ODAT Wednesday

[Bandit]

Hello ODATers,

Greetings from a sunnier Ireland today!

Vera-b - yes I have often thought how I would love to take my brain out, give it a good wash and hang it on the line for some fresh air - pity I can't, get drying weather here today!

For tlrgs and evielou, I hope the weather has got better in Florida, thankfully as you say there did not seem to be too much damage or at least that's what it said on the news here.

DeeBee, hope your weather has improved too and I believe it is a Happy Anniversary for you today??

Uni - good luck with your AF week

Ripples - better to be image dependent than AL dependent, hope you enjoyed the olives (yum) and yes those nites are damn hard!

Rustop - my MIL is a major cause of stress for me but you are showing support when it is needed and that is what matters

Seacailin - thinking of you today, hope things get better, you are doing so well.

Hopefully it is Day 4 AF for New Day, Limers and Noma'am and Day 3 for 1 more chance, Peanut and KBCE and if not, at least we are all still trying and that is the most important thing - so yes greenhouse 1 it is ODAT for now and yes Chelle 12, you do belong - hours, minutes and seconds AF are all good!

Personally I struggled through Day 7 and am now on Day 8...... but it is defo ODAT for me at present.

Best Wishes to all for Wednesday, let's just keep trying.

Bandit

[one2many]

Hi All,

In great form here tapping away on my recovered Pc.

Have to catch up with my reading to see what everyones been up to! Will check back later!


Love,

o2m

[Chelle12]

Day 2 of AF and its so much harder today.. because the hangover has gone and the 'taste' is back :(
Going to keep busy.
AF since 11pm monday night.

Off to cinema shortly.. will be having large lemonade and large nachos with chilis

Have a good day everyone.
C

[Ripple]

Hello Bandit!!! Doing a good job starting us Alkies out!!! Beautiful day here too!!! Makes a difference when the sun shines and we are well!!! Happy Day to all for health and a productive Day!!!

[New Day]

Good morning all ODATers ----
Bandit, I really don't know how you keep track of everyone. You'd have made a great teacher .... you'd know each student and all there strengths and weaknesses and their progress! YES, it is day 4 for me! Yeah! I haven't had too much trouble sleeping... until last night. I understand from others that this is common. I took Valerian, Melatonin and then 2 hours later a SleepAid (both of the others combined) .... and it still took me 4 hours before any sleep came. Then early this morning some idiot couldn't get his car alarm to shut off! So that was it. Hopefully if I have some quiet time this afternoon, I'll put my Hypnosis tape on (not MWO Hyps..... I did a whole 10 week session 2 years ago to try and stop drinking.... so I've dug them out) .... and that will give me a bit of a rest.

Have a great AF day everyone!

[DeeBee]

Bandit how do you DO it!!! I have to spend an hour going back throught the post and make notes so that I remember what I want to say.... let us in on your secret!

Thanks for the wishes. It's a miserable day here again but otherwise I AM HAPPY!! Hubby replenished my stock of supps for me yesterday and boy can I feel the difference.

So tonight we are going out for dinner. That's the one thing I haven't done since being AF... I've done book club, visitors at our house, family visits and all of it went okay but I was pondering earlier if I should have a drink tonight, you know to celebrate...duh... caught my thoughts just in time and now I'm planning on ordering their most expensive non-AL drink on the menu as a treat!!

Hope everyone is GREAT this fine and bright Wednesday!!

[DeeBee]

I took so long to post I missed you New Day!

Someone taught me once when I was also batteling to fall asleep to write all my worries and chores for the next day... or even just my thoughts down into a little book kept by my bed. That way I have off-loaded my worries and the next day when I read them they were never as HUGE or difficult as I originally thought.

[rustop61]

Hi everyone

Great start again Bandit. Well done on Day 8, you will soon be in double digits and thats another milestone. Lots of others seem to be getting there, Chelle12, Day 2, New Day, Day 4, hope you sleep better tonight. Everyone else big hello.

MIL still hanging in there. Got another call last night to say its probably going to be tonight but when I rang the hospital early this am, she had a comfortable night. Hubby going down today so I'll go tomorrow.

Rustop

[universal]

Hi guys,

Had a relatively easy AF night again last night so on day 3. Today should also be easy even though work is stressing me out completely right now. Glad I have some AF wine and beer at home because it's stressful days like this that make me want a drink. However I am determined to get at least 7 days AF for right now - 30 days in Sept.

Hope everyone has a great day!

[Seacailin]

Good Morning All
Thanks for thinking of me Bandit. Well the roofers are banging away right above my head. I got a whopping 5 hours of sleep. I don't know how the heck my daughter is sleeping through this!! I went to bed at 2:30 a.m., and she wasn't even home yet. She will be a bear today. On the upside, I have the night off, so perhaps, I can catch up some rest later. They are supposed to finish today. Got a call from the new job yesterday, but I was working at the time. They have some questions about my resume, so I have to call this morning. At least, it seems, they are interested. I will let everyone know how it goes. Hope u all have a Great Day!!