Stay Sober Here - All welcome - Weekender June 3
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Join Date: Oct 2015
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I'm in. Hoping to make this weekend productve. My housekeeping muscles need some exercise, and my flower beds could use some attention. Have a sneaking suspicion my motivation isn't going to be found on Netflix.. (put the remote down, ma'am, and back away slowly).
Giving up is NOT an option.
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Western Wisconsin
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This sobriety thing is pretty cool. I'm continuing to learn and accept things about myself. For example - in my new, clear-headed frame of mind, without brain fog, I'm discovering that I really like accounting. My new job has a fair amount of it, and I've never done much of it before. I'm certain that, in the past, it would have never sunk in, since I actually don't like math much. And I would have been too foggy and hungover most of the time to be as logical and precise as you need to be to do even simple accounting. I may have missed my true calling!
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Canada
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Morning everyone.
Just back from work- I couldn't sleep last night and had to have a work order completed for 8 am so I think I slept 2 hours.
I'm home now and will try to sleep a couple more hours.
My mom is ok.
What happened is that she cut her finger off on the lawnmower- right through the bone.
Went to the hospital and the nurse ' forgot' to take her blood pressure- wtf?
They gave her antibiotics that were too strong and made her blood pressure soar.
Her finger got infected.
She was going in and out of consciousness and couldn't breathe.
She was really scared and nervous so that stressed her out too- she's almost 70.
As they did tests they found that her kidneys are failing- is that bad? I couldn't bear to google search last night.
I'll drive back out there today after I sleep a little bit.
She's out of the hospital and at my sisters, but she likes it better here so I'll try to bring her home.
The doctor says she has to stay there until monday.
I'll see how she is- I might cancel my trip depending on how things go the next couple of days.
She wants me to go though- I'm just trying to see how serious it is because she'll lie and say she's fine when she's not.
Just back from work- I couldn't sleep last night and had to have a work order completed for 8 am so I think I slept 2 hours.
I'm home now and will try to sleep a couple more hours.
My mom is ok.
What happened is that she cut her finger off on the lawnmower- right through the bone.
Went to the hospital and the nurse ' forgot' to take her blood pressure- wtf?
They gave her antibiotics that were too strong and made her blood pressure soar.
Her finger got infected.
She was going in and out of consciousness and couldn't breathe.
She was really scared and nervous so that stressed her out too- she's almost 70.
As they did tests they found that her kidneys are failing- is that bad? I couldn't bear to google search last night.
I'll drive back out there today after I sleep a little bit.
She's out of the hospital and at my sisters, but she likes it better here so I'll try to bring her home.
The doctor says she has to stay there until monday.
I'll see how she is- I might cancel my trip depending on how things go the next couple of days.
She wants me to go though- I'm just trying to see how serious it is because she'll lie and say she's fine when she's not.
Giving up is NOT an option.
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Location: Western Wisconsin
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Oh my god, Jen - how awful!! Worse than I was thinking. Failing kidneys isn't great, but there's lots that can be done, and it's really good that they caught it. How long ago did the finger thing happen? I'm so glad you're sober so that you can be fully present for your mom. That's huge.
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Originally Posted by MLD51 
Oh my god, Jen - how awful!! Worse than I was thinking. Failing kidneys isn't great, but there's lots that can be done, and it's really good that they caught it. How long ago did the finger thing happen? I'm so glad you're sober so that you can be fully present for your mom. That's huge.
Thanks for all the support everyone- you all always come through xoxo
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Glad your Mom is out of the hospital Jen. Don't blame you about the finger thing. The thought makes me queasy too. Sounds like she'll do OK now that they caught things.
Marty I think it's cool that you like the accounting.
It's good to see all the new faces here. I was shy when I first found this thread and started posting. That was a couple years ago now and it's been instrumental in keeping me sane and feeling supported. Keep coming back.
2Wheel, good to see you.
Brain. The Holy Hand Grenade is pretty powerful stuff. I hope your other methods work. I love that movie
Marty I think it's cool that you like the accounting.
It's good to see all the new faces here. I was shy when I first found this thread and started posting. That was a couple years ago now and it's been instrumental in keeping me sane and feeling supported. Keep coming back.
2Wheel, good to see you.
Brain. The Holy Hand Grenade is pretty powerful stuff. I hope your other methods work. I love that movie
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I finally fell asleep around 3 am last night.. I downloaded a book and the time got away from me. I coulda had shotgun if I stayed up a few more minutes!
It's so great that new people are popping in here! It's a great weekend to stay sober! What are you all doing this weekend?
The procrastination monster must die today. I have to turn in a project for a job I want, a recipe and costing type deal. Gotta be done, gotta be done, gotta be done.
Maybe I'll kill two birds with one stone and get through the mail and assorted paperwork pile on my desk. That way my desk is nice and clean and I've procrastinated on the project a little more, like I love to do, by doing something else I was procrastinating on but is the lesser of two evils. Ha! It's a jungle in my brain sometimes.
That project and food prep are all I really have going on. It's a gorgeous day so the sooner I'm done with everything, I can go play.
I still have my ex blocked and I'm still committed to no contact. When I woke up and thought about it, I got sad for a moment and my mind started playing the usual tricks on me. Today I'm holding on to the following thought: there is pain before growth.
Best wishes to your mom, Jen. That sounds terrible about the finger, I'm queasy thinking about it, too. I'm very glad you are there for her sober. And I'm looking forward to hearing when you are well rested. I hope it's soon!
It's so great that new people are popping in here! It's a great weekend to stay sober! What are you all doing this weekend?
The procrastination monster must die today. I have to turn in a project for a job I want, a recipe and costing type deal. Gotta be done, gotta be done, gotta be done.
Maybe I'll kill two birds with one stone and get through the mail and assorted paperwork pile on my desk. That way my desk is nice and clean and I've procrastinated on the project a little more, like I love to do, by doing something else I was procrastinating on but is the lesser of two evils. Ha! It's a jungle in my brain sometimes.
That project and food prep are all I really have going on. It's a gorgeous day so the sooner I'm done with everything, I can go play.
I still have my ex blocked and I'm still committed to no contact. When I woke up and thought about it, I got sad for a moment and my mind started playing the usual tricks on me. Today I'm holding on to the following thought: there is pain before growth.
Best wishes to your mom, Jen. That sounds terrible about the finger, I'm queasy thinking about it, too. I'm very glad you are there for her sober. And I'm looking forward to hearing when you are well rested. I hope it's soon!
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In my personal email just now, I received a notice for a groupon for Handyman Services. Thought maybe it was the service where Marty got hers.
I started laughing out loud.
Kind of a dead giveaway that I am not actually working.
Oops.
Ok. Back to work.
I started laughing out loud.
Kind of a dead giveaway that I am not actually working.
Oops.
Ok. Back to work.
I hope your mum is going to be ok
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