the things I neglected
the things I neglected 
I'm working on conquering it, but it's not easy.
mle-sober
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Golden, CO
Posts: 1,243
I'm way more available to my children in recovery. When I was drunk all the time, I always found a reason to do the very least as a mom. I feel terrible about this. But if I make a list of the things I neglected, that is number one.
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: UK
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i didnt go for a couple of years and was convinced that i had neglected my teeth doe to alcohol, i even said to him before the examination that i would not be surprised to find some problems...at the end of the checkout he said there is nothing wrong with your teeth, they are very strong but how much do you smoke to get such staining on them and continued to clean them for 1 HOUR with his nurse choking i mean helping with her water spray thing, bitch (sorry no other word pays justice to her awfulness at her job) almost drowned me grrrrrr!
It`s ok to stay sober
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Central NC
Posts: 20,902
I neglected my teeth too when I was drinking.I have made a lot of trips to the dentist since I got sober.
I need to go now .... but I keep procrastinating.
this thread reminds me of an AA talk I have on CD made by a man who Dr Bob helped get sober.He mentioned when he did his inventory the things he neglected to do in the past bothered him more than the things he did.
He called them sins of omission,which is different than neglecting the dentist.He said they resulted in a lot of his shame.He also said they resulted in his shortcomings,things in which he fell short of doing.( AA`s step 6 ).
I realize I felt the same,and all those nights I had left my family behind so I could go drink.
I need to go now .... but I keep procrastinating.
this thread reminds me of an AA talk I have on CD made by a man who Dr Bob helped get sober.He mentioned when he did his inventory the things he neglected to do in the past bothered him more than the things he did.
He called them sins of omission,which is different than neglecting the dentist.He said they resulted in a lot of his shame.He also said they resulted in his shortcomings,things in which he fell short of doing.( AA`s step 6 ).
I realize I felt the same,and all those nights I had left my family behind so I could go drink.
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Posts: 4,150
This is kinda funny because I walked by the dentist office today. When I was drinking I went to the dentist faithfully every 4 months for a checkup and cleaning. I went at the end of December abd was supposed to make an appointment for a filling in mid January.
Wee after quitting drinking I haven't made that appointment so I am the exact opposite so far from you. LOL. I hate the dentist and can't take the additional stress yet. Maybe I will call next week.
Wee after quitting drinking I haven't made that appointment so I am the exact opposite so far from you. LOL. I hate the dentist and can't take the additional stress yet. Maybe I will call next week.
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,385
Fubar, you best get that filling before it turns into something worse. Let it go too far and you'll need a root canal done. Very expensive procedure and expensive crown as well.
Thanks for posting Mamabin, good luck with the dentist.
Thanks for posting Mamabin, good luck with the dentist.
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Attica, MI
Posts: 465
I think I have as well James, at least since I've been sober this time. Seems as though I have not reached the point that I feel motivated to act on some areas that I started neglecting when drunk, now that I'm sober.
Is there some point when folks get that motivation again? I mean like I used to have before I let the booze get the best parts of me.....gettin stuff done, doing things that I enjoy, taking care of things that I've let go for too long...etc. I used to be a REAL go getter man, from a little kid I was a go getter....a "doer".
Where is it now man?
Is there some point when folks get that motivation again? I mean like I used to have before I let the booze get the best parts of me.....gettin stuff done, doing things that I enjoy, taking care of things that I've let go for too long...etc. I used to be a REAL go getter man, from a little kid I was a go getter....a "doer".
Where is it now man?
Moving out of Limbo
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Today
Posts: 343
Good to hear from you, massey.
My procrastination was always there, but it got worse before being clean. I follow some of the same patterns that I started when not sober, and am trying to break them with patience.
Thanks, man!
My procrastination was always there, but it got worse before being clean. I follow some of the same patterns that I started when not sober, and am trying to break them with patience.
Thanks, man!
I'm just a little unwell
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: USA
Posts: 2,219
Sara, I pay my dentist to put me to sleep. :P Not kidding!!! Took me a while to find a (local) dentist that did sedation dentistry, but I knew it was going to be the only way I'd ever get back in that chair. I finally did it back in June 2008, and then in December I had all the work done that I wound up needing. It's a relief to have that all behind me now. I have to go back on Wednesday for a cleaning and I'm not looking forward to it at all, but I'm not TOTALLY FREAKING OUT about it like I would have been this time last year.
I'm even not going to get sedated. I will still have some Happy Pills, but I won't be knocked out like I was last June and in December.
I'm even not going to get sedated. I will still have some Happy Pills, but I won't be knocked out like I was last June and in December.
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