One Step at a Time - August 2012

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - August 2012

I am looking forward to it too
Greece - here we come!!!
Fat dipping??????? hahahahahahahahahaha
makes me hubgry for fried chicken!!

[paula]

One Step at a Time - August 2012

I'm going to Greece in 3 weeks, been saving up, but still trying to win the lottery.

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - August 2012

OH PAULA...I am so jealous!!! But you deserve it sweetie.
Hubs said if I win he has to go with us to be a chaperone!!!

[K9Lover]

One Step at a Time - August 2012

Chaperone...or "spy"? LOL

Mama - I can't believe how many sober days you have racked up. Does it feel completely different this time? I know we've both had stops and starts over the years, but this time is totally different for me.

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - August 2012

yes it does feel different
I am not even interested...I have cravings, but I ride them out
just today a friend at work was telling me about a 21 year old she knows that died today from an AL related incident and it makes me sad.....and disgusted....
if hubs went he would be the instigator....trust me
he can be ALOT of fun....but he would be drinking and we would all be staring at him with such scorn
or we could get him drunk and short sheet his bed!!!
Peace out loves...off to eat and do some noisy reading!!

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - August 2012

I need to vent. My poor hubs is sitting in his chair and is so down and sad cause he can't get a decent job that will make the house payment. If we do make it, we have nothing else for the entire month.
He is a good, honest, hard working man and my heart is breaking for him.
We will be fine, but I hate to see him beat himself up.
Love you guys
Jan

[Sunbeam]

One Step at a Time - August 2012

Hey friends,
Mama, we all wish we could change that employment picture for your hubby. Your story increases my gratitude for all we have been given.
I did not see the Dragon Tatoo movie(s?) but thought the books were great, some of the best I have read. Plot after interwoven plot, interesting characters. Most of that generally gets left out in the movies, and only the violence included. I have no desire to see such violence on the big screen, but it doesn't bother me as part of an absorbing story. For awhile I read a lot of murder mysteries. They were so absorbing that I would forget about drinking.

Paula, Greece sounds lovely, we will be here waiting for your stories. Maybe I will pick up Little Women, an acutal classic classic perhaps? Today I started another book by Rick Bragg, a journalist who I feel uses the most perfectly descriptive words and phrases when he writes. He tells his rags to fame story in All Over But the Shoutin'.

Nora, how about chubby dipping? Doesn't sound quite so .....something.

I'm waiting for my brother to arrive. He is arriving later than expected, but he did call to let me know. That's all I want. I know he as trouble getting himself organized for a trip.

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - August 2012

enjoy your brother Sun!!

[NoraC]

One Step at a Time - August 2012

Finally home & chilling. Well as chilling as I can be in this heat. :H

Sun - you made me laugh. Chubby dipping. Ok - we'll call it that. I might be doing some of that tonight. Anyway, I really hope that you enjoy your visit with your brother.

Paula - what a wonderful trip. Enjoy every minute. And I agree, we will be waiting to hear all about it. How long of a trip is this? Have you ever been there before?

K9 - You do sound different this time. And Mama sounds different too. Actually, all of you sound really good & positive. Like I said, I'm really working on my mind set. I am trying not to think of it as I want to drink or I could have. I am thinking about what I am going to do instead. Like - read books, crochet, picnic with hubby, etc. Anyway, I love all the positive energy here.

Mama - my dear friend. I am so, so sorry. I am sorry that things are just so hard. I am sorry that your hubby is so down. I wish that there was something that I could do to help. But, I am sending you some positive thoughts. Things will be ok and will get better. I know that it's hard to see that right now. But, things will improve. I love you friend.:h

I'm off to read my book. I'm really enjoying The Prince of Tides.

[Zenstyle]

One Step at a Time - August 2012

Mama.... All I can do is send big hugs your way, and a few smooches. I'm very sorry. There are a lot of us dealing with it... as you know... but it doesn't make it any easier for you or hubbs. xxx

Hiya to everyone else! I have not read back... forgive... ) xx

[paula]

One Step at a Time - August 2012

Good morning everybody, Mama, I do feel for your poor husband, mine lost his job at 50, but was fortunate to get another one. We are going to Kos for 10 days curtesy of a friend who has an appartment there. We have been twice before, package holidays from the UK are quite reasonable. Little women is a lovely story by an American author, Louisa M Alcott, Sun. Once you have read it you will want to read her other books. When I was about 10 years old I suffered from rheumatoid arthiritis and was bed bound for months, these books were my life line, I even passed literature exams when I went back to school, much to my teachers surprise.

[NoraC]

One Step at a Time - August 2012

Morning Steppers!

Paula - your trip sounds absolutely WONDERFUL!!! Enjoy every second.

I hope that everyone is doing well today. I have a calendar that I am going to use from August to the rest of the year to track myself. I am going to have a mark for every AF day and my mood on each day. I think this is going to be very helpful for me to be able to see at a glance. Hoping that they all will be filled with green dots & happy faces. I really wish that I could go back & do this for the whole year. Anyway, I think that this visual will help me in my positive thinking & goals.

[K9Lover]

One Step at a Time - August 2012

Good morning everyone!

Mama - I'm so sorry about your hubs and the job situation. I know how frustrating the money situation is...I get paid tomorrow and I'll be lucky if I have $50 left over...until next payday where the entire check goes to pay rent....it's never ending! I just try to stay thankful for what I do have, and remind myself that I don't really "need" anything, although I do "want" a lot of stuff! Hang in there, I know things will get better!!

I saw Little Women - The Musical about 4 months ago...I had never read the book either. It was such a good play, I really enjoy doing stuff like that. I was with my daughter, her best friend, and her friends mom, so we had a fun girls day/night out!

I think we all need to go chubby dipping and then do some extreme loud reading! LOL

Luv you guys!!

K9

[K9Lover]

One Step at a Time - August 2012

x Post Nora!

I have been using a calendar for years. I put stickers on my AF days, I got some really cute ones on eBay, they seem too nice for my little calendar (I think they're for scrapbooking), but hey, my sobriety deserves fancy stickers! LOL

I hope your calendar is soon full of dots and happy faces too!

[NoraC]

One Step at a Time - August 2012

K9 - glad to hear that you're using the calendar thing too. You are doing so well that I'm glad I'm using one of your tools.
That sounds like a fun time you had seeing Little Women. They were just having West Side Story locally and I missed it. I was bummed.
I am planning on going to an author signing next month though. Sue Ann Jaffarian - I enjoy her books.

Back to work here..............

Mama - how you doing today??? :l:l