Easter Monday

[Waves 2]

Hi all,

My Easter has been spent:

Babysitting

Stripping ( wallpaper )

Drinking:upset:

Hope you are all well and happy.:l

Waves

[Mary Anne]

Easter Monday

Monday

Waves, sorry you drank, but today is Monday, what a better day to stay AF (??!!)

I hope everyone here has a wonderful Monday, had a happy Easter!!

Off to work, then the gym, so I will try to check in later and see what you all are up to(can't check in a work anymore due to our HIPPAA firewall crap!?:upset: (why I am soooooo overdue to post, just no time while at the house)

Mary Anne:l

[Beaches]

Easter Monday

Good morning Waves and Mary Anne and all that come.

Well Waves part of my Easter was spent the same as yours, with drinking. I drank too much yesterday with all the relatives over and the wine flowing. Today is Monday. Today I will take my kudzu and L Glut and get back on track. It's just so annoying that it's so easy to slip. I ended up going outside and cleaning the garage after everyone left so that I would be alone and could think about how I felt, which was not very good.
Now I remember why I work so hard to moderate. I need to keep that in mind always.

Have a great day!!!! I am so happy it's Monday.

[sammys]

Easter Monday

Hi Waves, Maryanne and Beaches, I know Beaches it is so annoying that it is so easy. I have had that feeling myself it is a weird feeling to be having those kind of conversations with yourself. I do not like the anxiety I can get from it all. Waves hope you feel ok today.

I have everyone in my thoughts this morning
Sammys

[Mighty Mouse II]

Easter Monday

Hi Everybody! We usually go to the Smithsonian Institute in downtown Washington, DC for Easter. We used to go after church and when we started going to Synagogue on Saturdays and Church on Sundays, we would sometimes skip church and go early. I have been doing going there on Easter all my life. But yesterday, it was 28 degrees!!!! There are many buildings and a lot of outside walking. We decided to skip it. We watched all kinds of Easter movies, like "The Singing Nun", "The Ten Commandments", "Easter Parade", and a foreign film called "Fateless", which interestingly enough was recommended by the Pastor of our Church (not the Rabbi of the Synagogue) for the Easter Season, yet it was all about a Jewish Boy during Nazi times -- very inspiring, though it was in Polish, so I had to read subtitles.

We had a lovely, relaxing dinner and my son taught me how to play Tiberian Sun Computer war games. He was inspired because the night before we all went to play laser tag. I had a great time, but out of the 100 people in the game, I got the worst score. I hit no one, and I wound up with a score of -2,375!!!!! But I didn't care, we had a great time. I dressed in stealth black cothing (exercise clothes) and felt like Charlie's Angels slinking around there getting shot all the time!!! It was such fun that we all decided to go back next week!!!

Lush, hope you are feeling better. Sorry you were sick over the holiday!!

Fan, I think you should be bottled too. I think the label should be "FAN"--TASK--IC. I know it sounds like a cleaner, but aren't you always helping us get a clean look on where we're going???? And I think we should distribute it through a 900 number where people pay $3.95 a minute. --- Nice dream anyway, heh????!!!!! (ha, ha)

Judie, I can't imagine Kiyaking Smith River, at least not the one I saw. It would be more like river rafting. Of course, I was there in March. It was actually snowing. They are also decomissioning some of the dams from the Hydro-electric plant, where they have found some nasty stuff behind the dams. Once they begin that there may be some unsafe stuff there for a while, though the Smith River is supposed to be one of the safer. The Klamath is going to take the biggest hit. But that Smith River is one beautiful place!!!!! I'm envious!!!

LOL to everyone!!
MM

[Quiescent]

Easter Monday

Good Morning Muffins. I posted this in Waves' April Savings Club thread but wanted to post it here too because it is representative of how I feel this week.

will start using the drink tracker again today. I've been giving myself permission for too long to drink whenever I want.

This past weekend we found two beer cans in my oldest daughters room.

She said it was brought in the house by a friend when she had her slumber party last August and that she hid the beer in her room for a week before the party.

By the time they went to drink it it was warm and gross so they dumped it out. This isn't the first time she has had something to drink. I'm afraid I haven't been a very good role model and I really need to change that.

What's really sad is that I hadn't planned on discussing it with her last night (long story) but she wanted to talk about it. I had been drinking all afternoon and although I wasn't trashed, I shouldn't have had THAT conversation with her while under the influence.

I hope everyone had a nice Easter Weekend.

Now it's back to business for me!

:huggy

[betty boop]

Easter Monday

Hi All,

Well I joined the club.... drank far too much last night, but the good news is that I stayed on here while I drank ....

Happy Easter to all my wonderful MYO friends.....

Lots of love to you all,

Paula xx

[InnerStrength]

Easter Monday

Good morning to all my dear friends,
First, I know you might not 'recognize me' because I have a new name - I was concerned with anonymity with the site growing so quickly but I will give you a hint - RA RA RA!!! (does that help!?). I am sure THAT clears it up. If you are still not sure, PM me and I will fill ya in
Anyways, happy Easter to you all. I am sorry people dont feel good about this weekend but holidays can be very tough with the wine flowing etc. I think we just have to remember that we have to get back into the program and take each day at a time....
Last Wed I had a very bad day for drinking. I took the day off work and drank during the afternoon and evening and just felt horrible about it. Since then I have not drank. I didnt even crave it on the weekend which was amazing for me. Yesterday we had relatives over and everyone was drinking and it didnt even bother me that i wasent. I couldn't believe it. I dont know what has changed, but I have been listening to the CDs a lot, have been taking the supps and vitamins regularly again and have upped to 125 mg of topa so perhaps the combo are working. I am also talking to myself in a different way lately. It occurred to me about the whole 'mentality of the insanity of drinking'. (this is an AA concept I realize, but something really hit home with me suddenly last friday....). I was thinking of the definition of insanity. The definition of insanity is "doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result". In other words, by drinking over and over and getting drunk and feeling awful and hating myself over and over again, am I not acting insane?
It just hit me like that the other day. So lately, I have been telling myself when I wake up, instead of "I will not drink today", I say, "I will not act insane today". It's a different mentality altogether. Also, I have realized, a few drinks (or one or two) just doesnt "do it" for me. I WANT the buzz/drunk. So I am just, one day at a time, not drinking/acting insane. Thats how I am dealing with it now.
Anyways, I will stop rambling, I love you all.
Love JNH

[Quiescent]

Easter Monday

I have thought about changing mine too.

It's part of my email address. I didn't know when I registered that I would be it as my identity in this way.

Strength, how do you change it?

[MKR]

Easter Monday

Got any good ideas for this week.

I'm thinking that anything can happen...

But, then, of course, it's not about what I think.

**** The Universe
_____________________________

Wow! Away for a couple days and a ton of stuff happens!

Innerstrength - awesome new name and I understand completely. My avatar is an illustration I did a few years back and is my alter ego. I may have to change it at some point!

Love your wood burning Judie!! (The markings look a lot like our old wolf hybrid, he was gorgeous!)

Gyspi, happy belated birthday, a fresh start for you!!

Allie, that made me sick to my stomach hearing that. Least you saved your kitty. Some really sick people in the world, I am shocked and can not imagine that person's karma.

I am sorry for the many that drank a bit too much over the last couple days. I want to say it may psychologically be an "I deserve this party time thought process." My husband woke up hung over this morning. A huge part of this is he has cut back tremendously for his weight issues and now when he drinks what he use to, it gives him a headache. I think I was totally seeing a I deserve this and party attitude with him.

It will get better. I have been here a full year and have to say, earlier this weekend, like Friday afternoon, I wanted some rum, since it wasn't in the house, I didn't buy it at the grocery store . . . thought about it again on Saturday and didn't buy it. The thing is, if it was in the house, I would have drank it. Since it wasn't I was fine. Does that make sense? It is easier to ignore if it is not screaming at me to have some!!! And for me it is a conscious decision of steady on the course or party hearty and pay for it later. It is that if I allow myself mods for me it has to look a lot more like ABS with the occasional drink.

Not going to list everyone today, I gotta run.

I hope you all have a lovely day - today is Monday a new day and a new week. Fresh starts! We can do this!!

Hugs and Love,
Mary

PS: Lushy - we are missing you already!

[Preciouspinot]

Easter Monday

Oh my, now I have to memorize the new names! Hey guys and Happy Monday!

I got back from the Keys Sat night and yesterday was a big Easter celebration at SIL's house. It was really nice..she catered it and we had a big Easter Egg hunt. I had too many mimosas though. I had given myself "permission" to drink and did not take the supps and over did it. Didn't feel it until I came home and went to bed early. Now it's time for a few days AF. I am back in the office today with a TON of work to catch up on so, I will check in later!

[MKR]

Easter Monday

PP, happy to see you back - hope you had an awesome time!!! MISSED YOU!! xo Mary

[InnerStrength]

Easter Monday

Where's my Fanny Fan and Lushy Lush? I want you guys to check in please. Right now. Miss you both.
J

[Preciouspinot]

Easter Monday

Fan has been around this morning but, in other threads and Lush is on vacation at a cabin with no internet!

[Saint Jude]

Easter Monday

Hi Everybody,
Yahoo it's my weekend now!

MKR, glad ya like the woodburn...this one's on it's way to the North Pole today! I haven't done much woodburning lately, I kinda go thru phases of doing a lot of it now & then. I did one last year that was an eagle on a tree branch, it was huge with a LOT of detail. I sold it but kinda wished I'd kept it... guess I'll just have to do another.

Inner S- love the new name! :yougo:


MM- you can fit a kayak down a much tighter river than ya can a raft! I used to love doing steep creeks in Colorado, with the spring runoff...Fast & furious!

Well it's supposed to clear up here today, but it's sure takin it's time so far... Hopefully by the time I get some chores done, it'll be sunny.

Had a nice Easter brunch with my folks & Grandma yesterday. She's amazing at 98 yrs, still going strong! She's so considerate of everyone around her, she had me switch places with her during brunch, so she wouldn't be talking past me to her freind on the other side of me. So different from the rest of the family... they just holler louder! LOL!

I worked all weekend(as usual), so I only had a couple of beers after work. Had fun pickin on people, everyone seemed in a good mood, lots of nice familys.

Have a great day Ya'll!zwink: