Just a quite trivial question really Part 7
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Originally Posted by least 
Struggling with cravings here too, stupid, seeing as how I just needed medical help with detox... why would I want to put myself back in that same horrible place? Cunning baffling and powerful indeed.
My sobriety mantra could be: remember how awful it is spending hours at the ER...
But I want to stay sober, I do. So I'll stick with you all thru thick and thin and come out sober on the other side.:ghug
My sobriety mantra could be: remember how awful it is spending hours at the ER...
But I want to stay sober, I do. So I'll stick with you all thru thick and thin and come out sober on the other side.:ghug
OMG everything's real
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AA is what did it for me too Jersey. I keep forgetting how amazing it is that I don't drink anymore, coz I'm so busy struggling with the fecking pills. But it is amazing to go from 7 days a week to nowt in one meeting after years of trying on my own.
Not that it works that way for everyone. There are old-timers there who said it took them years of bouncing in and out of AA to "get" it.
Has anyone noticed how the triv thread has got quite serious and the November thread has got quite trivial!
I don't think I've told you guys in a while, but thank you for always being here! You help me! LB xxx
Not that it works that way for everyone. There are old-timers there who said it took them years of bouncing in and out of AA to "get" it.
Has anyone noticed how the triv thread has got quite serious and the November thread has got quite trivial!
I don't think I've told you guys in a while, but thank you for always being here! You help me! LB xxx
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Has anyone noticed how the triv thread has got quite serious and the November thread has got quite trivial!
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Originally Posted by lostbutterfly
Has anyone noticed how the triv thread has got quite serious and the November thread has got quite trivial!
I don't think I've told you guys in a while, but thank you for always being here! You help me! LB xxx
yep, I don't thank everyone else for being around and helping me enough either, so emmm, thanks everyone
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OK now...enough nonsense guys 
post the serious to november and the trivial to this....it's really quite simple, don't know why alchoholics have to do everything a$$backwards!
I think it is time for one of fizzy's famously silly jokes...a really long winded one.....
post the serious to november and the trivial to this....it's really quite simple, don't know why alchoholics have to do everything a$$backwards!I think it is time for one of fizzy's famously silly jokes...a really long winded one.....
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Ok Nands, you ready.................................
Edward Longshanks (Edward I of England) comes to Scotland to conquer the Scots. He brings 4,000 men with him. As he nears the battlefield there suddenly appears a solitary figure on the crest of the hill. A wee, ginger-haired nyaff in a kilt.
'Hammer o' the Scots?' yells the wee Scot on the hill. 'Come up here, ya Inglish b*****ds, and I'll gie ye a hammerin'!'
Edward turns to his commander. 'Send 20 men to deal with that little Scottish upstart, there's a good chap!', he says. The commander sends twenty of his best men over the hill to kill the Scotsman.
Ten minutes later, at the crest of the hill, the little Scot appears again.
'Ya English bampots!', he yells. 'Come on the rest of ye!! Come on, AH'll huv ye a' !'
Edward is getting somewhat annoyed. He turns to his commander. 'Send 100 men to kill that little guttersnipe!'
The commander sends a hundred men over the hill to do the job.Ten minutes later, the little Scot
appears at the top of the hill once more,his hair all sticking up, his shirt a wee bit torn.
'Ya Inglish SCUMBAGS!', he yells. 'I'm just warming up!! Come and git me, ya Inglish gits!!'
Edward loses patience. 'Commander, take 400 men and personally WIPE HIM OFF THE EARTH!', he yells.
The commander gulps, but leads four hundred men on horseback over the crest of the hill.
Ten minutes later, the wee Scotsman is back. His clothing is all torn, his face is covered in blood, snot and Irn-Bru.
'Is that the best ye can dae??? You're bloody WIMMIN!!!
Come oan and have a go ya bunch o' Jessies!!!', he yells.
Edward turns to his second in command. 'Take 1000 men over that hill and don't come back till you've killed him!' he commands.
The second in command gathers the men and they ride off over the hill to their fate.
Ten minutes later, one of the English troops appears back at the top of the hill. He's covered in blood and his clothes are all torn. '
Your Majesty!! he yells. It's a trap!!!
- There's TWO of them !!
Edward Longshanks (Edward I of England) comes to Scotland to conquer the Scots. He brings 4,000 men with him. As he nears the battlefield there suddenly appears a solitary figure on the crest of the hill. A wee, ginger-haired nyaff in a kilt.
'Hammer o' the Scots?' yells the wee Scot on the hill. 'Come up here, ya Inglish b*****ds, and I'll gie ye a hammerin'!'
Edward turns to his commander. 'Send 20 men to deal with that little Scottish upstart, there's a good chap!', he says. The commander sends twenty of his best men over the hill to kill the Scotsman.
Ten minutes later, at the crest of the hill, the little Scot appears again.
'Ya English bampots!', he yells. 'Come on the rest of ye!! Come on, AH'll huv ye a' !'
Edward is getting somewhat annoyed. He turns to his commander. 'Send 100 men to kill that little guttersnipe!'
The commander sends a hundred men over the hill to do the job.Ten minutes later, the little Scot
appears at the top of the hill once more,his hair all sticking up, his shirt a wee bit torn.
'Ya Inglish SCUMBAGS!', he yells. 'I'm just warming up!! Come and git me, ya Inglish gits!!'
Edward loses patience. 'Commander, take 400 men and personally WIPE HIM OFF THE EARTH!', he yells.
The commander gulps, but leads four hundred men on horseback over the crest of the hill.
Ten minutes later, the wee Scotsman is back. His clothing is all torn, his face is covered in blood, snot and Irn-Bru.
'Is that the best ye can dae??? You're bloody WIMMIN!!!
Come oan and have a go ya bunch o' Jessies!!!', he yells.
Edward turns to his second in command. 'Take 1000 men over that hill and don't come back till you've killed him!' he commands.
The second in command gathers the men and they ride off over the hill to their fate.
Ten minutes later, one of the English troops appears back at the top of the hill. He's covered in blood and his clothes are all torn. '
Your Majesty!! he yells. It's a trap!!!
- There's TWO of them !!
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OK...never let it be said the Trivial Thread has gone Serious!
ABSENTMINDED????
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. ? Age Activated Attention
Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests itself:
I decide to wash my car. As I head outside, I notice there is mail on
the table. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my
car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the trash can, and notice
that the trash can is full.
So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash
first. Then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take
out the trash, I might as well pay bills first. I take my checkbook off
the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks
are in my secretary desk, so I go to my desk where I find the cup of coffee
that I had been drinking.
I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to put the coffee aside
so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that the coffee is
getting cold, and I decide I should put it in the microwave for a warm-up
As I head toward the kitchen with the coffee, a vase of flowers on the
counter catches my eye?they need to be watered. I set the coffee down on
the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching
for all morning. I decide I had better put them back on my desk, but
first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the counter,
fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone
left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch
TV, we will be looking for the remote, but nobody will remember that it is
on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back where it belongs, but
first I'll water the flowers. I splash some water on the flowers, but
most of it spills on the floor. So I set the remote back down on the table,
get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then I head down the hall trying
to remember what I was planning to do.
At the end of the day: the car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid,
there is a cold cup of coffee sitting on the counter, the flowers aren't
watered, there is still only one check in my checkbook, I can't find the
remote, can't find my glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really
baffled because I know that I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired.
I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it,
but first I'll check my email. Of course, I can't remember if I've sent
this to you or not.
On top of all that, I keep trying to remember the "quite trivial" original question that started this whole thing. Something about fifths, quarts, gallons...etc. etc. etc. Does anyone know what a jigger measures? And, is it the same in the UK as in the US? Does anyone really give a jigger?
ABSENTMINDED????
Recently, I was diagnosed with A.A.A.D.D. ? Age Activated Attention
Deficit Disorder.
This is how it manifests itself:
I decide to wash my car. As I head outside, I notice there is mail on
the table. I decide to go through the mail before I wash the car. I lay my
car keys down on the table, put the junk mail in the trash can, and notice
that the trash can is full.
So, I decide to put the bills back on the table and take out the trash
first. Then I think, since I'm going to be near the mailbox when I take
out the trash, I might as well pay bills first. I take my checkbook off
the table, and see that there is only one check left. My extra checks
are in my secretary desk, so I go to my desk where I find the cup of coffee
that I had been drinking.
I'm going to look for my checks, but first I need to put the coffee aside
so that I don't accidentally knock it over. I see that the coffee is
getting cold, and I decide I should put it in the microwave for a warm-up
As I head toward the kitchen with the coffee, a vase of flowers on the
counter catches my eye?they need to be watered. I set the coffee down on
the counter, and I discover my reading glasses that I've been searching
for all morning. I decide I had better put them back on my desk, but
first I'm going to water the flowers. I set the glasses back down on the counter,
fill a container with water and suddenly I spot the TV remote. Someone
left it on the kitchen table. I realize that tonight when we go to watch
TV, we will be looking for the remote, but nobody will remember that it is
on the kitchen table, so I decide to put it back where it belongs, but
first I'll water the flowers. I splash some water on the flowers, but
most of it spills on the floor. So I set the remote back down on the table,
get some towels and wipe up the spill. Then I head down the hall trying
to remember what I was planning to do.
At the end of the day: the car isn't washed, the bills aren't paid,
there is a cold cup of coffee sitting on the counter, the flowers aren't
watered, there is still only one check in my checkbook, I can't find the
remote, can't find my glasses, and I don't remember what I did with the car keys.
Then when I try to figure out why nothing got done today, I'm really
baffled because I know that I was busy all day long, and I'm really tired.
I realize this is a serious problem, and I'll try to get some help for it,
but first I'll check my email. Of course, I can't remember if I've sent
this to you or not.
On top of all that, I keep trying to remember the "quite trivial" original question that started this whole thing. Something about fifths, quarts, gallons...etc. etc. etc. Does anyone know what a jigger measures? And, is it the same in the UK as in the US? Does anyone really give a jigger?
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