Week 13 in top post (6/4/2009)

(WTE - thanks for the reply from before,You are the best )

Thank you WTE ...I think it is working.

What a funny week on the board...a lot of down spirits this week but I think most of us ended up on a positive note. Always good to see us work through the frustrations together.

Onward and downward!

keep working happy! I just want to pop in and say Hi. Best wishes!!!

Thank you Potatoe : )

Week 14 ended 6/11/2009 - results in top post.

Week 15 in top

Awww. . .did I do bad again? I do not mean to trivialize your struggles and successes in any way! I remember when I was drinking one bottle of wine a night, feeling horrible about it, and wishing there was a way to stop. The struggle is the struggle. . .

I wonder if you realize that many of us don't get a lot of feedback on our progress reports? Most of my posts - and most people replying - are on other threads altogether. The majority of posts on progress reports are our own, and a couple of perfunctory 'woo-hoos.' See, you may have proven you belong in this group of alkies just by being a bit over-sensitive!

Also, we're a bunch of middle-aged akies for the most part. Many of us in the dating scene at this stage of life (sucks!), or in fairly new relationships. We don't have young children. I suspect that you recognized your problem sooner than most - there's no DOUBT thousands of young alkie moms out there who just don't yet admit or understand they have a problem. So it's understandable you can't relate to the other 'issues' in the lives of most of us. . .and most of us are far past the stage of life you are in. (Thank God!)

But. We love you and want to give you the support you need. Hang in here, chickeepoo.

I do know what Happy is talking about . Conflicting feelings of the joy of getting ahead and hope that posting on it will be of good to someone too and yet that may hurt another who is struggling . And again not having the heaviest heavy weight drinking profile and feeling unworthy to offer to those who do .
I think inspite of this its best to leave tracks of our struggle here because it'll always be of value to someone .
It doesn't really matter if someone , Happy or whoelse kicks back and inputs less
for awhile takes a break as Houtx wished to for her reasons .
It has to also be good for our souls to feel good for the progress of others even
if they're ahead of us . It's fraught it's trickey what goes on here . But there's enough compassion and understanding to definately make it worthwhile .
I really do believe we can ALLget there .

Thank you all for your kind replies (WTE - thank you for taking the time to post my cheers in one spot - that was nice to see : )).

I know everyone here is encouraging...I think it's best for me to be away from the board a bit more but I am trying to watch the progress thread when I have time to catch up and to help with new members as appropriate. I do think my story is helpful and would like to continue to show progress so others can see where you will be at. My low starting numbers should serve as a cheat sheet for where we are all going, but I do understand it's frustrating for most on this board. And I do understand I'm not going to get pats on the back every second, so maybe I was just being overly sensitive for a change (we all have our moments).

I love the graphs I've been seeing - will post my own soon as well.

Week 16 at top.

I'm so glad you decided to stay - we NEED these early success stories! I'm also very, very happy for you, and your family. This really is a miracle in the making, isn't it?

I now nominate you to be our official Sinclair Method Poster Child!

LOL...well, the 'child' portion of that may be correct sometimes...you guys do not need to go overboard now : ). Don't jinx me!

Seriously, thanks for the post G4M, I am really excited - for everyone as well as myself because I know we are all marching towards the same destination. Please keep at it, it does work. Again - I'm not out of the woods (it's still not normal to have to count your AF days, but at least I have something to count now).

Feels really good to not be afraid to be out in a social situation. Or to be afraid to drive to meet friends for fear of being too drunk to drive home or too anxious without the drinking. I have given up countless nights out because of this (which is why I became a hermit after moving out of the city to the suburbs - could no longer walk home from a night out and was now a 'Mom' but not drinking like a normal one). I feel like now I can start branching out. Had my first away-from-home-to-meet-a-friend-without-my-hubby-driving-me last week as well (forgot about that one)...and I just had one drink. The only thought I had while out was, 'jeez, I hope she doesn't want another...I'm too tired for another glass'. Quite excited about it all.

Freedom here we come