Dee74

last part here:

http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...t-33-a-20.html

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trachemys

Shotgun!

trachemys

Oh yes, spaghetti sauce. My mom has loved a recipe I have for Italian home sauce for years. When she wants it, I make it. I love it too. My sister walked in and said "Good God, that smells good!"

A friend from a gardening thread taught me the recipe 20 years ago. It's italian home cooking. Takes a couple of hours. Tastes like heaven. I thank her memory everytime I cook it.

Marcher13

Good morning Marchers from a perfect spring morning in Paradise. Blue sky? Check. Balmy temperatures? Check. The slightest of breezes? Check. Such a nice morning that now we've finished the weekly clean Mr Marcher and I are going to set out to go to the ....tip aka as the dump or in local govt-speak "resource recovery centre". Now don't be jealous everyone.

Babs please come and talk with us. When you are struggling an empathetic ear can help and there are lots of those here at the Marcher thread.

Gilmer it's still Sunday so keep celebrating!

Trachy would that special recipe fit in a post or is it a family secret? BTW Trachy I am glad you are back on the medication, the right time will come to ease off but it's not now.

Have a good day peeps.

Gilmer

Thanks, Marcher! I have been unbelievably blessed this whole weekend with the outpouring of love! Really makes a girl feel good!

Saskia

Trachy, hope the meds help.

Glimmer, really great message to Babs!

Marcher, enjoy your perfect spring day :-)

Babs, silence is the AV's best friend. Trust me, been there and done that. The best thing I ever did was to get all the help I needed.

trachemys

Ok, I'm in the proper thread so, here's the recipe:

Given to me by an expatriate living in Italy who had learned the local custom:

Skin a goat.

Just kiddin

I was talkin to a resteratuer friend who wanted my recipe. He said: "Bring me one bite. I'll tell you how you cook it." Didn't happen. He had no clue.

"Have you got another bite?", he asked. "You said one," I answered.

Tears.

When we have the reunnion, I'll cook.

trachemys

Don't even ASK about the cake recipes.

Gilmer

I had a friend when I was single who was very popular for her lasagna. I was horrified when she told me the secret ingredient was LIVER!

Duffster

All this talk about Italian food is making me hungry.

Happy Birthday to Mr. Gilmer too! We forgot all about him with all the excitement over your soberversary Gilmer

trachemys

I think Mr. Gilmer is a demi-god

Gilmer

He would be thrilled to hear you say that, Trach!

trachemys

He puts up with you, right? Tell Him, he's lucky.

Northlander

Huge congratulations, Gilmer.

So happy to have you back with us, Trach.

Toots - thanks for the book review.

Life, please post.

Big love to everyone, but especially Babs. Please post when you can, or just pop in and keep up with our many sober antics. You're not alone and we all care for you.

Marcher13

Happy b'day Mr Gilmer from your Aussie mates, Dee, Vee and Mee.

venuscat

^^^

Thinking of you Babs... hope you come and talk it all out love. ♥

The guy from RecoverOZ emailed me..asked me to call him to discuss what might help me best to enhance my recovery. They are in Melbourne...I am going to run with this. (I looked him up, and he has very good credentials).

There are always new tools that (I) we may not have thought of.

And now I want lasagna (not so sure about the liver though ).

Love to all of the Marchers,

V xx

Gilmer

My husband thanks you guys!

Saskia

(((Venus))), that sounds encouraging! I hope you have as positive an experience as I had. Dee is so right about adding whatever we need to make this work. Some of us need more help than others and there's no shame in that! I'm so happy you came back. I think that AV loves it when we isolate because then it has no competition.

Even though I've had some life setbacks this past week that previously would have landed me in the same old, same old, miserable place, I'm remembering to use all of my supports and staying sober. Taking it day to day and working on remembering that I am worth it!

wehav2day

Venus, that's awesome!! Yeah run with it girl!

Hope me. "Glimmer's" birthday was great. Can we call you glimmer from now on? I like it...

Sassy, I missed it, setbacks? Big hugs girl. Way to not let life mess with your sobriety.

I'm sitting here, home sick from work, all alone. J is at the airport about to head to a conference. I have a little "I feel like crap" party going on. It's fall but feels like winter with all the snow outside. As I type this, I'm realizing it's the perfect storm for old wehav to go get a boatload of wine and drink all day and night. Nope, don't care to...

I don't even care to "play the tape through." But if I do, it would look like this: I'd hurry up and get dressed to go to store and head to city apartment. I'd buy a bunch of wine. Maybe I'd get some healthy food with the intention of making something good for me for dinner, maybe not. I'd probably drink one of the mini wines in the parking lot. Yes I was one of THOSE drunks. I'd DRIVE home (one wouldn't impair me, riiiight?). Get home, crack more wine. Read and drink. Probably be too tired from drinking to make dinner. Drink some more. Hope I doesn't call me from hotel because she could tell I drank. Try to find excuse to text instead. Go to bed. Wake up tomorrow still feeling like crap, but suck it up and go to work.

I have no idea how I lived like that for so long. Typing it out is exhausting. I might feel like crap tomorrow, I hope not. But if I do, it won't be because I drank today. I'm gonna do everything I know to get better today.

Duffster

Yep, We, that sounds pretty awful. If I were close by I would drop by with some chicken soup. What your body needs is rest to heal itself -- not the other. We have a motto in our house that when you're sick "rest is best." (Stolen from Daniel Tiger). Feel better xoxo

V, agree that that sounds encouraging! Keep us posted on how the call goes.

Sass, is there a setback with the housing?? What's going on? Glad you're staying strong.