One-Year-and over club Part 23
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Hello,
I'm glad I didn't wait too long to jump on this new thread wagon.
I've been feeling happy lately and in great shape but dangerously close to having a drink. I had a party and people brought wine and left behind a lot of opened bottles. I threw them in the sink but there is still one (open) in the fridge and one unopened in the cupboard.
I have been sort of telling myself I didn't really have a problem. Even thinking I'll start again when I've done 3 years next year...I wish I could understand completely how dreadful it would be if I started drinking again. And alone, that is even worse... It would bring me back to the same dangerous road.
So I WON'T touch the wine, I know I won't but it gnaws at me a little so tomorrow, I'll bring the bottles at work and will give them away.
Other than that, I've been really good about sobriety and have been happy with things in general.
Courage it's fun to see you here now. Jonathan, hello! Welcome.
Gillmer, Toots, how are you?
XOXO
I'm glad I didn't wait too long to jump on this new thread wagon.
I've been feeling happy lately and in great shape but dangerously close to having a drink. I had a party and people brought wine and left behind a lot of opened bottles. I threw them in the sink but there is still one (open) in the fridge and one unopened in the cupboard.
I have been sort of telling myself I didn't really have a problem. Even thinking I'll start again when I've done 3 years next year...I wish I could understand completely how dreadful it would be if I started drinking again. And alone, that is even worse... It would bring me back to the same dangerous road.
So I WON'T touch the wine, I know I won't but it gnaws at me a little so tomorrow, I'll bring the bottles at work and will give them away.
Other than that, I've been really good about sobriety and have been happy with things in general.
Courage it's fun to see you here now. Jonathan, hello! Welcome.
Gillmer, Toots, how are you?
XOXO
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Get rid of it, Dorothy. My experience was that it was a lot worse than I remembered or imagined. What good could it possibly do you?
sf, I had a statistics prof once who used that Yogi Berra line in her signature -- she gave all her course feedback electronically and I used to see that line all the time!
Thanks for the new thread, Dee!
sf, I had a statistics prof once who used that Yogi Berra line in her signature -- she gave all her course feedback electronically and I used to see that line all the time!
Thanks for the new thread, Dee!
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Courage YW!
I will try to remember to compose in Word and then proof it because I had three good sentences that I left incomplete. I hate not being able to edit posts. I wouldn't edit for meaning just all the incomplete thoughts and typos.
Jonathon well said.
Dorothy,
Get rid of it. You were planning a relapse. I'm so glad you came here to get a reality check cashed.
I am recovered. That doesn't mean I can ever drink even one drink. Recovered means no more danger of going back to it. You don't need to wrap your mind around how bad it was when you were drinking. I just think about the physical pain and fear in early withdrawal and later P.A.W.S. The sleep disruptions for almost a year bowels going to one extreme this week and the other extreme last week. And the crazy pink cloud and shooting from extrovert to introvert as I sorted out my feelings. I'll take unmotivated over those any day of the week.
I once wrote early on that:
"Boredom is wanting to do something, anything, as long as you don’t have to actually do something to do it."
Good decision to lose the bottles. Do.
Toots I love reading your posts, always a grin, and bare it. (sp.int.)
This week it is electrician bids to R&R the whole house backup genset, and Wed we put in two culverts and 42 tons of SB2 flat crushed granite. Thank God for big boy Tonka toys.
I will try to remember to compose in Word and then proof it because I had three good sentences that I left incomplete. I hate not being able to edit posts. I wouldn't edit for meaning just all the incomplete thoughts and typos.
Jonathon well said.
Dorothy,
Get rid of it. You were planning a relapse. I'm so glad you came here to get a reality check cashed.
I am recovered. That doesn't mean I can ever drink even one drink. Recovered means no more danger of going back to it. You don't need to wrap your mind around how bad it was when you were drinking. I just think about the physical pain and fear in early withdrawal and later P.A.W.S. The sleep disruptions for almost a year bowels going to one extreme this week and the other extreme last week. And the crazy pink cloud and shooting from extrovert to introvert as I sorted out my feelings. I'll take unmotivated over those any day of the week.
I once wrote early on that:
"Boredom is wanting to do something, anything, as long as you don’t have to actually do something to do it."
Good decision to lose the bottles. Do.
Toots I love reading your posts, always a grin, and bare it. (sp.int.)
This week it is electrician bids to R&R the whole house backup genset, and Wed we put in two culverts and 42 tons of SB2 flat crushed granite. Thank God for big boy Tonka toys.
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Morning Overs, hope you're all well.
Good advice, Dot, chuck it down the sink.
Itchy, your last paragraph sounds exhausting, even with big Tonka toys, lol.
I heard somewhere that watching the news is depressing, not that we need to be told of that but I automatically watch it in a morning before going to work. Think I'm gonna give it a miss for a while. Although my wicked sense of humour does enjoy it when the weather girls or boys are stood out in all weathers getting soaked or blown or catching big waves coming over. I wouldn't have believed them about the weather if I hadn't seen them in it. Waaahaaaa.
Have a great day.
Good advice, Dot, chuck it down the sink.
Itchy, your last paragraph sounds exhausting, even with big Tonka toys, lol.
I heard somewhere that watching the news is depressing, not that we need to be told of that but I automatically watch it in a morning before going to work. Think I'm gonna give it a miss for a while. Although my wicked sense of humour does enjoy it when the weather girls or boys are stood out in all weathers getting soaked or blown or catching big waves coming over. I wouldn't have believed them about the weather if I hadn't seen them in it. Waaahaaaa.
Have a great day.
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I'm really glad you reconsidered Dorothy 
I reckon if there's a number one lie we tell ourselves it's that a period of time sober means we're 'reset' or we have 'control of our drinking' now.
It's not the case.
Abstinence is not control.
Abstinence is the elimination of something in our lives that will kill us if we let it.
Recovery is being happy about that
D
I reckon if there's a number one lie we tell ourselves it's that a period of time sober means we're 'reset' or we have 'control of our drinking' now.
It's not the case.
Abstinence is not control.
Abstinence is the elimination of something in our lives that will kill us if we let it.
Recovery is being happy about that
D
Originally Posted by dorothyparker 
Hello,
I'm glad I didn't wait too long to jump on this new thread wagon.
I've been feeling happy lately and in great shape but dangerously close to having a drink. I had a party and people brought wine and left behind a lot of opened bottles. I threw them in the sink but there is still one (open) in the fridge and one unopened in the cupboard.
I have been sort of telling myself I didn't really have a problem. Even thinking I'll start again when I've done 3 years next year...I wish I could understand completely how dreadful it would be if I started drinking again. And alone, that is even worse... It would bring me back to the same dangerous road.
So I WON'T touch the wine, I know I won't but it gnaws at me a little so tomorrow, I'll bring the bottles at work and will give them away.
Other than that, I've been really good about sobriety and have been happy with things in general.
Courage it's fun to see you here now. Jonathan, hello! Welcome.
Gillmer, Toots, how are you?
XOXO
I'm glad I didn't wait too long to jump on this new thread wagon.
I've been feeling happy lately and in great shape but dangerously close to having a drink. I had a party and people brought wine and left behind a lot of opened bottles. I threw them in the sink but there is still one (open) in the fridge and one unopened in the cupboard.
I have been sort of telling myself I didn't really have a problem. Even thinking I'll start again when I've done 3 years next year...I wish I could understand completely how dreadful it would be if I started drinking again. And alone, that is even worse... It would bring me back to the same dangerous road.
So I WON'T touch the wine, I know I won't but it gnaws at me a little so tomorrow, I'll bring the bottles at work and will give them away.
Other than that, I've been really good about sobriety and have been happy with things in general.
Courage it's fun to see you here now. Jonathan, hello! Welcome.
Gillmer, Toots, how are you?
XOXO
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Happy Birthday Venus And Mrs Treerat!!
Though I guess VC your birthday is almost done? Hope it Was a good one.
Itchy thank you!
Courage scotland is cold but not nearly so dreich as it was last year much more sun. Writing my second novel, was stumped for a while but will be diving into it today after a hobble with Molly. Must go to do just that!
SF I love Rays
Though I guess VC your birthday is almost done? Hope it Was a good one.
Itchy thank you!
Courage scotland is cold but not nearly so dreich as it was last year much more sun. Writing my second novel, was stumped for a while but will be diving into it today after a hobble with Molly. Must go to do just that!
SF I love Rays
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Hi, Dottie! My dad's health has really been declining fast since Thanksgiving; he has congestive heart failure, and we've been in the hospital three times in the last couple months.
I'm still in school: I have finally finished learning however much Hebrew the school teaches (YAY), and am moving on with another class.
My family is fine: I just found out I'm going to be a grandmother for the third time.
Emotionally I'm in a pretty good place. Over all, I'm hanging in there! Thanks for asking!
I'm still in school: I have finally finished learning however much Hebrew the school teaches (YAY), and am moving on with another class.
My family is fine: I just found out I'm going to be a grandmother for the third time.
Emotionally I'm in a pretty good place. Over all, I'm hanging in there! Thanks for asking!
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Happy B-day Venus! Hope it's a great one
Gilmer, so sorry to hear about your Dad. I know what you're going thru and it's tough, but just remember that we're here for you.
My favorite Yogi Berra quote: "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
Have a great day, overs!
Gilmer, so sorry to hear about your Dad. I know what you're going thru and it's tough, but just remember that we're here for you.
My favorite Yogi Berra quote: "Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded."
Have a great day, overs!
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Happy belated birthday, venus! I hope the-day-after-your-birthday is a Great one!
Toots, you're a wonder! I wish they could bottle some of what you've got & give me a dose.
Mags, I don't watch the news or read a paper. I scan headlines on the internet about once a day. I don't seem to be missing anything that I could influence or that could possibly do me any good.
Itchy, thanks for another great post. Yes, I'd rather be here with my "plights & gripes
as bad as Achilles" than back pretty much anywhere I've been before.
Have a good day, all. I'm on my way to Long Island City, Queens!
Toots, you're a wonder! I wish they could bottle some of what you've got & give me a dose.
Mags, I don't watch the news or read a paper. I scan headlines on the internet about once a day. I don't seem to be missing anything that I could influence or that could possibly do me any good.
Itchy, thanks for another great post. Yes, I'd rather be here with my "plights & gripes
as bad as Achilles" than back pretty much anywhere I've been before.
Have a good day, all. I'm on my way to Long Island City, Queens!
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