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Jeni26 08-01-2012 11:07 PM

Didn't know buffaloes had wings?!x

jobei 08-02-2012 02:59 AM

:) It's a city the city of Buffalo New York that makes a certain type of spicy chicken wings that are absolutely fabulous! Extra blue cheese!

Jeni26 08-02-2012 03:19 AM

Yum! Thought you were breeding some strange cattle out there!!X

jobei 08-02-2012 03:42 AM

Nope we leave the mad cow to our cousins to the east! ;)

Jeni26 08-02-2012 03:44 AM

Haha! Yeah we've had our fair share of them!!

Jeni26 08-02-2012 10:32 AM

Hi all. Have had the laziest day ever, and it felt great!
Just sat around and read my book, dipped in and out of SR, and ate lots of junk.
I'm weaning off anti-depressants at the mo, which seems a bit scary as they've been a crutch of sorts. But I'm doing so much better and need to cut out all the mind altering substances so that I can discover the real me.
No idea who I am at all as I've drunk for so long, everything has been blurred.
10 weeks sober tomorrow guys!!xx
Hope you're all well. Loads of love to you all xxx

hypochondriac 08-02-2012 10:42 AM

Have you talked to your doctor about coming of your anti depressants Jeni? Sorry to be cautious, it's just my ex used to come off them all the time without support and it became a precursor to a downward spiral...

Congrats on the 10 weeks though :) xxx

Jeni26 08-02-2012 10:50 AM

Yes, all cleared with doc. A really slow process under medical supervision, I will be fine, promise xxx.
Been trying to book a few days away this afternoon, haven't managed to find anything yet, will wait til H gets home from work and have a re-think about where to go I think.
I've left it til the last minute as usual! X

hypochondriac 08-02-2012 11:01 AM

Glad to hear it :) It is amazing how badly alcohol effects our moods so it will be good to start with a clean slate.

Are you going away somewhere in England Jeni or are you heading abroad? x

Jeni26 08-02-2012 11:09 AM

Probably England, though we could go anywhere I suppose. Daughter away on holiday and son never in, so thought we'd get away for a few days.
H asked me to book it, but I've procrastinated all day. We usually head off to Suffolk or Norfolk when we've had time away before, but I sort of want a complete change of scene as those places are linked too closely with our many drunken times. This will be our first sober break away ever! And we've been married nearly 22 years!
I want it to be different. Trouble is, it's Friday tomorrow and I haven't sorted anything! Am wondering now whether to do something completely different that we've never done before but that will take a bit of thought!x

hypochondriac 08-02-2012 01:16 PM

So what were you thinking of doing? Y'know, instead of pub crawls? Hiking, visiting art galleries? Going to the beach? x

Jeni26 08-02-2012 01:25 PM

Have just sent you a PM. Just booked a weekend away....no hiking involved!
Really looking forward to spending time away doing something that doesn't involve drinking.
Life is opening up!!xxx

Jeni26 08-02-2012 01:30 PM

Night night my friend xxx

DisplacedGRITS 08-02-2012 09:02 PM

hey guys! hope everyone's been well. i keep forgetting to check in here. new job is going swimmingly. i'm finally learning enough to be able to show initiative. my superiors seems to keep being impressed with my performance. today, my manager on duty told me i was "super duper!" lol! i love it because he's Latino and has the most adorable accent. i know it's just a deli clerk position but i love it because it's very straightforward work and i get to interact with the public just enough for me. so far, so good. i'm also thrilled that my short term memory seems to be totally functional. that had been a real concern for me.

had a really nice dinner with my husband today as well. we went grocery shopping and i didn't want to cook dinner so i figured we'd celebrate my 5 months (Saturday) early. i kinda prattled on about sobriety a bit because i am in such a positive mood about my job performance. everything is just clicking into place right now. it's so wonderful that i find so many things in my daily life that i'm grateful for because of my sobriety. i told my husband that i actually get joy every time i sign my name to something because my signature no longer looks like chicken scratch due to my shaking hand. even if i'm signing my rent check! it's wild. even my bad moments aren't horrible anymore. i see them as moments in time that happen and pass. i knew sobriety was going to be good for me but this? this is so not what i expected. i never knew what gratitude was until now. i never knew the joy that came with gratitude. gratitude isn't a thank you card. i feel like this is the gratitude the grass would feel towards rain after a long drought.

see? i'm prattling on again! well, i hope everyone else is having a great day! ttyl!

Jeni26 08-02-2012 11:04 PM

Hi DG. You sound great, thanks for sharing that with us. I do understand that feeling of gratitude. I've started making a list of everything that I've got to be grateful for at the end of each day. It's amazingly good for me, someone who has focused and thrived on negativity for so long. Why could I not see how lucky I am before?!
5 months is awesome. I trail a long way behind you all due to my relapse in May, but I'm 70 days sober today, and that feels great.
Congratulations on your 5 months, and thanks for checking in on us. Really great to hear from you. As always xxxxx

Really4Real 08-03-2012 04:19 AM

Ok... I'll HI :)

Monday I'll have a month in - not that I'm looking ahead or anything ;)

Glad you checked with the doc, Jeni. I'm on Zoloft and I've heard bad stories about coming off of them. It'll be a few months before that happens anyway.

Doing good here. First day back to work yesterday .. 1/2 day there 1/2 day home. Felt a bit overwhelmed... but made it through.

Glad you all are doing so well. Blessings to you all.

jobei 08-03-2012 05:51 AM


Originally Posted by DisplacedGRITS (Post 3517043)
hey guys! hope everyone's been well. i keep forgetting to check in here. new job is going swimmingly. i'm finally learning enough to be able to show initiative. my superiors seems to keep being impressed with my performance. today, my manager on duty told me i was "super duper!" lol! i love it because he's Latino and has the most adorable accent. i know it's just a deli clerk position but i love it because it's very straightforward work and i get to interact with the public just enough for me. so far, so good. i'm also thrilled that my short term memory seems to be totally functional. that had been a real concern for me.

had a really nice dinner with my husband today as well. we went grocery shopping and i didn't want to cook dinner so i figured we'd celebrate my 5 months (Saturday) early. i kinda prattled on about sobriety a bit because i am in such a positive mood about my job performance. everything is just clicking into place right now. it's so wonderful that i find so many things in my daily life that i'm grateful for because of my sobriety. i told my husband that i actually get joy every time i sign my name to something because my signature no longer looks like chicken scratch due to my shaking hand. even if i'm signing my rent check! it's wild. even my bad moments aren't horrible anymore. i see them as moments in time that happen and pass. i knew sobriety was going to be good for me but this? this is so not what i expected. i never knew what gratitude was until now. i never knew the joy that came with gratitude. gratitude isn't a thank you card. i feel like this is the gratitude the grass would feel towards rain after a long drought.

see? i'm prattling on again! well, i hope everyone else is having a great day! ttyl!

Wow so many of the things that you just wrote I've been feeling too. The shaky rent check signing... lol! Well done on 5 months and thanks for checking into this thread. :) Today is 5 months for me as well. God bless!

Jeni26 08-03-2012 06:43 AM

Congratulations to you too Jobei!!! You are all amazing, and I'm so pleased to be part of this thread even though I shouldn't really be here!xxx

jobei 08-03-2012 07:01 AM

If you weren't here this thread wouldn't be what it is...!

Jeni26 08-03-2012 07:10 AM

Thankyou xxx. Sometimes feel a bit like I've gate crashed a party!!
Lovely to hear from you R4R, missed you x.
Great to hear you've done your first month and are starting back at work. Take it gently, remember to look after yourself, we are all here for you.
The future stretches ahead now, and it all gets better and better. I'm just starting to see that, and I'm taking heart from what Job and DG and others tell me. It really is worth it xxx


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