Armeee thread Wednesday 15 January

[satz123]

Armeee thread Wednesday 15 January

anon;1613301 wrote: Are you feeling any better?Not really MS A ..... just wonder what it's all about coming in here every day tbh.
I KNOW I'm lucky BUT ................... but when I'm on my deathbed .... what did I actually do .... especially these days when I am going into a job that basically couldn't care less if I turned up or not ....... oh they say they do - but they don't
As I get older I realise - THIS IS IT !! The grog always masked it methinks
Ignore me - I'm being self-indulgent here. Everyone PRAY I get the pay off this year ....
anon;1613297 wrote: Good morning Army.

Read back last nights thread and Sweeties post re the work situation really touched me. Sounds like you need a break or loads more support.

Chaos still reigns at Chez Anon problems with solicitors and probate--plus the houseful here with the Oman contingent arriving in just under 3 weeks!!

Yes :l:l Sweetie
God Ms A - tell them all to FECK OFF !!!!:gramps:
I got a taste of it over Christmas - and I am in AWE of you - that is very difficult !:l

[littlepinkcat]

Armeee thread Wednesday 15 January

morning

[anon]

Armeee thread Wednesday 15 January

Hi Pinky

Satz although it is horrible to feel like you I think it is normal to feel depressed when these feelings emerge. I hope it resolves quickly:l

[littlepinkcat]

Armeee thread Wednesday 15 January

how u doing mrs A. i read about ur house struggles, sounds like atricky situation

[JackieClaire]

Armeee thread Wednesday 15 January

Good morning Dreamydoo, Mariooo, Foxyloxy, Sweetypie, BHallooo, Our Whizzy, Satzuma, Pinkles.

Always room at JC mansions for any waifs and strays.

[tiptronic_ct]

Armeee thread Wednesday 15 January

:wavin: Army

Very late check-in from me. Internet problems earlier, and having a hectic day. Have a good one!

[JackieClaire]

Armeee thread Wednesday 15 January

Morning Tipperoo and Mollymooo,

I'd lay a bet that it was you were top of the class.

No words of wisdom here,Satz, just :l:l

[satz123]

Armeee thread Wednesday 15 January

By an amazing coincidence this popped into my in - box

The 3 Most Important Questions to Ask Yourself Every Day

[satz123]

Armeee thread Wednesday 15 January

mollyka;1613332 wrote: Morning all!! Tooooo many of you to address individually --- late check in from me too --- and on the hoof --- again ---- just been talkin to Sr.C - she's in charge of the Aftercare thingy --- telling her we are leaving - she usually apparently insists on meetings with her and counsellors and tries to get peeps to stay a bit longer if there's anything she's not happy about --- she just said 'grand' --- when Joe an I said our bit ........ now wondering are we the most wonderfulest Aftercare inmates ever, or are they just glad to see the back of us:H Have to latch onto the former for now:H

I feel like that from time to time --- and if I'd worked all the years that you have I know I'd feel it all the time --- I see it in some of my workmates and particularly my pal who escaped to Portugal --- she said she could see her life ticking away in a job she had come to actively dislike ---- what can I say?? Is it likely they'll pay you off? And if they do would you get another job or would you retire (awful) early??
Yeah - deffo agree bout the house guests --- exhausting no matter how much you love someone --- a few days is grand - but after a week or two I think I'd lose the will to live!

WELL DONE MOLLS !! Top of the class it seems to you & Joe :goodjob:
I would always want to work - I would look for a job that I could interact with real people - a shop would be great - or a LIBRARY :H

[satz123]

Armeee thread Wednesday 15 January

mollyka;1613341 wrote: :H:H Well - if I'm top of the class it'll be for the VERY first time in my life!!!! I dunno - it puzzles me a bit why they've sort of 'left me alone' throughout all of this -- right from the beginning in rehab -- like I only go to one AA meeting a week -- I've seen people getting a bollicking cos they only go to 2 a week ....... my take on it is that 1/I'm older and mebbe have some 'sense' (poor misguided fools:H) and 2/ that I DO have a great support network at home with Joe and the kids........ don't want them dancing at me --- but just wonder why not --- ah -- I'll take it, whatever it means!!

Trying to get some dinners made here to stick in the freezer for the lads while I'm away... have near emptied the freezer so now all I need is more containers.....

I'd say 'cos you took to it like a duck to water Molls. You said you were like a sponge down in the quare place ... so I'd imagine they picked up on this and KNEW you would do what you were told ..... yes I think it's called maturity :egad:

[satz123]

Armeee thread Wednesday 15 January

mollyka;1613339 wrote: Morning Jacks and Benjy! what a wonderful article (even if it did perform a rather unsavoury function in your inbox)

:H:H

[JackieClaire]

Armeee thread Wednesday 15 January

mollyka;1613339 wrote: Morning Jacks and Benjy! what a wonderful article (even if it did perform a rather unsavoury function in your inbox)
Whereas nothing as instantly dramatic happened in my life as that man --- and certainly it didn't happen when I was 7 -- but when I did accept my alcoholism --- and accepted that it was causing me to not care if I lived or died --- it WAS like I got a second chance at life -- and yep, there are loads of days I just go through the motions --- but equally - there are lots and lots of days that I truly truly appreciate how I feel about life now. And to me that's the important part --- I don't HAVE to DO mindblowing things --- to an outsider looking in, my life can seem extremely mundane --- but I'm happy with said 'mundanity' --(which I wouldn't call it -- happiness can never be mundane imo) -- I so get when he says about the second chance --- maybe we need to 'hit the wall' in life for whatever reason --- to appreciate what we DO have and not focus on what we don't?

Very thought provoking INDEED!!!!!

Wasn't it brilliant.........actually brought tears to my eyes.

I did have a moment when I was about 9 when nearly electrocuted myself...........I was just idly playing with my Pa's penknife and a what I thought was a rope............turned out to be a massive electric cable...........any way got thrown up the garden 100 feet and when I came round someone said ................she must have a guardian angel, that should have killed her.

Anyhoo as you said, Molls. My real 2nd chance came when I finally accepted I'm an alcohol and I've said it before so I'm saying it again............why did Mr JC come home early on 5th July, how was there new Dr at my surgery who could de-tox who'd also read about MWO....looks like the universe was looking after me again.

And do you know the best thing of all is I like myself.

[JackieClaire]

Armeee thread Wednesday 15 January

Cue spooky music.

It happened very fast for me too.........less than 36 hours. Ach whether it's the planets, the universe, him upstairs or just pure coincidence..........I'm just so grateful.

[satz123]

Armeee thread Wednesday 15 January

mollyka;1613351 wrote: Yes --- agreed!! And I think what we HAVE to practice in recovery is total honesty --- and it's so much easier to like yourself when you are honest --- it's like a load lifts off of you -- there's nothing that anyone can 'spring' you for --- cliche --- 'what you see is what you get' --- just makes life so bloody easy
I too think that THAT day when Adam (who really had never ever got involved in any way about my drinking or anything ---- never mentioned it --- never appeared to bother him in the slightest) decided to ring around and organised me meeting up with Sr.C and me being ready and happy to go that 'final step' --- it was all slightly off the wall the way it happened --- any or all of the events of that day --- if they'd been spread out happening one at a time over the space of weeks or months --- wouldn't have worked --- it ALL happened that day -- and as I say --- bit like MrJC coming home ---- slighty whacky the way it happened ---- felt like much more than coincidence or luck --- and yet --- I don't believe in all that god stuff or anything ---- just ---- weird!!!!That IS the God stuff - universe , source, law of attraction or whatever name you put on it All the elements on the same vibration were gathering and converged on that day ! This probably happened when you finally 'surrendered' to it ! OOOMMMMM !
That is why I have to change my thoughts here PRONTO ! Either change what I can or suck it up & make the most of it for another while :goodjob:
JackieClaire;1613352 wrote: Cue spooky music.

It happened very fast for me too.........less than 36 hours. Ach whether it's the planets, the universe, him upstairs or just pure coincidence..........I'm just so grateful.

As above !

[JackieClaire]

Armeee thread Wednesday 15 January

I am going to go up and tidy our bedroom.............went up Monday afternoon to do it and thought I'd have a bit of a read................woke up 2 hours later.

Not be long.