Yes Meggie you are right - we will do it - I just keep holding on to that thought. No matter HOW long it takes - as you know I am in this for the long haul!

I have had 3 AF days this week - was poorly Monday and the mere thought of a drink turned my tummy - and no I was not hungover! I was okay Tuesday but still a tad fragile so was also AF that day then decided that I had felt so good Wednesday morning that I would do yesterday too. And even though I was fragile Tuesday - I still felt GOOD re not having had a drink Monday if you follow - this morning I woke up and my first thought was 'I am so glad I did not drink yesterday'. I wish I could bottle that memory and get it out later when I consider maybe having a drink. Last night in bed I thought 'maybe I will have a drink tomorrow' and then had the other thought this morning about how good it felt to NOT have had one. Talk about the devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other !

Hugs, Maggie xx

I can't bottle it for you, but bookmark this link to your post above:

http://www.thesinclairmethod.net/community/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=4023&start=490&sid=b2ec7db0b7b033be5d78305a19f78597

then you can come back & look at it the next time you're considering having a drink & remember how you felt/what you were thinking

Do you mean copy and paste it then put it in my signature line badger ? If so, I have no more room in my signature ! I keep having to find new ways to shorten it - hahaha

Hugs to you, Maggie and thanks xx

no, add it to your bookmarks/favourites/links in your browser so you have a quick link back to it

OH !!! Sorry - I can be a tad dense at times !!! LOL

Thanks, Hugs, Maggie x

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Yes Jaba - I did used to take AB - but it makes me feel really ill these days so I just cannot take it any more. If it hadn't been for being ill Monday I could not have been AF - but I am glad that I have had 3 AF days this week - I was on a streak of not having them and this hopefully has broken that! I have however taken a Nal today - but am going to try and just have 2 - at most 3, drinks. Watch this space .....

As for being in UK with my mum - even if I was stressed I cannot overdrink when I am there - she doesn't drink at all but will say 'oh why don't you have a drink if you want ' - in a tone that is so Holier Than Thou - sometimes I do have some but really watch it - which is good as it does cut down my intake ! Also I am not going to drink on the flight - it will be hard not to but I really do not want to arrive feeling at all hungover - I lose a nights sleep as it is !

Also - re turning to AL when stressed - I have to be honest here and say that I turn to AL because AL is there - and for no other reasons really ! In a way I wish it was 'cos of stress, or 'cos it was Monday - or there was an 'R' in the month or whatever reason - but there is no rhyme nor reason why I drink!

Hugs, Maggie xx

Maggie I think it is wonderful that you had 3 AF days this week and in a row!! YAY for you!! xoxo Newlife

Yes it is good - but it isn't as if I had any choice about it at least one of those days ! the second I also probably didn't have much choice - the 3rd I did so I am not really thinking it is such a big deal - but thanks anyway!!

Hugs, Maggie x

You don't give yourself half enough credit. I think you are always undercutting what really are huge accomplishments. I think I have only have one or at the most 2 episodes of 3 AF in a week the whole seven months I have been doing this and they were not consecutive days. If I could do that I would be shouting it from the rooftops!! We need to CELEBRATE our successes.

Hugs from Newlife