Underoo's and Innashnal guests, August 2012!

[satz123]

Underoo's and Innashnal guests, August 2012!

myhappyplace;1362326 wrote: Really good advice Undies...very proud to be amongst you all....

Yes folks - I thank you all - YOU ARE THE BEST :h
Mr G leaving is not an option. It's in a different county - it's my hubby's family - I have to stay in the hotel - but thanks :l

Going to go with Rggie's # 2
Don't drink enjoy ya self wake up clear headed happy and ready for a strong brew of coffee while you watch the other lot wake up to needless self induced suffering!!!!

I AM A SADIST ! I will enjoy that :H:H

[Cashregister]

Underoo's and Innashnal guests, August 2012!

Thank you kind sir it's nice to hear I'm doing well, I guess on my side it's just getting through and taking each day at a time instead of projecting into the future - not just with AL but with everything - a steep learning curve but in a way it's a positive lesson for me cause I think if I can do this I can do anything. But certainly not complacent I'm living in trigger land and that's tough.
Thanks again, Cashy xxx

[Cashregister]

Underoo's and Innashnal guests, August 2012!

Go satz watch em suffer!!!

[satz123]

Underoo's and Innashnal guests, August 2012!

Cashregister;1362342 wrote: Thank you kind sir it's nice to hear I'm doing well, I guess on my side it's just getting through and taking each day at a time instead of projecting into the future - not just with AL but with everything - a steep learning curve but in a way it's a positive lesson for me cause I think if I can do this I can do anything. But certainly not complacent I'm living in trigger land and that's tough.
Thanks again, Cashy xxx

THAT'S MY GIRL !!!!:goodjob:

[Cashregister]

Underoo's and Innashnal guests, August 2012!

satz123;1362345 wrote: THAT'S MY GIRL !!!!:goodjob:

xxxx

[Cashregister]

Underoo's and Innashnal guests, August 2012!

Ok dokie bedtime for me - the rest of the family have flaked so it's just me and the pets and they're not really conversationalists.oh spoke to soo Sophs back up and having more lasagne

[ronnie]

Underoo's and Innashnal guests, August 2012!

Evening all
My god my boys are hiper tonight there in and out like a yoyo when they should be in bed! At this rate i will be in bed before them
Looking forward to a nice lie in tomorrow xx
I can tell tawney,s not here as there areno snacks leftout :-)
Sweet dreams everyone xxx

[sunshinetoday]

Underoo's and Innashnal guests, August 2012!

Hi Y'all.
Everyone in the Sunny house is under the weather.
catch yous soon.

[techie]

Underoo's and Innashnal guests, August 2012!

How hot is it here? It's so hot I made I made Tawny's Labne balls in my shorts !!!

[techie]

Underoo's and Innashnal guests, August 2012!

sunshinetoday;1362412 wrote: Hi Y'all.
Everyone in the Sunny house is under the weather.
catch yous soon.

LOVE the pic Sunny!!!

[myhappyplace]

Underoo's and Innashnal guests, August 2012!

Wow Techie that's hot! Not the labne balls trick ....the temperature....

[techie]

Underoo's and Innashnal guests, August 2012!

myhappyplace;1362530 wrote: Wow Techie that's hot! Not the labne balls trick ....the temperature....

Yeah Happs. It has been wicked. Typically late June is the hottest. I just think its the general warming of the oceans. We're expecting 115f tomorrow as yet another record heat day!

[myhappyplace]

Underoo's and Innashnal guests, August 2012!

While we're all cosying up and talking flues...

Speaking of which, every germ ridden person in the city must have breathed or coughed on me yesterday. What's with the - I'm sick so must go forth and spead myself around mentality? Hope the Sunny household are all ok and snuggled up.

How are your eyes going now Techie?

[techie]

Underoo's and Innashnal guests, August 2012!

myhappyplace;1362537 wrote: While we're all cosying up and talking flues...

Speaking of which, every germ ridden person in the city must have breathed or coughed on me yesterday. What's with the - I'm sick so must go forth and spead myself around mentality? Hope the Sunny household are all ok and snuggled up.

How are your eyes going now Techie?

Eyes are doing good...THANKS!!!

[Guitarista]

Underoo's and Innashnal guests, August 2012!

Morning Roo's, g'day Techie!

This one of my fave's from the toolbox, written by past member 'Work in progress'

Someone reading may benefit.



Do You "Deserve" a Drink, Today?

I can't count the number of times I have seen someone come here and write a post in which s/he says that s/he has relapsed, or "slipped," because s/he had been doing well for a while, and decided that s/he "deserved" a drink.

And our alcoholic thinking does this to us. It totally bypasses the memory of the devastation, humiliation, and destruction that alcohol has brought into our lives, and it presents alcohol as a GOOD thing, a prize, a reward, something we want to give ourselves for a job well done.

I wrote a post a few days ago, about this way of thinking, but it was kind of buried in another thread. And I saw people talking about "deserving a drink," again today. What I wrote about was about changing our way of thinking from this self-destructive "Deprivation Mode" to a winning, successful, positive "Gratitude Mode." Here it is:

I don't think we can begin to truly grow into a successful, lifetime, AF plan until we have managed to make the shift in our thinking from the "Deprivation Mode" to the "Gratitude Mode."

In Deprivation Mode, we think alcohol is a good thing that we are being deprived of. We are sad, and grieve the loss of what had felt like a friend to us. We consider it a treat that we never get to give ourselves again. We are envious of others who "get to drink."

In Gratitude Mode, we recognize that alcohol is (for us, because of our brain structure, genetics, physiology, etc.) a toxin, a poison, something that nearly destroyed us. Mentally, physically, and spiritually. We recognize that we have the most amazing opportunity to rid ourselves of something that makes us very sick in all those ways. We recognize the craziness of voluntarily damaging our brains, minds, bodies, families, jobs, futures. We are really, really grateful for that opportunity, and we guard it and cultivate it carefully.

Most of us start a recovery program in deprivation mode. Some people stay there forever. Those people tend not to be able to create a consistently successful program, or life, of freedom from alcohol and its devastation. Some of us transition into gratitude mode.

For most of us, Gratitude Mode does not just happen all by itself. We have to make it happen. If we want to shift into gratitude mode, we learn to cultivate it. We cultivate it by being careful about our thoughts, and about what we notice. If we find ourselves thinking about how wonderful it would be to have a drink, we deliberately shift attention away from this train of thought, and we deliberately choose to think about how good it is to know we will never humiliate ourselves with alcohol again, never again have another horrible hangover, never disappoint our children again with the way we are when we get drunk. We notice alcohol advertising, pay attention to how it makes us feel, and detach from the message by noticing how distorted the message is.

That kind of thing is crucial. We literally can BUILD a new way of thinking and feeling about things. And I think that's something to be grateful for, in itself!

wip


Oop's almost forgot. Here's a recipe for pumpkin scones

Pumpkin Scones - Yahoo!7 Food