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Noolan,
Amen , ....entertaining the notion of a *trigger* is truly a dangerous concept for me.

I like your idea to change username Up,...and good suggestions too !
....UpwardBound, .....SoberedUpInDe

Izzy's creative, ,...UpandAdam, ....DownwithUp ,...:scoregood

Have fun out East Free !

Great post Noolan - thanks :)

enjoy the weekend guys - in for the bargain :)

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Happy Trails Freein:)

I'm thinking about it Up:)

Morning Fools.

Hope you all have a great day.

In for the bargain.

You too Up! Off & running this am.....taking resident to a town wide yard sale.

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Sounds pretty fun Mariah, ....

Using my last vacation day tonight, ...hopefully this weather will hold long enough to splash the skiff later !?

Do you have to christen it with sparkling cider?

I might go with Upward&Onward. Moving up and forward. :)

I Love that Up & 2nd that!!

Home & other than a few baby clothes for a co-worker, I didn't buy one thing. Proud of myself for that as I'm tired off all the "stuff". For anyone who doesn't have much, I think there is something to say for that if we can get happy with ourselves on the inside, which is worth a whole lot:) love you Fools

Sounds like you had a good time Mariah.

Thanks Noolan, Im currently at my Mum's house, with brother as well, so a full house.
Triggers/memories everywhere.....

Still quite a bit of work to do on myself!

Hope all are well!!!!

You're not letting them get to you are you Obo?

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Remember obo, you can't control them ... only how you react to them.

If they get to you and you feel you have to drink, wait a half an hour. That feeling will pass. Don't let a conditioned response control you.

Hope everyone is having, had, a great Sunday.

How are you holding up obo?

UP- Happy sunday to you as well.

Solid weekend overall. Yesterday, I got to enjoy my favorite college football team's game with some friends and capped the night off with some beef short ribs I got on clearance. Today has been a day of mostly rest besides a work out, my Sunday meetings, and some WW2 documentaries. I start training for the new position tomorrow and have to pass with a certain grade, but one day at a time.

Being tested....

Family was tough.

Just now, ran into the woman who subletted in HK, old friends. Awkward conversation in fruit shop.

That bastard smiling at me after what she did to us...

Immediately felt like getting smashed.

Same stuff, anger, failure to accept, feelings of hate, injustice, rage.

Spoke to wife, now posting....

Making progress.

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Yeah, I think if I could give you any advice Obo it would be you need to learn to let things go...and to learn that there are other ways of coping with resentments besides the bottle.


I spent years hating on other people - and it really doesn't matter if those resentments are justified or not when your own life is passing you by...it's no way to live.

Will it matter in 10, 20, 50 years?...the answer is usually no :)

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Thanks Dee....

Feeling better now, count to 10 type of thing...

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Hating someone just isn't worth it obo. It just rots you from the inside out, I know. I can't tell you how I was able to change. I have no idea really. It takes so much energy to hate someone or something and only affects you. The only way your hatred affects someone else is if you actually do something to them.

I'm not saying that I don't get angry, I just consider, is it worth all the trouble?

Have a great day.