parentrecovers

keep comin' back, scaredy, we love ya here! k

scaredykat

Feeling a little better tonight. I whined to my sponsor after our meeting and that helped.

Barb

tanyapmc

Hi Barb

scaredykat

Hi Tanya.

tanyapmc

Ni night Barb.

scaredykat

Your going to bed already?

Nite Tanya.

tanyapmc

Yes, I am tired tonight. 5 HOURS of golf last night. WHEW

scaredykat

Hi everyone, I'm not going to write much.

I just want to wish everyone a safe and sober Happy Thanksgiving. We should all try to remember what we're thankful for.


Happy Thanksgiving!!!:WE1Sprinkler:

Barb

PaperDolls

Morning Barb..........enjoy this time with your family and friends!

We all have lots to be thankful for and you're right, we need to think of it and remember it.

hugs out!

scaredykat

Hi guys, I'm not feeling well today. But I'm not going to drink over it either. I can't believe I'm getting my 2 month chip tonight. Some days are really hard yet and other days are wonderful. I always have to put my recovery first.

For anybody new reading this. Just hang in there. It does get better. For me i found drinking a lot of water helped me. Especially the first couple of weeks. Definitely get plenty of rest. Especially if your like me and get tired easy. I took a lot of naps in the first couple of weeks. If I get too tired it triggers me and I want to drink.

I always think of HALT. Hungry, angry, lonely, and tired. If I'm any of these. I take care of it and it helps.

Just never give up. I had a few false starts and just kept trying. Having a bad day sober is still better then being drunk or stoned. Just one day at a time is all you have to do.

Take care
Barb

Room1

Hi Barb,

Congratulations on 2 months, I'll be at 60 days tommorow, yay us

If it's any consolation I am not feeling well today either, I have had a rough couple of days infact. I got a cold this week, I have had major paws the last few days and to top it off it's that time of the month, maybe the hormones have trigged the paws, I dunno, all I do know is that I am still sober and happy to read you are too


Great advice for the newbies too, although I still think of myself as a newbie

Sax

scaredykat

Hi sax, Congratulations on your 60 days too.

I'm still a newbie myself. I just wanted to share what i do.

scaredykat

Hi Guys,

I've been feeling kind of blah all weekend. Maybe its my hormones, maybe Paws, I don't know.

I got my 2 month chip on Sat. I think my friends and husband were happier more then me. I was more excited at 1 month then i am now at 2. I don't know why.

I had to force myself to come on here tonight. All weekend I haven't really wanted to talk to you people. I feel like not coming on as often. I feel like I'm losing the closeness with everyone or something. I don't know.

I'm still going to my meetings and I'm getting closer with a lot of my local friends. So at least I'm doing that.

I have a lot to do these next few weeks with Christmas coming and all. Plus i have to take my cat to the vet on Fri. I'm worried about her. She's old and acting funny anymore with the water bowl and howling all the time. I hope I don't have to put her to sleep.

Well, I'm rambling on now so that's all for now.

Take care everyone,
Barb

scaredykat

Bump

Don't want to loose it in case i still want it.

Debating if I'm going to write on this thread anymore.

scaredykat

Hi guys,

I was debating rather to write on my thread or on my blog. I'm not doing good.

I'm sorry guys but I caved on New Years Eve. I think I relapsed emotionally on Saturday before New Years Eve.

I'll just be lurking the next few days. I don't feel like talking to anyone. I'm too ashamed. My husband isn't very happy with me either.

I just just hear everyone say that i didn't loose my 100 days. But i did. I have the knowledge yes. But big deal. I still lost my 100 days.

I'm so pissed that i wanted to get high on weed that i cleaned my pipe and smoked the last of the black crap. I have the cleanest pipe in town that's for sure. Then i ended up drinking that night and everyday since.

So that's my story. So again, I'm sorry guys for disappointing you.

Barb

Room1

Hi Barb

Sorry you are feeling depressed and I understand how you feel about losing your 100 days. When I drank after I had gone about 70+ days I felt the same. It is really hard to get back on the horse as they say, I have struggled to string two days together over the last few weeks, so I haven't been posting much as I feel a bit of a lost cause and can't really give anyone advice.

I don't think you have disappointed anyone here, everyone will still be here to give you support when you need it, we all mess up occasionally, we just need to pick ourselves up and try again.

I recommited to getting sober on new years day, so today will be my third day, I hope you decide to try again sooner rather than later, we will all be here if you need us.

Take care Barb


Sax

barb dwyer

****{barb}}}

I'm having just as much trouble quitting smoking.
Quitting smoking for me makes quitting drinking look like changing underwear.

ok.
maybe not the BEST mental image metaphor, but it's what came to me.

I mean, it's a COMPLETELY different animal.

The way it works, though is we KEEP trying.
we.
We.
WE.

hang in, hon.

dave47

Sorry you are so down Barb. Even though your count is back to square one, your body and soul have been recovering for those 100 days.Everyone supports you, hang in there and best wishes.

stone

Yes!

Don't let this turn into a return to drinking Barb, stop NOW and in a few days you can be right back on track.

stone

"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down.”

~Mary Pickford