AF Daily Thurs March 12th 09

[Joanna]

AF Daily Thurs March 12th 09

Inappropriate laughter?

By the way whoever bumped up the you know you're an alcoholic when thread........thank you thank you thank you. I laughed till I cried then read the one that said you know you're AL when.....these posts make you cry. Felt bad for laughing but just couldn't help it. Guess it shows I should be taking it all more seriously. I particularly loved the one re. adding pickle juice to your vodka when it's all you've got left in the house.

I guess my amusement at this is telling me something about my attitude at the moment......

[Determinatrix]

AF Daily Thurs March 12th 09

Happy Birthday retteacher!
I hope you are surrounded by love today.

Dx

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily Thurs March 12th 09

Hi all and Happy Thursday! Joanna, IMO we MUST be able to laugh, and especially at ourselves. This cold has hit me hard - didn't even feel up to working out today. So I think I'll go in search of that thread as I could use some laughter as good medicine! I'm right there with you on the caffeine. Drinking lots of that right now, but not mentally in a place to change that behavior just yet. Congratulations on your weight loss! That feels great, doesn't it!

LVT the pics of the calves are WONDERFUL!! Thank you so much for sharing. The puppy sounds like a handful! There is a reason they were made so cute...so we don't kill them.

AA - I love the AA message today about appreciations for the simple things. Yesterday afternoon we had a plumbing issue develop here related to the garbage disposal. In days of old with me drinking and Mr. Doggy high by mid afternoon, we would have been screaming blame at each other, etc. I won't say we were smiling while taking care of the problem, but we were calm and not in the "blame" and anger mode. So today I am appreciative of the "calm" that can come with sobriety in the face of the "shit happens" stuff of life.

Lila that is an interesting view of mod. You are right that for people like us, moderation efforts do tend to keep the thoughts on AL. When I think about Mr. Doggy who has NO issues with AL, he does not think about alcohol at all really - to drink it or not to drink it or how many, etc. It's just not on his mind. I congratulate everyone who has been successful in achieving their mod goals here at MWO. I just don't think I would EVER be able to reach a point where I could have 2 glasses of wine on Saturday night, and none the rest of the week, AND NOT THINK ABOUT IT.

Madi you are doing great - no problems here!

WIP - special hello and I hope your funk is clearing up. You are holding up so much better than I could ever imagine myself doing given the circumstances with your Mom. I hope you GET the support you need - lord knows you GIVE a lot!!

Greenie - I'm with you. Stuff I don't want to eat needs to NOT be in my house. I have trouble with portion control on food just like I did on AL. Here's to fruits and veggies!!

Hi Mo and how is "No" these days?

AFM, you are sure handling the job uncertainties like a trooper - better than I could that's for sure. I also wish you the best with your Dad - I know that is a difficult one for you.

Hello to Sausage, Mary and Charlee too. With this cold, I'm running out of steam and stuff to say too! (now that's a shocker!)

I went to an AA meeting this morning which was good. I was going to go work out after that, but my nose is dripping today so not a good idea. I have some errands that I'm debating about running, and I'm also debating about what I will or will not bake today. I feel like doing something to get my mind off this cold, but then again I feel like doing nothing. One of those days.

I hope I'm not passing this germ through the monitor! Have a great day everyone and hello to all yet to come and anyone I missed.

DG

[Doggygirl]

AF Daily Thurs March 12th 09

Hi Dx. Mary - it's your birthday???? Happy Birthday!!

DG

[Marshy]

AF Daily Thurs March 12th 09

Hello all!

Re food: I've calmed down a bit from the amount of junk I started eating when I first went AF but I've still got work to do there (yes, I do have a slice of cheesecake waiting for me in the fridge). Cutting down on the rubbish is on my ever-expanding list of "how to improve my life and live happily ever after".

OK, I'm not going to mention that I ran into another person today who I haven't seen for months, and who told me how good I was looking. I'm not going to mention that. ointup: But, as I'd just left the gym, I said something feeble about doing more exercise... then just said "oh, and I gave up drinking, that's the main thing". He said: "Oh god, so have I. It just gets too much, doesn't it?" Yup, sure does! I think that's the first time I've just dropped it casually into a conversation like that. Felt good.

Totally agree about the joys of laughing at other people. Oh wait, laughing at ourselves. Essential!

Happy birthday Mary!

[Chief]

AF Daily Thurs March 12th 09

Happy Birthday, Mary !!!

Have a great day !

Don

[Mohun]

AF Daily Thurs March 12th 09

Happy birthday Mary. Here's your horoscope:

Born March 12
Your creative impulses are very strong this year, and if you haven't already, you may very well get in touch with the artist within! It's an especially strong period in your life for social relationships, mental tasks and research, and creative endeavors. Relationships are warm, friendly, and beneficial this year. Some increased responsibilities are likely, and at times you may feel quite rebellious.

DG "no" is doing great and developing into a very calm nice dog. He is a tad spoiled though. Yesterday, after letting him out at 6 am to go to the bathroom, we let him up on the bed. He promptly went back to sleep. Today, same thing only this time he barked to get up on the bed and crawled under the covers and then put his head on my pillow and went back to sleep.

Then the cat came in and jumped up on the bed and came nose to nose with the puppy in "her" spot. Well, no one went back to sleep after that....:H

[speedster]

AF Daily Thurs March 12th 09

I wanted to pop in for a quick hello.

Happy Birthday Mary!

Hello to everyone, I have meetings today but taking tomorrow off.

I agree about the KISS principle, it's easy to get tangled up in the wrong priorities when one makes too many commitments.

Have a peaceful day and I'll pop in later.

[Determinator]

AF Daily Thurs March 12th 09

Happy Thursday ABErooooos from the infirmary. wheeze, hack.

had to sleep sitting up. ugh! ok, enough complaining. it's a glorious sunny day and the sky has not fallen

Mary, Huge Happy Birthday wishes to you!!!

keep up the good work everyone, sorry I'm not too lively as of yet.

be well

[narilly]

AF Daily Thurs March 12th 09

Happy Birthday Mary!

Have a sober day everyone. Tonight I am going to a bar to watch a band which I used to party to in High School/University. I drank a lot listening to these guys and tonight I am going to watch them Sober! Yippee! It will be great, although we are all 25 years older. Oh well, the music should still be good.

No hangover for 3 weeks!
Skies are blue and it is actually +1 today in my little part of Canada.

Narilly

[Lila]

AF Daily Thurs March 12th 09

I have a headache - I have felt yucky all week, it has been about 2 weeks since I drank and at the most it was only half a bottle of wine - could that be why I feel icky? Or is it daylight savings ending?

[Lila]

AF Daily Thurs March 12th 09

Happy Birthday Mary! What are you doing for fun today?
Lila

[Accountable for Me]

AF Daily Thurs March 12th 09

Happy Birthday, MARY!!!!!!!!!!! Have a wonderful day!

Speaking of fooooood! I lost a decent amount of weight when I quit drinking. I still tend to go on an eating binge when I am stressed out or feeling bored at times. Like today. I had a 12" subway sub.... although all healthy ingredients & I just polished off a WHOLE bag 142g (5oz) of Kettle chips! WHOA!

My nana is going to shit that I ate her chips LOL. I must get to the store.

The move was OK. My dad's wife was getting on my nerves. They have movers coming on Monday so why not wait to move some of this shit then? The only things left are the bed, hida bed and the two sofas.... Man are they ever disorganized. There was crap EVERYWHERE! Anyhoooo....

My appointment with the University went great. I got tons of information on a couple of fields I am looking at. I will be doing some reading and decision making in the very near future.

It is all cool! Now I must go and make a coffee to wash these chippies down. I am a PIG! Holy smokes!

[retteacher]

AF Daily Thurs March 12th 09

Many thanks for the birthday wishes & horoscope. I'm going to have a celebration on Sat. w/daughter, SIL, & g-sons & of course, hubby. Tonight an AA meeting will be fine. Hubby got me a gift cert for a manicure. I'll get it soon. Other than that, just taking sobriety ODAT. Mary

[charlee]

AF Daily Thurs March 12th 09

Mary
Happy Birthday ...Hope you had a great day!!