Originally Posted by venuscat

I am going to have to start a thread dedicated to brilliant kenton posts.

I do think I am going to go back and save a whole lot of them....better than Marian Keyes.


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Originally Posted by Ben123

Whats this? I get left off the list...??!?! What the....?!?!?

All an elaborate ploy to get me back tomorrow 😉😉

Let me get through today but I really hope to be back, and even on the list, tomorrow 😂😂😂

Originally Posted by Willow68

Hi everyone
Checking in for another 24 hours please, 6.30am from a beautiful morning in tropical North Queensland
I’m feeling very grateful for you all on SR ❤️ I’ve had a few triggers the last few days but have managed to let them slide on by without acting on them, largely by reading your posts. Banished that sneaky AV a few more times. I think the AV is like a chameleon, it keeps changing it’s appearance and tries to surprise me and trick me by camouflaging it’s arguments and sugar coating them. But I’m getting wiser to it’s tricks. Must remain vigilant though and keep an eye out for it’s new tricks...

Stay strong everyone, love and support to you all ❤️ Xx

Originally Posted by kenton

At the end of each school year, the kids bring back all their school books, projects, artwork etc. I've spent hours over the last few days, going through all their school work....cutting out the best/funniest/cutest bits and sticking them into scrapbooks. It's a lovely way to store memories and made me think about all the days out/happy times we've had as a family so yesterday I printed out loads of photos from my phone and hunted around for tickets/leaflets/booking confirmations etc. Then I made a scrapbook of all our fun family times and last night, when I finally finished I looked through all the photos and memorabilia and something struck me..... the scrapbook starts from November 2016. I stopped drinking in November 2016. Coincidence? I mean, we went on family holidays and had lots of days out before November 2016.... I just don't seem to have many photos or memorabilia from before then. Maybe I wasn't enjoying the experiences enough to want to memorialise them....maybe I was more interested in when the kids would get to bed so I could have a drink. Whatever the reason, now I have a scrapbook of fun, happy times from the date I stopped drinking. It's like my sobriety has a physical form. .... I can hold it. I can look through this scrapbook and look at the smiling faces and know that I was sober in every image ..... I was present in every experience ..... my joy is real and my memory of every event is crystal clear. I can't wait to add to the scrapbook. Starting with Orlando. I've got so carried away with the scrapbooking that I told my family I'm going to take an empty scrapbook to Orlando and stick in tickets and maps and leaflets whilst we're there. My family told me to calm down, get a grip and stop talking about scrapbooks. My son suggested I take a folder to Orlando and put all the memorabilia in that and then compile the scrapbook when I get home. He said that if I spend the whole time thinking about what to put in the scrapbook, I might miss what's going on in real time.

And he's right. And I feel so blessed to have these characters in my life who can reign in my 'all or nothing' personality and teach me about balance and moderation. I need them ..... and you know what? They need me. Because once us 'all or nothings' get the extremes of our personalities under control, we can achieve incredible things.... exhibit A - my scrapbook. I mean, I don't want to keep going on about it but this scrapbook is truly awesome Is it possible to get addicted to scrapbooking? I fear it may be .....

Congratulations to everyone celebrating a milestone today. 24 more hours for me please xxx

Originally Posted by helloxdarling

3:53am here

Another 24 hours please