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[myhappyplace]

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Morning all! My partner has pissed off....to Bunnings...again...

Mr G, glad your feeling better...saving the universe is a tough gig...

Now how are all of those New Years reso's going? good? good...

[Guitarista]

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byebyebridgetjones;1434396 wrote:



Mr G, I believe the board game of choice these days is '50 Shades of Grey':H

Morning my friend.

There's a board game for that now? Suppose it stands to reason. Sure would be a market for it. People allow themselves to become bored, they await outside stimulation or a 'poke' rather than create something of interest themselves. A lot of 'passengers' out there. I reckon the drivers seat is the go.

Edit: Morning Saucy.

[byebyebridgetjones]

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Guitarista;1434401 wrote: Morning my friend.

There's a board game for that now? Suppose it stands to reason. Sure would be a market for it. People allow themselves to become bored, they await outside stimulation or a 'poke' rather than create something of interest themselves. A lot of 'passengers' out there. I reckon the drivers seat is the go.

Edit: Morning Saucy.

There is indeed a board game for it Mr G. Hot ticket item over Christmas for the bored suburban housewife I am lead to believe.


Thinking of you Techie.
Thinking of you Cakes.

[byebyebridgetjones]

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And I actually want to say I agree with you about the learned boredom/external stimulii thingo.
Been suffering the boredoms a bit lately and for me I think jumping into the driver's seat is the answer.
Sometimes boredom is a euphemism for other stuff like fear and procrastination.

[Guitarista]

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byebyebridgetjones;1434405 wrote:
Sometimes boredom is a euphemism for other stuff like fear and procrastination.

In my experience/case, this has been true. There is no reason to be bored. There is SO much to do. Blinkers orf and into it for me. Procrastination can be dangerous for a 'recovering alkie'. Not to be confused with rest, reflection and chill out time.

[byebyebridgetjones]

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Guitarista;1434410 wrote: In my experience/case, this has been true. There is no reason to be bored. There is SO much to do. Blinkers orf and into it for me. Procrastination can be dangerous for a 'recovering alkie'. Not to be confused with rest, reflection and chill out time.

I know 'boredom' is my biggest trigger. I can actually literally end up in tears when I'm bored. And didn't that morph into a brilliant excuse to drink?

[myhappyplace]

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Posting something to get back to the end...

Edit...hate it when it does that to me...

Was going to say, just reading an article on children and gaming addiction...but the principles are the same for any addiction really....not just taking away the "games" but providing a substitute activity....same goes for us I believe....

[Guitarista]

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Yep Happs.

The saying 'if yer not growing, you are dying' has a bit of a ring to it for me.

[tawnyfrog]

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myhappyplace;1434415 wrote: ....not just taking away the "games" but providing a substitute activity....

And that's exactly what I'm battling with at the mo. I believe I'm the only doodyheaded Undie still stupid enough to smoke and it is soooo giving me the shits. I just don't get it. There is no way I'd set a $50 note alight every couple of days yet I continue to burn the bucks. The plain packaging hasn't deterred me at all - all I do is take them out of those hideous packs and put them in a fusking pretty case. If I only smoked the fags I actually 'enjoyed', i.e. the post-prandial and post-coital ones, I'd be down to 365 fags per annum and I could actually live with that.

I've been trying to adopt Mr.G's 'gratitude-v-deprivation thinking about why it would be so wonderful not to smoke - i.e. I could book into any hotel without having to find one with a balcony; eat at restaurants that don't have outdoor seating; take long international flights; never fret when I'm down to the last ten fags and the shops are shut; etc etc etc ... all the fusking crap a serious addict goes through.

Even without considering the obvious and irrefutable health issues, I'm disgusted that I'm so bloody weak-willed about something so important. Piss-poor. Nigel, a smoker and whiskey drinker, gave up both when he had his stroke. Interestingly, he's shown no obvious signs of irritability; just accepted it as a fact. Do I have to have a bloody stroke before I get the brain to kick in?

I don't do New Year's Resolutions but I really have to get serious about this shit and not just "think about it".

Apart from that ... a gorgeous, gorgeous day. Happs - are your chooks getting close to laying yet? They should kick in at about 21 weeks.

Nicey - if you're going to punch his fusking head in, please use one of your noodles. It's kinder.

Pink dress day.

[byebyebridgetjones]

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Dear Pink Dress Day.

Does that mean you only eat once a day, or you only do the other once a day?:H

I gave up 23 years ago after one of those hedonistic binge efforts drinking one's own body weight and smoking two packs of fags. I just never looked back. Did the Nigel acceptance thing. Do you reckon I could do the same thing with alcohol? Even deliberately tried the same flooding strategy with alcohol which would work for a couple of days only.

I think some folk around here gave the alcohol a miss and never looked back in a way that I never could. It's only been relatively recently that I've cracked that one.

I wonder if age has to do with it (ie: giving up early in my 20's) or whether different addictions are harder to shift according to how much they serve us (what we get from them)?

I have a friend who was highly addicted to the fags for 30 years. She's now going into her second NF year. She can breathe better, doesn't get sick as much, saves a shitload of money and has put on 20 kilos:H

Dunno......It is a real piss off when something/someone else is in control.

[myhappyplace]

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byebyebridgetjones;1434476 wrote:

Does that mean you only eat once a day, or you only do the other once a day?:H

:H I gave up doing the maths on that one...not my strong point.

Froglette, I still dont know what it is that creates the mindset for a quit....I wish I could put my finger on what made me stop drinking and bottle it that sounds weird...but it was wanting to do it, rather than needing to do it that did it for me...plus sups, subs and Undies...By that I mean a supplement regime, substituting the no alcohol wine until the habit seemed to disappear and coming here for accountability...

Question is: what works for you? can what worked to stop drinking be utilised by you to stop the ciggies?

And chookies not laying yet, but so cute and tame...

[tawnyfrog]

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Thanks guys and yep - I have dinner once a day. I'll come up with a plan to address the ish.

Been thinking ... Lilly ... are you ok? I realise this would have been a difficult Christmas for you. Sending you good thoughts.

[tawnyfrog]

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myhappyplace;1434506 wrote:

Question is: what works for you? can what worked to stop drinking be utilised by you to stop the ciggies?

Don't think so, Happs. Smoking doesn't make me 'lose' memory or make me morose or sick the next day. Smoking doesn't turn me into a needy me-me the way booze did. There are no smoking hangovers or headaches or heartaches.

I'll have to find a different approach. And I will.

So what's everybody eating?

[myhappyplace]

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Fruit bread toast....coz I'm starving from being B&I...and just whipped up a vegie lasagne for second dinner...

And you will work out an approach that suits you...I know...

Been thinking of Lilly too..

[byebyebridgetjones]

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Low carb soup:H