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My holiday was good, we had lots of pies and junk as that was what each child chose to have LOL. We watched lots of movies, and went out to see Enchanted. I worked several days and made extra money and we enjoyed that at the theater and having lunch before. Got free pics of the kids with Santa at walmart. That was nice.
Still not smoking, this is week 3 (well Thursday will be) It is getting easier and easier to resist. I'm still hoping I'll be magically cured on Thursday :) Next on chopping block is sugar :(
I am doing really well with working 2 jobs and it's nice to work around friendly people for a change (as opposed to my regular job). I might actually make some friends there.
The kids are great and the teen daughter and I are getting along well. It has been smooth sailing.
I haven't heard from the A since Tues and just read emails from Wed that came into my work computer (I can't figure out how to block them there) :) and so I am wondering if he's in jail as I figured he would be after Thanksgiving. No sign of it yet though.
I have almost all my christmas shopping done already! I'm very excited about that. I think I have pretty much gotten everyone what they really wanted. 3 kids are expensive on the holidays!
Anyway, things are going very smoothly and it seems that everything is finally falling into place at last! I haven't been this happy and content in a long long time. I'm just so greatful for this program and all the joy the simple art of detaching has brought into my life!
I am so glad to hear you enjoyed your holiday! We saw Enchanted also. I liked it. And congradulations on the No Smoking! I think we should just consider you a non-smoker now. All your Christmas shopping done? See how much time you have to do other things when you don't have to stop for a cigarette break? Stay strong CG!
I am so inpsired by you. I am going to go to consumer credit cousnelling about my credit card absyss and start working on moving forward. I am also looking for a full time job. I've put in 60 hours plus on my 2nd job but that still won't cover what I need when I have a 6 day shut down in December. I hae made a change though I've moved to taking care of me!
For me its very very slow going. I am also incredibly dismally lonely and need to really make some lans for Christmas. Thanks for the inspiration.
hey that all sounds great! I definitely think the nicotene and sugar are connected so if you kick one the other one will be lots easier...I did both and its amazing how they seemed to feed off each other (for me). Also, if you kick these a dramatic change may occur (it did for me) having to do with most cravings, eating impulses, etc. it just all alligns really nicely (with al-anon, too, I found: turning it all over to HP and filling my "voids" with HP helped me deal with nicotene and sugar), I have found so it gets easier!! Also, I think the raising of our awareness that occurs when you work the steps really also helps us raise our awareness of so many other things like what we put into our bodies, etc. When you live in the moment and not in the future or past, all these things help us in our food/diet which is directly connected to how we feel/emote, etc. Its all interconnected and once you begin working on one piece a whole new picture comes together!
