Army Thread Tuesday 3rd April

[red67]

Army Thread Tuesday 3rd April

Just wanted to pop in and say hi. I too read the other thread and it gets real frustrating to see people take sobriety lightly. I worked too damn hard to get sober and stay sober. Yes i had days that were hard as hell to get thru but i fought minute by minute to stay sober on those days. If we are counting (and I am) then it has to be honest. We alcoholics are liars by nature of the disease/problem and we are only fooling ourselves if we play games with the numbers.

I use this site for real support. I have no one who really understands what this fight entails. I have plenty of people who would give me a pass in real life if I did drink. I feel frustrated when people come here for help to get sober but when they have a problem they go drink then come back here after to "fess up". Why not come here before you take the drink? There are so many steps you have to take and justify to yourself to go get the drink. Then after they go thru all that and feel like shit the next day, they want support to get sober again. It gets real frustrating to try to keep helping someone get up over and over again when they dont want your help to stay sober.

Just want to let you all know I APPRECIATE YOU!!!! If we cant be honest about where we really are in this battle we will never win it. And if we only want to hear what we want to hear, why come here and ask for advice. The long termers that do stick around and help have some REAL knowledge to share. Isnt that why we ask?

Ok, nuff said. Now i am off to the casino, hopefully they dont piss me off too

[satz123]

Army Thread Tuesday 3rd April

one2many;1290898 wrote: Arrgghhh sitting on my hands!

also stufin my face with chips.

Sitting on hands?

[JackieClaire]

Army Thread Tuesday 3rd April

one2many;1290898 wrote: Arrgghhh sitting on my hands!

also stufin my face with chips.

What you mean being superior and 5 years old. Must be a new MWO record.

The long term abbers get insulted twice in one day. Lets hear a great big :yay:

[one2many]

Army Thread Tuesday 3rd April

red67;1290900 wrote: Just wanted to pop in and say hi. I too read the other thread and it gets real frustrating to see people take sobriety lightly. I worked too damn hard to get sober and stay sober. Yes i had days that were hard as hell to get thru but i fought minute by minute to stay sober on those days. If we are counting (and I am) then it has to be honest. We alcoholics are liars by nature of the disease/problem and we are only fooling ourselves if we play games with the numbers.

I use this site for real support. I have no one who really understands what this fight entails. I have plenty of people who would give me a pass in real life if I did drink. I feel frustrated when people come here for help to get sober but when they have a problem they go drink then come back here after to "fess up". Why not come here before you take the drink? There are so many steps you have to take and justify to yourself to go get the drink. Then after they go thru all that and feel like shit the next day, they want support to get sober again. It gets real frustrating to try to keep helping someone get up over and over again when they dont want your help to stay sober.

Just want to let you all know I APPRECIATE YOU!!!! If we cant be honest about where we really are in this battle we will never win it. And if we only want to hear what we want to hear, why come here and ask for advice. The long termers that do stick around and help have some REAL knowledge to share. Isnt that why we ask?

Ok, nuff said. Now i am off to the casino, hopefully they dont piss me off too

GREAT post Redser xxxx

[JackieClaire]

Army Thread Tuesday 3rd April

Yooooooooooo hoooooooooooooo Red.

Stick a chip on 9, red , for me please.

Ooooooooh Lionel Ritchie's on BBC1................sigh

[red67]

Army Thread Tuesday 3rd April

satz123;1290893 wrote: Go on Zenners . Me and Inchydonney had to do it:H
Oney Molls and JC sneaked off on us and we had to go after 'em:H

You feckers make me laugh (wanted to say the real word but you all dont seem like you could handle that right now:H

[one2many]

Army Thread Tuesday 3rd April

[QUOTE=JackieClaire;1290903]What you mean being superior and 5 years old. Must be a new MWO record.

The long term abbers get insulted twice in one day. Lets hear a great big :yay:[/QU


Funny how it is always the people who cannot string the AF time together who post stuff like that...

[K9Lover]

Army Thread Tuesday 3rd April

I don't think anyone in the other thread was taking sobriety lightly.

The person in question has not had a relapse, slip or whatever you want to call it "over and over again". It was the first time.

I have compassion for those just starting out, and expecting perfection is downright ridiculous. We've all messed up, many times...and without being able to come back here to MWO and "fess up to it" many of us would never have ended up succeeding.

I also don't think people should be called dishonest, or cheaters. We all go about things differently, here and in real life.

[InChains]

Army Thread Tuesday 3rd April

oh christ.

30 days til the end of day 2... I may go to bed xD

[one2many]

Army Thread Tuesday 3rd April

K9,

IN FAIRNESS, I was giving MY OPINION, just like you have given yours. I said well done for coming back, I said well done on not letting it turn into a binge, I have my own opinion of being honest with sober time. I DO object to being called superior, THAT, I am not...

I called NOBODY a cheat.

Hope that clears it up for you.

[one2many]

Army Thread Tuesday 3rd April

InChains;1290914 wrote: oh christ.

30 days til the end of day 2... I may go to bed xD

30 mins babe xx:H:H:H

[InChains]

Army Thread Tuesday 3rd April

lmao, if a brawl breaks out in here it's gonna seem like 30 days xD

[one2many]

Army Thread Tuesday 3rd April

InChains;1290918 wrote: lmao, if a brawl breaks out in here it's gonna seem like 30 days xD

:H:H:H:H:H

I near wet meself at that one!!

[red67]

Army Thread Tuesday 3rd April

InChains;1290918 wrote: lmao, if a brawl breaks out in here it's gonna seem like 30 days xD

And very well done on day 2! Keep it up.

[JackieClaire]

Army Thread Tuesday 3rd April

K9,
I think it's great that LG came back straight after those drinks and I'll bet she didn't want her thread to turn out like it has.

But as a long term abber who has worked bloody hard to get where I am. To come here every single day to pass on any tiny bits of wisdom I may have learned I am disheartened and disappoint to be called superior or a 5 year old.

I'll celebrate day 1 or 2 (as we are today with Inchy) as well as someone's day 100 with joy. Because I know how difficult it is. Sobriety didn't drop into my lap like a gift. I've had to put some real effort in.