ARMY THREAD 23/01/2013

[RunningCourage]

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Morning' :hallo: just running in and about to head about to workerville. Mushypea - what do you study?

I've given up my studies for this semester (well, I have to decide within the week) cos of full time job, a part time job and really not having the time. I'd like to go back to it. Soon.

[JackieClaire]

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Good morning marioooooooooo, Tipperooooo, Swetypie, Pinkles, Our Whizzy, Satzuma, Mollymoo, Runners and has any one seen Pingupurplepants.

Mmmmmmmmmm let's see studying................ermm not at the moment. Big task today is walk across the frozen and snowy tundra and go to firggintesco.

[Mick]

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Mornin all...bit of a late start today..everyone ok?..yep know the hair problem too Molls mines all over the place that is all over .part from on ma heid!!

[JackieClaire]

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Morning Mickstar.

I'm looking like a Jedward stand in this morning.

[limers]

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funerals are horrible, im sorry to hear about your friend Molls. I as out looking at my dads grave last week and see a baby was buried beside him over christmas, a little girl , my dad loved babies so much that in a strange way it gives me comfort but its so horribly sad someone lost their little girl over christmas. SIghh....Im so lucky really , and im lucky too that I have you lot as support to help me focus on quitting.

[satz123]

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limers;1448976 wrote: funerals are horrible, im sorry to hear about your friend Molls. I as out looking at my dads grave last week and see a baby was buried beside him over christmas, a little girl , my dad loved babies so much that in a strange way it gives me comfort but its so horribly sad someone lost their little girl over christmas. SIghh....Im so lucky really , and im lucky too that I have you lot as support to help me focus on quitting.

Ah Limers - lovely post :l
AND nice to hear you use QUIT instead of GIVE UP as we tend to use sometimes - the implication being there is something great to give up - which we all know is false
Alcohol is not OUR friend.

[Quest for the key]

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satz123;1449029 wrote: Ah Limers - lovely post :l
AND nice to hear you use QUIT instead of GIVE UP as we tend to use sometimes - the implication being there is something great to give up - which we all know is false
Alcohol is not OUR friend.

Here here satzy :l

[Quest for the key]

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Right, I'm gonna come clean.

I'm not doing well with the old AL at the minute. In fact I'm back at square one - one on, one off........

I'm under a great deal of stress at work, and using the bottle to run home to and "destress" - wtf ? I'm at a stage where I thinnk it's never going to change.

It took me till dinner time today to just recover - and that's after driving 30 miles to work. Dangerous. sat in a 1.5T battering ram doing 90 miles an hour - not good.

I know I need some sort of help - I just don't know what to do.

I'm sorry to burden yer - I'm just struggling is all :-(

[sweetpea29]

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Hiya all,

Questie these are for you :l:l:l

Im only new here so dont know what to say to you hun. It is a good thing that you are being honest not just here but with yourself. Possibly the all important first step.

If its any help to you i struggled for yrs 'knowing' i had a big problem. Countless times i tried to quit, one time lasted 4-5 mnths, others no more than a week. This past yr i never managed longer than a few days AF.
I was going into work some days smelling of booze, going to tesco on way home from nightshift for orange juice, eggs and a box of red wine:upset:, not answering the phone or door in the evening, cancelling meet-ups with friends, getting really paranoid and ratty with people, not exercising or eating proper, and proper hating myself the list is endless...

I knew if i continued i would lose my job, my house etc.. but most of all my last shreds of self-respect and my life. Joined this site in NOV last yr, still was drinking but slowly started psyching myself up to quit. Dunno if this will last but am gonna give it my all.

Sorry for goin on a bit, think what im trying to say is dont give up, dont stop trying, you are worth so much more than some bottle of poison xo

[anon]

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Questie it took me so long to get it!

Great that you are asking for help. I hated the one day on one day off cycle. One of these days it will just stick NEVER give up giving up.:l:l

[mama bear]

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Questie..being honest is so smart and wise......just jeep quitting...it will stick. Something will click and you will know you are done....I just hope the click is sooner than later, love..
I did some stupid shit when drunk....

[sweetpea29]

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:hiya: Anon and Mama,

Ye two put in a few lines what took me forever to say!

[Quest for the key]

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Thanks guys, and I know you're right.

I think my problem is I want it right away. I know deep down it WILL stick - one day.

Maybe I need to pick a date and say "Right - yer fecker, feck off outta me life - I don't love yer any more !!!"

Cos at the minute, every other day is "day one" - and the day after I'm like "oh heck, done it again".

Tis a hard addiction to break.

Thanks again xxx

[RunningCourage]

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Questyroo - hugs for yoo :l

Backinabit - need to eat, but first thing I'd say is try and hold on to how SHITE you feel right now about it all, and remember it. And how OUT OF CONTROL you are with AL - sure, you may not drink first thing in the morning, but you do look forward to going home to "destress" ... it gotta hold on ya. You aint in control. But you know that. Best thing is you're saying to yourself and to us 'hey, i'm struggling with this' and that is a great thing cos it bodes well for kicking AL's ass into the stratosphere.

[sweetpea29]

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Quest for the key;1449084 wrote: Thanks guys, and I know you're right.

I think my problem is I want it right away. I know deep down it WILL stick - one day.

Maybe I need to pick a date and say "Right - yer fecker, feck off outta me life - I don't love yer any more !!!"

Cos at the minute, every other day is "day one" - and the day after I'm like "oh heck, done it again".

Tis a hard addiction to break.

Thanks again xxx

You said it Quest, sure is hard to break, but look at all the folk here who have blown it to pieces and are living happy/contented lives Dont lose hope x

Yo RC, how are you doing today?