ODAT Wednesday

[KBCE]

Happy Wednesday all! Day 3 for me and I am happy as hell I made it this far. I am working from home today - took my daughter in to get her 9th grade (first year of highschool) roster...holy cow! Honors English, Honors Biology, Honors Algebra, and I found out that she is going to be taken a Latin class because she is in the top 28 students in her Freshman class! I am so proud! It is even better because I am not even slightly hungover and clear as a bell. I took both daughters out to breakfast to celebrate before I started working (baby went to the sitter). Stuff like this makes me want to stay sober so I can remember ALL of it ...I am so darn proud! Here's to an AF life. I will do my best - for me, and for my family.

Hugs to you all - we can do this!

K

[DeeBee]

Rust, you are being so strong while you are going through this difficult time with your MIL. Thinking of you

Universal, you are so focused with your aim of 7 days for this month and AF for September. GOOD JOB!!

KBCE, my daughter starts High School next year and I'm starting to realise how grown up she is.... another 5 years and she flies the nest, sniff She drives me dilly sometimes but I am already dreading the empty house.

Bandit, a whole week AF WHOOHOO... you're on a roll, stay strong!

O2m, your new avatar rocks - is she pulling a tounge at me??

Chenelle, Day 1 down... great idea to take treat yourself to the movies

Rip, your new avatar is like a breath of fresh air... how are you??

New Day, what hypno tapes do you have? You mentioned they werent' from MWO. I haven't bought the MWO ones as they are too costly to ship so I am interested to find out if there is anything else that is any good

Sea, that's great news that they have phoned back, let us know what happens

Right so that took me over an hour to post, so the day is nearly over and I must try and get some work done.

Have a WACKY WEDNESDAY!!

[1morechance]

Hello all
glad to hear everyone is doing well. It is an inspiration to hear great news. I'm on day 3 today and I can really feel the difference. I kept myself busy last night because I was feeling tempted. I don't have AL at home so I just kept myself busy until 8pm, thats when they close the liquor store in my area, watched TV until 10 and went to bed.

Have a great day everyone! thanks bandit for starting the thread and to all that share the number of AF days you have. It makes me feel like there's hope for me. Happy AF day! Peace

[New Day]

DeeBee --- sorry, but the hypno tapes I have are from private sessions that I went to with a hypnotherapist and he taped each session so I could listen in between each weeks session, so they are geared to me specifically. They wouldn't be of any use to anyone else. Unfortunately, I guess my subconscious mind wasn't ready to be AF, as much as I consciously wanted to be, and it wasn't successful. I'm hoping that with the supps, and this site, they might be a bit more effective. It cost me $1600 for those sessions (hubby has no idea!) .... so I was very disappointed in the end.

Sea ---- yes, the fact they called is positive.... best wishes.

Well, I need to get housework/yardwork done as my daughter is flying home tomorrow night and I haven't seen her since the end of March! Gotta get going... but I know I'll be back..hahaha!

[Peanut]

Hey everybody!
me too, me too - Day3 today!!! I am aiming for 12 days, before my big event. I had no problem yesterday at all - hopefully this lasts!! Maybe the elimination of all flour and sugar from my diet is helping too. Horrendous sleep though. It hit 37C here yesterday - that's almost 100F. I have no aircon, so of course my house was roasting when I got home from work. Got back from the gym about 9:30 and it was still 87F in my house!! I find it hard to sleep with a fan blowing on me, so I turned it off and didn't sleep well at all. Despite all that, and feeling groggy this morning (maybe I took too much melatonin last night, plus Calmes Fortes), I feel quite grand and good about myself.

Glad to hear of all the success happening with you all! Best to you all on another AF day and a hangover-free day tomorrow!
xoxo Peanut
ps. it has clouded over, thankgoodness - we need a reprieve from this heat!!

[KBCE]

So like I said, I am working from home today and between conference calls, I decide to take the big box of Shiela's Shiraz and get rid of it. It was 3/4 full (5 ltr box) so I did not want to sit there pouring it out of the spigot into the sink. I wanted it GONE and FAST. So I open it up and get the kitchen shears and cut a little slit in the foil bag type thing that holds the wine. Just a little slit and it will all pour out smoothly ....Um, HELLO? Mount Visuvious right in my kitchen! Freakin wine everywhere - on my counter on my bananas on my sponges on my floor in teh dog's bowl....EEEEEEK! If I wasn't so damned pround of myself for pouring the crap out, I would have been so pissed! So I sat there for a minute while the rest of the wine glug glug glugged down my drain and laughed my ass off. I cleaned it all up and un-wine-smelled my kitchen. I left the box and the exploded interior out for my two girls to see. When they came in the kitchen they said "what happened?" I said I poured all the wine out. They asked if it tasted bad, I said "no, it tasted TOO GOOD!" I told them that I think it is better if I don't drink and if I DO drink it will be AF wine or beer. My eldest said "good for you Mommy" and they both gave me big smiles. Like they knew. I kinda fessed up and I feel great about it. And all it took was one big Shiraz explosion! lol

[Bandit]

Wow KBCE - good for you!
I work from home a lot of the time too - Tuesdays & Wednesdays at the moment - and it so tempting to think about having a drink...it is nearly 7pm here now and just finishing getting the kids their tea, feeding the animals etc.. I have a thumping headache again, hubby has just phoned to say he will be late....this is my worst time of the evening, my normal time to have a glass of wine but I will not give in. If I feel really bad later I will nip to the shops for an AF wine/beer when my hubby gets in.
Keep strong, we can do this!

Bandit

[KBCE]

Originally Posted by Bandit

Wow KBCE - good for you!
I work from home a lot of the time too - Tuesdays & Wednesdays at the moment - and it so tempting to think about having a drink...it is nearly 7pm here now and just finishing getting the kids their tea, feeding the animals etc.. I have a thumping headache again, hubby has just phoned to say he will be late....this is my worst time of the evening, my normal time to have a glass of wine but I will not give in. If I feel really bad later I will nip to the shops for an AF wine/beer when my hubby gets in.
Keep strong, we can do this!

Bandit

Just remember...when pouring out your box of wine....use the spigot!

You can do this Bandit - it's always harder at night isn't it?

XX K

[one2many]

Did you find the Cobra bandit?

[Bandit]

Hi One2,
No my mission to get the Cobra failed miserably! - I was getting ready to go out that day to go to Tescos and my neighbour called at the door in a state saying her mum had just gone into hospital and could I mind her 3 kids for the rest of the day..couldn't say no...but problem is they haven't really left since...just going home to their own house to sleep...so I have not been any further than SuperValu which I can walk to at least when the hubby gets in from work. However, he is off work tomorrow, going away to England for a few days so he has promised to nip into Tesco in the morning before he goes to pick up supplies!
I am also trying not to have AF wine/beer all the time as I am afraid I am just switching one habit for another, ok not as bad but just as expensive!

Bandit