One Year & Over Part 63
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One Year & Over Part 63
Thanks Dee
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PJ, I’m grateful too that I don’t find solace in a bottle.
We’ve all come so far. I’m so grateful I’m not that drunken bum (words my hubby called me once which really hurt, but didn’t stop me drinking!). How sad and a pitiful mess I was. Pleased that, that part of my life has passed and bridge has been burned!
We’ve all come so far. I’m so grateful I’m not that drunken bum (words my hubby called me once which really hurt, but didn’t stop me drinking!). How sad and a pitiful mess I was. Pleased that, that part of my life has passed and bridge has been burned!
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Thanks, Dee!
PJ, depression is the pits for real. I have been battling it all my life. The meds help very little. My new approach: I make sure I get out and socialize every day, no matter how brief and superficial. And I know I am down when I simply can’t get myself to work on a project I love. So my new tack on that is to pick one very tiny step that I know I can do (like wind the bobbin for a sewing project) and promise myself that it’s ok if I do just that. It’s hard to argue against taking literally 2 minutes for something, so I do it- and feel better :-). These steps help keep it from spiraling out of control for me. Not perfect but good enough.
Have a good Saturday, Overs!
PJ, depression is the pits for real. I have been battling it all my life. The meds help very little. My new approach: I make sure I get out and socialize every day, no matter how brief and superficial. And I know I am down when I simply can’t get myself to work on a project I love. So my new tack on that is to pick one very tiny step that I know I can do (like wind the bobbin for a sewing project) and promise myself that it’s ok if I do just that. It’s hard to argue against taking literally 2 minutes for something, so I do it- and feel better :-). These steps help keep it from spiraling out of control for me. Not perfect but good enough.
Have a good Saturday, Overs!
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PJ, whenever I start to feel a bit down, I go for a walk. Sounds like the drive works for you. However we deal with it, I think the key is to get out of our own heads. Thoughts are just that, thoughts. Action is the key.
I'm so grateful for 9 years and 3 months sober today. If you would've told me I could make it this long back in say, January of 2009, no way I'd believe it. Miracles do happen!
Have a great weekend, overs!
I'm so grateful for 9 years and 3 months sober today. If you would've told me I could make it this long back in say, January of 2009, no way I'd believe it. Miracles do happen!
Have a great weekend, overs!
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Good morning Overs.
Congratulations FBL.
No Mags I don't speak Finnish, I only guessed it was Finnish because it had those little circles on some of the letters. Sometimes you can work out what spawned the dream, not this time. Friday was emotionally charged and tiring.
Have a good Sunday everyone.
Congratulations FBL.
No Mags I don't speak Finnish, I only guessed it was Finnish because it had those little circles on some of the letters. Sometimes you can work out what spawned the dream, not this time. Friday was emotionally charged and tiring.
Have a good Sunday everyone.
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I have a friend in Melbourne (Gaby the paramedic, ex next door neighbour) who is from Luxembourg.
The first time I hear her and her sisters talking (there are five of them) I thought I had somehow entered an alternate reality where the Muppets had taken over....it seriously sounded like the Swedish chef.
It is a fascinating language to listen to.
And good morning and love to everyone. ♥
The first time I hear her and her sisters talking (there are five of them) I thought I had somehow entered an alternate reality where the Muppets had taken over....it seriously sounded like the Swedish chef.
It is a fascinating language to listen to.
And good morning and love to everyone. ♥
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