Underoos and International Guests, March 2011

[stirly-girly]

Underoos and International Guests, March 2011

Hello Underoonies. Just a quick fly-by from me. See that you're all doing well...

byebyebridgetjones;1072758 wrote: Working at half power (but boddee working at full power including armees and legees
Mum through surgery with flying colours. Woke up and demanded pain relief on first breath, just as I instruct all my folk to do. There is a time to play heroine, and a time to ......well.....take it really :H (close enough)....

Good to hear that Bridge. Wishing your Mum a full recovery.

tawnyfrog;1072761 wrote: Hey Bridge - I s'pose it wouldn't be right to tell your mum "My friends the pissheads send their love"? Best wishes to her. And you, go out and buy yourself another bit of electric string for the puter. We cannot, simply cannot be without your daily chatage.

:H:H
tawnyfrog;1072767 wrote:

I'm rained in here and going stir crazy.

We've got snow!!!





Wishing you all a pleasant evening/night. Avrio....

[sapphire1]

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Ficksy, paralysis by analysis comes to mind when I read your last post. Life is too short not to be shallow, was a saying that I latched onto about a year ago, and I gave it some serious consideration. My life was far too caught up in the why's......why is this so, why cant I fix it, why why why why? Driving myself literally insane, doing the head miles...drone drone drone. I watched the day to day antics on a couple of friends (non alkies).....took special notice of what things concerned them, and what did not. I worked out that I was tearing myself apart from inside my head with things way way out of my control. My existential angst was of my own creation...maybe I even used it in a self-agrandising way to place myself at a distance from other 'non thinkers" therefore rendering me special/clever even? It occurred to me that these friends did not agonise and obsess over lifes many unanswerable questions, instead they just got on with life, focusing on what they could touch, see and hear and taste. One foot in front of the other, no philosphical dilemmas to solve 24/7, just breathing one breath at a time. When I finally stopped my self imposed exile from ordinariness, I finally stopped drinking.

[Guitarista]

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fickle;1072916 wrote: Love it Miz B!
Quite a few of my bushy mates have lived with the outdoor loo forever and one in particular was really fanatical about making the school toilets a 'nice' place - she bought pots of paint and the kids painted a garden all over the ugly concrete bricks.. hope it's still pretty and not gone to shite.



Thanks for the reccommedation CW - as it happens I did read articles about her a while back. Very inspiring woman also.

And thanks Mr G I always get cheered up by Kath & Kim.

Ain't it strange how moods come and go and change so much without any kind of rational explanation!!! It causes me some bewilderment.. and I retreat into music when that happens. I know I feel wierd but I'm not sure how to judge or what to do about it.. so temporary.. unable to deal.

Thank Dawg I can go into puppet mode at least when I go to work and by the time the day is over it's all OK.. or not... But then I only have to make it through to the morning again...

I think I'm on a circle, not a spiral (downwards or otherwise) and I seriously need to get off. Can't think how on earth though. Think my problem is 'thinking' related and not 'drinking' related. Otherwise why would I quit so successfully so many times and still be stuffing about.

There'yar Aspy.. bit of serious talk

Fick's, it was my thinking, not my drinking that was the problem. The catch was, i had to clear and change/adjust my mind space, but to do that, for me, i found after much experimentation, i had to stop drinking. THEN, i found i was eventually successful at getting to where i wanted to be. It's a process of discovery, and finally understanding what is going on within us, to a degree at least. There are absolutely NO negatives in getting sober. It's win win 24/7. And yep, i know full well, and understand that just a couple of drinks takes the 'edge' off, and help's us manage, and it will. It does. BUT. The problem begins' when......

1. We rely on drinking as a coping strategy.

2. We cannot stop at one, two or three glasses, like other folk.

3.Alcohol contributes to our anxiety, depression, and low self esteem, as it is still in our system influencing our MOOD, VIBE, and DECISION'S/CHOICES, even the next day, or day's when we are sober.

Hang in there. Is there ever a good time to give up the grog?

[sapphire1]

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Stirly those photos are awesome, bloody awesome!!!!!!!!!!

[Guitarista]

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Great pic's Stirly whirly girly! Thank's.

Dynamite post Saph.

[sapphire1]

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X- posted Mr. G. Man,

You sound marvellous this evening Sir...great stuff!!! You are as funny as hell Geester, luv ya lots xxxx

[Guitarista]

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byebyebridgetjones;1072758 wrote: Working at half power (but boddee working at full power including armees and legees :H)

Mum through surgery with flying colours. Woke up and demanded pain relief on first breath, just as I instruct all my folk to do. There is a time to play heroine, and a time to ......well.....take it really :H (close enough)....

RAGGSY....it lives !!!!!

Thanks Sapph...all good now. What a turn around in seven months girl. I'm damn proud of you.

Good stuff Jonsey! :l

Do you find a lot of folk demand pain relief when you're near?

[Guitarista]

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How are you tonight Saph? All good here. Very busy burning the candle at both ends, but loving it.

[Guitarista]

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Well, i'm heading over to Ktab's Facebook page if anyone want's me. Failing that, i'll be over on the Fat thread.

(follow me on twitter) Ooroo and g'night.



N.R.N.R.

[sapphire1]

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Guitarista;1072936 wrote: How are you tonight Saph? All good here. Very busy burning the candle at both ends, but loving it.

Yeah Gee, I'm bloomin marvellous here, good to hear that things are good for you. Ooroo, goodnight, dont let the bed bugs bite

[ronnie]

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Hi all,
Thanks for the welcome back, sorry I could not get on here till late but I think I am 3 hours behind all of you lot....lol
Mr G...Its good that your posts are still really great to read and tell so much truth, I love reading them.
Well I went out for a meal tonight and I was not going to drink but I did but I have managed it so thats a good start in my eyes, at least I did not carry on when I got home and I only had 3 halfs of beer...so things are sort of looking up.
Hope you are all having sweet dreams and I will try and catch you tommorrow although I am coaching tomorrow
Take care all
Love Ronnie
xx

[Guitarista]

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ronnie;1073058 wrote: Hi all,
Thanks for the welcome back, sorry I could not get on here till late but I think I am 3 hours behind all of you lot....lol
Mr G...Its good that your posts are still really great to read and tell so much truth, I love reading them.
Well I went out for a meal tonight and I was not going to drink but I did but I have managed it so thats a good start in my eyes, at least I did not carry on when I got home and I only had 3 halfs of beer...so things are sort of looking up.
Hope you are all having sweet dreams and I will try and catch you tommorrow although I am coaching tomorrow
Take care all
Love Ronnie
xx

Hi Ronnie! :h

Thing's are looking up you say? Bravo! Have a great time coaching.

A safe, sober, and magical day to all.

[Charlotte's Web]

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Morning All,

Great post, last night, Sapph. I need to get my head sorted too and stop worrying about other things. Half my life I spend thinking / saying "why don't people....?" I need to learn that people do what people do whatever I think about it. There's been a particularly nasty incident at school this week (not involving my son luckily) but my thoughts are "where are the parents?" As it doesn't involve my son, then it's not my problem. Time to be selfish!

Mr G. - Your post following Sapph's was excellent.

Well, I've done my bit for the environment this week by having broken air-con but I can stand it no longer. Last night was feral. It was just so hot and humid. Air-con Man is due this morning.

Right, I'm off to put the washng through the mangle before hanging it out.

Long Drops - Just too scary. I hate them. I always think that a rat or snake is going to come up and bite me.

[Angelcakes]

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Guitarista;1072935 wrote: Good stuff Jonsey! :l

Do you find a lot of folk demand pain relief when you're near?

:H:H:H Cheeky cheeks.

Morning all, Saphy - the tortured artist (almost wrote torturing artist - I reckon us pissheads do torture those around us at times) & being the thinker, and it rendering you cleverer than others etc - can totally relate. But really in the light of day there's nothing clever or deep about getting smashed...quite the opposite actually. Thanks for this little pearl of wisdom, my dear, I shall go & contemplate whilst doing my thing today.

Have a beautiful day people.
Go hard or go home.
xo

[Rags]

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Charlotte's Web;1072405 wrote: Ficks,

I love reading so any books you can recommend I will order from the library.

I have just read your Amazon link. The recommended book "I am Nujood, I am 10 and divorced" is a good read. An easy read as it's narrated by a 10 year old but very eye opening.

There's too many books to mention.....

x

Picked this up at a bookstore at Boston airport. Couldn't put it down.

Buy Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Book by Stieg Larsson (9781847245458) at Borders with free shipping


Then coming home, got the next book in the trilogy:

Buy Girl Who Played With Fire Book by Stieg Larsson (9781906694180) at Borders with free shipping


I finished it this morning at about 3 am!!

Am going inot town in an hour or so and nipping into Dymocks to get the third book:

Buy Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest Book by Stieg Larsson (9781906694173) at Borders with free shipping


And a movie has been made of the first book. I just read a Margaret and David review. They each gave it 4 stars!!! Available from Sanity for $19.99.
Might get that too.