THE NEXT DAY THREAD - NOVEMBER

[Guitarista]

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Morning all,
Reggie, you seem to have encountered some embuggerence last night. What's happening? Are you ok?
Please check in and let us know. I for one, and i know i speak for the other's here, are concerned, and i offer my support in any way i can.

Good to see you again Sheep....;-)

Take care folk's!

[tawnyfrog]

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It seems Reggie's gone. He's no longer a registered user.

Bugger.

[tiptronic_ct]

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A bugger indeed.

Morning, Mr. G & Tawny

The one thing I cannot get used to on MWO is seeing so much pain and being unable to really make a difference.

[Guitarista]

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Let's hope he pop's in as a guest today, Tawny.

The day beckon's, and will not wait! Take care all.

[byebyebridgetjones]

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tiptronic_ct;752835 wrote: A bugger indeed.

Morning, Mr. G & Tawny

The one thing I cannot get used to on MWO is seeing so much pain and being unable to really make a difference.

That's not true. We DO make a real difference. But I know what you mean. I wish I had some contact details for Reg.
Does anyone else ?

[Guitarista]

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Morning Tip. Yep, that's hard. This place, and the relationship's built, do make a difference though, many have said, so i hang on to that. Catch you later.

[Guitarista]

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Hi Bridge.
No other contact details for Reg here. I've posted on his other thread from last night, for him to p.m. me if he wants to, but that's all i know...

[tiptronic_ct]

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I've given him some of my contact details, so I hope he'll be in touch.

I don't have any of his details, though.

[Angelcakes]

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Jonesy's right...we can make a difference.
Tawny & Mame saved my arse last night...if it weren't for them & the support here today would be looking much darker for me.
Hey Tip, Tawny, G, Sheep *wave*
Jonesy - I was gonna send out an all alert lady - missed ya.

xo

[byebyebridgetjones]

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Jeez Angel are you right ?
No doubt about the dynamic duo. We'd be lost without them.

[Miss Behaving]

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I hope he does too. Separations and divorces are so incrediby painful and so much more so when kids are involved. One of the bains of my life is Uncle Mame''s ex, who continually makes it extraordinarily difficult for him to see his son, despite a very clear coourt order setting out times etc. And right from the beginning of the time we got serious about each other, I was always very careful about how much I drank when he was with us, because I was so conscious that if it was commented on that it would be used against us.

I was thinking yesterday about how much stigmatism there is about alcoholism and the assumptions that people make about alcoholics. There is a current controversy here about the local council and the local health board funding a place where alcoholics who are currently on the street can go to live and get into the routines of everyday life, and hopefully get their lives back in order. It is proposed that it is a "wet house" ie; they are allowed to drink and wont get thrown out if they do. To me it makes total sense, in the sense that even those of us who have otherwise functional lives find it hard enough to stay on top of this thing - so how much more so for people who dont have a lot of structure to thier lives. But the local community is all up in arms - our children will be in danger, it will lead to increased crime, we wont be safe in our beds. And the council has now decided to witjdraw funding - and has openly said that it has no interest in a community house where people can gradully get better .... the only thing it is interested in is an inner city facility where people can go to have a shower (so they dont offend the tourists by being smelly on the streets I presume). With attitudes like that, it is no wonder that we (I) hide the truth from people ... when in fact total honesty is actually part of the path to recovery.

Sometimes it makes me want to weep.

[byebyebridgetjones]

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Erm....just backing up a bit....Good morning Threadians....

[Miss Behaving]

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Oh yeah ... good morning!! Another beautiful day here ... but I'm going to stay inside and do some work to catch up on my useless week last week.

[rubywillow]

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Mame, get my info?

[byebyebridgetjones]

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Yep Mame...it is little wonder that we drunks have formed an underground society.

Does anyone else play THIS game ?
You go to a park, shopping centre or public area, and sit there and look at the people around you, and wonder if they're hiding a drinking problem too, and if so, how WELL they are doing it.
You look for things like black circles under eyes, exhaustion, pallor, sweatiness, shaking, HEADING STRAIGHT FOR THE BOTTLE-O with a furtive look on the face. And you wonder how many more there are that aren't even displaying those signs who are struggling with that voice in their head.
'I deserve this because _______'
'I've had a crapulous day, bugger it'
'I'll go out with a bang, and start tomorrow' .......ad infinitum...
You wonder how their lives look, if they are alone because of their drinking, how ugly they look when they're drunk, how much they loathe themselves for it.
Or you look at your obvious street drunk and think " 'at least someone's 'worse' that me"(?)

AnyHoo.Enough of that gothic shite.
How are we all ?
Bridge.