Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year everyone! I have a New Years resolution. I hope I didn't compromise anybodies sobriety in the past with my posts. That wasn't my intention. I do feel bad if that was at all the case. Thank you Dee for being
patient with me. i don't agree with the main recovery method that is used in my country but I have found my own style of recovery so i don't feel i need their support support. I hardly think I'm going to change anything anyway.
on a side note..can you get a hangover from eating to much sugar? phew..i woke up feeling it but must of ate about 20 cookies!
patient with me. i don't agree with the main recovery method that is used in my country but I have found my own style of recovery so i don't feel i need their support support. I hardly think I'm going to change anything anyway.
on a side note..can you get a hangover from eating to much sugar? phew..i woke up feeling it but must of ate about 20 cookies!
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Originally Posted by LDT 
Absolutely you can have a sugar hangover, caboblanco. Unfortunately, I've had several. For me, sugar is poison.
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Originally Posted by caboblanco
i don't agree with the main recovery method that is used in my country but I have found my own style of recovery...
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Oh I'm sorry for the confusion, Cabo ....I don't have diabetes and I'm not overweight.....But I have real problems with arthritis, which is seriously aggravated by sugar consumption. That's why I said it's poison for me. If I eat sugar, my body lets me know it in no time. It's no wonder I use to hurt all the time when I was drinking. Alcohol is full of sugar.
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I can feel "sugar" hit me the way I used to feel a drink "hit" me...I mean it's not the same exact feeling, but it's that real, noticable and intense. It's seemed to increase with age (and also because I don't do hard hits of sugar often like I used to). And yup. I get hangovers and drinking LOTS of water helps.
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Maybe you could share with us how you are staying sober. Focusing on what works instead of what doesn't may help everyone. We can all learn from each other 
That's the goal, right? To help each other out? I know I've learned a lot from people who use different programs from me. And if what someone says doesn't work for me, that's ok too. I don't have to take everyone's advice or argue with them.
No ill will here. Everyone has value, and if you're sober, I can learn from you.
That's the goal, right? To help each other out? I know I've learned a lot from people who use different programs from me. And if what someone says doesn't work for me, that's ok too. I don't have to take everyone's advice or argue with them.No ill will here. Everyone has value, and if you're sober, I can learn from you.
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Happy New Year to you too.
Isn't it cool that we all woke up sober and are not killing ourselves with drugs and alcohol anymore?
Whatever works for us as individuals works and with the new year, we are going to get a lot of newcomers or people who relapsed.
Up to us to encourage them, share with them how we have recovered or are recovering. Up to them to determine they want to quit and to chose what works best for them.
We can agree to disagree but one thing for sure, we need to be there for the newbie who is suffering the same way others were here for us when we got sober and were all anxious and shaky.
Isn't it cool that we all woke up sober and are not killing ourselves with drugs and alcohol anymore?
Whatever works for us as individuals works and with the new year, we are going to get a lot of newcomers or people who relapsed.
Up to us to encourage them, share with them how we have recovered or are recovering. Up to them to determine they want to quit and to chose what works best for them.
We can agree to disagree but one thing for sure, we need to be there for the newbie who is suffering the same way others were here for us when we got sober and were all anxious and shaky.
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IPM - its not right that you should feel like you can't talk about something you are thinking of feeling.
Cabo - I could not stand you at first - we battled on few threads but I have grown to respect you and your views. In fact, some of those posts have helped me more than you know. I find that sometimes discomfort and things that don't feel great means growth is happening.
Some of my good friends on this forum have actually evolved from some good battles - I guess I can have a prickly personality?
So I would like to wish you a happy New Year and to 2014. As I said, I have much respect for you and feel you are going to do great whatever your program may be. Pls share your success and components, as I am guessing they are build on much thought and wisdom.
Cabo - I could not stand you at first - we battled on few threads but I have grown to respect you and your views. In fact, some of those posts have helped me more than you know. I find that sometimes discomfort and things that don't feel great means growth is happening.
Some of my good friends on this forum have actually evolved from some good battles - I guess I can have a prickly personality?
So I would like to wish you a happy New Year and to 2014. As I said, I have much respect for you and feel you are going to do great whatever your program may be. Pls share your success and components, as I am guessing they are build on much thought and wisdom.
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I agree that I tend to grow more from adversity than comfort. I could not have imagined a few years ago that I could learn so much from a group of people with "codenames" online. But I have learned, and in the willingness of other posters to share their experience and struggles, I have watched people evolve. I wonder sometimes if it is easier to recognize progress in others than it is in ourselves.
I know that all of us will always be evolving, but it is heartening to see many people here find peace and solid footing after getting sober. While sometimes the threads here can be provocative, the tenor of most interactions is most often respectful. In fact I need to learn to do the little guy eating popcorn emoticon (IPM I think you know how) because I often enjoy some of those threads the most. I could imagine a SR retirement home with a bunch of grumpy old posters continuing to kick tires.
Cabo, you always bring an interesting viewpoint to any thread. You are frank and incisive coupled with a great sense of humor, a great combination. Happy New Year!
I know that all of us will always be evolving, but it is heartening to see many people here find peace and solid footing after getting sober. While sometimes the threads here can be provocative, the tenor of most interactions is most often respectful. In fact I need to learn to do the little guy eating popcorn emoticon (IPM I think you know how) because I often enjoy some of those threads the most. I could imagine a SR retirement home with a bunch of grumpy old posters continuing to kick tires.
Cabo, you always bring an interesting viewpoint to any thread. You are frank and incisive coupled with a great sense of humor, a great combination. Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year Cabo. I get the sugar hangover thing. Like LDT said it seems to be poison to me also. I don't have a "program" except maybe take it as it comes. I don't think any of us should have someone else's recovery laid at their feet. Taking care of my own is enough for me. I like that you do what works for you.
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