Hope

I was just thinking of you. I'm so glad that you haven't picked up a drink. I'm very proud of you!

Don't worry too much about the food now- you're replacing the lost nutrients that alcohol stripped away. Just for now, focus on not drinking and everything else will fall into place.

livefortoday

Fudge Rounds-Yikes! I hadn't had a Little Debbie since I was a kid before I got sober. Now I can't keep them in the house even for my son because I end up eating them. I might as well just glue them too my hips. That being said, with 12 days sober, I wouldn't worry about it! Be kind to you. Your body is used to taking in an awful lot of sugar, after all, what is booze made of? It's got to have time to adjust. The Big Book of AA talks about keeping chocolate on hand for emergencies and most of us having a sweet tooth. I was always told "Quit your addictions in the order they will kill you". First the booze had to go, the second for me was cigarettes (not until I had been sober ofr 18 Months) and now, now I have to work on letting go of the darn sugar!! Argh! Congrats on your twelve days sweetie and keep coming back!

StrongR2Day

Sometimes we get into recovery for all the wrong reasons, our spouse, children, boyfriend, doctor, priest, etc. But we end up staying there for ourselves. It happens more frequently than you think!

I went through the same thing! So every day after homework was done, I would take my kids to the local store to pick out one treat for after dinner. That way I didn't tempt myself having sweets in the house, and they still got their treat....plus, we got a little one-on-one fun time. I also always kept Friday as my cheat day, and I got whatever little treat I wanted for myself. (And yes, Little Debbie is by far the most evil, selling those horribly wonderful treats for so cheap!)

michski

Good for you!! Wow.. I think you're developing the knack!

OnceNice

I think I'm developing an extra thigh, butt and stomach.

But thanks.

Fall is here in St. Louis. Sure do miss having a cold beer on a crisp fall day.

Stupid things I think of to make me drink.

PaperDolls

LOL Rose! I know exactly how you feel!

OnceNice

Well, I ate a Italian sub sandwich for lunch and a BUTTERFINGER CANDY BAR.

UGH.

Arura

WTG (((Once))) ...! Fantastic stuff...

When I first got clean, from the methadone..., I started eating jacket potato's., With cheese n beans ...British beans of course...!

Cellulite ooohhhh Baby...! Im not that old for cellulite...Too much buttter.

I was 'eating for Britian' as we say...LOL...As the food is crap...! lol...!

YeY...

PaperDolls

I had Ding Dongs and a Diet Pepsi for breakfast!

Salad and Mountain Dew for lunch.

I'll have a candy bar (or two) for a snack later I'm sure.

I'm addicted to pop lately. It used to be that I'd only drink maybe 3 a week. Now it's more like 3 a day!

Like I've said before -- oink, oink.

I love food!

Arura - what's jacket potatoes? and what makes the bean british? I don't know 'bout that stuff!

OnceNice

I hear ya about the soda. I never drank soda. Beer and coffee were it for me. A liquid diet too. Hardly ate.

Sh#t I thought I'd be saving money. Now I got Dr. Pepper, MOuntainDew, Freakin Orange Soda, you name it.

heck I never ate chocolate or ice cream. Been eating butter pecan Icecream with caramel on top evernight for the last 12 days.

throwing my clothes out and buying a tent.

Who the heck said you save money on not drinking.

PaperDolls

LOL!!

Would you rather be fat and happy or skinny and miserable?

OnceNice

Well to be honest right now I'm fat an miserable. Still craving a drink. Aint gonna lie about that. Fall here in St. Louis. Want a nice beer in a huggy, wearing my jacket and smelling the air. So now I'm just Fat and Miserable.

P.S. Also Fat Miserable and Stinky. Cigs are being puffed a lot more than usually.

Arura

Jacket spuds are washed potatoes left in the skin, rubbed in oil n salt,
Then put into a hot oven for 1 hour,.. ***** n turn during the time they are cooking... When crispy and soft all the way thro ...!

cut open and sitck loads of cheese in there to melt , butter first, soz...!
You can wrap them up in tin foil and put htem in the embers of a fire...

Birtish beans are haricot beans in tom sauce...! yummy...! Heinz of course...!

Im a Yorkshire lass and we eat alot of spuds n fish,.. n they dont skimp on the portions ether up there...! lots of bread n potatos not healthy for ya at all...But we loved it...! still do sometimes...!

Watch your teeth drinking so much fizzy pop...!

That took ages to write, im not with it tonight ...soz about the spelling...lotds of editing for sp's all the time...!

Heres a Hug for ya bebes ...

Arura

Im skinny and unhappy ...???

PaperDolls

I think I call Jacket spuds a baked potato. Love 'em. I usually do smashed potatoes with lots of butter and with a bit of cream cheese added. Good stuff. I could totally live on bread, potatoes, and soda. I don't need meat.

Well - rose you've got a point there but I have noticed your sense of humour coming out more. I like to see that......sounds to me like you're eating pretty healthy. Not that I'm one to talk but may be you could go for a walk after work. Especially since the weather is so nice. I'm not too far from you if you remember. I think we've got the same weather right now. It's about 74 right now and is gorgeous. I wish I wasn't at work.

hugs,
doll

PaperDolls

What?



I mean if you had to choose one....
1. Fat and Happy
OR
2. Skinny and Miserable

If you had to pick only one -- which would you choose?

Arura

I surpose i would choose fat n happy...!

But i know theres a little fat old lady in me somewhere dieing to get out...!
I blame my nan...lol ?????!!!!! ???...!

Yep ((PD)) Baked spuds,...! many toppings ..... we call them jacket spuds...LOL.!

OnceNice

Well I'd choose Drunk, Happy, and Skinny. But I guess I can't have that.

You know what, Now I hate skinny woman who are not alcholics and can eat what they want and drink one drink a month.

I just want to be happy.


Arura why are you unhappy. Don't tell me its because I'm not drinking--Oh that's why I'M unhappy. What's up Arura. Anything this Fat, Stinky Smoking, MillerLite Cravng Gal can do.

PaperDolls

Alright girls! No more bashing yourselves. We do enough of that in our heads (I do anyway!).

What's up Arura? Not having a good day?

Rose - I feel ya on the Drunk, Happy, and Skinny thing. For ME, Drunk and Happy can't happen at the same time. I'm sure you know what I mean!

Arura

As i was an addict for most of my adult life ... I stuggle to eat at all...???

It is as if i can run on nothing, no sleep, or food... Yer i eat but very little it makes me feel sick to think of food sometimes...???

I gave my 2 children to my mum in 2001,. n now that ive been sorting mylife out ... she wont really let me see them my girl is 6...! and im her mum, not my mum...she is grandma NOT mum...!

So its been long enough now its in my head ALL the time...

I have to take her to court to get more acsses to them...I dont want to take my mum to court but she wont give an inch... I HAVE CHANGED SO MUCH...!

Its been 3yrs since i used...!

Anyway yep it hurts, i was going to ring her tonight to tell her ...!
I see the lawyer next week...! you asked there's the truth...!

O.K, sorry i know i failed them. and i can not forgive myself...Just if she let me in to there lives abit more would make a HUGE differance to my life and the kids...!

Thats a constant drain and sorce of hurt for me...!

So i dont really eat at all...!!! Not good...!