Class of March 2016 part 32
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Originally Posted by Caramel 
Shocking for your supervisor, Samantha; horrid thing for everyone to deal with.
I hope she gets better soon; you stay safe and strong and healthy yourself xx
I hope she gets better soon; you stay safe and strong and healthy yourself xx
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S hope your work mate is ok. Funny how the world pans out life. Ripple effect for you as well perhaps. Got me thinking about the real importance in sobriety of concentrating on the here and now. Remember folks, the worst day sober is a hell of a lot less damaging than the same day drinking.
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Hello working on day 8 here. Feeling a bit tired from not sleeping much. But I'm here and sober. Dr changed my meds so now I'm taking something that is supposed to take away the craving. if I do drink it will lessen the effects of intoxication so the desire to drink for that purpose it won't even work. But one of the side effects are drowsiness so it makes me crash. Now after that incident last week I see a therapist twice a week for a while. I hope this works this time. I'm sick of falling into the same pattern over and over again.
Praying for you <3
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Well the world is a funny place (haha). I seem to be a nexus of stuff happening sometimes. Just stuff. Someone playing a song by the Kings of Leon which my oldest son downloaded for me back in the day. P laying chess with someone here today. The last time was in the cooridor of the Burns unit with a nurse who asked me to teach her to play. It was to assess my social skills and memory- which then were f-ed. Stuff. A sharp reminder to self- be careful. From the end of Aug - Feb is the festival of misery. Xmas, father's day, shared b-day, new year, 7 family b-days- alone. Dangerous time to be by myself. So definitely day by, HALT etc. Lots of meetings, that annoying voice in the head etc.
It's life Jim, but not as we know it...
It's life Jim, but not as we know it...
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Originally Posted by samantha14
Checking in on my way home. Pom-Cider is the tea of the day....it was almost a bottle of vodka but I played the tape forward. Pretty stressful day today - one of my supervisors was hit by a car while riding her bike to work this morning. She is okay thankfully but she fractured her knee, needed stitches and can't walk for eight weeks. I think the worst part is she is supposed to leave in a week for a dream vacation to Italy that she has been planning all year. Crazy how one event, one moment in time can alter everything. Really puts things in perspective. So it's home for a healthy night at home with Charlie for me....
That's terrible about one of your supervisors! Poor thing. :-(
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Originally Posted by PhoenixJ
S hope your work mate is ok. Funny how the world pans out life. Ripple effect for you as well perhaps. Got me thinking about the real importance in sobriety of concentrating on the here and now. Remember folks, the worst day sober is a hell of a lot less damaging than the same day drinking.
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Originally Posted by CaseyW
First day of training at the new job is over. All is good. Going to go hang out by a friend's pool with a glass or five of lemonade. Wishing everyone a safe and sober day!
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Originally Posted by Keets
Hello working on day 8 here. Feeling a bit tired from not sleeping much. But I'm here and sober. Dr changed my meds so now I'm taking something that is supposed to take away the craving. if I do drink it will lessen the effects of intoxication so the desire to drink for that purpose it won't even work. But one of the side effects are drowsiness so it makes me crash. Now after that incident last week I see a therapist twice a week for a while. I hope this works this time. I'm sick of falling into the same pattern over and over again.
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Originally Posted by PhoenixJ
Well the world is a funny place (haha). I seem to be a nexus of stuff happening sometimes. Just stuff. Someone playing a song by the Kings of Leon which my oldest son downloaded for me back in the day. P laying chess with someone here today. The last time was in the cooridor of the Burns unit with a nurse who asked me to teach her to play. It was to assess my social skills and memory- which then were f-ed. Stuff. A sharp reminder to self- be careful. From the end of Aug - Feb is the festival of misery. Xmas, father's day, shared b-day, new year, 7 family b-days- alone. Dangerous time to be by myself. So definitely day by, HALT etc. Lots of meetings, that annoying voice in the head etc. It's life Jim, but not as we know it...
Holidays are very hard for me too! My birthday in October, Thanksgiving in November, Christmas in December, New Years in January.....I just have a very hard time with holidays. Growing up there was always fighting on the holidays. It was a nightmare. To this day I have so much fear and anxiety on holidays. To be honest, the only holiday I really like is Halloween! Lol
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Keets- hoping for you the medication helps. Vulnerable place to be in. Of course the very moistest obvious rule is not to pick up the first drink. I cannot- one becomes two, then 10.... The feeling drowsy part is one to be careful of safety wise. Hang in there- overcoming the cravings is important to work through. Second by minute by hour...
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Morning everyone!! On my way to work late, and hoping to leave early...lol. Thinking back to yesterday and my struggle to not drink last night....my morning run, the great talk I had with my daughter over breakfast and the positivity I feel right now would all be completely non-existent had I given in. A bottle of alcohol is not worth giving up all of the great things in my life!! Love you all!!
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