MLD51

I'm in!
I can also feel the pain behind Kaily's post; "I also feel sad for the young me, I can see now through mature adult eyes that I was a very lost girl with no one looking out for me. Bad times."

Yep. Me too. I was just a naive girl out there in college trying to figure things out when I really found alcohol. I put myself in so many stupid and dangerous situations and I just thought I was a grownup having fun. I look back and realize how scared and lonely I actually was. Sure, I had friends, romantic partners, etc... but I did not feel comfortable in my own skin, with who I was. I hated being alone. So I'd seek out people to go hang out with, in order to escape myself and my loneliness, and that almost always involved drinking. It's a wonder nothing really bad ever happened to me. I was so vulnerable.

So many regrets, so many things done and said that hurt others (and myself!) But as Bim said, I don't blame myself (too much) anymore. I do take responsibility. There is a difference. I finally feel like a grown-up (mostly!) and I can clearly see how immature I was and how stunted my personal growth was. And I'm 57. I am just now figuring out how to really be an adult.

So, freedomfries and anyone else on the younger side out there - do yourself a massive favor and don't wait until you're an old fart like me before you walk away from booze or drugs. You have so much to gain and there's no downside to quitting, in the long run.

Erica375

Jumping in for another sober weekend. Today I want to live in my gratitude room. I've been spending way too much time in the self-pity room.

Mags1

Great posts!

Mags1

Hi Erica good to see you!

MLD51

Hi Erica - yeah, that self-pity room is no fun. You're much better off in the gratitude room. Whenever I start to feel icky I write down or even just think about what I have to be grateful for, and there's SO MUCH. Sometimes I have to do it a few times a day LOL!

saoutchik

IN!

Thanks for the new thread Mags!

Welcome Phil.

Congratulations on shotgun Hawkeye.

Waking up on a Saturday or Sunday A.) Hangover free and B.) Knowing you have not said, posted on social media, or done something regrettable doesn't sound like a "wonderful" place on the face of it until you have experienced the other side of it which is a lousy place to be.

Mags, some of those images reminded me of a comic strip I used to read as a boy called The Numbskulls, probably from the Beano.

Mags1

Saou, I love it, great pic, it reminds me of something, I used to read the Beano too, so maybe that.

SoberLeigh

Glad you are with us, Phil.

SoberLeigh

Thanks, Mags, for another thread and another thought-provoking and relevant Opening Post/Topic.

Lunar, Jobu looks great!

Kaily, Bim; the tragedy that should never be - that of the wounded young person.

Thanks to all for your posts.

I have somehow hurt my lower back on my right side. Oddly enough, the only time it doesn’t hurt is when I am walking; it hurts like mad while standing still, sitting and lying down. Ibuprofen, Bio-freeze, the heating pads walking, walking and walking! I am so exhausted.

Mags1

Leigh, hope your pain goes away soon.

Kaily

Thanks for the nice comments.

I do hope it doesn't last long Leigh. I feel your pain!

Sitting is the worse for me. Following my telephone appointment this afternoon, in which the physio got me doing all sorts of exercises and accessing how much it hurt and where, it seems my problem is more my back than my hip - although x-ray said different.

Anyway I have been given exercises to do every hour!

biminiblue

Well, I just applied for property tax relief... my state has a Senior Exemption. Not sure if I'll get it or not. If I do I save about $1000 a year. That would be nice. Long involved application that I had to do online and attach all kinds of documents. We'll see how it goes - their website seems pretty straight-forward, so I'm hoping I hit all the right marks.

K, glad you have some new exercises to keep you busy.

Now for a cuppa. I turned the heat on, too!

Kaily

Fingers crossed for you Bim.
I have got my heating on and a cup of tea too.

And a hot water bottle on my overexercised back.

Caramel

Well-worth doing, biminiblue. My area has a similar scheme, saves me about a quarter's worth of property taxes.
Hope your back eases up, Kaily.

Dee74

Sorry about your back Leigh - hope you feel better soon
good luck Bim!

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saoutchik

I hope your back pain clears up soon Leigh, you deserve a break.

Here's some upbeat music from Classixx

https://youtu.be/lAzojbN9_yk

freedomfries

Good morning on day 8. Going to go for a run at 6am. Looking forward to that runner's high.

theVman31

Morning Weekenders

Kaily, hope your hip/back heals up and that your back eases up too Leigh.

Well done freedomfries

to help start the day :

freedomfries

Just back from my run. Feeling very happy. Had a shower and put on decent clothes. I've just been lounging around unshowered in tracksuits lately. No wonder I felt so depressed. I need to make more of an effort. Going for a haircut later.

Mags1

Morning Weekenders

Bim, good for you! Some tax relief is a good help. (Do they backdate it?)

freedomfries, amazing what a run and shower can do to help lift our spirits.

Kaily, hope the doc gets to the bottom of your back and hip problem. x

A rainy morning here, one of my cats is looking at me with indignation and disgust because I can’t change the weather. How do cats learn that, their thousand different looks.

See you later. xx