Class of January 2014 Part 6
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Good for you Sunny 
Irelander, do what Dee said and think to the end and then think about something else or do something else to get your mind off it. If I let myself think about it for more than 2 minutes, it's almost a done deal. I've started that crap thinking many a time in January on the way home from work and just as quick as I could thought of anything else or turned the radio up and just started singing to get to another thought. (Such a good thing I have no passengers!)
I'm having problems with the weight issue too.
It's kinda bothering me cos I really thought I would have lost a bunch of weight without drinking and the snacking that went along with it. I also have cut way down on soda. Have to drag myself into exercise somehow I guess
Irelander, do what Dee said and think to the end and then think about something else or do something else to get your mind off it. If I let myself think about it for more than 2 minutes, it's almost a done deal. I've started that crap thinking many a time in January on the way home from work and just as quick as I could thought of anything else or turned the radio up and just started singing to get to another thought. (Such a good thing I have no passengers!)
I'm having problems with the weight issue too.
It's kinda bothering me cos I really thought I would have lost a bunch of weight without drinking and the snacking that went along with it. I also have cut way down on soda. Have to drag myself into exercise somehow I guess 
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Something I heard once that started to resonate with me over the last few months. I may be off on the exact phrase "Drinking today is like borrowing happiness from tomorrow". This kind of rang a bell with me the days I was too hung over, which has been every other day for months. Half a week wasted lying in bed miserable all for a few hours of guzzling wine. I even planned my schedule so I could do the things I needed to get done on days I wasn't hungover! Planning my schedule around drinking. Sounds absurd but that's how sick I had gotten. I'm still early in but one thing I am loving is the freedom and flexibility I now have, to work, exercise or just grab lunch with a friend. A few things among the many pluses I see with continued sobriety!
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Originally Posted by ArcticSA 
Did you really mean to type 110 pounds? Gosh I hope not, it seems that would be dangerously skinny??
On a positive note: had a good dinner tonight (a seafood platter I ordered from one of my favorite restaurants + home made salad) and I'm curled up with a good book now and some chamomile tea, looking forward to work tomorrow... Hopefully can get some good sleep, that's still a major issue for me, but I was an insomniac even in my teens... perhaps one thing out of the many that I self-medicated with alcohol!
Have a peaceful night/day everyone!
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No cravings today. Watching the superbowl with my very intoxicated mother in law. Hubbys not drinking, oh boy, poor woman is making a spectacle of herself. She has told the same 3 stories literally 4 times each now. Uhhhhhh....
I just keep thinking "I wonder how many times I did that ugh?!"
This has been a good example/reminder for me. It's not making me want to drink AT ALL.
I just keep thinking "I wonder how many times I did that ugh?!"
This has been a good example/reminder for me. It's not making me want to drink AT ALL.
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Wrapping up day 39, just finished making a big pot of veggie soup and a gallon of coconut water. Settling in to watch Puppy Bowl.
Cravings for me have greatly reduced, just a random thought now and then. I quickly remind myself that #1 I don't drink any longer and #2 one drink will just start the madness all over again, and I don't want to go there.
Guys and gals, I was posting the roster in January, mainly as a reminder that we do have a common bond and belong somewhere. Is this something you want continued? If so, how often? It really isn't any effort on my part, I just want some feedback to see if anyone has any ideas.
Cravings for me have greatly reduced, just a random thought now and then. I quickly remind myself that #1 I don't drink any longer and #2 one drink will just start the madness all over again, and I don't want to go there.
Guys and gals, I was posting the roster in January, mainly as a reminder that we do have a common bond and belong somewhere. Is this something you want continued? If so, how often? It really isn't any effort on my part, I just want some feedback to see if anyone has any ideas.
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Originally Posted by Odelle
Wrapping up day 39, just finished making a big pot of veggie soup and a gallon of coconut water. Settling in to watch Puppy Bowl.
Cravings for me have greatly reduced, just a random thought now and then. I quickly remind myself that #1 I don't drink any longer and #2 one drink will just start the madness all over again, and I don't want to go there.
Guys and gals, I was posting the roster in January, mainly as a reminder that we do have a common bond and belong somewhere. Is this something you want continued? If so, how often? It really isn't any effort on my part, I just want some feedback to see if anyone has any ideas.
Cravings for me have greatly reduced, just a random thought now and then. I quickly remind myself that #1 I don't drink any longer and #2 one drink will just start the madness all over again, and I don't want to go there.
Guys and gals, I was posting the roster in January, mainly as a reminder that we do have a common bond and belong somewhere. Is this something you want continued? If so, how often? It really isn't any effort on my part, I just want some feedback to see if anyone has any ideas.
Thankyou for compiling the class list.
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Way to go newstar!!
I love to see how far everyone has come in such a short time. It's like the words are written in a totally new voice.
I'm wrapping up 35 with an early night in bed with some work to go over and then sleep. I was massively productive today and even caught some of the game - and my team won, which isn't really saying much since I do not follow football at all and kept having to google the players on "my" team to figure out who they were. I did about a kajillion loads of laundry (but not all of it, because I'm convinced that if I ever caught up on my laundry it would cause some kind of rift in the space time continuum), I made the best chili I think I've ever made, and I cleaned my basement of doom. I didn't do the financial work I was supposed to do this weekend because I may be sober, but I still procrastinate with the best of them.
That said, I'm going to bed feeling pretty good. Another sober weekend in the books - I think I'm starting to get a sense of the rhythm of my life again. I lost it for so long - it's like an old friend who's been here all along without me noticing.
Stay strong everyone.
Odelle - thank you so much for doing the roster - it was amazing to see all of those names! I'm good with whatever - doing it, not doing it, doing it less often. So whatever makes sense but just wanted to say
!
I love to see how far everyone has come in such a short time. It's like the words are written in a totally new voice.
I'm wrapping up 35 with an early night in bed with some work to go over and then sleep. I was massively productive today and even caught some of the game - and my team won, which isn't really saying much since I do not follow football at all and kept having to google the players on "my" team to figure out who they were. I did about a kajillion loads of laundry (but not all of it, because I'm convinced that if I ever caught up on my laundry it would cause some kind of rift in the space time continuum), I made the best chili I think I've ever made, and I cleaned my basement of doom. I didn't do the financial work I was supposed to do this weekend because I may be sober, but I still procrastinate with the best of them.
That said, I'm going to bed feeling pretty good. Another sober weekend in the books - I think I'm starting to get a sense of the rhythm of my life again. I lost it for so long - it's like an old friend who's been here all along without me noticing.
Stay strong everyone.
Odelle - thank you so much for doing the roster - it was amazing to see all of those names! I'm good with whatever - doing it, not doing it, doing it less often. So whatever makes sense but just wanted to say
!
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This turned out to be a great day after all. Went to the gym, and worked off my anxiety. While there I saw the news about Philip Seymour Hoffman losing his fight against addiction. Kinda put things back into perspective for me. This journey is no joke. We have to be vigilant and aware at all times. I heard an addiction specialist on TV commenting. He said addicts have to stay active in the fight against addiction, because AV is always in the recesses of their minds doing push-ups waiting to pounce. That resonated with me.
Good job!!!!! to all those that hit milestones, ones on their way, and everyone getting started. Thank you SR community. Have a good, sober night.
Good job!!!!! to all those that hit milestones, ones on their way, and everyone getting started. Thank you SR community. Have a good, sober night.
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