Today i will not put temptation in my way
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Today i will not put temptation in my way
today would have been my dear old mams birthday, dates are triggers for me, but i will do her proud and i wont be going to the shops today as i dont want that temptation, instead i will start my next course to obtain my next certificate.
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MummyT2 I wish your dear departed mum a happy birthday - she would love your strength I am sure - it is also my dear Mums birthday today ( sadly now in a care home)- so let us stand strong together for our mums!
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Your AV wants to put temptation in your way. Sometimes we have to let our adult selves direct the show. This is especially true (and sometimes difficult) in early sobriety. It's hard to deal with a petulant child. We have to learn to tell them, "No."
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Wow, MummyT2 and DustyFox- it would have been my mom's birthday as well, she sadly passed 9 years ago, which lead me into a spiral of drinking, etc. I know she wouldn't want that for me, and I also want to make her proud.
Honoring all of our moms!
Honoring all of our moms!
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Samwitch, happy birthday to you're mum as well, the thing im learning is whether i drink or don't nothing can bring them back, drinking makes it a billion times worse, so its best to be sober and remember all the good times as life is too short anyway.
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Hi Mummy and everyone else who has sadly lost a parent.
I lost my mum too so understand how hard the anniversaries/birthdays can be. I've noticed that my drinking seemed to get a bit more out of control in the run up to these dates but my new plan is to do something nice and positive on these days rather than feeling sorry for myself.
its very very hard and grief can grab you out of nowhere sometimes but in some respects I think these experiences show how strong we can actually be and are and encourage us even more to be the best version of ourselves and enjoy life because as you say its short and drinking too much is not enjoyable.
Happy birthday to your mums 💕
I lost my mum too so understand how hard the anniversaries/birthdays can be. I've noticed that my drinking seemed to get a bit more out of control in the run up to these dates but my new plan is to do something nice and positive on these days rather than feeling sorry for myself.
its very very hard and grief can grab you out of nowhere sometimes but in some respects I think these experiences show how strong we can actually be and are and encourage us even more to be the best version of ourselves and enjoy life because as you say its short and drinking too much is not enjoyable.
Happy birthday to your mums 💕
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