and internet in peace. Life really is sweet! LOL! I was going a little crazy there for a min.
Today I am going to get the cat new meds the other ones made her sick
I need to hit the grocery store one last time and I need to prep all the food I can for tomorrow.
Busy Busy!
What is everybody doing for Thanksgiving? This will be my first one since I was a teenager without drinking! Crazy!
Anyway have a great day!
DAY 16
Today I am going to get the cat new meds the other ones made her sick
I need to hit the grocery store one last time and I need to prep all the food I can for tomorrow.Busy Busy!
What is everybody doing for Thanksgiving? This will be my first one since I was a teenager without drinking! Crazy!
Anyway have a great day!
DAY 16
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