Army Thread Thursday 17th January 2013

[satz123]

Army Thread Thursday 17th January 2013

Mick;1445770 wrote: Hi all....just got back in from neices 18th....drink definitely isnt a problem couldnt be arsed with it !!Food..hmmm now that was a different matter! Had the carvery with all the meats and veg...thought I would be dead good so only had a couple of spuds and no yorkshire puddings...sounds great until I screwed it up by having a huge chunk of pork crackling!!!...oh and a piece of birthday cake..well 2 pieces!!:H

Both the McGinty sisters on at once ..hows about ye..enjoying Toronto Molls?Satzy you back down the pit tomorrow or are you going to take a full blown hit at poets day and go for all day off? :H

Mr Michael - how are you ?:l
Now tell me - what part of FULL-TIME WORK can I help explain to you ??? I have to work 8 hours a day - 5 days a week :upset:

[limers]

Army Thread Thursday 17th January 2013

hello, just checking in, knackerd, busy day! Up and down a bit , wondering how I can survive life without drink seen as I use it as a crutch. Doubts , doubts and more doubts but im not drinking.
Anyhow, its a friends 50th today and ive had to avoid her calls as she would have wanted me to go around and drink with her to celebrate and there is no doubt I would have but I would have hated myself for it so I have avoided her since jan first, ignored her calls this evening and feel quite guilty for letting her down. : (

[Recluse]

Army Thread Thursday 17th January 2013

mama bear;1445757 wrote: hi Mr bear
hading home for the day
pooped!!
:hallo: mrs bear. I'll stick the kettle on.

mollyka;1445761 wrote: I'm well enuff informed methinks Reccie - just don't pay too much heed
How are you doing? Are you managing the grog any better? You sound in good form:l

I'd sort of thought that anything to do with fat in food was bad but after reading a few pages of the aforementioned website, apparently that is not the case, molls. Methinks I have a bit more reading to do.

Not managing the grog any better yet, but I was actually thinking a short while ago that I'm really tired of the whole blooming thing. Completely worn out. So maybe there's still hope.

Very sorry to hear about Andrew's mum.

[satz123]

Army Thread Thursday 17th January 2013

mollyka;1445775 wrote: Ooooooohhh - I love pork crackling!! Why would you NOT have it!!!!!
Bit of distance'd never separate the McGinty girls:H
Toronto is just wonderful Mick - I'm gonna be dead lonely leaving on Sat. but have to say, I'm missing the oul lad a bit now too - so - that's the way!
Didn't buy much here - got a fab-u-lous pair of Converse runners and Lulu Lemon tracksuit bottoms (they'd die hearin them described as trakkie bottoms methinks - they're much posher than that!) - and a few wee gifts --- oh YEAH --- Jamie's first pair of proper Levi's

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh love the sound of those bottoms - are they a designer make ........... have to goggle in Skiverville tomorrow. WANT A PAIR :stomper:

[satz123]

Army Thread Thursday 17th January 2013

limers;1445777 wrote: hello, just checking in, knackerd, busy day! Up and down a bit , wondering how I can survive life without drink seen as I use it as a crutch. Doubts , doubts and more doubts but im not drinking.
Anyhow, its a friends 50th today and ive had to avoid her calls as she would have wanted me to go around and drink with her to celebrate and there is no doubt I would have but I would have hated myself for it so I have avoided her since jan first, ignored her calls this evening and feel quite guilty for letting her down. : (

Limers - you are doing the right thing. Self preservation.

[RunningCourage]

Army Thread Thursday 17th January 2013

Evening troops, see Reccy and the ladies are looking at dieting while Michael has been out stuffing his gob. :H

Not much to report here.

Umm....








erm......







nope.... not much going on here wi' me.

[satz123]

Army Thread Thursday 17th January 2013

mollyka;1445779 wrote: Betcha don't achully do 8 hours - do you? I think my day is 7 and a quarter - but then I work shift's and don't get paid extra - so maybe that's why

No well not quite the 8 hours. I arrive an hour late on gym days.
I visit Skiverville quite a lot - then there is Breakfast , tea, lunch, more tea.
Chat to my friend Lauren, tea,chat to my friend Emer, more tea.
Give out to the lads .
Annoy a few managers - telling them I'm too busy to help them with their problems :H

BUT it sooooooo hard my life in the workhouse :upset:

[RunningCourage]

Army Thread Thursday 17th January 2013

limers;1445777 wrote: hello, just checking in, knackerd, busy day! Up and down a bit , wondering how I can survive life without drink seen as I use it as a crutch. Doubts , doubts and more doubts but im not drinking.
Anyhow, its a friends 50th today and ive had to avoid her calls as she would have wanted me to go around and drink with her to celebrate and there is no doubt I would have but I would have hated myself for it so I have avoided her since jan first, ignored her calls this evening and feel quite guilty for letting her down. : (

Hmmm... maybe don't look at it as survival for life... that's very long term... just today. I know, we all say it, ODAAT and all that. But if I think "for life" at this very early stage of the quit, is too overwhelming - for me anyway - I reckon I'd be on much shakier ground if I only could think of it as "for life" right now.

And the crutch - yes, yes and yes again! So many of us did or do use it as that. For me I DO want to learn how to cope with aspects of my life without recourse to AL. What makes it harder is that every fecking movie or TV programme I seem to watch has some person having a shit time, and they then go have a drink! NO! There must be other ways ... !!

There are. Of course there are. And you'll find yours Limers. For now though I agree with Satzy - self-preservation seems to be the name of the game for now.

[satz123]

Army Thread Thursday 17th January 2013

Quote:
Originally Posted by mama bear
hi Mr bear
hading home for the day
pooped!!
mrs bear. I'll stick the kettle on.

:blinkylove:

Oh get a room yous two:H:H

[satz123]

Army Thread Thursday 17th January 2013

Yes - Yes and -- Yes -- I still wouldn't like to go down the road of thinking like that - I don't s'pose any alcoholic at any stage of recovery is all that comfortable with the forever bit.
Oh thank GOD !!! That makes me feel so much better Molls !:l

[RunningCourage]

Army Thread Thursday 17th January 2013

mollyka;1445793 wrote: No news is good news???

Well it aint bad!!

[satz123]

Army Thread Thursday 17th January 2013

mollyka;1445801 wrote: Oh thank GOD !!! That makes me feel so much better Molls !:l
Does it?? I'm quite comfortable with the fact that it makes me uncomfortable - if you know what I mean??
And even more -- there are still times when I think - 'that'd be lovely' - like RIGHT NOW. I'm going out to dinner in a house with people I don't know terribly well - they'll all be drinking - and tbh I can really see the attraction of a couple of glasses of wine now to loosen the tongue, to relax a bit etc etc. --- never gonna happen - but we are ALWAYS alcoholics even with lengthy periods of sobriety - that's my opinion anyway -- but it's a very very small price to pay for peace of mind and happiness overall!

You are a wise 'ol wan ye know Mollers :l
Reckon if you give up the day job - you could do some councelling. I know we all are learning so much from you every day :l I am anyhoos .

[RunningCourage]

Army Thread Thursday 17th January 2013

Oh look, Molls has reached 12,000 posts. Well, who'd have thought that, eh? Really, I mean Ms Mollyka reaching 12,000 posts?! Gerrof! You gotta be joking!

But no, I'm not. She has. The Oirish gob's still yabbering all the way from Canadia...













But it's a yabbering gob i'll listen to at any time. Wise fecking yabbers come fae that gob! :l

[satz123]

Army Thread Thursday 17th January 2013

On that soppy note - I have to go zzzzzzzzz
Jim John will be at the door waiting for me at sparra fart - 7am - in the morning.

Night all :hiya:

[RunningCourage]

Army Thread Thursday 17th January 2013

satz123;1445804 wrote:

You are a wise 'ol wan ye know Mollers :l
Reckon if you give up the day job - you could do some councelling. I know we all are learning so much from you every day :l I am anyhoos .

See? told yis she wis wise.