Runner, Boxer, Martial Arts Expert or Crossfitter?

thanks BF. When a Doctor wants to shake your hand and congratulate you is something special in my book!!!!!

 

For sure. Just keep on it. You must have incredible drive to have gone this far already and to have done it all on your own. That is huge Cat.

Today has dawned bright and sunny and hot ... so we're off on the bikes for a good day's ride. My husband will pick the direction of our ride and we'll find lots of cool stuff to do. Helmet on, sunny side up ... I hope everyone has a great and safe weekend!

 

thanks. The Doctor said to go Cold Turkey after the amount i drank is simply unreal. He was stunned! I took pride in that! ;o)

 

You should be proud! That's a truly amazing feat!

 

Cold Turkey makes a good sandwich.

No in all seriousness, cold turkey is the only way to really stop bad habits. I have done that too. I am proud of you catfish.

 

thanks Gid. people are amazed that if i stopped on May 10th, why didn't i stop earlier....

it's not that simply and when reality punches you in the face with a huge health scare - that's the punch i needed to quit. people are still amazed that i can turn it on and off like for 6 mths going off the deep end due to not sleeping and drinking just to go to sleep and then one day just quit out of the blue. i can't explain it either. just happy i found this sobriety in my life now at 44 bf something bad happens to me.

thanks BF for the kind words as well. It's nice to have supporters on here! *DANCE* *YAHOO* *HI*

 

I have seen older people breathing with an oxygen tank and smoking cigarettes, they say I have to die someday anyways. Why push it sooner?

 

gid-that's why i quit. i would be dead in 5 yrs, so i want to live longer, so i quit to save my life & extend it.

 

So I just got back from our annual bike ride. This year we rode from north of Toronto to Myrtle Beach. That's a long ride and has a major impact on my body and how I feel.

We stay in motels along the way and I'm really not inclined to lie down on any motel floors to do yoga so it's been 15 days since I've done any yoga. Today is the day ... because I'm going back into the yoga studio to teach in 2 weeks and I need to regain my focus and my practice. I have a herniated disc in my neck which is painful and really impacts on my arms so ... back to the pushups and the downward dogs and balancing poses to try to feel like myself again.

If it ever stops raining I'll get back to my run/walks. Has everyone else stayed focused on their challenges this summer?

 

I just focus on what is at hand.

 

What is that for you gidion?

 

Yogi,
Hey boo-boo, I see a picnic basket.
Boo-boo.
But Yogi,
Ranger Smith is coming.
Yogi,
He should stop feeding the female guest boo-boo.
Boo-boo,
He not feeding them, he's giving them a pearl necklace.

 

day #100 today! *DANCE* *YAHOO* *HI*

I spoke last Wed at a meeting when I got my 90 day coin. I told them quitting wasn't the hardest part of going cold turkey. I felt bad afterwards as there were people in the room that spent time in rehabs, hospices, clinics, hospitals etc. i said quitting was easy and the damn hard part is convincing friends and family of why i am doing this and that this is the right thing for me to do.

friends want their old drinking buddy back! they want me back. what difference does it make if im drinking ice water or cold beer? im still the same guy. i don't judge you if you have a beer. i don't care. instead of being happy for me, it seems like they want me to drink. very disappointed in a lot of my friends and 1 brother in law who continues to ask me "so are you not drinking still." how many times do i have to tell you i am done with it? the only reason i have a 90 day coin is because i listen to 1 person who knows what i am going through - me! i don't need to listen to all the naysayers out there who want me to drink again!

 

Thanks for getting the thread back on track Cat.

I think the reason why your friends and BIL are having trouble is because they see your quitting as a judgement on their drinking. I would imagine that they'll change in attitude as time goes on and they see that you are, in fact, the same guy. You just have a different drink then they do.

Okay my yoga mat is out on the deck and it's calling to me ...

 

And done.

I have to do a lot of work to regain what I lost sitting on that bike for 14 days.

Ouch.

 

that's just it - my best friend developed IBS and really cut back and barely drinks himself, but he will have a glass of wine from time to time. he's mad i can't or won't even do that.

my BIL doesn't even drink! so i don't know why he keeps asking me if im still not drinking?

im saving my life and that's most important. any other reasons or rationale they may have is selfish!

 

Maybe you can just ignore the questions. I don't know why they would keep asking unless they're really worried about you and scared that you might relapse. I hope that they are asking out of a sense of compassion and caring.

Are you back to walking?

 

im 44 and an adult. i did this on my own - cold turkey and they wouldn't even know about it if i didn't tell them. i can handle it as i have been for 100 days.

walking-yes and no. we're in the middle of another +95 degree heat wave so i don't venture out in this crap. once fall hits and cooler temps, i'll be back to every night after work.

 

Apparently this past July was the hottest one in Ontario since they started recording temperatures. It's hard to get inspired and motivated to walk/run when it's that hot and that humid.

Our temperatures have cooled down a lot over the last week and we've had lots of rain after a 3 month drought. The farmers have been out in their dying fields doing celebratory dances in the rain and the poor people in Louisiana have been losing everything they own because of it.

I'm going hiking with a girlfriend this morning and I can't wait! My hikes are usually of a solitary nature so this should be fun and different.

 

it will be 81 tomorrow. that's how bad it's been. im happy for an 81 degree day!