One Year And Under Club Part 69
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Day 26
bad craving day today and I was out and about with booze at every turn in shops and bars
I say to myself, "this will pass" and it does - I think about 3 minutes usually gets me from "I'm gagging for some booze" to "I'm not going to self-destruct with that poison again"
I'm in a silly state at the moment where my mind (mood/mental health) seems to have improved much quicker (being sober) than my body, and I'm frustrated that I'm tired and worn out quickly and cannot do all the stuff I want to do ..... I'll just have to be patient I guess
anyway - well done if you did another day :-)
bad craving day today and I was out and about with booze at every turn in shops and bars
I say to myself, "this will pass" and it does - I think about 3 minutes usually gets me from "I'm gagging for some booze" to "I'm not going to self-destruct with that poison again"
I'm in a silly state at the moment where my mind (mood/mental health) seems to have improved much quicker (being sober) than my body, and I'm frustrated that I'm tired and worn out quickly and cannot do all the stuff I want to do ..... I'll just have to be patient I guess
anyway - well done if you did another day :-)
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Your body (and brain) take longer to recover from the years of abuse than we credit Red, and you say you are overweight? That brings its own health issues, think of your excess weight in the equivalent of bags of sugar and you will understand how you get tired! I'm currently carrying around about 6 bags of sugar wherever I go. Hubby lost the equivalent of our gson a few years ago and was stunned to imagine carrying him everywhere! Great going on refusing to listen to your AV! 
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Day 19 here. I'm feeling much better--Covid didn't hit me too hard, thankfully. No thoughts of drinking--it certainly is poison. What's that phrase? "Alcohol is the only drug we have to justify not taking" or something like that. So true.
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Woot woot!!! Way to go, dickensen!
10 months is fabulous, around 40 weeks! Forty weekends, Forty Fridays!
Congratulations! You’re rolling quickly to the overs.
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10 months is fabulous, around 40 weeks! Forty weekends, Forty Fridays!
Congratulations! You’re rolling quickly to the overs.
🪅🎉🎊🪄🙏🏼❤️🤓
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Hi
day 28 (10th of dickensen's achievement - well done on 10 months)
glad your OK samwitch and recovered quickly - 19 days is sweet
your right tootsl1 - it takes a long time to recover from chronic alcohol abuse - for example, alcoholic fatty liver can be reversed within a month, but alcoholic liver hepatitis (that a majority of choronic heavy drinkers have) takes about a year to heal (cirrhosis is dead scar tissue in the liver - no coming back from that) - and liver ailments make you tired .....
I'm doing OK generally but I'm having mood swings and getting a bit emotional (brain healing has weird manifestations)
anyway - well done if you did another day :-)
day 28 (10th of dickensen's achievement - well done on 10 months)
glad your OK samwitch and recovered quickly - 19 days is sweet
your right tootsl1 - it takes a long time to recover from chronic alcohol abuse - for example, alcoholic fatty liver can be reversed within a month, but alcoholic liver hepatitis (that a majority of choronic heavy drinkers have) takes about a year to heal (cirrhosis is dead scar tissue in the liver - no coming back from that) - and liver ailments make you tired .....
I'm doing OK generally but I'm having mood swings and getting a bit emotional (brain healing has weird manifestations)
anyway - well done if you did another day :-)
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Hi Toots 
I’m doing ok thanks. But in a random moment of not being on guard I was silly enough to consent to sharing a “special” bottle on NYE. It didn’t blow out of control but I’m kicking myself because I had 7 months and now I’m back to Jan 1st.
I’m trying not to beat myself up about it and just keep on going. I guess at least I pulled it up straight away, but I did awaken the beast that I again have to reign back in. But I haven’t had a drink since then and don’t intend falling into a trap like that again.
The good thing is that it was my partner that I drank with, and his drinking and having alcohol around has been a real challenge for me, but he’s now also stopped drinking after that night. So thank goodness that temptation has now been removed. The special bottles are gone and my partner is sober alongside me. So I feel in a way it has turned out ok, even though I’d rather not have that blip on my sober timeline…
But I’m feeling really positive!
Although it’s pushed back my joining the overs for a while yet…
I’m doing ok thanks. But in a random moment of not being on guard I was silly enough to consent to sharing a “special” bottle on NYE. It didn’t blow out of control but I’m kicking myself because I had 7 months and now I’m back to Jan 1st.
I’m trying not to beat myself up about it and just keep on going. I guess at least I pulled it up straight away, but I did awaken the beast that I again have to reign back in. But I haven’t had a drink since then and don’t intend falling into a trap like that again.
The good thing is that it was my partner that I drank with, and his drinking and having alcohol around has been a real challenge for me, but he’s now also stopped drinking after that night. So thank goodness that temptation has now been removed. The special bottles are gone and my partner is sober alongside me. So I feel in a way it has turned out ok, even though I’d rather not have that blip on my sober timeline…
But I’m feeling really positive!
Although it’s pushed back my joining the overs for a while yet…
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Originally Posted by Canadian Koala 
Congrats on TWO YEARS Fishkiller if you pass by...
Keep the good work Redcardid, you'll reach 1 month Monday...if my maths are good
Keep the good work Redcardid, you'll reach 1 month Monday...if my maths are good
Dee, toots, willow
I never thought it was possible but turns out it is.
Not sure it would be possible without all you guys though.
For that I say THANK YOU ALL
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Hi - D29
just lazing about today
making my own salad dressings from now on - the stuff from the shops has become yucky (so sweet and chemical tasting)
my lazy way > 50% olive oil (doesn't have to be virgin press) + 50% vinegar (any will do - malt, apple, wine) + lemon juice (if you have it - or orange or lime) + salt and pepper + spices herbs to taste (I use cayenne pepper and mild herbs like dill) - put the lot in a clean empty jam jar and put lid on tight, then shake it up by hand for 20 seconds - there you go, a week's salad dressing - and you can experiment if you want by adding mustard, crushed garlic ... whatever takes your fancy
anyway - really well done if you did another day (the world is so crazy now sadly loads of people are using drink to cope) :-)
edit - Willow00 - what is a 'special' bottle and how mutch did you drink ? (kinda nosey but I'd like to know)
just lazing about today
making my own salad dressings from now on - the stuff from the shops has become yucky (so sweet and chemical tasting)
my lazy way > 50% olive oil (doesn't have to be virgin press) + 50% vinegar (any will do - malt, apple, wine) + lemon juice (if you have it - or orange or lime) + salt and pepper + spices herbs to taste (I use cayenne pepper and mild herbs like dill) - put the lot in a clean empty jam jar and put lid on tight, then shake it up by hand for 20 seconds - there you go, a week's salad dressing - and you can experiment if you want by adding mustard, crushed garlic ... whatever takes your fancy
anyway - really well done if you did another day (the world is so crazy now sadly loads of people are using drink to cope) :-)
edit - Willow00 - what is a 'special' bottle and how mutch did you drink ? (kinda nosey but I'd like to know)
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Red, the only “special” thing about it was it was an expensive bottle of wine that my partner had been saving for a special occasion to drink together (a “good” vintage dated quite a number of years ago), but he decided to drink it NYE and then stop drinking. Which he appears to have done. We shared it. It wasn’t a particularly special occasion, and I’m not happy about having had any of it, but I’m glad it’s finally gone, it had been sitting in the wine rack for several years waiting for a special occasion. I actually feel really relieved it’s no longer there “waiting”. I hadn’t realised how much it has been there lurking in the back of my subconscious. No alcohol since. And the wine rack is going to be sold or given away, never to be restocked. Phew.
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