*Ring Ring* Sober Weekender May 6
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I hope Finn feels better soon.
My mom told me today that she went to the graveyard and cried. I never met my Grandad as he died years before I was born. Actually my Grandmother lived for 42 years after her husband. She was a lot younger than him when they got married.
Honestly I feel kind of bad right now. Yeah my mom drives me bananas but I do forget that she has feelings too.
And I am trying my hardest (sometimes through clenched teeth) to be a kinder person.
My mom told me today that she went to the graveyard and cried. I never met my Grandad as he died years before I was born. Actually my Grandmother lived for 42 years after her husband. She was a lot younger than him when they got married.
Honestly I feel kind of bad right now. Yeah my mom drives me bananas but I do forget that she has feelings too.
And I am trying my hardest (sometimes through clenched teeth) to be a kinder person.
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: London
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Oral meds and babies don't get on do they Behan. Sending you and Mrs B some "patience of a saint" vibes because that's what it takes
I took that pic of the late evening sky when I went out to vote in the London Mayoral Elections. I was mortified to discover that Boaty McBoatface isn't running for office
I took that pic of the late evening sky when I went out to vote in the London Mayoral Elections. I was mortified to discover that Boaty McBoatface isn't running for office
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Hi peeps - as usual, totally outta whack with all your timezones, but that's OK. Beautiful intro as ever Ken - and as always, somehow eerily timely. Yeah, keep it simple. Mec, love your short n sweet description of mindfulness.
Now: down to business - I have a resentment (or something pesky like that :-)). Please tell me I"m not the only one in weekenders threads ('poor me, poor me....etc' :-)) who doesn't work anymore? I've been on disability pension for four and a half years or so, and finished working in an employee capacity (redundancy for all of us) mid-2009. Set up a small business - research and writing - in 2010 but my advancing alcholism made short shrift of that.
Oddly enough, though, I still 'feel' the sense of 'the weekend' - and also any public holidays. Weird, huh?
Looking like a sunny day here in Marvellous Melbourne - which I do admit, does do crisp sunny Autumnal days rather well. Either that, or London-like grey gloom :-). No idea what activities I'll do today - probably / certainly hit a meeting; take Bessie-dog out for a gambol somewhere; read, read and more reading (did I mention I read a lot? :-)) ....and yeah, mindfulness, keepin' it simple above all.
x Vic
Now: down to business - I have a resentment (or something pesky like that :-)). Please tell me I"m not the only one in weekenders threads ('poor me, poor me....etc' :-)) who doesn't work anymore? I've been on disability pension for four and a half years or so, and finished working in an employee capacity (redundancy for all of us) mid-2009. Set up a small business - research and writing - in 2010 but my advancing alcholism made short shrift of that.
Oddly enough, though, I still 'feel' the sense of 'the weekend' - and also any public holidays. Weird, huh?
Looking like a sunny day here in Marvellous Melbourne - which I do admit, does do crisp sunny Autumnal days rather well. Either that, or London-like grey gloom :-). No idea what activities I'll do today - probably / certainly hit a meeting; take Bessie-dog out for a gambol somewhere; read, read and more reading (did I mention I read a lot? :-)) ....and yeah, mindfulness, keepin' it simple above all.
x Vic
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Ringy-ding-ding!
Hey gang. Packing up for my big week-long trip up at Lake Atitlan. Solo expedition, the lady friend will be in the USA at a business conference, and I will be holding down the fort and enjoying some "man time" up in the mountains on the lake. I will leave at 10am tomorrow and should be nestled into the house I've rented by 1.30pm. Wish me luck on the drive.
Anyone remember my pot-smoking, free-wheeling neighbors? They are moving out! In fact, they will be gone next week. They've sold everything they own and are moving north to Mexico, her brother is going to put them up. Like clockwork: drug users and drinkers who cannot stop will end up spending all of their money on drugs and alcohol. They will wear out their welcome with their neighbors, and will start missing work, and will not be able to afford to live there anymore. I am sure they will land on their feet, but they have a lot of work to do. I wish them no harm, in fact I hope they get clean and make it to sobriety. But I am sure glad to not have their circus living next door anymore.
Should have plenty of time to chat this weekend, I'll have some pix to share. See you all on the flip side.
Hey gang. Packing up for my big week-long trip up at Lake Atitlan. Solo expedition, the lady friend will be in the USA at a business conference, and I will be holding down the fort and enjoying some "man time" up in the mountains on the lake. I will leave at 10am tomorrow and should be nestled into the house I've rented by 1.30pm. Wish me luck on the drive.
Anyone remember my pot-smoking, free-wheeling neighbors? They are moving out! In fact, they will be gone next week. They've sold everything they own and are moving north to Mexico, her brother is going to put them up. Like clockwork: drug users and drinkers who cannot stop will end up spending all of their money on drugs and alcohol. They will wear out their welcome with their neighbors, and will start missing work, and will not be able to afford to live there anymore. I am sure they will land on their feet, but they have a lot of work to do. I wish them no harm, in fact I hope they get clean and make it to sobriety. But I am sure glad to not have their circus living next door anymore.
Should have plenty of time to chat this weekend, I'll have some pix to share. See you all on the flip side.
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Bemyself - I didn't have a job when I got sober (just started working again last week). I always "felt" weekends and holidays too, even though every day was pretty much the same for me. I think it was just because everything we see and hear in media, and most of the people we know, place so much importance on weekends and holidays and all the fun relaxation they are supposed to involve. Of course, for many many people relation and fun must be accompanied by alcohol. So it's natural for us to feel extra pressure coming from all around us. That's what I figured out for myself, anyway.
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