Dee74

last part here

https://www.soberrecovery.com/forums...rt-1-a-20.html

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theVman31

To pick up the conversation from the last part (1) it is incredible what a difference 9 or 10 days can be. I'm glad most of the class seem to be battling on. If you are struggling come post and join in we are all here for the same reasons.
Onwards.....
Take care all.

Pelagic263

Good morning/evening class. Yes Vman its good to see the class getting it done.

Just day three for me, but I figured I've been 71% sober for the last 74 days, so I'll take that for now and just make sure it stays at 100% from here on out. Yeah, I keep track of these things.

Trouble is, the "off days" get worse the longer the effort goes on, and I just want to be done with alcohol for keeps. Priority One!

My appetite is still a little wonky but I made a leek tart with a side of Waldorf salad yesterday. Like I said, a little wonky, but my wife really loved it. And the salad is so good this time of year with fresh local apples.

Venuscat, thanks as always for your unwavering support. I guess the finding that women suffer more from PTSD (perhaps moreso outside of the military) isn't surprising to me for a number of reasons. The things you hear about can be so shocking and sad.

And thanks, Dee, for watching over us.

Stay the course everyone. I still feel like I'm just getting back up to speed, but I'm concentrating on patience today. For me, frustration leads straight to impatience which morphs into anger and that's when things take a downward turn. Something to work on.

venuscat

This is very insightful....and really helpful to me. Thank you Pelagic. s
I am the same way, but I hadn't connected the frustration leading to impatience. And I just had a light bulb moment.

Leek tart and waldorf salad with fresh apples....and probably home-grown walnuts. Wow man. May I please have the tart recipe? And what else do you cook....everything.....I think you are a secret chef.

Now I am going to focus on not getting frustrated with myself today, as I so often do when I fail to achieve all of the tasks laid out in front of me.

I am having a day off. Just cooking and that's it.

Patterson honey.....are you feeling any better? s

And love to you dear Vinny.....still smiling at you big time. s

Misc72

Day 4. I have a very serious question? What is everyone going to be for Halloween? Lol I'll wear a bat dress.

theVman31

I have a 6 year old daughter so I reckon sweets, costumes and pumpkins will be involved.

I'm Irish living in France so a trip to the inlaws might also be on the cards.

Love to hear everyone's plans.

theVman31

Forgot to say Thanks DEE & SUZE for the new part and keeping us all in CHECK generally.

venuscat

Fantastic.....I need to see photos!!!!!

I am going to be me.
But I will add a spider necklace and some makeup maybe.

Our halloween lights are fantastic. No one else has any up really just in this block, but if it keeps raining....grrr....last year it was rained out completely. I think I got two trick or treaters.

It's all Dee Vinny love....I am just the chatty cat who is here to help. s

venuscat

Oooo you might like this Joy

Misc72

VenusCat Yes yes yes.... I'll have to figure out again how to post pics of my decor~

Misc72

If pic is too big please delete it Dee. This is our 1966 VW Beetle. It has been overtaken by GIANT spiders.

Linners820

This struck me too...I am a very "instant gratification" person and I know I have much work to do on catching negative thoughts and reframing them before they mushroom into other things. Patience is key, and it's been a hard road for me to accept that I can't wave a wand and fix things immediately. For me, that's where alcohol has come into the picture. When I can't sit with negative feelings and circumstances, I drink in an effort to numb myself to a point of non-caring.

There's so much that goes along with eliminating the alcohol and eliminating the alcohol is just part of it.

Linners820

Myself, hehe. I'm scary enough at times. Seriously, I no longer work in an environment where it's encouraged to dress up for Halloween, and lately the last few years the Trick or Treaters in my neighborhood have been so few that last year I didn't even buy candy, I just shut off the lights and went to dinner with a friend. Seems they all tend to go to developments where the homeowners go all-out with decorations/candy etc...no one wants our little 'hood anymore!

But I love Halloween and love seeing everyone else's costumes.

theVman31

Does the beetle run Joy..?
I'm one of several classic cars fans on SR.
1966 that's a nice age, 10 years older than myself

BTW the pic looks perfect on my android.

JulySeaCoast

Hi everybody! I’ve caught up with the latest posting for our class. I’m so proud of all of you. I work every weekend and October is a very busy month. I’ve worked hard and I come home eat dinner go to bed.
It’s good because time passes and I continue to build sobriety time.

Today is my 17th sober day. A few days at work I spent thinking, Gee, what a day I can’t wait to go home and drink wine. Can’t say it’s been easy or that I haven’t wanted to drink, but I haven’t.

Misc72

Yes it runs and it's so fun to start it up and rev the engine. I don't care for the neighbors across the street so it's fun to disturb them. lol It's soooo loud and I'm so proud!! It's like a trip back in time. It's totally street legal with Antique tags and all. We poured like 4 grand into it a few years ago to work on the engine, brakes, etc.... It will take another 5 grand to get her all purty. It will come eventually... Love Classic cars here too!

taplow

Just thought I'd come on and lower the tone. If this is my new home I'm serving as the reminder to how quickly you revert back to type after just a couple of day's drinking. Woke up this morning and felt terrible and a couple of drinks made me feel good again. I know that it's just the relief from banging my head against a brick wall.
Last night I was spoken to by the police because I was caught pisssing in the street. I apologised in my rubbish Spanish which was crazy since I'm in Portugal. The one who spoke English said to the other that I was English like that explained my behaviour.
I'm looking forward to going home and being sober again really. It was painful this morning. This time I'm having no trips until I'm sure I'm straight. I'm going back down to London in a few weeks for some welcoming socialising. I'm staying with people I know so that's not a problem. I find it easy to be sober with people I know, but not if I'm travelling about on my own like now.
Anyway Octoberlings, just thought I'd check in and exhibit my disgusting carcass here. Even though right now I'm sitting in a bar watching what I think is a deaf woman singing karaoke.
I won't post again until Saturday i think when I'm restored to order. Sorry for the nonsense.
best wishes all.

venuscat

Wow...maybe just a tiny bit big
And wow. And now I want to see the spiders. s

Dascha

Hi October friends...I'm 18 days today

So sorry taplow, I don't think I would fair any better on a trip right now..especially alone. As you say...it sure goes quick to needing a drink in the morning to feel better..brrrr...

Hi venuscat...I'm frustrated...I'm waiting for this surgery that will hopefully relieve some of the nerve pain I have. It gets where I can't even sit in a chair for any length of time and have to lie down. The headaches never seem to stop, waking up in the morning it feels like I've been beaten up and kicked in the back of my head. It just sucks.
Most of this pain is chronic and the specialist says will never go away...the alcohol helped to an extent, and I was taking lots of tylenol. But clearly that was unsustainable, and It's another reason I'm worried about my liver.

I'll just have to hang in there till I see my GP at the end of the month...

Misc72

Hi Taplow, I could never reconcile the hangover with the hair of the dog. The few times I tried I puked alot. I think I sometimes used that as leverage that I wasn't a "real" problem drinker because I never drank day after day. Trust me I know that's not true. I applaud the def woman singing Karaoke. lol I'm sure she is better than I would be.