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OK, thanks! I'm watching TV and reading and I didn't realize it's over 1 AM. I'm retired so I don't have to work tomorrow. Look at it this way. The last time I was awake at 1 AM doing something was when I was a teenager.
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Jeff, this is not a good look for you buddy.
When you are not drinking you are amazing, so cool, collected, smart, kind, funny.
Drinking.... you seem to like to brag about violence and money and things that just are not that important to us in terms of who you are as a person.
We like you for YOU. Please put down the drink and get back to the guy we know and love.
When you are not drinking you are amazing, so cool, collected, smart, kind, funny.
Drinking.... you seem to like to brag about violence and money and things that just are not that important to us in terms of who you are as a person.
We like you for YOU. Please put down the drink and get back to the guy we know and love.
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...and with what Mera and Dee have said recently, I sign off. To those on the fence about drinking, read this thread. This is how an alcoholic having relapse acts. Its not cute, its not funny, its real life and I need to sober up and get back to my "real life". But let me say one thing, I did accomplish a goal. I'll leave it at that. Gimme a day or two, I'll be back. Jeff
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Believe me, I've wanted to take my stepson and shake him by shoulders until his eyeballs rattled around in his head--but that would have accomplished nothing. And really...my thinking that way made me just as crazy as him.
So, when you were actively drinking and the people who care about you tried to tell you that you needed to grow up and stop drinking...how did that go? Did it work well? Did you listen rationally and follow their instructions?
Or, did you finally come to that conclusion on your own--albeit after being involved in an accident, if memory serves.
I'm sorry you are so angry and frustrated. I hope for your own sake you will work to take care of yourself and learn to let go of the chaos you cannot control.
So, when you were actively drinking and the people who care about you tried to tell you that you needed to grow up and stop drinking...how did that go? Did it work well? Did you listen rationally and follow their instructions?
Or, did you finally come to that conclusion on your own--albeit after being involved in an accident, if memory serves.
I'm sorry you are so angry and frustrated. I hope for your own sake you will work to take care of yourself and learn to let go of the chaos you cannot control.
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Originally Posted by thomas11 
okay, had a little cool down time and a good meal. I will never back away from the fact that my feelings are justified. How I reacted was probably not justified. That being said, for many years I felt my parents thought I was their "toy". I was the result of premarital sex. shot gun wedding. S0 they thought I was just cute, but not to be taken seriously. I warned them, they laughed. Tonight they saw I can be ruthless and I'm not a "joke" or a "toy". We'll see where this goes, but from my standpoint, can't be bad. So much more to say, but it only pertains to me and I don't want to bore people.
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Originally Posted by Seren
Believe me, I've wanted to take my stepson and shake him by shoulders until his eyeballs rattled around in his head--but that would have accomplished nothing. And really...my thinking that way made me just as crazy as him.
So, when you were actively drinking and the people who care about you tried to tell you that you needed to grow up and stop drinking...how did that go? Did it work well? Did you listen rationally and follow their instructions?
Or, did you finally come to that conclusion on your own--albeit after being involved in an accident, if memory serves.
I'm sorry you are so angry and frustrated. I hope for your own sake you will work to take care of yourself and learn to let go of the chaos you cannot control.
So, when you were actively drinking and the people who care about you tried to tell you that you needed to grow up and stop drinking...how did that go? Did it work well? Did you listen rationally and follow their instructions?
Or, did you finally come to that conclusion on your own--albeit after being involved in an accident, if memory serves.
I'm sorry you are so angry and frustrated. I hope for your own sake you will work to take care of yourself and learn to let go of the chaos you cannot control.
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Originally Posted by DontRemember
are you still drinking?
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Hi Jeff,
How are you holding up? Glad to hear you are taking care of yourself. I hope you feel better tomorrow and have a restful Sunday.
Good night and take care. We are all in your corner. If you feel like it, you should join the December class. There are lots of really nice folks there.
How are you holding up? Glad to hear you are taking care of yourself. I hope you feel better tomorrow and have a restful Sunday.
Good night and take care. We are all in your corner. If you feel like it, you should join the December class. There are lots of really nice folks there.
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