Class of April 2015 Part 3
Velveteen Rabbit
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: San Diego, Cali
Posts: 2,661
Welcome Drummer 
I find reading here very helpful. You don't have to write to everyone and respond to every post, unless of course you want to.
*****
I learned today to stay fed.
Being hungry and being sober, is more than I (and those around me) can handle.
I find reading here very helpful. You don't have to write to everyone and respond to every post, unless of course you want to.*****
I learned today to stay fed.
Being hungry and being sober, is more than I (and those around me) can handle.
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 2,412
Originally Posted by LillianGish 
Welcome Drummer I find reading here very helpful. You don't have to write to everyone and respond to every post, unless of course you want to. ***** I learned today to stay fed. Being hungry and being sober, is more than I (and those around me) can handle.
I find reading here very helpful. You don't have to write to everyone and respond to every post, unless of course you want to. ***** I learned today to stay fed. Being hungry and being sober, is more than I (and those around me) can handle. Thank you for sharing.
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 93
Day 21.
Yesterday and today have been a bit of a challenge. My anxiety has been much less but yesterday a panic attack came on out of the blue and lasted a few hours into the evening. Today has been a sad, depressed pit without ambition. My mood hasn't been this ugly since acute withdrawal.
I'm sure Ill improve soon but this stinks.
Yesterday and today have been a bit of a challenge. My anxiety has been much less but yesterday a panic attack came on out of the blue and lasted a few hours into the evening. Today has been a sad, depressed pit without ambition. My mood hasn't been this ugly since acute withdrawal.
I'm sure Ill improve soon but this stinks.
Member
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: California
Posts: 28
Day 5
Yay for me! I finally passed a test and didn't just cave. My (young adult) daughter's birthday was yesterday. Some of her friends came over and one gave her a bottle of wine from a local winery they had visited. She opened it while I was in the kitchen starting to cook dinner. She knows I like red wine, so she poured me a small glass to share it with me. She told me to let it breath first, then left. I looked at it while I started cooking, and it kept whispering my name. I decided to eat first. That really helped me to be able to walk away from it. I gave it back to her later that night and told her that I was really working on lowering my blood pressure, which she knows. (Yes, I'm the secretive one. She didn't know how much I had been drinking and what a problem it had become.)
So, after two false starts where I caved, this time I held on. While dinner was cooking I also watched the dragon video again, read part of the AVRT site, and googled why I shouldn't drink. A big part was that I didn't want to come here and post that I failed.
Someone here said no one ever wishes that they had drank the next day when they wake up sober. So true!
All the posts everyone shares are helpful, and it all the support adds up.
Yay for me! I finally passed a test and didn't just cave. My (young adult) daughter's birthday was yesterday. Some of her friends came over and one gave her a bottle of wine from a local winery they had visited. She opened it while I was in the kitchen starting to cook dinner. She knows I like red wine, so she poured me a small glass to share it with me. She told me to let it breath first, then left. I looked at it while I started cooking, and it kept whispering my name. I decided to eat first. That really helped me to be able to walk away from it. I gave it back to her later that night and told her that I was really working on lowering my blood pressure, which she knows. (Yes, I'm the secretive one. She didn't know how much I had been drinking and what a problem it had become.)
So, after two false starts where I caved, this time I held on. While dinner was cooking I also watched the dragon video again, read part of the AVRT site, and googled why I shouldn't drink. A big part was that I didn't want to come here and post that I failed.
Someone here said no one ever wishes that they had drank the next day when they wake up sober. So true!
All the posts everyone shares are helpful, and it all the support adds up.
Member
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Kansas
Posts: 139
Joining this thread too even though April ends tomorrow. Day 1 for me. My immediate goal is to not drink when I have my son. And that means fri-Monday! I hope I can make it bc I think that hurdle will really help in the process
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 1,292
Well I'm doing a lot better after a rough few days when my craving suddenly reappeared with a vengeance and I was suffering back pain. The craving have gone again and I pray my back was just a minor tweak and not an old injury returning.
My thought for the day:
Since quitting alcohol despite the cravings things get better pretty quickly. I feel happy, positive and optimistic. Life is/should be good. I fully expect even kind of demand this. But, and this is a massive but, it is going to take my wife longer to trust me enough to enjoy al of this and the new me.
My thought for the day:
Since quitting alcohol despite the cravings things get better pretty quickly. I feel happy, positive and optimistic. Life is/should be good. I fully expect even kind of demand this. But, and this is a massive but, it is going to take my wife longer to trust me enough to enjoy al of this and the new me.
Velveteen Rabbit
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: San Diego, Cali
Posts: 2,661
Originally Posted by julesonya
Joining this thread too even though April ends tomorrow. Day 1 for me. My immediate goal is to not drink when I have my son. And that means fri-Monday! I hope I can make it bc I think that hurdle will really help in the process
Member
Join Date: Apr 2015
Posts: 560
Originally Posted by Midton
My thought for the day:
Since quitting alcohol despite the cravings things get better pretty quickly. I feel happy, positive and optimistic. Life is/should be good. I fully expect even kind of demand this. But, and this is a massive but, it is going to take my wife longer to trust me enough to enjoy al of this and the new me.
Good luck
OMD
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Canada
Posts: 691
Firefly, great job tonight! Well done.
Welcome the new classmates...
Today, day 8, I had no headache, no fatigue, and no cravings what so ever! I still lose focus some, and my short term memory sucks at this point. Just know I read every post and that sometimes I forget to give out high fives or my 2-cents. I just don't want to come across as rude or ignoring anyone.
This afternoon was gorgeous out, so I did some yard work. The last time I did the raking was 2 weeks ago where I rewarded myself with 4 bottles of beer on the deck, followed by a bottle of white wine in the tub; all followed by a massive Sunday hangover. Today, my reward was a tall cold glass of iced tea (with ice) and I did a huge bbq salmon with wood rice.
Tomorrow I will be pulling out the old credit card and doing some book shopping on amazon. (I know there is a list of recommended reading in this forum somewhere, so I will be looking for that firstly!)
My Higher Being is on my side again because tomorrow my hubby and I have to take separate cars to the fundraising dinner, and I am picking up the other couple joining us....guess who's the DD again?!
Welcome the new classmates...
Today, day 8, I had no headache, no fatigue, and no cravings what so ever! I still lose focus some, and my short term memory sucks at this point. Just know I read every post and that sometimes I forget to give out high fives or my 2-cents. I just don't want to come across as rude or ignoring anyone.
This afternoon was gorgeous out, so I did some yard work. The last time I did the raking was 2 weeks ago where I rewarded myself with 4 bottles of beer on the deck, followed by a bottle of white wine in the tub; all followed by a massive Sunday hangover. Today, my reward was a tall cold glass of iced tea (with ice) and I did a huge bbq salmon with wood rice.
Tomorrow I will be pulling out the old credit card and doing some book shopping on amazon. (I know there is a list of recommended reading in this forum somewhere, so I will be looking for that firstly!)
My Higher Being is on my side again because tomorrow my hubby and I have to take separate cars to the fundraising dinner, and I am picking up the other couple joining us....guess who's the DD again?!
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