One Year & Over Part 68
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: US East Coast
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Hey, Willow, great to see you here and congrats on one year!
Although I wish I could be like Itchy, I don’t know if an occasional little whisper from the av will ever be completely gone for me. I had a 13-year sober run before my last crash so I stay just a little bit vigilant in a corner of my mind and come here nearly every day. It’s not hard now but for me it’s critical because I don’t ever want to go back there. Early on in my IOP, I learned to”think it through to the end” when I had a craving. I practiced that so much (!) that now I just start it by thinking “and so what would happen if I had one drink?” And then the whole picture flashes past in just a few seconds with no effort. It’s been working really well for me :-)
Have a good day, Overs!
Although I wish I could be like Itchy, I don’t know if an occasional little whisper from the av will ever be completely gone for me. I had a 13-year sober run before my last crash so I stay just a little bit vigilant in a corner of my mind and come here nearly every day. It’s not hard now but for me it’s critical because I don’t ever want to go back there. Early on in my IOP, I learned to”think it through to the end” when I had a craving. I practiced that so much (!) that now I just start it by thinking “and so what would happen if I had one drink?” And then the whole picture flashes past in just a few seconds with no effort. It’s been working really well for me :-)
Have a good day, Overs!
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: German Village, Columbus with my love ♥
Posts: 88,449
Playing the tape through.....I will never stop doing that either Sass. It is a wonderful tool. So wonderful in fact that I use it in all areas of my life now....well I try. I have a terrible temper, so I know more or less what is going to happen/unfold if I unleash it on the world.
Hmmm, it occurs to me that this is all mindfulness. Which I am sure is obvious to everyone else....I just have an issue with that word....it is so overused. So I'm not sure to be honest.
OK, I absolutely need more coffee, because I am stupid tired.
Hmmm, it occurs to me that this is all mindfulness. Which I am sure is obvious to everyone else....I just have an issue with that word....it is so overused. So I'm not sure to be honest.
OK, I absolutely need more coffee, because I am stupid tired.
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Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 8,762
I think playing the tape forward is the only thing that’s kept from picking up a drink on sooo many occasions. I need to keep doing it. And I haven’t re-read the daily diary I kept during withdrawal for a while so I’m going to have another read to remind myself exactly how I never want to feel again.
I love the link to the Brene Brown interview Suze, thanks for pointing that out. I’ve just put her book Daring greatly on my booklist to get. I still haven’t finished reading this naked mind (Annie Grace) yet, so I really should get back to it.
I think I’ve been so caught up working 3 jobs that I’ve become a bit complacent about recovery, so today I’m having a “me” day. One of my jobs has finally finished and I’m back to a manageable 2 part-time jobs. It’s 7am Wednesday and I have the day off! It’s cold here (winter has finally arrived in the north of Australia, it got down to 14C last night with a max of 21C today) and I’m rugged up in my fluffy woollens and fluffy ugg boots and staying put on the couch with a lovely hot coffee and browsing SR for a while
I love the link to the Brene Brown interview Suze, thanks for pointing that out. I’ve just put her book Daring greatly on my booklist to get. I still haven’t finished reading this naked mind (Annie Grace) yet, so I really should get back to it.
I think I’ve been so caught up working 3 jobs that I’ve become a bit complacent about recovery, so today I’m having a “me” day. One of my jobs has finally finished and I’m back to a manageable 2 part-time jobs. It’s 7am Wednesday and I have the day off! It’s cold here (winter has finally arrived in the north of Australia, it got down to 14C last night with a max of 21C today) and I’m rugged up in my fluffy woollens and fluffy ugg boots and staying put on the couch with a lovely hot coffee and browsing SR for a while
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Join Date: Nov 2012
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It’s cold here (winter has finally arrived in the north of Australia, it got down to 14C last night with a max of 21C today) and I’m rugged up in my fluffy woollens and fluffy ugg boots...
That sounds like a perfect day to me, those temps. My ideal.
It gets down to around -23 Celsius here on really cold winter nights....just saying.....
Ha ha, I am an American Aussie now.
s xx
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Join Date: May 2018
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Lol Suze, I guess I’m so used to it constantly being 30C + and stinking hot humidity, that when it gets below 25 I feel it! Even at night. And if it’s below 20, well we’re all rugged up here now. I just watched some people walk along the beach in jeans, boots, big coats and beanies 
It occasionally gets down to below 10 at night, but usually only one or 2 nights during the entire winter.
But I know I’m blessed to live where I do. It’s truly beautiful. I don’t think I would know how to survive in below zero temperatures!
It occasionally gets down to below 10 at night, but usually only one or 2 nights during the entire winter.
But I know I’m blessed to live where I do. It’s truly beautiful. I don’t think I would know how to survive in below zero temperatures!
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Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Posts: 28,647
I shared this elsewhere, but I think if I turned around and saw a weird coloured floating girl with a salad bowl on her head, I would get upset too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DyqzPegnXs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DyqzPegnXs
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Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: UK
Posts: 26,644
Hi overs
Dee, what’s flano weather. I looked it up and got footballer, llano weather, and many other things but not the meaning. I’m guessing great, perfect? 
PJ, I would get worried if I was in a spaceship and the weird girl with bowl on her head had no oxygen mask!
unless the bowl is some kinda futuristic feeder of oxygen? I want one! Please.
Dee, what’s flano weather.
I looked it up and got footballer, llano weather, and many other things but not the meaning. I’m guessing great, perfect? PJ, I would get worried if I was in a spaceship and the weird girl with bowl on her head had no oxygen mask!
unless the bowl is some kinda futuristic feeder of oxygen? I want one! Please.
Sober date 5/1/13
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Staffordshire UK
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Good morning Overs.
Sleep has been eluding me recently. I was so tired yesterday I had a bit of a pity party going on. Going to sleep is no problem but I wake up at first light. I've got hardboard / masonite sheets to put over the windows but there's still light coming around the edges - a work in progress.
Have a good day everyone.
Sleep has been eluding me recently. I was so tired yesterday I had a bit of a pity party going on. Going to sleep is no problem but I wake up at first light. I've got hardboard / masonite sheets to put over the windows but there's still light coming around the edges - a work in progress.
Have a good day everyone.
Living and Loving Life at Last
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: gods own country
Posts: 12,164
We have such short nights and long days here in Scotland in the summer Andy, I put a sleep mask on when I wake in the early hours. It does the trick for me!
Is Flanno for flannels?
Our weather in Scotland is usually pants. It's June and we have a high today of 13C but it'll feel colder with the wind chill.
Is Flanno for flannels?
Our weather in Scotland is usually pants. It's June and we have a high today of 13C but it'll feel colder with the wind chill.
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Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: New Mexico
Posts: 1,339
Hello, Overs --
I guess it is time for me to introduce myself to you all, though I certainly recognize names/handles from my jaunt through SR in my first year. My sobriety date is May 15th, and I know some of my buddies from May have recently come to you to join the conversations. I see some of you in other forums.
I have had good and hard days over the time that I have been here in the SR groups but am doing pretty well. I've had the pleasure of nearly completing a first year in my new job (July 2), have lost a parent recently, and I'm working on getting my life generally in order after a real rough couple of years and events preceding giving up alcohol.
I'm a strange sleeper, so you'll see me posting at odd hours frequently, it's just my circadian rhythm is not typical. I had to just apologize to Venus over in the early risers forum for putting out a late answer today to a question, because I missed catching up on some of the posts until a while ago. I will try to stay current on what is to learn from this new, for me, forum.
Peace ...
I guess it is time for me to introduce myself to you all, though I certainly recognize names/handles from my jaunt through SR in my first year. My sobriety date is May 15th, and I know some of my buddies from May have recently come to you to join the conversations. I see some of you in other forums.
I have had good and hard days over the time that I have been here in the SR groups but am doing pretty well. I've had the pleasure of nearly completing a first year in my new job (July 2), have lost a parent recently, and I'm working on getting my life generally in order after a real rough couple of years and events preceding giving up alcohol.
I'm a strange sleeper, so you'll see me posting at odd hours frequently, it's just my circadian rhythm is not typical. I had to just apologize to Venus over in the early risers forum for putting out a late answer today to a question, because I missed catching up on some of the posts until a while ago. I will try to stay current on what is to learn from this new, for me, forum.
Peace ...
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