Marilyn, thank you for sharing that part of your history with me! I am so impressed that you were able to walk away from alcohol even after having worked in a bar! I am definitely already seeing positive results. I really thought it was too good to be true to stop drinking AND not continue craving it so I started reading the Allen Carr book out of curiosity, but he’s right! It’s possible! And thank you to everyone who has mentioned Atomic Habits which brought me to this book in the first place—I think this has been you, Marilyn, and at least Stephanie and Katie too and probably others. It really is all about mindset! Like the example of the man in the wheelchair who said he was so grateful to be in a wheelchair—otherwise he’d be stuck laying in a bed all day.
This is my current “to-read” list:
The Island (life has been pretty action-packed recently so I haven’t been reading much but I’m excited to get to this!)
The Chain (Adrian McKintey)
Into the Water & The Girl on the Train by Paula Haskins
Memphis
Where the Crawdads Sing (has anyone read this? My MIL kept mentioning it this summer so I got curious)
I am positive that except for Crawdads I gleaned all these from either your journal, Marilyn, or Stephanie’s or Katie’s!
Stephanie, I did not know about the word “emetophobic” until a few years ago but once I came across it I said yep that’s me. It’s not so bad as to be debilitating (and I am self-diagnosed if you can even call it that)—some people are afraid to go out in public or even be around other people because of this fear. And it’s totally irrational! Heck, NO one likes to throw up or be around someone who is, so I just tell myself it will end eventually and it is not that big of a deal. So far no one else has gotten sick this week. I think next time this happens when my husband’s out of town I will be a big girl and not ask my mom to come. I’m afraid sometime she’ll catch it and then I’d feel terrible. Worst case scenario, we’re stuck at home and all the kids miss school and any after-school activities—no big deal. Anyways—you are NOT dumb!!!
So even though I ate on-plan today I am going to say
as last night I took my son to a baseball meeting at school and they had chocolate chip cookies, one of which he brought me on a napkin so I ate it. I exercised too—I managed to jog for 30 minutes around my neighborhood without stopping to walk but I won’t tell you how slow I was going—ha. It was just a little experiment, I’m sure I’ll be sore tomorrow and Saturday.