Good to hear you're still on track, Taplow. Is that the Thameslink you travel in on? Disaster of a line. That email will be instantly deleted too I would have thought! Understood on the blah feeling. Hope it lifts soon.

Northern Rail. I told them that a drug addled ****** could run their service better. Still, it's given me something real to moan about.

Our lovely girl is in NY. Yep, that was early for sure!!! :)

Hi Briansy. :hug: s xx ❤️

That's how I felt when I was depressed. Exactly that way. Just saying.

And how is you diet love....are you eating good stuff to give you happy energy? :)

Really glad to see you. :hug: :hug: xx

Hello! If only someone could give me all those hugs and kisses in real life!

It will happen.
You are a wonderful guy Brian. :) :hug:

And it's lovely to see you venuscat. Yes I eat well. It's generally good stuff. I'm a vegetarian but it doesn't neccesarily follow that it would be healthy though I'm not too bad.
I like the idea of happy energy.

Fruit gives you happy energy.....maybe add freshly squeezed OJ to your mornings, and some berries and banana on top of your cereal....I love wheat bix in winter (Aussie way of spelling it) with hot milk and banana.

In all seriousness, the more colour we add to our diet, the better the vitamins and yes....it is happy-making.

I have SO much colour in my kitchen.....bright red and green and orange and blue....tons of plants....all happy-making. :)

Just here to say good morning! I don't know if I shared this already, but I bought a new computer yesterday. Shoot...2 computer in 6 months....drinking hass cost me a lot of peripheral expenses:headbange

Topic of the day: Co-parenting: Parent A Foster's a total drinking environment in all ways. Parent B Foster's a sober environment in all ways.

How to handle yourself emotionally when the (almost adult) children are drawn to the drinking environment over the sober environment?

Maybe to stand back and let to the almost grown children find their own way. Be there for them should they get in too deep and always live by example.

Pretty sure you gave yourself the best possible advice there dear Joy. :hug: s

And add....lean on my friends when it gets too much. We are ALL here. :hug: s xx

Mrs. Tiles teaches kids with behavioral issues, and they are out of control this year, lots of abusive name calling and terrible behavior. Police were called to her school a couple weeks ago due to a picture a kid posted of a gun in a backpack. Anyway, she's talking about applying to Alaska Airlines, so I think she's going to work on her application over Christmas.

Gosh Tiles, that sounds horrendously stressful for your wife. :hug: s

You won't believe the names some of em call her, and the kids can't be disciplined.

I told her when she gets hired by Alaska I'm going to call her waitress in the sky.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBYvQXj21CU

And you are still sleeping in the same room?
You are lucky man.....he he he. ;) :hug: s

Hi Taplow :wavey:
I’d have been really annoyed about that too, especially as it meant missing out on meeting up with a friend. 60 days is great! Are you going to reward your sobriety with a treat? A nonalcoholic treat of course lol. I’ve been doing that to give me something to look forward to. Planning rewards for sobriety milestones. I figure the money I save can go towards making me feel happy. I’ve had a haircut, a pedicure and a massage for my weekly milestones so far.
Today is day 29 for me, I just made 4 weeks and tomorrow is 30 days which for me feels like a significant achievement, so I’m going to the shops to buy myself something nice today or tomorrow to celebrate. I’m not sure what yet, but perhaps a book or a piece of clothing or shoes, something that talks to me and says take me home :)
I hope you’re feeling better soon.

I like this - might follow your lead on a monthly basis...

Goodness, I just realised there’s a whole page of posts I didn’t see. I thought it had been really quiet overnight in class while I slept! :lmao

Good morning everyone :wavey:

Joy that’s such a hard position to be in. As Suze said, you gave yourself the best advice. I’m facing a similar situation at Christmas. I’ll be the only sober one among many drinkers, plus a few nearly adults, a couple who have drank a bit, one who has never had a drink. I will be open that I don’t think drinking is a good idea because of the damage it does and how it becomes addictive and hard to stop, but I won’t be on my high horse about it. I’ll just try to show that fun can be had without alcohol, by having fun myself while drinking my flavoured sparkling water ;) and also be supportive as needed

Tiles, a job on Alaskan airlines sounds way better than dealing with that kind of stress. Wishing Mrs Tiles so much luck for a new job. That would be very exciting. As a little girl I always wanted to be an air hostess, it was my dream job for so many years.

Glad you got a new computer Trudging. This one will last a lot longer because it won’t have to try unsuccessfully to swim in wine. My things are a lot safer when I’m not drinking. I ruined a lot of things with red wine in the past, but not any more :)

Here’s another hug for you Briansy :Val004:

I just did the weekly rewards for the first month as incentive to keep going and get the days under my belt. Now I’m approaching a month, I’ll switch to monthly rewards :)