ARMY THREAD Wednesday 16th November

[JackieClaire]

ARMY THREAD Wednesday 16th November

Xpost Mollers,

Yep working this aftie. Really looking forward to it.

[JackieClaire]

ARMY THREAD Wednesday 16th November

That's prolly cos it's only one afternoon a week. Don't think I could ever go back to full time.

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

ARMY THREAD Wednesday 16th November

Morning.

[JackieClaire]

ARMY THREAD Wednesday 16th November

Stands with rolling pin, crosses arms and says what time dya call this young man.

Oh and good morning.

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

ARMY THREAD Wednesday 16th November

Better late than never I suppose, wasn't going to post.

[JackieClaire]

ARMY THREAD Wednesday 16th November

KTAB;1209369 wrote: Better late than never I suppose, wasn't going to post.

You Ok,love.:l

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

ARMY THREAD Wednesday 16th November

Honestly? Yeh the usual problems with chronic money problems, seeing no way out of it and scratching a few euros out of my change jar together last night to buy cheap shit lager so I could sit and watch the game last night and blank it all out for a couple of hours.
Before you say it, I know only too well that never helps but sometime it seems the answer.

[JackieClaire]

ARMY THREAD Wednesday 16th November

Ach KTabbers, what are we going to do with you.:l

Doesn't work does it?

Brings back memories of me try to scrape together enough for a cheap bottle of white cider.

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

ARMY THREAD Wednesday 16th November

Appologies for the self pity party, just not in a great place. More bills in the post this morning including mortgage and phone bills returned by the bank, can't blame them.
Need to get out and get some air, see you later.

[JackieClaire]

ARMY THREAD Wednesday 16th November

Laters KT.

I'd better get a wriggle on. Stick the kettle on about 5ish will you.

[one2many]

ARMY THREAD Wednesday 16th November

I am sorry Ktab and I do understand the scraping the change jar and I also remember how thinking that a drink is not just a good idea but a necessity because my life was so shit.

What I didn't realise was that wallowing in the booze was creating a cocoon of sorts for me, a cushy little duvet that I used to wrap around myself to keep me safe and keep my problems out. Problem arrives, I wrap myself in the duvet, another appears on top of the last one and I pull the duvet tighter around myself. Until such time that is got so tightly wound around me that I couldn't breathe.

That's when I realised that it was killing me and my 2nd chances were running out.......when I took the duvet off, things looked REALLY shit, without the warmth I was used to , I felt cold and lost and afraid, the problems were piled up in the corner glaring at me. But I could see them now, study them analyse them and work on solving them. It didn't make the problems any smaller but it sure as hell made it easier for me to accept and even begin to tackle them.

Money worries are the worst, I do understand, in the last few months I have....cancelled Sky, sold most of my valuables on Ebay, cancelled Health insurance etc etc. But I do know, if I was still drinking, I would not have taken action with any of these things, i would still have my head in the sand thinking I was going to win the Lotto or that the bills were going to automatically stop coming in. I had been there before and spent whatever little I had on ciggies and Vodka....it just made things 100% worse. Took me ages to realise that though.

I Know you KNOW that drink is not the answer, you just need to work on avoiding the voices.....it does seem that football is a HUGE trigger for you, maybe there is something to think of there, for a start.


Hugs to you x

[one2many]

ARMY THREAD Wednesday 16th November

Ahhh we are all insightful alkies Mollers, only an alkie can understand another alkie....others just think we are selfish (which we are) but they don't understand how hard it is sometimes xxxx

Thank you for the compliment xxxxx

[pingu1997]

ARMY THREAD Wednesday 16th November

quick hi between meditation and counselling

x

[mario]

ARMY THREAD Wednesday 16th November

Quick hi & bye, Hope you all are having a lovely day.

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

ARMY THREAD Wednesday 16th November

one2many;1209403 wrote: I am sorry Ktab and I do understand the scraping the change jar and I also remember how thinking that a drink is not just a good idea but a necessity because my life was so shit.

What I didn't realise was that wallowing in the booze was creating a cocoon of sorts for me, a cushy little duvet that I used to wrap around myself to keep me safe and keep my problems out. Problem arrives, I wrap myself in the duvet, another appears on top of the last one and I pull the duvet tighter around myself. Until such time that is got so tightly wound around me that I couldn't breathe.

That's when I realised that it was killing me and my 2nd chances were running out.......when I took the duvet off, things looked REALLY shit, without the warmth I was used to , I felt cold and lost and afraid, the problems were piled up in the corner glaring at me. But I could see them now, study them analyse them and work on solving them. It didn't make the problems any smaller but it sure as hell made it easier for me to accept and even begin to tackle them.

Money worries are the worst, I do understand, in the last few months I have....cancelled Sky, sold most of my valuables on Ebay, cancelled Health insurance etc etc. But I do know, if I was still drinking, I would not have taken action with any of these things, i would still have my head in the sand thinking I was going to win the Lotto or that the bills were going to automatically stop coming in. I had been there before and spent whatever little I had on ciggies and Vodka....it just made things 100% worse. Took me ages to realise that though.

I Know you KNOW that drink is not the answer, you just need to work on avoiding the voices.....it does seem that football is a HUGE trigger for you, maybe there is something to think of there, for a start.


Hugs to you x

Thanks Oney, food for thought. Facing up to reality or hiding for a few hours, a tried and tested way of coping for me.
You have picked me up so many times over the past few years you must have backache.


Quick hi & bye to Pingu & Mario. Belated birthday greetings Pingu, hope you had a lovely day.