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Old 06-16-2016, 09:50 AM
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Good morning, LillianG! Hope today is low-stress and includes some Lillian time.
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Old 06-16-2016, 09:55 AM
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Thank's Casey. Well. I ate 2 pies and then I read it. Now I will take a zanex.

I'm pissed off. Mostly because it's now out of office hours and I won't be able to keep this in the day.

Didn't think there would be much in there that I don't already know, there some inaccuracies however.

And of course it is what it doesn't say, which is the worst.
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Old 06-16-2016, 10:02 AM
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Good morning, LillianG! Hope today is low-stress and includes some Lillian time.
Thank you! My body today feels like I was attacked with a billy club recently. I was kind of scared yesterday because I couldn't really breath well.

So, I really do need to slow down and have some fun. I think I concluded yesterday that I'm an alcoholic AND a workaholic.

The alcohol buffered the consequences of the other addiction. No one should work 18 hours a day!

I was at the spa yesterday for almost four hours and then had a snack in the restaurant. Really lovely! I was surrounded by people drinking though. I had my diet coke and watched them get loaded. This time it wasn't hard not to drink. It was sad watching them be stupid and the alcohol fooling them into thinking they were funny.
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Old 06-16-2016, 10:05 AM
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immri, I'm thinking about you hon and hoping you're doing ok.
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Old 06-16-2016, 10:22 AM
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I was surrounded by people drinking though. I had my diet coke and watched them get loaded. This time it wasn't hard not to drink. It was sad watching them be stupid and the alcohol fooling them into thinking they were funny.
This was me Sunday. DD and I went out to dinner with three other families of current and old neighbors. 13 of us total. One of the moms gets smashed after two drinks and gets obnoxiously loud. Seeing that through sober eyes is, well, sobering. Then I started thinking about how I get when drinking around other people. The last couple of years I would get withdrawn, a little dark. I'm not like that sober. So it's getting easier to remind myself of that and the urge to drink in those settings is fleeting.
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Old 06-16-2016, 10:23 AM
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Immri - thinking of you, too, hon.
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Old 06-16-2016, 10:28 AM
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Something that I have added that seems to be keeping me in the moment, each Monday, I have been writing a letter to my 4 kids. The letter is similar to my posts here. I tell them how I'm doing, what I'm doing and what I plan to do that week. I then write something about each of them. It has been really healing for all of us.
This is a great idea!
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Old 06-16-2016, 11:10 AM
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Ok

Descartes walks into a bar.

The bartender asks, can I get you something?

Descartes replies , I think not, and vanishes.
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Old 06-16-2016, 11:12 AM
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Ha! I have a feeling that one is right up Pelagic263's alley, trach.
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Old 06-16-2016, 11:15 AM
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Happy birthday, Trach!

Hello everyone else!
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Old 06-16-2016, 11:22 AM
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To drink or not to drink, what is the question.
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Old 06-16-2016, 11:26 AM
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Another "aha" moment that would be a "duh" for normies. My antidepressant works better when I'm sober.
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Old 06-16-2016, 11:31 AM
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Goat, sorry your letter sucked. You know the answer to your question. A drink won't make the contents of the letter better. Definitely won't help you deal.
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Old 06-16-2016, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Spacegoat View Post
To drink or not to drink, what is the question.
"Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles..."

The Shakespeare soliloquy holds true....

Life is unfair, and sometimes the choices are difficult. I'm sorry about the letter ~ sounds like slings and arrows.

Drinking isn't really a answer though to the question at hand. I know that first hand.
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Old 06-16-2016, 11:55 AM
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It's just the whole injustice of the thing, past present and future- and not just for me, thats the problem. I have been coping and managing without anyone or anything my whole life, pretty much.

Anyway I offloaded a lot of my frustration here to a support worker and another member without dumping on them. So a bit calmer now, tired even.

Here's a question: I have 400mg of serequel that someone gave me a while back. Read about it then and wasn't interested, might take it this evening though: Anyone have any experience? Cheers

Ps Bobbie as regards the bet I have been seriously white knuckling it all week
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Old 06-16-2016, 12:15 PM
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Hey, I can relate.

Have never used serequel. Guessing it will put you to sleep. Especially if you are already tired.

The injustices and the letter - is this in regards to your son and custody?
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Old 06-16-2016, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Spacegoat View Post
To drink or not to drink, what is the question.
I don't know what is the question but I know for us not to drink is the answer.

And if you haven't been prescribed the medication then you should dump it too.
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Old 06-16-2016, 02:53 PM
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Late afternoon check-in. Cooking dinner now--roasted sweet potato and eggplant and seared tuna. I already screwed up the prep for the tuna but it's still going to taste good, just not exactly what I had in mind when I bought the fish. How's everyone else doing?
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Old 06-16-2016, 03:22 PM
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Would love to be eating with you tonight. My girls wanted taco night. Ugh.
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Old 06-16-2016, 03:26 PM
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Hey guys, thanks for the support.

Gonna find something easy to watch or listen to and head 2 bed.

Didn't drink or take that. Goodnight
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