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[gracie29]

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I'd like to also join as I'm just starting out. For me today is my first official day of the program. I've read the book, got the cds and topa. Waiting on the supps so I'm not sure how it will go without them as I believe they are an important part of the program. I'm going to re-read the part about the hypnosis because I found myself at a loss of what to think to myself during that part of the cd. What are some of the rest of your affirmations?

I'm also in my late 40's with no children and have decided to take control because I've become someone I don't know anymore. I can be a complete bitch and not nice to be around. My health is a mess high blood pressure, horrible liver profile numbers and overweight. I have made some progress since starting the journey with the profile numbers but not to the point where I'm healthy. I feel this will take me to the next step or as one of the threads said to the water to my waist and eventually to the deep end!

It helps to hear such posititive feedback from all of you and your successes.

[Doggygirl]

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Hi Gracie. I'm still trying to find my feet with the affirmations too. I feel sort of guilty like making a really long list for Santa. Right now my affirmations are along the lines of..

I do not drink alcohol.
I do not like the taste of alcohol.
I do not want to drink alcohol.
My favorite beverage is water with a lemon wedge.
I do not smoking.
Smoking and drinking to nothing positive for me.

Stuff like that. If anyone has feedback...I'm all ears!!! When I get really brave I'm going to add...

I love housework whether I like it or not.



Welcome to FREEDOMLAND Gracie!! I too am 40+ with no kids. I'm married though. Does that count as one kid?

DG
Day 5 AF * * * * * (five gold stars!)
Hey a good friend of mine just sent me five dancing men as a little reward for today. I'm VEREE sure they are nekkid. http://www.greatmodernpictures.com/tkh06lg.jpg

[Sigmond]

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Hi Chaaku, Congrads on Day 3 (wonderful!!!!!) and Doggygirl on Day 5 (whoo hoo!!!!!)

And nice of you to join us Chief & Gracie and anyone else i hope i didnt miss!. And yep i did it once i got past that time i was fine the Campral helped heaps!, so to wake up without a hangover is amazing and the kids are back at school today so i dont expect to be as stressed as i have been the past 2 weeks!.

Good luck everyone this disease is digusting and we CAN KICK IT TO THE KERB!!!!!!!!!!!

Regards Siggi. :h

[wakupmom]

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Can i come along too?

Hi guys i would like to join in too.I am on day 2 A/F inspired by being really discusted with myself on Frid,and realising it needs to be done.Am waiting for full supps and cd's and taking one day at a time.So heres to you all of us being here to support one another-lets do it!! xx

[gracie29]

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Ok - have drank today. In one way I feel it's in moderation and another hmm...I started at 4:00 pm and it's now 9:00 pm. Have had 3 beers and am on the 3rd glass of wine. In before mwo I would be close to black out stage. Went to a graduation party and actually had water as they had draft beer and wine I didn't care for. Then hubby found a machine (can you believe a machine that sells beer-only in a conservation club at 75cents no less and bought me one) In his heart, he thought he was being nice and thinking of me. When we got home, I told him that as far as beer goes to not buy me anything unless I specifically requested him to. It's a big change for him as well. He is one of my biggest motivators to quit drinking as he doesn't drink but at the same time he can be one of my biggest challenges in the process.

DG - thanks for the thoughts on the cd - I'm going to write them down and like I said re-read the part in the book. Both you and Chaaka seem to be on the right track of AF or moderation. I'm curious as to how you both reached that point? It seems I'm always hanging on the edge. I've come along way on the journey but I'm still in the shallow end.

wakeupmom-everyone is welcome and I'm already inspired with you as you're on two AF days without any outside help. Siggi-I'm hoping the topamax will help in the whole process. Tonight is my first night and I have to be out of town this week for work. I feel this will be very beneficial as I can be totally selfish and take care of myself.

DG-LOL at the comment about hubby being considered a child. Need I say anymore?

[Butterflybe]

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Well Monday has arrived, so here we go! Although it sounds as though a few of you have already made a fantastic start, so keep it up. Siggi, Doggygirl, Wakeupmom and Chaaku, I really am inspired by your shows of strength/willpower, great stuff.
Haven't seen any further post from Tex Mom in Trouble........ are you there? Hope so, after all your initial post brought this small support group together for which I am grateful to you.
Welcome on board to Chief and Gracie too.
My weekend was good, but the moderating could have been better; I am not too displeased though because I have been conscious of my alcohol intake and slowed up some, which is an improvement on past weekends if nothing else!
Keep in touch. Look forward to reading your updates. Good luck to everyone.
Butterfly

[Doggygirl]

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Happy Monday!!

Butterfly and Gracie, In my ever not so humble opinion, I believe that all progress is good progress. If you did better than you used to, but maybe not quite as good as you had planned to, I'd call it this way. You can view that as "the cup is half full" (of water of course!) or "the cup is half empty." To my way of thinking, it's much more productive in terms of moving forward to view the cup half full. It's the same situation either way - just a matter of looking at it positively or negatively.

I also think we will all have smooth days and rough days. Celebrating whatever is positive can only help, I think.

Oh and Gracie. It's settled then!! I DO have one adult two legged child!! It's great that you have a supportive husband, and probably a bonus that he doesn't drink. My adult two-legged child (I say that with all the love in my heart!) doesn't drink either, except for the occassional beer which I think is more to "fit in with the guys" when he feels he has to. He can nurse one or two all day. There were times in the past I wish he DID drink which would have made ME feel better in a stupid way. But now I'm glad he doesn't, and he is a big supporter and I am so grateful to have that. I know that everyone does not have that extra benefit.

Welcome wakeupmom!! Congratulations on 2 days AF before you even have your full set of tools in hand. We can do this!

Siggi!!!! Congratulations on making it through the bewitching hour!!! We are kickin' it to the "Kerb" every day.

Tex Mom? Where are you? Chaaku? Others? Please check in to the mother ship (this thread)!

Have a good one you all!

[Chaaku]

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Hi there everyone

A special welcome to Gracie and Wakeupmom. I was wondering where Tex Mom is too!

Well, I have not been as good this last two days as I wanted to be (avg 3 glasses of wine). Have had the harrowing ordeal of starting to clear my father's house (he died on 4th April), packing up his clothes and the 'vultures' are circling'. Getting a bit p...ed off with people!!!

Glad to say that I have not responded by drinking more though. And am still sipping slowly.

DG, how is the AF going? Must be day 7 now... Fantastic girl!

Butterfly, sounds like you did well this last weekend.

I look forward to hearing more from you all.

Best wishes

K-M :h

[wakupmom]

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Hi guys just checking in! another day when you blinked and it went! Its good to hear we are still here.Yes you are right any progress is better than none,so well done all.So sorry to hear of your loss Chaaka,it must have been a very sad day for you and i hope you are ok.So pleased you didn't over do things as that could have been a trigger to distruction-take care of yourself.
It makes such a huge difference to post.I have certainly found it an insentive.Am at the end of day 3 and felt quite odd.The old roller coaster thing ,felt much better after catching up with you all.Keep up the good work Sig,DG,Gracie,Butterflye,Chief,Chaaka and Tex hope your back soon
Night all xxxxxxx

[Doggygirl]

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Oh Chaaku...that must be so diffucult to clean your Dad's house. That sounds bad enough - but the "vulture's circling"......Oh My. My thoughts are with you to get through this as best you can. Sounds like you are doing great with the drinking, all things considered. Be very kind to youself OK? In my opinion this might be a time where if you have to make a choice, better to cut yourself a little slack than to throw in the towel altogether if you can. (((((Chaaku))))))

wakupmom - HEARTY congratulations on day 3!!!! That is great. I suspect this will be a moving target over the longer haul, but in the short term I am finding that there is a definite rythem(sp) to my day. Certain types of things seem best done at certain points in the day. I'm still figuring it all out. LOL, the minute I think I have this figured, it will probably all change. I'm wondering if you are starting to see patterns too - like feeling really good at certain general time frames, and maybe more edgy at certain times, etc. I know what you mean about posting. I'm sure many people wish I would either 1. Learn how to make long stories short and/or 2. Figure out what it is I'm going to do (besides hang out here posting like mad!) with the rest of my life. LOL - right now I'm posting because ice cream is calling my name. It does feel good to read and post, doesn't it?

WE CAN DO THIS!!!

DG
I clicked over to day 7AF at 4PM CST. WHEE!!!

[Butterflybe]

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Great to see DG, Chaaku and Wakupmom checking in.
Siggi and TexMom, where are you?
Yesterday, I stuck to my goals, moderation and nothing before 6p.m., and stopped altogether earlier in the evening. Feel really good this morning. Managed a good workout on the rowing machine and Swiss ball; good PMA has kicked in. Lots to do today, so will really make the effort to stay on track this evening.
Have a good day and keep up the good work.
Chaaku, so sorry to learn of your loss this year. It must be really hard for you, so even more congrats to you on the great start you have made this past week.
Day 7 AF DG is fantastic. And Wakeupmom 3 days........
Keep in touch. So pleased to be a part of this group. Thank you.
Butterflybe

[Chief]

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Having a hard time

Hello everyone, I'm back on day 1 ---again. I'm just having a hell of a time trying to get past day 2. It's insane. I absolutely hate drinking but I continue to drink. Am back on the supps and will listen to the cd's tonight. Wish me luck... Congrats to all who are succeeding!! Keep up the good work. I'll be with you shortly. Don

[Chaaku]

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Hello All

I hope you are all doing well at whatever stage you are at in the process.

Chief on 1 day AF - keep it up - you know you can do it...

DG - thanks for your continued support - I really apprecaite it (will join you AF soon, I hope). Must be day 8 now! What a star!

Wakupmom - well done on day 3...

Butterfly - well done for achieving your goals and thanks for your support.

Still no sign of Tex Mom or Sig yet (

Nothing too significant to report from me other than that I am staying within the 3 glasses of wine a day. I am very satisfied with that, on day 5 of the programme, it is a huge improvement for me.

How crucial is the exercise element of this programme? I haven't found the time for that bit yet!

Off to listen to my CDs now and then bedtime for me.

Hugs to you all...

K-M x :h

[wakupmom]

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Greetings to my buddies!
So good to log on and read your news.It really can become addictive not that i understand that MUCH.
DG-Well Done you clever girl.You are doing this!I am also trying to figure out how to stay in control,and it will take some vigulance to keep on track.At the moment i am absolutley exausted,yet trying to stay even busier( if thats poss).So weary when i stop.I hope i find sleep soon.Isn't it amasing though how productive you can be when your not intoxicated or recovering from intoxication?Day 4 A/F coming to a close for me.1 day at a time is the stratagy i am going with.
Chaaka and Butterflybe so pleased for you that your sticking to mods.I know i couldn't do that.Not yet anyhow.Keep up the good work.
Chief,sorry to hear you are struggling.I did that for ages too!Keep doing them two's then try to make it three,then four.Its hard but we will get there-WE HAVE TOO!!
Hi to sig,gracie,and tex,and anyone else i've missed who has just joined.xxxxxx

[Doggygirl]

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Hi All!!

Just wanted to say hi and make a quick post before dinner burns up LOL!!

Butterfly and Chaaku, AWESOME job on the mods...and butterfly on the exercise too!

Wakeupmom you are doing awesome. I think it was your post I read when you first got here and what a turnaround in your outlook in such a short time. Isn't it great? NO bender is worth giving this up for in my opinion. If I thought I could mod I sure would - and my hat is off to Butterfly and Chaaku for doing it. LOL I don't want "some" of anything. I WANT IT ALL!! So for me, at least for now, it's gotta be nothing. I'd rather have NO alcohol than life the way it was just 9 short days ago.

Chief, we are here for you. I hope you will find the supps and CD's helpful. I really believe they are helping me - I don't think I'd be here cold turkey. If I could do it at all, I'm sure I would be an unbearable shrew of huge proportions. One day at a time our friend.....grab our hands because we CAN do this.

WHEE week 1 is OVAH!! On to Day 8 and week 2 * * * * * * * *

have a good evening all - see you in the morning.
DG