Day 30 Check In

Good Morning All!

Well, Day 30 has arrived! Congratulations to all who have been working so hard to mark this day on their calendars! Let's see, who are you, Marcie I know for sure you are one. Janet, Kris, Rustop...yes? Please forgive me if I am incorrect here but I am trying my best to keep track of all of your fine efforts! At any rate congratulations to everyone for a job well done!

One day left folks! So, I guess it is time to start thinking about, if you haven't already, to decide what path you think is best for you in the coming month. Personally, I have decided that I will be hanging my hat in this neck woods for a while longer. at

I have said many times that I believe this to be a personal choice and one that should not judged by others. You guys know where you are and where you are going. This site is here to support plans of moderation and abstinence both, so whatever your choice may be we have you covered!! Certainly, if you choose the moderation path, please pop in and say high, we would love to hear from you!!

CDS:
Hypno, Tracks 1 & 2, Sublimnal, and Sleeplearning.
Everything else is the same.

It is going to be another hot one here today, around 90. Hope you all have a GREAT day!

Donna

PS: Deirdre, Looks like you can fly too!

Sorry, it looks like I won't be graduating with the group. Not easy to say for a straight A student type personality. This weekend I succombed to the lure of a glass of wine...it was downhill from there. I wish I had some insight into why I got this far only to give in, but all I can come up with are lame excuses.

I figure at this point I can give up (tempting), procrastinate (giving myself permission to drink a bit more), or give myself a slap and return to the program. I have the hypno CD out, just took the All in One and guess I will try again.

So instead of beginning month 2, I will be repeating month one. I guess I need to look at it in a more positive light. I may not have made it to the end, but I almost did and that is far better than the 5 days I made it the first time around.

I hope that the rest of the group has succeeded in meeting their personal goals. It is in the 90's here and humid and I still have a computer project deadline looming on Friday. So, feeling miserable, (which I deserve) I have to get to work.

Kris,

I do not believe that one slip makes all the work and growth you have accomplished this month null and void in the least! I am not sure of your end goal here, moderation or complete abstinence, but regardless, you have accomplished so much, please do not loose sight that! Your attitude rocks in that you are going to look at what went wrong and get back to the program!

So, there is no repeat of month one here, just a "surf" right into summer and month two with everything that you have learned from month one to help you continue on your way. Okey Dokey!

Donna

Good Day All!
I am so happy to be back after the weekend with no internet and limited phone access(our whole neighborhood had problems. I am going to have a great time going through all the posts that I missed.
Kris, I too had some wine this weekend but despite my failure to complete the whole month I feel heartened that I did not overindulge.Like Donna said we'll just surf into June and not start right from the beginning again. I am just a beginner at this and have a lot to learn but feel I have learned a lot this month. I still have to "train my abstinence muscle more" and look foward to doing mostly abs in June. I must start using cd's more as have not in the last few days. Much as I thought them wierd to begin with I believe they are a valid tool in this whole process.
Look foward to reading all the posts I missed later on. It's a gorgeous day here and want to take advantage of the day.
Janet

Hey Kris, by no means should you discount all the progress you've made this month. How many days this past month would you have drank if you weren't doing this program? You've come a long way.

Janet, great job for you as well. Great job being abs almost a month and when you did drink, you did it in moderation.

I've made it the 30 days and plan to continue.

Donna the time of day you've been getting up I'm sure you will be the first one to post a lot in June

Marcie

I'm in, all's well, busy renovating.

Tomorrow is the last day of drywall dust. Truely a milestone.

Dug

Had a great weekend started 3rd shift last night 28 hours no sleep that was fun . Got some good sleep today doing ok have a great day all. :\

Hi Everyone -

Back to work today! ABS for 41 days. It just gets easier and easier - when is this tempting little devil going to jump out and say "boo. remember me?"

Kris, I think you keep right on with the rest of the class. You made it for how many days (like 30 out of 31?). So that would give you an average of 97 - still an "A."

I agree that you need to think of how many days you would have spent drinking instead of making progress on your goals. When I first started program, I had 2 separate periods of 14 days without alcohol. Pretty impressive for a first timer, I think.

Of course, I tried to moderate too soon and the 5 or 6 days between drinks soon became 1 or 2, then back to everynight again.

Give yourself credit - you did a lot better than I did. Took me two times to realize that I had to abstain for a longer period of time - and now I am liking that feeling. Very much enjoy not waking up and feeling like crap!

I am so pleased with how well everyone has done. Marcie - you have done so well. You sound like a different person on chat - so confident and sure of your capacity to handle this problem. Good for you.

Thankful for all my friends on the board,
Pansy

Hi everyone, have been extremely busy last few days so did not get near the computer. That little monkey was very busy this week-end, I too succumbed to drinking wine. it was my own fault, with all the rushing around I slipped up on taking the supplements and listening to the cd's. I am back on track since Monday. Am going to roll on into June but think instead of trying moderation I will have to stick at mainly abstinance. The plus side is that instead of 30 bottles of wine in the month, I just had one. I dont want to give up on the programme, I have done better in the last few months than I have done in years.