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Old 06-15-2018, 10:12 PM
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Morning everyone.
I am so so SO grateful to be waking up sober and not hungover this morning.
It is amazing what a good nights sleep can do and also sharing, journalling and praying.
I know some may not view alcoholism as a disease but I certainly do. In my opinion it is a disease or dis ease of the mind. My mind.
My mind naturally veers towards negative thoughts and I need to put some ACTION into changing this. So whenever I get a negative thought I am going to turn it to a positive one. My alcoholism breeda on negativity. I was feeling negative (and overwhelmed and frightened) yesterday and so it was no surprise really that I started to think about drinking.
I am going to continue with my journey of recovery in AA but I am Just going to concentrate on myself and not take too much on board. I am ONLY responsible for myself and for my daughter and I need to focus on ME so that I am there for HER. That is not to say I won't help others or be there for others if they need me but I cannot afford to get caught up in other peoples dramas and problems. My own recovery, my own LIFE depends upon this.
This illness is so sneaky. I KNOW I cannot drink "normally". I KNOW I cannot drink safely. I KNOW with 100% clarity I drink alcoholicaly and yet my disease really tried and very nearly convinced me yesterday that it would be ok. It would be different this time. And that is just how scary and insidious this illness/ addiction is. Everyday we have to be vigilant, never letting our guards down and it can be exhaustng but the alternative is so much worse
Thank you my darling, wonderful, supportive Apriler's. I share here what I share with no others , not even in meetings.
We are all in this lifeboat together. No one is left overboard. Today whatever you are doing, please do not pick up a drink NO MATTER WHAT!! Our lives depend on it
Love to you all.
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Old 06-15-2018, 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Viperidae View Post
I was recovering very fast, then drank and I’m in hell with this recovery again.



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Sorry to hear this Vipe. This could very easily have been me today. You are definitely doing the right thing meeting with an addictions counsellor. I look forward to hearing how it goes!!
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Old 06-15-2018, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Donnyb View Post
Suze, first off you went to bed sober which believe me🙄 if it was me I wouldn’t have. I think everything in life happens for reasons. You were There last night because you were supposed to be. Tonight, you were tempted very much, but you prayed and made it through and will wake up tomorrow even stronger if that is possible Snow wonder or who ever you are! Keep doing what you are doing for that girl laying next to you asleep, because that is your greatest trophy you could ever get. Sleep well my little UK buddy😘💜
Donny bless you. Your post really moved me and yes you are right she really is the best trophy ever. Thank you so much my US buddy for life and I hope you are doing good 💓💓💓
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Old 06-15-2018, 10:29 PM
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Suzy - I used to drink all day every day and did that for a lot of years. I haven't relpased since April 2007.

A lot of people might relapse but that doesn't mean it's inevitable or not necessary.

All I did was commit to doing everything else I could rather than drink.

As far as other folks...I live in a block with guys who are disabled, others have been in prison, some are still active addicts.

I have good boundaries...but I feel safe too. I believe most folks are good at heart.

Have a great sober weekend everyone

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Thank you Dee, I appreciate your response. I guess I am just terrified to relapse and seeing people who have sounded so strong in their recovery has shaken me up but I guess I am going to see that and these people are just like me,,, sick and trying to get well and I have to concentrate on MY recovery to ensure I don't relapse. Boundaries are key for sure and I am putting some into place starting today!
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Old 06-16-2018, 12:52 AM
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Good morning Aprils and a very wet and miserable one it is here in the North West U,K.
I hope to find you all well and sober.
This afternoon we are off to visit our friends who have moved near the coast and we are staying over until tomorrow. I'm a little apprehensive about going as firstly though I hate driving, I am also a very poor passenger and I hate motorways with a passion, they terrify me and secondly I'm not over keen at staying over in other peoples homes because of something that happened about 10 years ago, which I'll share with you.
About 10 years ago we had some friends, a married couple who we'd known many years and were quite close to, they were both heavy drinkers and we went out with them socialising often. They'd recently moved into new house in the next town, it was Christmas time and they invited us to go out for a meal with them, followed by a visit to the local pub and to stay over at theirs. This all sounded like a good idea, so off we went with them, went to a lovely Chinese restaurant, enjoyed a delicious meal, went to the pub, listened to some good music, had a few drinks and then tottered off back to their home where the vodka and wine came out. Luckily because of the meal we'd eaten I hadn't drank vast amounts and my husband even less, but our friends had been drinking at home before we went out. Anyway I do remember noticing how hot it was inside their house and how the central heating was on full blast, in fact it was uncomfortably hot, even for me who feels the cold badly and when I asked could they possibly turn the heating down a little, they just smiled and brushed my request off. We had a few more drinks, but I was getting more uncomfortable by the minute, then I noticed that our friends had both disappeared but didn't think too much about it, until they both came down again stark naked and announced that they had become naturists and as we were in their home expected us to do the same. Well sorry, but my privates are exactly that! My husband and I grabbed our coats and ran for the door, he tripped over the doorstep and broke his finger and I slipped on the kerb and badly sprained my ankle. Neither of us could drive as we were both way over the limit so we had to hobble into town and find a taxi, not easy when it's not your town and you don't know any taxi numbers or where the taxi rank is! We eventually got home at some God forsaken hour and next morning had to make our way to the hospital looking like a pair of reprobates, I was black and blue and the hospital staff were convinced that my husband had attacked me and were giving me telephone numbers for women's refuge centres ect. Oh the shame. We can laugh about it now but at the time it was horrendous. The joys of alcohol eh! Never again.
I know that won't happen this evening, but we've never stayed at anyone's house since, it's just made me a bit nervous.

Right well....

I hope you managed to stick with the water Nichole, it's not easy when you're serving other's with booze especially when they are encouraging you to drink. Staying sober offers a much better life to you and your children.

Well done on day 4 Quitnow, stick with it. Being peri-menopausal isn't easy at the best of times, you'd still get down days with it regardless, but as alcohol is a depressant anyway, you will cope much better without it.
Good on you for deleting your social media accounts, I'm very tempted to close my F.B down, if only temporarily, I waste far too much time scrolling up and down on it.

Hi Lovehoops and thank you for your kind comments. I'm trying to have better control over my reactions to my sons antics, I should never be surprised at the things he does, he's narcissistic, he has no empathy, no compassion, I should be used to it by now. I am working on it.

I hope you had a restful nights sleep Donny boyand I hope you have an amazing weekend. Keep strong. xx

Thank you Dee for your post and your wise words. x

Good morning Suze and thank you for that very powerful post. You are 110% right, your recovery must take priority over everything. It is your life and your daughter's you are dealing with, you can't afford to let anyone mess with that. You are so strong, stronger than you even know. I think you've got this Suze. xx

Well I must go now, I need to feed my g.son, drop my mum off in town and get myself ready for our little trip. I'll try and post later, if not I'll catch up some time tomorrow. Hope you all have a better day than yesterday and the most amazing weekend.

Thought for the day... Alcoholism is a family disease, one person may drink but the whole family suffers. x
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Oh Daisy I nearly spilt my coffee all over myself from laughing !!!!!!!
Sorry but that's hilarious .....( I'm sure not at the time for you though)
Did you ever see them again ??????
I'm sure this evening at ur friends with be far less eventful
Me & my daughter are off to see the new Jurassic Park movie tonight !
We're so excited ..can't beat a girly night with popcorn & my best friend x
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Old 06-16-2018, 06:05 AM
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Suze, love your post and so thankful for being on this boat with all of you. Others might have left me behind to drown but you all keep coming back and picking me up and love each and everyone of you for it. Today I am going to take an oar and help row. I found a meeting nearby and am heading there shortly. I can no longer drag my feet half in and half out while I see how much stronger you’ve all become. I am proud of all of you, now I need to be proud of myself.
Mum!!! I had no idea you hung out in that type of crowd but what ever floats your boat there dear mum!!! 😂😂😂 sitting on my porch sipping coffee cracking up!! I am sure that was quite the scene, and can only imagine the thoughts for your “naturalist”friends when they woke up from that one!!😳😳
Will check back in later and let you all know how things went 💜
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So I’m starting to realize I can’t hangout With my party friends so I can’t handle them drunk they wouldn’t stop pressuring me to drink he tried to give a sad story how he drove almost 2 hours to see me and I was being rude not drinking with him I tried to explain that in my life right now me and alcohol don’t mix which he couldn’t comprehend that because he had 18 beers and he was trying to leave at the end of the evening so I talked him into staying for dinner to try and sober him up which He just kept drinking I offered a bed to stay the night he wouldn’t so he left it really upset me that he was driving because the chance of hurting himself or an innocent person while being sober I slowly watch them change who they was while the alcohol was controlling their action and got me thinking how I change and don’t even notice it when I would drink I also realized I’m hangout with the wrong crowd and will get me caught up into some bad stuff if I still hangout with him because they are into some pretty rough stuff sorry I needed to vent there some other things that’s bothering me but I can’t say because how bad they are but I say it’s bad enough to keep me sober but I’m heading to see Luke Bryan today in concert and super pumped and I know one thing I won’t be doing is drinking no matter how bad the cravings are!!!
Keep fighting the good fight y’all I know it can be overwhelming and hard at times but it’s worth it y’all in my thoughts today I don’t know if I shared this with this class but you can’t reach your destination if you only walk on sunny days here is to a better sober life
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Day 3
So I’m starting to realize I can’t hangout With my party friends so I can’t handle them drunk they wouldn’t stop pressuring me to drink he tried to give a sad story how he drove almost 2 hours to see me and I was being rude not drinking with him I tried to explain that in my life right now me and alcohol don’t mix which he couldn’t comprehend that because he had 18 beers and he was trying to leave at the end of the evening so I talked him into staying for dinner to try and sober him up which He just kept drinking I offered a bed to stay the night he wouldn’t so he left it really upset me that he was driving because the chance of hurting himself or an innocent person while being sober I slowly watch them change who they was while the alcohol was controlling their action and got me thinking how I change and don’t even notice it when I would drink I also realized I’m hangout with the wrong crowd and will get me caught up into some bad stuff if I still hangout with him because they are into some pretty rough stuff sorry I needed to vent there some other things that’s bothering me but I can’t say because how bad they are but I say it’s bad enough to keep me sober but I’m heading to see Luke Bryan today in concert and super pumped and I know one thing I won’t be doing is drinking no matter how bad the cravings are!!!
Keep fighting the good fight y’all I know it can be overwhelming and hard at times but it’s worth it y’all in my thoughts today I don’t know if I shared this with this class but you can’t reach your destination if you only walk on sunny days here is to a better sober life
Nichole, you sound strong today and that’s awesome!! Enjoy the concert and make sure you eat to dull the cravings. I am sure there will be plenty of alcohol around but also plenty to eat!! Stay strong, you are doing this!!💜💜
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Know idea what day it is ! Sending love out to all of you!
Storms and rain here ! So nice and cool ! Poor tourists !!!
Miss you all .... Xxx
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Nichole good job, and you’ve got the right idea as far as your thinking about your party friends.

Apparently we’ve got an immediately family member in crisis and I’ve been called in to have a meeting with him ASAP. I hate this kind of stuff. I also feel hypocritical because I’m a lying drunk. Plus he knows that so it’s s little scary. But his friends think his life is in danger. Uuuuuugghhhh... Airplane Mode on the phone?
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Oh Daisy I nearly spilt my coffee all over myself from laughing !!!!!!!
Sorry but that's hilarious .....( I'm sure not at the time for you though)
Did you ever see them again ??????
I'm sure this evening at ur friends with be far less eventful
Me & my daughter are off to see the new Jurassic Park movie tonight !
We're so excited ..can't beat a girly night with popcorn & my best friend x
Hi Rowlands, I'm glad I can make someone laugh and I can laugh about it myself now though I was mortified at the time. No we didn't see them again, well that's not quite true, we did almost bump into them in town a couple of years back but they didn't look at us and vice versa, we did hear on the grapevine that they really are naturists and that's their business, but we're not and that's that. You just don't know what goes on behind closed doors.
I hope you had a good night at the cinema with your daughter. What did you think of the film? X
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Suze, love your post and so thankful for being on this boat with all of you. Others might have left me behind to drown but you all keep coming back and picking me up and love each and everyone of you for it. Today I am going to take an oar and help row. I found a meeting nearby and am heading there shortly. I can no longer drag my feet half in and half out while I see how much stronger you’ve all become. I am proud of all of you, now I need to be proud

Mum!!! I had no idea you hung out in that type of crowd but what ever floats your boat there dear mum!!! 😂😂😂 sitting on my porch sipping coffee cracking up!! I am sure that was quite the scene, and can only imagine the thoughts for your “naturalist”friends when they woke up from that one!!😳😳
Will check back in later and let you all know how things went 💜
Excuse me Donny boy, I didn't know myself that I hung out with that type of crowd. It was a bit of a culture shock believe me. My husband and the husband of the couple were friends since school and my husband had no idea. We can only presume that they were having a mid life crisis 😂 . I'm pretty much a live and let live kind of a person but if I'm expected to join in something new ( that's the only way I can think to word it) I like to consulted first 😂.
Did you get to the meeting? I cant wait to hear about it. Take care. Xx
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So I’m starting to realize I can’t hangout With my party friends so I can’t handle them drunk they wouldn’t stop pressuring me to drink he tried to give a sad story how he drove almost 2 hours to see me and I was being rude not drinking with him I tried to explain that in my life right now me and alcohol don’t mix which he couldn’t comprehend that because he had 18 beers and he was trying to leave at the end of the evening so I talked him into staying for dinner to try and sober him up which He just kept drinking I offered a bed to stay the night he wouldn’t so he left it really upset me that he was driving because the chance of hurting himself or an innocent person while being sober I slowly watch them change who they was while the alcohol was controlling their action and got me thinking how I change and don’t even notice it when I would drink I also realized I’m hangout with the wrong crowd and will get me caught up into some bad stuff if I still hangout with him because they are into some pretty rough stuff sorry I needed to vent there some other things that’s bothering me but I can’t say because how bad they are but I say it’s bad enough to keep me sober but I’m heading to see Luke Bryan today in concert and super pumped and I know one thing I won’t be doing is drinking no matter how bad the cravings are!!!
Keep fighting the good fight y’all I know it can be overwhelming and hard at times but it’s worth it y’all in my thoughts today I don’t know if I shared this with this class but you can’t reach your destination if you only walk on sunny days here is to a better sober life
Wow Nichole, I'm so proud of you 😊, I think you've had a light bulb moment. You sound so strong and positive, Keep on going, I think you'll crack this..
I don't know how someone could even stand up after drinking 18 beers let alone drive. That is very scary and totally irresponsible.
How did the concert go? I hope you had an amazing time. Take good care of yourself. Xx
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Originally Posted by Strawberry18 View Post
Know idea what day it is ! Sending love out to all of you!
Storms and rain here ! So nice and cool ! Poor tourists !!!
Miss you all .... Xxx
Hi Strawberry 🍓, sending love right back at ya. I hope your son is okay, been thinking about you. Look after yourself. Xx
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Hi folks, bedtime for this boy. It looks like I’m going to able to dodge this intervention stress with for another family member. Hoping.

I’m feeling good.

Something sunk in about booze for me today. There’s reason for it. I’m going to meet the new counselor Tuesday and see what he’s got to say. I’m still looking to get out of here (to far away) and do something for while. A change of pace. Be productive volunteering. The weather here is now summer. I feel 1000% better with the heat. Monday will hit 100 Degrees. Fine by me! It’s great to be reminded of how I need to leave and that this is clinical. How much better I am in Florida. I have every health professional in agreement.

I’ve really put of professionals. I think I’ve learned enough or almost enough. I’ve got the tools. It’s up to me!!

Good night

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Typos much? I’ve really PUT TOGETHER a team of professionals. I blame iphone.

K I’m in bed,

Hasta Manana!

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