Class of August 2015 Part 7
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Hi Dee! Argh, not for a few hours yet. Thanks everyone! I got so worked up I am now exhausted so hoping that works in my favor. I think my nerves will be all burned out by then!! Eating first, calming in car, and immediate order of tonic w juice. Will tell the servers not to pour me anything right off the bat. That's my strategy. Posting helps to be accountable, don't want to let people down!
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Hope you all are headed for sober, peaceful evenings. I will be watching Homefires while knitting and/or ripping out the seam of a sofa cushion liner. Good snowy evening activities.
Sadie, keep breathing and taking swigs of that tonic water!
Sadie, keep breathing and taking swigs of that tonic water!
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Hello Class, I haven't posted in a while but I'm still here and still sober. And unfortunately still struggling. It really hasn't become easier. Honestly, I miss some aspects of drinking and it takes a lot of hard work not to actually get a bottle of wine. I'm just a few days shy of 3 months. And it's still so hard!!! At this point I've given up hope that this will stop being a struggle some day. I keep on fighting the good fight but how much longer can I continue this way. I'm running out of strength...
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Yoga, glad to see you again. Sorry about struggling, it's hard. You are doing awesome though. Dee and others say it gets easier!I decided to trust them!
I'm at my event with my tonic. So freaked today, I just started to laugh at myself. I think I will live without wine tonight! Thanks class!
I'm at my event with my tonic. So freaked today, I just started to laugh at myself. I think I will live without wine tonight! Thanks class!
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Way to go Sadie!
Yoga, I'm around that 3 month mark too, and I definitely struggle. It's different though...more of a longing rather than a craving.
To all struggling with anxiety, my very favorite bible verse is on my frig. Philippians 4: 5-7 "Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." It's a lot to accept, but with practice and a ton of faith, it has helped me in many unimaginable situations.
Have a great day folks.
OH, AND WELCOME BACK DEE!
Yoga, I'm around that 3 month mark too, and I definitely struggle. It's different though...more of a longing rather than a craving.
To all struggling with anxiety, my very favorite bible verse is on my frig. Philippians 4: 5-7 "Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God. Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus." It's a lot to accept, but with practice and a ton of faith, it has helped me in many unimaginable situations.
Have a great day folks.
OH, AND WELCOME BACK DEE!
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Thanks Dee, Benice, Sadie and Beckindalways. It is mostly longing but sometimes I'm hit with a really strong physical craving too.
I miss curling up in front of the fireplace with a glass of wine, having wine while having dinner with friends, relaxing with a glass of wine after a hard week at work... I wish I could say yes when a friend is inviting me for a drink after work...
I know it doesn't stop at just one drink for me, so I don't even go there, but I do miss these things. And I'm sick and tired of herbal tea and sparkling water as a substitute!
I miss curling up in front of the fireplace with a glass of wine, having wine while having dinner with friends, relaxing with a glass of wine after a hard week at work... I wish I could say yes when a friend is inviting me for a drink after work...
I know it doesn't stop at just one drink for me, so I don't even go there, but I do miss these things. And I'm sick and tired of herbal tea and sparkling water as a substitute!
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Hey guys!
((Yoga)) I hope you get relief soon. Hang in there...((Hug))
Sadie you rock chick! I knew you'd be good to go!
Bekind and Benice always glad to see you post!
Heya Dee!
Hey everyone not posting but reading...
I have discovered that in my mind thinking I was getting on some people's nerves in some of the threads, almost like some eye rolling and annoyance at my up beat personality, I pulled back out of certain classes and toned down my "attitude". I am sorry to report that it's not working for me and I will be back and posting like I used to. It helps me and keeps me steered clear of my two things that grip me depression and anxiety! I may have thought all of this up in my own brain and it could be totally fiction at any rate my mind dreamed this up. So there it is and here I am. I have got to get back to my normal self where I feel ok and not so full of this stuff..
Hope everyone is having a wonderful day! ((Hug))!
((Yoga)) I hope you get relief soon. Hang in there...((Hug))
Sadie you rock chick! I knew you'd be good to go!
Bekind and Benice always glad to see you post!
Heya Dee!
Hey everyone not posting but reading...
I have discovered that in my mind thinking I was getting on some people's nerves in some of the threads, almost like some eye rolling and annoyance at my up beat personality, I pulled back out of certain classes and toned down my "attitude". I am sorry to report that it's not working for me and I will be back and posting like I used to. It helps me and keeps me steered clear of my two things that grip me depression and anxiety! I may have thought all of this up in my own brain and it could be totally fiction at any rate my mind dreamed this up. So there it is and here I am. I have got to get back to my normal self where I feel ok and not so full of this stuff..
Hope everyone is having a wonderful day! ((Hug))!
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Key, I love to see you post! Keep at it! It's easy to negative self talk ourselves, right? Whatever it takes to control anxiety and depression, then post every minute!
I do think there was a chance I would have drank last night to calm my nerves but for posting and wanting to be accountable here
Plus I learned 3 tonics are too many for me
I do think there was a chance I would have drank last night to calm my nerves but for posting and wanting to be accountable here
Plus I learned 3 tonics are too many for me
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