Lisa....tonight I want you to do something. It is relaxing, it is motivation, it is POWERFUL..

Grab some old magazines...or new ones....and start clipping photos that inspire you or motivate you...these pics can be of nature, or of how you envision your life to be.

Next, write out things to go with your pictures. I once built a Faith Book that had gorgeous pics with my favorite scriptures and quotes pasted on them. I would thumb through it as needed for a spiritual lift :-)

OR you can build a dream board. Some principle, only you paste the pics on a poster board. This board can be placed where you see it everyday OR NOT. It is powerful :-) I have one hanging by my bed, and there are a few things I need to remove because they are manifesting but into a negative energy...

OR you can make a similar tool to watch every morning and/or every night on your computer. You need no special software for this even though there are some on the market...all you need is your computer, some googled images of photos of your life. You can get fancy with music, the sky is the limit :-) Create a slide show of pics that mean something to you...how you want you r life to look, how you want to feel....and watch it everyday. You can add and subtract to it as you feel you need to.

Just creating one of these will give you a sense of direction and give you something to do with your mind and hands. It is a positive visualization tool.

Let me know how it goes!

okay i will try this......................i think i will do it on the computer!

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Originally Posted by LisaFromMemphis okay i will try this......................i think i will do it on the computer!

Keep us posted on how it turns out!

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Originally Posted by LisaFromMemphis Today is day one of my transformation, the alcohol thing is going to be tough for me. Today is saturday and i usually spend saturday nights alone at home drinking to escape the lonliness and boredom I feel on a daily basis. Its like a vicious cycle.......................Its not that I want to sit home alone and drink, but because I am so disgusted with my body I do not want to go out in public,and I get lonely and bored, so I drink and then I binge on food and then I gain weight and I isolate myself because of my weight...........................it never ends...................Tonight I will for the first time deal with this differently. If I get lonely I can call a friend. If I am bored I can read or watch a movie or duhhhh EXERCISE! No more excuses I am changing my life this time and I know I can do it as long as I have the support of all of you. I never truly believed I could change until I found this website. No one knows how grateful I am and how it feels to have hope for the first time in so long. Thank you for listening.

Lisa, I was exactly the same way a few months ago! I used to just sit at home because I was tired of going to bars, then drink, and then that would just lead to a binge, and more loneliness plus frustration and depression!! You are smart for calling a friend instead! Joining local support groups like AA and OA helped me get out of the loneliness and were a big part of breaking that cycle. Have you ever thought about joining a local support group?

Hi, all,

I joined T.com just a few days ago. I wrote in my "I am" statement that I'd had an alcohol problem but kicked it. I also mentioned I have two sons, one of whom is mentally ill.

The only clarification I want to make is that my kids are grown, and I hadn't started drinking until both were adults and not living in my home. I'm not faulting anyone who happens to have a problem with kids in the house (congratulations on kicking it, Chris Winters!). Just wanted to clarify that that didn't happen to be my situation.

So Lisa from Memphis....congratulations and....how are you doing? Don't give up ok Sweetie. You CAN do this! Believe in yourself...and honor your commitment to yourself. You know you're worth it girl!

I'm here if you need a friend.

Sher

Gina Louise,

I'd thought of doing a "dream board" before, but not on the computer. What a great idea! Thanks!

xo
Vittoria

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Originally Posted by Tallgirlwithguitar Gina Louise, I'd thought of doing a "dream board" before, but not on the computer. What a great idea! Thanks! xo Vittoria

You are very welcome!

Hey there Deb, Isn't strange how you just know when you haven't really let go of it. I will be praying for you...funny I just posted a blog about this. Love and blessings to you. YOU WILL OVERCOME. There is a smiley for you. Kat

Since I have found this site and connected with so many of you, I have not had the urge to drink.....................its very strange really. I dont quite know what to make of it, but I am grateful. Normally at this time I would already be half drunk. It feels good to be sober for a change! In the back of my mind though, I cant help but wonder how long it will last............................its kind of scary. Im just so tired of drinking and tired of the miserable existence that comes along with it. Thanks to all of you who have been so supportive. Obviously it has made a difference..................its been more than a week now!

Lisa, that's terrific!

Here's a little story, absolutely true, and it happened only an hour ago.

Earlier in the week, I'd sent for four new pillows from on online merchant. Today they arrived. I'd needed pillows badly, but you know how it is..."when I get around to it..."

Anyway, I unwrapped them and found them unbelievably cushy and cuddly. I took the old ones out of the cases and inserted the new (I'd just changed my bed this morning).

I threw the old pillows into the big plastic bag the new ones came in and took them down to the dumpster. As I rode down the elevator, I got to thinking: These were the pillows I'd got drunk and passed out on just a little over years ago. They're the one I cried on after my very painful breakup, two years before that. It was into these pillows that I snored my cigarette breath every night.

Pretty gross, I know, but please keep in mind they had been washed a lot since! Still, it was these pillows that once held an aching head spinning with nausea. Now, with the booze and cigarettes two years in the past, the pillows finally followed. It was like tossing a horrible phase of my life into that dumpster today.

I feel clean and healthy and grateful...and I can't wait to go to sleep tonight!

Hang on to your sobriety for dear life, because life is too dear to let go of.

And maybe order some pretty new bedding. :-)

xo
Vittoria