The Wibble returns
 

Sexy people of SR Land, the Wibble has returned from exile.

Things I have learnt whilst in exile

1. Moderating my drinking is as effective and useful as moderating broken glass eating.

2. Denial does not sit comfortably with me

3. I will never achieve what I want to achieve in my life whilst I drink.

4. I don't like beetroot

Welcome back!

WElcome back....glad you are going to recapture your sobriety...:yup:

:lmao

Welcome back wibble :Dance7:

Get your butt back on our thread!!! ;)

I'd forgotten the nightmares

Waking up with a hangover is much worse. At least when you wake up the nightmare is over, when you wake up with a hangover it stays with you all day. It even follows you into the next day and the day after that, if you let it.

Very profound pix... how we feeling this morning? ;)

Oh you know, the usual fuzzy head, lack of concentration and an inability to get myself organised...usual day really :)

I can't remember how long the nightmares take to pass but I'm sure it wasn't that long? That and the night sweats are a bit uncomfortable for a few days. Then you sleep like a baby! Well thats how I remember it. Even with a broken nights sleep you still tend to feel better than you do after a drunken nights sleep.

It is good to have the residual mental and emotional capacity to learn. I hope you can capitalise on your experience to bring forth a productive and vibrant future for yourself. well done Wibble.

moderation will only work on dead alcohollics not us live ones. In the end it catches up with you like a deadly flood.

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Amen to that.

Moderation and denial sit so comfortably together...

You know...i've actually missed posting on here.

Never thought i'd say that.

I got so sick of the relentless repetition of Day 1 etc... but it wasn't the sites fault it was mine.

If i'd stayed sober I would have enjoyed it, it was only the fact that I was repeating my lies that caused me to have an issue.

Hi Wibble,

Welcome back. I love beetroot.

All the best
Cai Hong

I knew you missed us and I knew you'd be back :Dance7:

Its actually kinda surprised how bad I feel.

Terrible nights sleep then woke up with my entire body feeling beaten. Back is so sore. I can feel my liver and kidneys trying to break free.

I know all I can do is give it time, there is no magic fix here.

I'm upbeat though, its been a beautiful day.

Caihong, beetroot is just wrong... :)

I grew some in my garden this year, convinced if I grew it and took the trouble to nurture it I would enjoy it.

Guess what?

It all died.

There is a lesson in there folks.

A dark twisted evil lesson

But still a lesson...


Pixy are you on the lash?

Love the profile pic :) Welcome back

I like beetroot. I once had a friend that used to eat beetroot sandwiches. It's very good for you but stains the kitchen work top and your fingers.

What's your definition of being on the Lash?

I can't get out of a prior engagement on wed. I'd set myself up for a fall if I pretended otherwise.

Day1 will be Thursday.

On the lash would mean drinking.

Drinking whilst posting on here would seem a tad ironic?

Sorry Pixy, don't mean to be on your case but I care about you and certain things are troubling me.

Awful nights sleep again, strangely feel a little better this morning though.

Just give it time...give it time

Already started with random thoughts about what about Xmas...what about this or that...

FFS 3 days in and I already start with the nonsense. I impress myself.

The denial and self loathing i've bathed in for the last period of my life isn't going to just leave me as easily as i'd perhaps wish.

The abstinence and binge drinking weekends I convinced myself were "normal" are not going to pass into history quite as soon as I'd hoped.

Jeez pix...even I knew what "on the lash" meant :rotfxko

Seriously Wibbles...You've got the self knowledge stuff down I think...then comes...well what's next....

It won't work forever, but in the early days sometimes it's about the stupid stuff like "don't drink if your ass falls off" or "the only drink I can't have is the first one"....

In the end it's change change change...but when the lies start piling on in our heads, fight as best you can to remember reality...maybe read some stuff people post here where when you tell them they are liying to themselves you realize you are starting to do the same thing...if that makes since.

Embarrassing story, but on target I think....when I quit in May part of what happened was I acatually majorly pulled my back from hurling every morning for days on end....Ended up was a blessing...I was unable to move much at all for a week...so couldn't get a bottle...took 5 more weeks to get my back back..but after a week off I was sorta ready to try again.

What is the difference between beets and beet root? I love beets!mmmmm

:lmao I know what he meant I wondered to what degree. To me on the lash is out on a pub/club crawl not a couple of glases of wine. But either way drinking is drinking I suppose.

I have to keep reading and posting even if I haven't managed to stop. If I didn't visit this place daily, I'd convince myself I didn't have a problem and besides Nands would disappear!!!

Didn't know you had done that to your back Nands. Things really do happen for a reason ;)

Hello Louise :)

hahahahahah!!

I have to pop to Tesco! will be back with a smart ass comment shortly!

No I'm not going to get wine!

hahahahahah!!

I have to pop to Tesco! will be back with a smart ass comment shortly!

No I'm not going to get wine!

This really is an interesting little ride already.

Been through just about every different emotion today. Weekdays are easy enough as i'd convinced myself that just drinking Thursday-Sunday meant I was ok.
Ok sometimes i'd drink Tuesday and possibly Mondays.

But Definitely not Wednesday

Ok actually there were a few times on Wednesday

But in principal you know what I mean.

Anyway, weekdays are easy (see above) but already having thoughts about denying myself and the weekend approaching.
I can feel myself inch by inch coming out of this fog that surrounds me but theres a huge part of me that wants to crawl back into it.

Its scary out here in the light...I have to do stuff...I have to achieve...

Oh Pixy...

You might have convinced yourself it was a couple of glasses but unless you've managed to acquire a wine glass that fits half a bottle in it, I doubt very much it was a couple :)

Hello Louise!

Thats weird, I posted a reply to your post but it appeared before your post?

I'm good but not that good ;)

Dee????

It's weekdays I find the hardest. I can almost bare the weekend sober but weekdays I find difficult. Especially 4.30 - 8.30pm

Wibbles...eventually we do have to "achieve" I suppose, but really not this week...just for one or two weeks can you make sobriety the only thing that matters?

I started thinking my work mattered the most and pretty soon I couldn't handle how work made me feel, then the drink drew me in.

Sobriety doesn't mean you can't achieve, but sometimes for a bit you need to put it above the achievement.

We make temporary sacrafices to reach the long term goal. Being sober won't stop you from anything you need to do and want to do in your life! But sometimes, just like if you have the flue or some other life thing...I have to put the things I want on the back burner and do what I have to do to get through the sober thing.

wibbles, I think your on to something here...think about this a bit. It may be just the biggest lie your alchoholism uses to keep you traped. Been there, done that, in the end the alchoholism made me unable to achieve...as scarry as the light is, once you face it...well things change...you may start to like the light ! (hug)

aw pix...PLAN something to do that you can't do and drink for that time.

I was thinking...I have some friends who don't understand alchoholism at all...but if I missed their wedding cause I said I thought I couldn't do it and not drink...they would suport me...not understand, but as friends they want me to do what i need to do and would be ok with it. you can go out for coffee one morning with the bride to be or whoever or whatever...I wouldn't expect a person with a gambling problem to go to the casino with me for a special occation. I'd do my plans, but I wouldn't expect them to be able to attend. Thats what friends do for each other.

I hope you decide not to go, but appreciate your honesty.

Hi Wibble - great to see you back, armed with alot of hard-earned wisdom.

Love to see you too Nands. :)

Thanks Hevyn!