Hi Chrissie!

I tried posting all week and the site kept timing out. Wanted to catch wp with you especially today and wish you a Happy Easter my big TSM sis.

Have a great weekend!!!

Smiles, Zippy

Hey there, 'lil TSM Sis!

So far, I've got 10 at the dinner table tomorrow, but there's ALWAYS room for you and the boyfriend, so drop by 'ifn you get the chance.

I'm sorry to hear you've been blue...no fun. Maybe a little mood let down after the excitement of getting engaged? You were pretty jazzed there for a while - bound to be a "correction".

I love holiday dinners: it's all about family and friends (and favorite foods, of course). I don't let any religious overtones sully them too awfully much, if at all possible.

take care, Zip -

Chrissie

Hi Chrissie

How's the beer drinking going? I've decided I need to try and stick to beer too. Had 3 on Sat night and didn't want more. The wine is a different story - still no off switch.

I hope your week's going well.

Cheers
Sticky

Week 27 recap: the Good, the Bad & the Ugly

Bad, bad #'s - 24 - and several somewhat ugly hangovers (sigh). Not really where I want to be @ Week 27.

The Good??? Well, I finally had the sense to pour the Sambuca down the drain! Being delicious and having a kick like a MULE made it a very bad thing to keep around, so that's right, 1/3 bottle of PERFECTLY GOOD Sambuca...GONE. Better the septic tank than my liver, right?

Another "good": I managed 2 AFs. As a daily drinker, AFs are key to my cure and I'd been getting 2 or 3 a week, or about every other day. But last week I realized I'd gone about 11 days w/o one, and then was shocked @ what a struggle it was to get one. I finally forced myself w/ an antabuse. Then I remembered I COULD, and managed another one. I so quickly form (bad) habits!

Having 'fessed up, I'm moving forward. This weeks goals are: 3 AFs, BEER ONLY, and 13 aus.

Give 'er hell Chrissie!

Let us know how you do.

Eric

Thanks for the smile Eric35!!! That's the way it use to be for me, I'm as a rule a pretty nice person. Alcohol use to turn me into the devil looking for a fight, if I didn't find one I'd pick one.

Good for you big sis! Making dinner last night I decided to have a glass of wine, of course waiting an hour after taking my nally. I can't believe I didn't enjoy it at all, so it really doesn't make since why I had two more. Lizard Brain.



Zip

PS I'm hoping to get a couple of AF days since I'll be on the road till Wednesday! Wish me luck.

Hi Chrissie

Well done on pouring out the Sambuca and the 2AFs. 24 units isn't too bad. All the best for the road trip and more AFs.

Cheers
Sticky

Hiya Chrissie!

Just checking in to see how you’re doing. Had a great week last week 2 AF days with 18 units. Saturday, one of my friends came over, sitting on the back porch in the sun sipping wine. We had a great time Sunday was payback I hurt so bad, I'm still trying to recover.
I should have stayed dry yesterday, working out in the yard with the sun the gin and tonics where calling my name, I had to answer.

Zip

Checking in to see how your week was Chrissie! Hope the sticking to beer thing works for you...God I wish I even remotely enjoyed drinking anything other than bourbon. I do remember liking wine and even, back in high school, drinking beer. Now I just drink any alcohol that's not bourbon and it's worse than not drinking at all, because then I really want bourbon (and am usually in a place where I can get it..)
Hope you had a good one!

Okay, it was a Good Week, and I think setting those goals was helpful, though I didn't quite achieve them ...Actually, as of 8:30 Sunday evening, I HAD achieved ALL of them: 3 AFs for the week and a total of 13 aus, all beer! However...I had dinner guests over that night and, oh, long about 8:30 decided to open the bottle of Chocovine that someone had brought as a hostess gift. Now forgive me if I've moaned over Chocovine in some previous post, but suffice it to say it is the ultimate adult chocolate milk, yum, yum...like drinking Ho Ho's. Fortunately it is only 14% alcohol, so killing the bottle w/ 2 others didn't do too much damage to me the next day, but it added 3 non-beer AU's to my weeks total: 16 units and 3 AF's

I'm setting the same goals for this week, can do! Last week, 2 of the AFs were in a row and I was really glad I didn't get the ADE whiplash thing on the next drinking day - maybe Lizard Brain is conceding more territory.