Living in Sobriety Part 8
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: UK
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Yea, it is easy to get carried away emotionally on forums for some reason. I am sure if we were all together face to face there would be less problems, eye contact and stuff are important in not taking things the wrong way etc. Even the 12 step forum might be less argumentative!
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: massachusetts
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Hey My Friends!
Hubby and I are still off in Wonderland with a miniscule laptop, making for difficult reading and posting, but I wanted to check in...welll...becasue I've missed you all.
I think that everyone would agree (?) that this thread could be subtitled "Living in the Solution". Each of us has had our challenges: Ro's medication, Bee's son and job search, Least's kids, Nel'sBell's chicks, Stoney's mood changes and IQ's mum and sis, to name ONLY a few. We have fced these obstacles, asked for input, considered our own circumstances and shared our individual solutions. Like the weeding that seeems to plague many of us, each of us has gone about coping in differentways. Some start with the tall weeds, some the small ones, but thend result is the same: we have accomplished our goal. I for one, have benefitted enormously from SR in general, as well as this thread in particular,becasue you have all taught me that there are MANY ways to approach a problem and just as many viable solutions. The key is that I activelyseek the solution, rather than avoid or wallow in the problem.
Just as important as the serious stuff,I also value the banter. It makes me feel NORMAL and able to laugh at myself. In the "real" world, I often feel different, so feeling normal and safe here is vital to my wellbeing.
Please, i beg each of you, let's not let this thread die. It's MY knee jerk reaction, as an alcoholic, to shrink from conflict and even avoid resolution (so I can comfort myself with resentment). But that's he point after all, isn't it? Learning to live with and manage conflict,accept differences,value honesty and be honest ourselves and to humbly embrace our teachability.
So, my friends, can we do this here, too as well as in the rest of our lives? You are too valuable to me to lose....
lizzy
Hubby and I are still off in Wonderland with a miniscule laptop, making for difficult reading and posting, but I wanted to check in...welll...becasue I've missed you all.
I think that everyone would agree (?) that this thread could be subtitled "Living in the Solution". Each of us has had our challenges: Ro's medication, Bee's son and job search, Least's kids, Nel'sBell's chicks, Stoney's mood changes and IQ's mum and sis, to name ONLY a few. We have fced these obstacles, asked for input, considered our own circumstances and shared our individual solutions. Like the weeding that seeems to plague many of us, each of us has gone about coping in differentways. Some start with the tall weeds, some the small ones, but thend result is the same: we have accomplished our goal. I for one, have benefitted enormously from SR in general, as well as this thread in particular,becasue you have all taught me that there are MANY ways to approach a problem and just as many viable solutions. The key is that I activelyseek the solution, rather than avoid or wallow in the problem.
Just as important as the serious stuff,I also value the banter. It makes me feel NORMAL and able to laugh at myself. In the "real" world, I often feel different, so feeling normal and safe here is vital to my wellbeing.
Please, i beg each of you, let's not let this thread die. It's MY knee jerk reaction, as an alcoholic, to shrink from conflict and even avoid resolution (so I can comfort myself with resentment). But that's he point after all, isn't it? Learning to live with and manage conflict,accept differences,value honesty and be honest ourselves and to humbly embrace our teachability.
So, my friends, can we do this here, too as well as in the rest of our lives? You are too valuable to me to lose....
lizzy
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Southern California
Posts: 18,436
Dearest Lizzy! :ghug3:
Good to see you..
I'm not upset 'bout nuthin'..lol. I've just spead myself a little too thin..see, I am all over
SR. Have been since 3/17/07..when I got my PC.
I do need to go now, though.
My sober gf called awhile ago..my room friends..invited me to the movies.
Yay! I needed to get out. I did service work for my Sis...and there are other things
I haven't mentioned..but my HP knows to take care of me.
An outing is just the ticket for me today!
So I need to get going!
Lizzy..
You are important to everyone here, too.
I doubt the thread will die..no worries.
Hugs to all who log on later.
Good to see you..
I'm not upset 'bout nuthin'..lol. I've just spead myself a little too thin..see, I am all over
SR. Have been since 3/17/07..when I got my PC.
I do need to go now, though.
My sober gf called awhile ago..my room friends..invited me to the movies.
Yay! I needed to get out. I did service work for my Sis...and there are other things
I haven't mentioned..but my HP knows to take care of me.
An outing is just the ticket for me today!
So I need to get going!
Lizzy..
You are important to everyone here, too.
I doubt the thread will die..no worries.
Hugs to all who log on later.
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 12,136
Great post, Lizard-breath, thanks.
Hope you see a great movie, Sis. It's a rainy day here, perfect for a movie.
I went to a meeting then spent an hour at the library. I have some concentration again so it was nice to not stumble blindly about. I actually sat down to look at pictures of Michelangelo's art and that made me feel good. I am reading his biography and just had to see his sculptures, and his painting. It was a nice way to spend the afternoon.
Just finished a chicken sammich. I might tuck into bed and dl a movie. Might not.
Prolly hit another meeting later, with a friend.
Had my first Seroquel med last night and I slept like a contented baby. A bit tired now but that's okay. I feel good inside.
Hope you see a great movie, Sis. It's a rainy day here, perfect for a movie.
I went to a meeting then spent an hour at the library. I have some concentration again so it was nice to not stumble blindly about. I actually sat down to look at pictures of Michelangelo's art and that made me feel good. I am reading his biography and just had to see his sculptures, and his painting. It was a nice way to spend the afternoon.
Just finished a chicken sammich. I might tuck into bed and dl a movie. Might not.
Prolly hit another meeting later, with a friend.
Had my first Seroquel med last night and I slept like a contented baby. A bit tired now but that's okay. I feel good inside.
Miracles Happen
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 9,977
Good Morning everyone 
Nice to see you back Lizabeth, and eating Ice Cream with Ro to boot. Hope you had a nice time with the hubby.
Ro, glad the med's are finally leveling out for you.
I needed a break but an addiction is an addiction, and this was one that I just won't quit.
I am grateful today that there is a place where positive living can be shared and has always been shared.
Nice to see you back Lizabeth, and eating Ice Cream with Ro to boot. Hope you had a nice time with the hubby.
Ro, glad the med's are finally leveling out for you.
I needed a break but an addiction is an addiction, and this was one that I just won't quit.
I am grateful today that there is a place where positive living can be shared and has always been shared.
Miracles Happen
Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 9,977
Just got back from the store and went pass the tree where the lady died last week. That cross that was put there is a reminder to me of Just how precious life is and just how quickly it can be over. To think that in my addiction, life didn't matter at all, I thought it did but now I see that I was just wasting away, treating life like I was owed something, poor me. I am so glad that I am here today, I treasure my life today, through the good and the bad, the happy and the sad. It truly is a gift and one that I am enjoying by ever so gently and slowly tearing away at the wrapping paper and ribbons a little each day to see what in inside that is in store for me.
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Upstate, N.Y.
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Hi everyone.
Glad your feeling better Ro.
Believe you asked me on the last part if i was still on the other game site. Yes, I am. I recently won 124 crystals the other day. I'm addicted to a new game i found over there. It's called "Klick,klack, & roll".
Yeah, what ma said.
Glad your feeling better Ro.
Believe you asked me on the last part if i was still on the other game site. Yes, I am. I recently won 124 crystals the other day. I'm addicted to a new game i found over there. It's called "Klick,klack, & roll".
Originally Posted by parentrecovers 
everyone please #1 behave and #2 keep comin' back!
signed,
bossy polling place lady
signed,
bossy polling place lady
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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I'm gonna check out that game, Barb. I'm addicted to Pyramid these days. Well done on your win that's awesome!
It's good to see you back on the thread, Donna. I couldn't make out the pic you posted, it's so small and I need stronger glasses. Yes, indeed, life is a gift. A girl I used to work with - I think I shared this - her husband was killed Friday morning in a car accident. They have two kids, 12 and 17. Good solid marriage by all accounts. Stuff like this saddens me and makes me ask, 'why?' but there really are no answers for this stuff. It's called Life, I suppose.
Gonna drink a giant coffee now and play some games, then might clean. Thunderstorm earlier and supposed to rain for much of day.
It's good to see you back on the thread, Donna. I couldn't make out the pic you posted, it's so small and I need stronger glasses. Yes, indeed, life is a gift. A girl I used to work with - I think I shared this - her husband was killed Friday morning in a car accident. They have two kids, 12 and 17. Good solid marriage by all accounts. Stuff like this saddens me and makes me ask, 'why?' but there really are no answers for this stuff. It's called Life, I suppose.
Gonna drink a giant coffee now and play some games, then might clean. Thunderstorm earlier and supposed to rain for much of day.
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