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#377
Apr 08, 2012, 07:02 AM
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Getting sleep was a problem from the beginning for me and continued through the decades! So this is something I'm really emphathizing over with you, gma. An herbalist friend introduced me to the Bach formulations, which are floral essences. The main commercial line are alcohol-based, but with effort can be obtained online from their home in Germany in a non-alcohol formulary. Their product Rescue Remedy is just what it sounds like--an answer for when you're at your wit's end. When I've gone 3 or 4 nights with little or no sleep, I'll use a few drops of this and can count on a good night's rest.
It doesn't knock me out, and I'm not drugged the next day. I can use it two nights in a row, but the third night it doesn't work. Like everything else, its effect differs for everyone. My best friend is knocked out for 24-hrs by a single drop, but she's very drug-sensitive. For others it doesn't do a thing. http://www.bachflower.com/
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#378
Apr 08, 2012, 05:47 PM
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Here and clean. Attended a 12 step meeting last night. Received the 18 month key tag.
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#379
Apr 08, 2012, 05:52 PM
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#381
Apr 08, 2012, 08:24 PM
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Your simple act of accepting it is symbolic of thousands of other actions of not taking a drink or of going to a meeting, avoiding friends who use, doing whatever it took to put together another 5 clean minutes in those 18 months.Overall it doesn't mean a whole lot and guarantees even less, but that act of their giving it to you and your accepting it from them, that symbolic act in the present moment it took place, means everything. It means hope made real. It means faith realized. It's all anyone ever needs to know about what a man--or mankind--is possible of. Or woman/womankind. Yep, wish I'd been there.  Roadie 
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#382
Apr 09, 2012, 07:39 AM
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I went for a long walk this morning an bought some flowers for my sweet bride. Clean and clear. tks.
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| ladyjane4rent, madisgram, roads
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#383
Apr 09, 2012, 08:23 AM
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congrats, brookwest!
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Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours..~Ayn Rand |
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#384
Apr 09, 2012, 06:27 PM
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18 days sober. Feels like it's been much longer than that. Today was a bad day, poor sleep, bad dreams, awful events at work. Trying to keep my head up right now and not fall back on old habits, they lead to a worse place.
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And you're cutting off your head to spite your shoulders
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| carrie_ann, madisgram, roads
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#385
Apr 09, 2012, 06:36 PM
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Hi everyone,
I'm wondering if this thread is only for those suffering from alcohol or drug addiction? I'm in a 12 step program (Overeaters Anonymous) and wouldn't mind checking in here.
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| Anonymous32912, Anonymous37964, beauflow, roads
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| beauflow, madisgram, roads
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#386
Apr 09, 2012, 08:35 PM
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here in Aussie land its Tuesday...and apparently it's gonna be Tuesday all bloody day!....I'm here today.....I'm sober today....and thats how it is today and all day
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| carrie_ann, summeryoga
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| ladyjane4rent, madisgram, roads
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#387
Apr 10, 2012, 08:29 AM
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our addictions and recovery are basically the same. doesn't matter what the 'substance" is. i'm glad you joined us.
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Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours..~Ayn Rand |
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Apr 10, 2012, 11:51 AM
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 : Really sorry you're having to go through this, and honestly Plotonian ... if there were a shortcut I would tell you. Roadie
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#390
Apr 11, 2012, 01:55 AM
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Complete absence of cravings. Perhaps not coincidentally, there is no liquor to be had where I work. Whatever the case, I am happily rid of the little devil on my shoulder. It's clear to me it's largely a psychological ailment I have, rarely physical. So at the moment, I feel comfortable calling alcoholism not a disease but a recurring affliction. Semantics maybe but I would be embarrassed to call what I have a disease. A disease is often something you can't cure, whereas it's quite obvious that obsession with a drink can be dealt with, as a common cold can be dealt with.
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#391
Apr 11, 2012, 10:24 AM
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Enjoying the day... clean and clear. tks...
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#393
Apr 11, 2012, 08:09 PM
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20 days. Tomorrow will be three weeks without any drugs. Eep.
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#394
Apr 11, 2012, 08:59 PM
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 The program works ... when you work the program Roadie
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#395
Apr 12, 2012, 12:15 AM
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Well hello everyone. I am 23 days sober today. I have noticed small accomplishments since we've quit drinking [my fiance and I.] Such as... the house is a lot cleaner! The dishes are done! There is money in the bank! The cabinets are stocked with food. Not as much recycling to pick up after, that is always a plus. We smoke less AND we are losing weight. Finally I want to add we have been more physically active and hell, the sex is a lot better sober. Let that be motivation for everyone trying to quit!
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#396
Apr 12, 2012, 04:23 AM
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slept well and soundly. I am clean and happy with this. A bag would give me a night of pleasure, but I have no need for that bag. I am enjoying my life without a bag today. I look forward to this day.
tks. |
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#397
Apr 12, 2012, 09:11 PM
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Three weeks spent without intoxication. Hard to believe I've gone this far. As bad as the cravings have been at times, I haven't given in. Patting myself on the back right now.
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#398
Apr 12, 2012, 10:27 PM
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"Experience, in retrospect, becomes the truth that guides my step ..." Without ME, it's just "aweso"! |
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Apr 12, 2012, 11:41 PM
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Patting you on the back, shaking your hand. Here you go, Plutonian: You are hereby presented
your TWENTY-ONE DAY chip in a virtual acknowledgment of your effort.  |
| madisgram, Plutonian
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Apr 12, 2012, 11:54 PM
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You are hereby each presented
a TWENTY-ONE DAY chip in a virtual acknowledgment of your efforts. |
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