Class of August 2011 Pt2
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Day 29
SUN, SUN, SUN. Long rollerblade ride today and in the afternoon an AA meeting. Home team lost again its soccer match and I live close to the stadium, so returning from the meeting the long way, but still met groups of drunk and mad fans. Good it was not completely dark.
Carla - the group had fun scheduling my activities, especiallly that the therpist left for a brief time. "Walk with dog", but I don't have a dog, so they scheduled buying a dog first
and as the group is youngish and they know I'm single, the guys scheduled a visit to an excort-club The official flipchart version sadly did not include this.
Keep being sober everyone, we can do it.
SUN, SUN, SUN. Long rollerblade ride today and in the afternoon an AA meeting. Home team lost again its soccer match and I live close to the stadium, so returning from the meeting the long way, but still met groups of drunk and mad fans. Good it was not completely dark.
Carla - the group had fun scheduling my activities, especiallly that the therpist left for a brief time. "Walk with dog", but I don't have a dog, so they scheduled buying a dog first
and as the group is youngish and they know I'm single, the guys scheduled a visit to an excort-club The official flipchart version sadly did not include this.Keep being sober everyone, we can do it.
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still hanging in there
hi,
still hanging in there with class of august 11!! feeling pretty good. some amazing things have happened, prayers answered etc... so I know I am on the right path, but I have been tempted too. so let's all stick together to support each other in our progress & attempts & hope we all succeed!! happy labor day weekend to all
still hanging in there with class of august 11!! feeling pretty good. some amazing things have happened, prayers answered etc... so I know I am on the right path, but I have been tempted too. so let's all stick together to support each other in our progress & attempts & hope we all succeed!! happy labor day weekend to all
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I think posting with other ppl who are dealing with the same things you are is beneficial Stevie, but there's no rule you have to, or no reason not to post here too
Why not start tomorrow tho?
Sorry to see you're still struggling too BF
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Why not start tomorrow tho?
Sorry to see you're still struggling too BF
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End of day 8, wow. A lady in my home group had her 1 year birthday. It got me thinking, i have been going to that same AA group for 4 years now, and in the past two years, pretty frequently and all i have is 8 days! Kind of depressing. Maybe AA doesnt work for everyone. or maybe, once you are really ready it doesn't matter what approach you take, its going to work?
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Day 13, and "Irene", or what`s left of her, is on her way. Flood warnings for my town on the radio, and car-free sunday give some people some challenges..
For me it is sweet indian tea, before I go out enjoying the quiet car-free town
For me it is sweet indian tea, before I go out enjoying the quiet car-free town
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Congrats on the 30 Piotr!!! awesome!
Day 2 today. I woke up and decided to do some writing in my journal. I ended up writing a little letter titled To Alcohol and wrote down all my feelings toward alcohol and all the negative ways it has effected my life. It was nice to get it all down on paper so its something I can re read the next time I think about wanting to drink. Today I plan on kinda just hangin around the house again. I have no interest in going to a labor day bbq or down to the beach where everyone is drinking bc I know as of right now that would be a huge trigger to drink so I much rather have a lazy day around the house and do some cleaning.
Day 2 today. I woke up and decided to do some writing in my journal. I ended up writing a little letter titled To Alcohol and wrote down all my feelings toward alcohol and all the negative ways it has effected my life. It was nice to get it all down on paper so its something I can re read the next time I think about wanting to drink. Today I plan on kinda just hangin around the house again. I have no interest in going to a labor day bbq or down to the beach where everyone is drinking bc I know as of right now that would be a huge trigger to drink so I much rather have a lazy day around the house and do some cleaning.
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Day 27 here and fast approaching 30 days! Went by much quicker than I thought.
Went to see "The Help" last night with my wife. She had her usual Rum on the way to the movie, but I just didnt feel tempted at all to have my usual wine. She came out and asked me; "Why arent you drinking anymore?" All I could say was "I needed to give my body a break from the alcohol". She said; "well I havent had as much to drink this week either." COOL Its true!
She has never drank as much as me and I really havent been too worried about her drinking. She'll usually have one or two before/during dinner and thats it. However, over the years, she has begun to do it every night, with the fairly regular over indulgence on the weekends. I think that when I wasnt cracking open another bottle of wine, she felt like maybe she should slow it down too.
I've been drinking non-alcholic beer while on the boat, and she probably thought I was drinking regular beer, but I think she noticed the outside refrigerator had O'douls in it .This probably made her realize thats what i've been drinking. Any thoughts on the use of Non-Alchoholic beer? Yeah, I like the taste, but its really a crutch because I've drank for so long that I associate all fun recreational time with drinking, so the Odouls seems to fit right in. It also avoids my buddies questions about my lack of drinking.
Anyway, all is good here. I'm taking a HUGE amount of Vitamin C based on some studies I found on the internet, and I swear I think I feel better. It may just be placebo effect, but who cares? I'll write more about it later. Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend.
Went to see "The Help" last night with my wife. She had her usual Rum on the way to the movie, but I just didnt feel tempted at all to have my usual wine. She came out and asked me; "Why arent you drinking anymore?" All I could say was "I needed to give my body a break from the alcohol". She said; "well I havent had as much to drink this week either." COOL Its true!
She has never drank as much as me and I really havent been too worried about her drinking. She'll usually have one or two before/during dinner and thats it. However, over the years, she has begun to do it every night, with the fairly regular over indulgence on the weekends. I think that when I wasnt cracking open another bottle of wine, she felt like maybe she should slow it down too.
I've been drinking non-alcholic beer while on the boat, and she probably thought I was drinking regular beer, but I think she noticed the outside refrigerator had O'douls in it .This probably made her realize thats what i've been drinking. Any thoughts on the use of Non-Alchoholic beer? Yeah, I like the taste, but its really a crutch because I've drank for so long that I associate all fun recreational time with drinking, so the Odouls seems to fit right in. It also avoids my buddies questions about my lack of drinking.
Anyway, all is good here. I'm taking a HUGE amount of Vitamin C based on some studies I found on the internet, and I swear I think I feel better. It may just be placebo effect, but who cares? I'll write more about it later. Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend.
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-------------------DAY 30----------------------
Thank you for remembering: Lofty, BF, rs2.
Had a nice day. The weather was still beautiful - went for a long bicycle ride. Stopped and just sat looking at the calm sea. Then a AA meeting and some shopping.
Thank you for remembering: Lofty, BF, rs2.
Had a nice day. The weather was still beautiful - went for a long bicycle ride. Stopped and just sat looking at the calm sea. Then a AA meeting and some shopping.
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congrats on 30 days Piotr! 
7 
I am on day 9. Wow. This is huge for me. However, I am really feeling bad, cant quite put my finger on it, grumpy? Tired. And really lonely. I am starting to count how many days until the antabuse is out of my system so i can have a drink. :-(
7 I am on day 9. Wow. This is huge for me. However, I am really feeling bad, cant quite put my finger on it, grumpy? Tired. And really lonely. I am starting to count how many days until the antabuse is out of my system so i can have a drink. :-(
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Originally Posted by Dee74 
I took 15 years to get it right Alaska...never give up
Have you tried the Steps with a sponsor?
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Have you tried the Steps with a sponsor?
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Antabuse day counting
Originally Posted by alaskasunshine
congrats on 30 days Piotr! 7
I am on day 9. Wow. This is huge for me. However, I am really feeling bad, cant quite put my finger on it, grumpy? Tired. And really lonely. I am starting to count how many days until the antabuse is out of my system so i can have a drink. :-(
7 I am on day 9. Wow. This is huge for me. However, I am really feeling bad, cant quite put my finger on it, grumpy? Tired. And really lonely. I am starting to count how many days until the antabuse is out of my system so i can have a drink. :-(
Dont think about drinking tomorrow or the next day, just take your antabuse and stay sober today.
After a couple of weeks sober, many people seem to get off the roller coaster ride of emotions. Give it a try and see. You're doing great!
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