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Old 03-16-2016, 01:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Cococo View Post
Im confused. So OT you are on day 30, but 30 days (1 month) fully sober tomorrow. Is that right? I don't want to have anymore 'screwdriver' or 'chips' moments today lol
I'm on one month sober because I quit 16th February, and there were 29 days in February. So tomorrow (17th) will be my 30 days.

Also, it's 8:15am in the UK.
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Old 03-16-2016, 01:14 AM
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Originally Posted by knb02 View Post
Omg. I had my second dream involving drink. I woke up before I drank it but I had decided that I was going to drink a bottle of wine.

I felt like you.OT and I don't want to go there. Its worrying that I was going to drink.
It's crazy how we can remember how ill we were, yet our addiction still tries to convince us that drinking is a good idea. Keep fighting it knb.
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Old 03-16-2016, 01:18 AM
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It's amazing how much progress we've all made in a relatively short time. I'm like you, OT, I NEVER want to go back to what I was doing and how bad my life was not that long ago.
Drinking was destroying us. There were no perks to my drinking at the end of it. I can't believes I was doing that to myself! But I was completely out of control. We need to remember that, if our AV's tell us "you can control it this time", NO, no we can't!!
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Old 03-16-2016, 01:21 AM
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Originally Posted by OldTomato View Post
It's crazy how we can remember how ill we were, yet our addiction still tries to convince us that drinking is a good idea.
Sorry to jump in....but does it? Does our addiction tell us that drinking is a good idea, or does it tell us to drink no matter what the consequences are? I see my AV as the Tasmanian devil from the cartoons, a whirling dervish that wants to devour all in its wake.

I am following this thread, and I am incredibly proud of you guys. Onwards!
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Old 03-16-2016, 01:24 AM
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Originally Posted by OldTomato View Post
I'm on one month sober because I quit 16th February, and there were 29 days in February. So tomorrow (17th) will be my 30 days.

Also, it's 8:15am in the UK.
Love, you absolutely get the month, forget about the leap year stuff....come and see your congrats.

EDIT: Oh, you did already, rightio, just ignore me.....
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Old 03-16-2016, 01:37 AM
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Originally Posted by venuscat View Post
Sorry to jump in....but does it? Does our addiction tell us that drinking is a good idea, or does it tell us to drink no matter what the consequences are? I see my AV as the Tasmanian devil from the cartoons, a whirling dervish that wants to devour all in its wake.

I am following this thread, and I am incredibly proud of you guys. Onwards!
My AV likes to tell me that I'll be more confident and likable if I'm drinking! It uses the rose tinted spectacles effect on me. But I know beneath that disguise it's really that Tasmanian devil.
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Old 03-16-2016, 01:40 AM
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Old 03-16-2016, 01:42 AM
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Ha! Yes!
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Old 03-16-2016, 02:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Cococo View Post
Good Morning knb and OT

Good Night knb and OT (its bedtime for me)

What time is it in England?
It 9 am
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Old 03-16-2016, 02:08 AM
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Originally Posted by venuscat View Post
Sorry to jump in....but does it? Does our addiction tell us that drinking is a good idea, or does it tell us to drink no matter what the consequences are? I see my AV as the Tasmanian devil from the cartoons, a whirling dervish that wants to devour all in its wake.

I am following this thread, and I am incredibly proud of you guys. Onwards!
Venus cat I had to think about that one. Not that I am siding with OT but yes I do think my AV thinks drinking is a great idea. I can fight it with my sober sensible side. I see these two sides of me as very black and white. My AV still glamorizes the alcohol
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Old 03-16-2016, 02:11 AM
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Right. NO CAKE for me today. No ice cream no snickers bars etc.
I can do this. Just like I decided with alcohol. I won't eat junk today. Sick of my increasing waistline and I still havnt run yet
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My AV is an arse knb. It wants to kill me, and it doesn't care what I want.
Seeing it as this whirling dervish helped me to separate myself from it, if that makes sense. It isn't me, it isn't the slightest bit me. It is a very big liar.

And there are no sides...I hear OT, and totally see her point, and yours. s
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Congrats on 30 days OT

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Old 03-16-2016, 02:36 AM
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Hi guys, I'm having trouble keeping up here! Well done on a month OT and everyone else reaching milestones today.
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Old 03-16-2016, 02:40 AM
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Originally Posted by venuscat View Post
My AV is an arse knb. It wants to kill me, and it doesn't care what I want.
Seeing it as this whirling dervish helped me to separate myself from it, if that makes sense. It isn't me, it isn't the slightest bit me. It is a very big liar.

And there are no sides...I hear OT, and totally see her point, and yours. s
My AV is trying to kill me as well, it knows what to say to trick me into doing that. It's like having a devil on my shoulder. But it's not me and it is a very big liar, you're right!
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Originally Posted by venuscat View Post
Sorry to jump in....but does it? Does our addiction tell us that drinking is a good idea, or does it tell us to drink no matter what the consequences are? I see my AV as the Tasmanian devil from the cartoons, a whirling dervish that wants to devour all in its wake.

I am following this thread, and I am incredibly proud of you guys. Onwards!
Hi Venuscat, nice of you to pop in here. Im sitting on the fence with this idea. And somewhat feel the same as OT and knb do. I do think my AV sometimes thinks drinking is a great idea - yay fun times. But other times it thinks, no bad idea you have to get up early, you have an important appointment tomorrow etc....this is a bad idea. I don't know, its still confusing. But I definitely see my AV overall as your depicted whirling Tazzie Devil. And I do see it as a separate entity to the real me - almost. I could relate to that 100%!
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Old 03-16-2016, 02:49 AM
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My AA sponsor and a fellow AAer are my recommended friends on Facebook. How does it know??
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Old 03-16-2016, 02:51 AM
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Originally Posted by knb02 View Post
Right. NO CAKE for me today. No ice cream no snickers bars etc.
I can do this. Just like I decided with alcohol. I won't eat junk today. Sick of my increasing waistline and I still havnt run yet
A little bit is ok isn't it? Start a walk or run - go on.
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My AA sponsor and a fellow AAer are my recommended friends on Facebook. How does it know??
I wondered this recently and found the answer.

If somebody has looked you up and then you press the recommended friends button then it comes up with people that have looked you up and linked friends (in common). So they have looked you up. FB doesn't know as such, it cant possibly.

Initially I thought it was a bit stalkerish but then I thought...hang on, NO....Im doing the same (looking people up to see if I know them, the right person) and Im out there in public on FB, so they aren't hunting me down lol. Its not as though I don't want to be found yet they went to weird lengths to find me, that didn't happen.
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