tattoos

[t_a_n_y_a_]

Anyone have any tattoos that are really meaningful to them in regards to recovery?

I have Hope tattooed on my ankle (5 inches X 5 inches) in japanese. I speak japanese so its even more relevant to me. I'm thinking of getting 6 more Kanji down my spine (minus the english explanation of course )

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/4033/tattoona6.png

[Alycia]

Oh that sounds cool! I want to do that someday also. I just got my boys on my arm, it is two babies, they look like boys, and on top of the babies are their names. Now I have to figure something out for logie! And on my lower back, I got a winking smilie face cuz I love smiles. Prob later on in my recovery or maybe when I am 1 yr clean I'll get one. Thanks for bringing it up, cuz now I have something in a way to look forward too!

[Alycia]

and be careful to get them the right way, lololololololol, cuz britany spears has a japanese one on her neck and it is backwards! lololol rofl

[Peter]

I don't like permanent tattoos.

[t_a_n_y_a_]

Originally Posted by Peter

I don't like permanent tattoos.

Fair enough

[t_a_n_y_a_]

Originally Posted by Alycia

and be careful to get them the right way, lololololololol, cuz britany spears has a japanese one on her neck and it is backwards! lololol rofl

i'm not too worried since I speak and write japanese almost fluently lol

[Alycia]

lol

[windysan]

no recovery ones. but i have 2 monkeys and one of my gal in skimpy clothing.

[Jane63]

Wow!! Tanya! Japanese is an extremely hard language to learn! You should be so proud of that acomplishment!!

I was never one for permanent tats either but our daughter may be getting one next year on her 21st {don't know how we've kept her from getting one this long...especially her first year in college!!! LOL!} and hubby and I "might" get matching ones then too!
It is something our daughter designed herself and it's a small heart {our last name} with a three intertwined in it...signifying the "3-of us"!

There's a guy in our town who does a really nice job, very safe and all, but probably will take alot to convince me since I'm such a wuss! LOL!

Jane

[best]

The fact that I have no tats is really meaningful to my recovery.
Friends who have them... many got their tat when out on a binder and never would have gotten one if sober. A couple got their tat just because they like tats but as said...for the most part it was seen as a right of passage while drunk as a skunk for the others.

So no tat is very meaningful to my recovery.

A full sail clippership that I had seen the guy down the street had on his chest that he had gotten when in the navy in WW2 I always thought was nice but once seeing the cost for such...I never got it *LOL*

[Emimily]

i have an "om" on my left forearm, i got it on my year-sober date. at the beach. it was fun, and it looks pretty good.

[leeside]

Originally Posted by Alycia

and be careful to get them the right way, lololololololol, cuz britany spears has a japanese one on her neck and it is backwards! lololol rofl

Perhaps she did it on purpose so she could read it in the mirror. The only way she could read it is in the mirror.

[dgillz]

No tats here. I think tatoos are nearly the same as cutting.....its a form of self mutilation and it can become addictive....it is not a healthly thing to do.

No offense intended to anyone, this is just MHO.

[Sugah]

I have two, both pre-recovery.

The first is a tiny heart on my behind that I got when I was fourteen. The second is my ex-husband's initials that I did myself when I was nineteen. I won't say where that is.

They serve to remind me that some decisions cannot be undone -- and some can, but not without a whole lot of pain.

Peace & Love,
Sugah

[PaperDolls]

I've got two.

One of a butterfly I got when I was 16ish. And the other I got last summer. Here's a pic.

[windysan]

Originally Posted by PaperDolls

I've got two.

One of a butterfly I got when I was 16ish. And the other I got last summer. Here's a pic.

that is a cute one. very feminine.

[Aducksdelight]

I was thinking of doing that just today, Tanya, so it's cool that you started this thread. I have been considering getting a tattoo for about 10 years now (I once read that if you want a tattoo, pick a design, then wait a year. If you still want the tattoo and still want that design, then get it. If not, find another design and wait another year--you're stuck with it for life, what's one year? they said) but I can't keep with much of anything for very long so I knew it wasn't a good choice. However, I was thinking about getting one on my one year sobriety date, if I can make it that long. A butterfly, to symbolize constant change.

And yes, a constant change symbol permanently marked in my skin. The irony does not escape me.

[PaperDolls]

Originally Posted by Aducksdelight

I was thinking of doing that just today, Tanya, so it's cool that you started this thread. I have been considering getting a tattoo for about 10 years now (I once read that if you want a tattoo, pick a design, then wait a year. If you still want the tattoo and still want that design, then get it. If not, find another design and wait another year--you're stuck with it for life, what's one year? they said) but I can't keep with much of anything for very long so I knew it wasn't a good choice. However, I was thinking about getting one on my one year sobriety date, if I can make it that long. A butterfly, to symbolize constant change.

And yes, a constant change symbol permanently marked in my skin. The irony does not escape me.

My tats obviously have nothing to do with my sobriety so may be I shouldn't have jumped in on this conversation. But.......I did........so here I am.

aducksdelight - For one, you CAN make it to your One year Sobriety Date. Just keep working hard and stay in the right mind set.

I got my first tat when I was 16ish and my second when I was 31. It took me that long to decide what to get next. Since my first, I knew I'd get another but I wanted to choose wisely. It is with your for life.

[parentrecovers]

hey, how are doing, tanya? k

[windysan]

Originally Posted by By His Blood

I have a tatoo I got it when I was 18 (and drunk) it is a yosemite sam(yuk)!! Every time I see it I cringe so I am planning to cover it up with something that gives glory to God!!

hmmm, a bubba tattoo. yosemite sam seems fitting.

[Jane63]

Paperdolls...very pretty tat on your foot!! Thanks for sharing the pic! :-)

I have no clue where I would put the little heart tat that hubby, daughter and I might possibly get, but the foot is a good idea!
Originally I though of getting it on my back shoulderblade but then I would have to look in the mirror to see it...and I'm kind of shy so anywhere that someone else couldn't see it would be too embarrassing because the fella giving it WOULD BE seeing "it", if ya' know what I mean! {LOL}

Definitely something to ponder...;-)

[PaperDolls]

LOL Jane.

I always wanted one on my foot. Not sure why. I have to tell you .... not a lot of fat there to cushion the nerves. It's more painful there than say, your tush or something.

[Lizrox]

I think I'm going to get one with my daughters name. Not sure though; any ideas?

[Joi]

My b/f has Romas 8:24 tatooed on his arm. His daughter's name is Hope. He's not in recovery. No need for him to be. I'm the one in recovery, and his is a constant reminder.

[best]

Originally Posted by By His Blood

I have a tatoo I got it when I was 18 (and drunk) it is a yosemite sam(yuk)!

My oldest son got a fake ID and 5 months before he turned 18, he got a tat. He covered it 1 month before going in the Marines.
A Marine with Dopey of the seven dwarfs would not go over well in basic training *LOL*
He would have a nickname for life *LOL*

and Sam doesn't say yuk!...He says... Sufferin Succotash! *LOL*