Class of March 2013 Part 14
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Congrats on your job Shoes.
I like your mantra too - tho these days, although life is still hard, it takes a mighty wave to roll this little ship
I wish that 'seaworthiness' on all you guys too
D
I like your mantra too - tho these days, although life is still hard, it takes a mighty wave to roll this little ship
I wish that 'seaworthiness' on all you guys too
D
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Originally Posted by MustLoveCoffee 
and the end of the school year
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Coffee, I hate that feeling of being overwhelmed when too many things come at me at once, whether it is tasks or emotions the feeling is the same, and the way I traditionally dealt, too. As you say, maturing is a bummer, but we left it late, so it is bound to be harder to learn to deal, we don't flex with the blows the way we do when we are younger.
Prioritise, deal with what you have to right now, and just put other stuff in the 'to do' pile, to look at when things get quieter, perhaps by then, you will have better perspective and not feel the same about them. Only one coffee?? Please don't be changing your name to 'I've gone herbal' !!
Good news on the job shoes, and love the mantra for yourself, though it doesn't resonate with me.
I never found drinking hard, I accept that life is what it is, and actually once I gave up swimming against the tide, I have found sobriety to be relatively easy. It just shows that we all live different ways, drunk or sober!
I guess my mantra would be ' life is better sober'
Prioritise, deal with what you have to right now, and just put other stuff in the 'to do' pile, to look at when things get quieter, perhaps by then, you will have better perspective and not feel the same about them. Only one coffee?? Please don't be changing your name to 'I've gone herbal' !!
Good news on the job shoes, and love the mantra for yourself, though it doesn't resonate with me.
I never found drinking hard, I accept that life is what it is, and actually once I gave up swimming against the tide, I have found sobriety to be relatively easy. It just shows that we all live different ways, drunk or sober!
I guess my mantra would be ' life is better sober'
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Originally Posted by Dee74
...these days, although life is still hard, it takes a mighty wave to roll this little ship
I wish that 'seaworthiness' on all you guys too
D
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When I did some adding up this afternoon I realised that I have to start knitting very fast and constantly. 100 days is coming up for me in five days, for that occasion I want to finish the 'recovery blanket' I started knitting for the Fistula Hospital in March. It'll be so good to look at that and know that the time I used to waste drinking was put to good use.
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Hi Everybody!
I will be getting ready to go to my first day back at work. After 9 months. Eeek. I feel like a kid on the first day back at school. I have no idea what I will be doing today but it doesn't matter. I think there are a gazillion things that need done. Good thing I'm good at just jumping in to it. Hope the other kids don't pick on me.
I didn't mean for my mantra to work for anyone else. Everybody has different stuff that works and we share. Some days I go yep and some days I go nope but I always think about everything since there is a good chance I will feel different at different times. Drinking was hard for me in the aspect of it took a lot of time and energy, money, and finagling and the hangovers were certainly not a productive use of my time. My hard is all about where do I want to expend my energy and I choose to do it creating a life I deserve. Deserve as in I've worked for it not that I'm special and it should be handed to me. That's what it means to me. What do I choose to work hard for because most things in life require a little hard work.
You are fabulously right Toots! Life is good. If for no other reason than I actually like myself now. I think I'm a pretty nice little boat floating on the waves. Just like everyone else. Let's all wave to each as we steer our little boats. Remind me to not go against the current though.
I'm all excited in just the fact I have a reason to get out of bed. Not so much that everything is a ok or perfect. I know that's not how it all works. However, it is nice to know I won't be homeless and can put gas in my car for now. I'm just stinking grateful and I'm looking at everything through my x-men mutant power. I have gratitude vision. Hope it doesn't fade too soon.
In just a little over 100 days I've gone from thinking I'm garbage and hopeless to thinking I'm a nice person who has lots of opportunity to have peace and joy. I feel more confident that I can handle things better than I use to. Yippee.
I know to be mindful. I could get the wind knocked out of me at anytime. There was a post earlier this week about someone with a cancer scare. That would be a tough one for me too. I also know that like Life loosing her Mom suddenly that would be another one. I do not know what I would do because I haven't walked in their shoes. There will be a day I will find out though.
Anyhoo, I will just sharpen my pencil and get my little book bag packed and just do my best today.
Everyone have a great day!
xoxo
I will be getting ready to go to my first day back at work. After 9 months. Eeek. I feel like a kid on the first day back at school. I have no idea what I will be doing today but it doesn't matter. I think there are a gazillion things that need done. Good thing I'm good at just jumping in to it. Hope the other kids don't pick on me.
I didn't mean for my mantra to work for anyone else. Everybody has different stuff that works and we share. Some days I go yep and some days I go nope but I always think about everything since there is a good chance I will feel different at different times. Drinking was hard for me in the aspect of it took a lot of time and energy, money, and finagling and the hangovers were certainly not a productive use of my time. My hard is all about where do I want to expend my energy and I choose to do it creating a life I deserve. Deserve as in I've worked for it not that I'm special and it should be handed to me. That's what it means to me. What do I choose to work hard for because most things in life require a little hard work.
You are fabulously right Toots! Life is good. If for no other reason than I actually like myself now. I think I'm a pretty nice little boat floating on the waves. Just like everyone else. Let's all wave to each as we steer our little boats. Remind me to not go against the current though.
I'm all excited in just the fact I have a reason to get out of bed. Not so much that everything is a ok or perfect. I know that's not how it all works. However, it is nice to know I won't be homeless and can put gas in my car for now. I'm just stinking grateful and I'm looking at everything through my x-men mutant power. I have gratitude vision. Hope it doesn't fade too soon.
In just a little over 100 days I've gone from thinking I'm garbage and hopeless to thinking I'm a nice person who has lots of opportunity to have peace and joy. I feel more confident that I can handle things better than I use to. Yippee.
I know to be mindful. I could get the wind knocked out of me at anytime. There was a post earlier this week about someone with a cancer scare. That would be a tough one for me too. I also know that like Life loosing her Mom suddenly that would be another one. I do not know what I would do because I haven't walked in their shoes. There will be a day I will find out though.
Anyhoo, I will just sharpen my pencil and get my little book bag packed and just do my best today.
Everyone have a great day!
xoxo
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Marcher, I didn't know you were knitting a recovery blanket! Can you post a pic of it? That sounds like a wonderful way to use your sober time.
Shoes, I hope you had a good day back to school...I mean work! Let us know how it goes.
We are going out to dinner tonight! On a week night! I still have to get cleaned up and dressed for it, so I better start soon. It's going to take a lot of work today, as I am still in my pajamas. One of those lazy days.
Life, I hope today is treating you gently. Check in with us when you need to!
Good day to you all!
Shoes, I hope you had a good day back to school...I mean work! Let us know how it goes.
We are going out to dinner tonight! On a week night! I still have to get cleaned up and dressed for it, so I better start soon. It's going to take a lot of work today, as I am still in my pajamas. One of those lazy days.
Life, I hope today is treating you gently. Check in with us when you need to!
Good day to you all!
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Good morning peeps! Shoes I am excited for you, I'm not sure what time zone of the States you are in so I don't know when you'll be home from day one, I look forward to your post. I must say you were very keen to set off to your first day just before midnight! :rotfxko
Yeah Joy I started the blanket for the Fistula Hospital either just before or just after I found SR and sobriety so I decided to make it a 'recovery' blanket.
Have a good Wednes/Thurs day people.
Yeah Joy I started the blanket for the Fistula Hospital either just before or just after I found SR and sobriety so I decided to make it a 'recovery' blanket.
Have a good Wednes/Thurs day people.
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Another gratitude and life is precious reminder for me.
My Uncle passed away today. Very suddenly. His wife, my Mom's sister has been a second mother to me since my Mom got sick and they both came up to help me when I had to move my parents. They were there for me when I needed them. They live far away. I'm going to have to move heaven and earth to fly to be there for my Aunt. I will do my best. I am so blessed I got to see him then.
My Uncle passed away today. Very suddenly. His wife, my Mom's sister has been a second mother to me since my Mom got sick and they both came up to help me when I had to move my parents. They were there for me when I needed them. They live far away. I'm going to have to move heaven and earth to fly to be there for my Aunt. I will do my best. I am so blessed I got to see him then.
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Thank you Dee and Toots.
It isn't about me. I'm just very sad for my aunt and cousins. I have great memories of him and I loved him and will miss him. I just want to be there for them. They are the ones who have the deep loss.
It isn't about me. I'm just very sad for my aunt and cousins. I have great memories of him and I loved him and will miss him. I just want to be there for them. They are the ones who have the deep loss.
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shoes - sorry to hear about your uncle.
Marcher - Good luck with the knitting!
joygirl - hope you enjoyed your dinner out!
Another busy day here of year end school stuff. Saw a back specialist yesterday. He's suggesting an MRI followed by a steroid injection in my spine. Not sure that's happening! Have to do more research, he made it seem like there were no bad side effects unless you have too many. Hmm...causes no damage for shots 1 and 2, and magically 3 causes damage? Something fishy there....Wouldn't happen for a month anyway, so we'll see what happens with PT in the meantime.
Hope you all having a good day!
Marcher - Good luck with the knitting!
joygirl - hope you enjoyed your dinner out!
Another busy day here of year end school stuff. Saw a back specialist yesterday. He's suggesting an MRI followed by a steroid injection in my spine. Not sure that's happening! Have to do more research, he made it seem like there were no bad side effects unless you have too many. Hmm...causes no damage for shots 1 and 2, and magically 3 causes damage? Something fishy there....Wouldn't happen for a month anyway, so we'll see what happens with PT in the meantime.
Hope you all having a good day!
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Good morning!
Shoes, So glad you got to see your uncle earlier. Good memories.
I hope everyone has a good day. (Award winning speech follows...)
Today is my day 90!! Oh my gosh, I did it! I would like
to thank my husband and children, my doctors and my pharmacist, and... um... am I
forgetting anyone??????
Oh, of course, my fellow Marchers, who really were instrumental in my recovery:
Toots
Shoes
Sassy
1Day
Lifetplant
Chuff (Mick)
Duffster
Meso
Natty
Marcher13
North (Santa)
Snaggle
Coffee
Buddink(Ken)
SoberJane
Needmysavior
Black
and Dee!
I love you all and appreciate your willingness and wisdom, your humor and daftness,
your caring support, and unending hugs, and your pictures and stories. You've all
enriched my life. I look forward to many more days with you all! Thank you!!!!
Love, Joy
Shoes, So glad you got to see your uncle earlier. Good memories.
I hope everyone has a good day. (Award winning speech follows...)
Today is my day 90!! Oh my gosh, I did it! I would like
to thank my husband and children, my doctors and my pharmacist, and... um... am I
forgetting anyone??????
Oh, of course, my fellow Marchers, who really were instrumental in my recovery:
Toots
Shoes
Sassy
1Day
Lifetplant
Chuff (Mick)
Duffster
Meso
Natty
Marcher13
North (Santa)
Snaggle
Coffee
Buddink(Ken)
SoberJane
Needmysavior
Black
and Dee!
I love you all and appreciate your willingness and wisdom, your humor and daftness,
your caring support, and unending hugs, and your pictures and stories. You've all
enriched my life. I look forward to many more days with you all! Thank you!!!!
Love, Joy
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Congratulations, Joy!!!! 90 days is incredible!!! And you are sounding so strong. I've never figured out how to do the fireworks stuff so will let someone else provide the celebration - you certainly deserve one!
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