Army thread Saturday 22 March

[DreamThinkDo]

Good morning Army (and all confused lurkers)

Tips, I had strict instructions from Sweetiepeapie last night not to let you come near the coffee until she's been - she needs it for work and you only use it to skive. Unnerstood?

So this is for Sweets:



And this is for the rest of us:



Have a lovely day, everybody!

[tiptronic_ct]

Army thread Saturday 22 March

Good morning, Dreamy.

OK... But can I have two of the others, then?

Good morning Army I managed an extra hour of sleep :yay:

[DreamThinkDo]

Army thread Saturday 22 March

Course you may have more than one - and take one for Mrs T too - just wash up afterwards! (Or get the cubs to do so:H)

Was up pre-sparrows again. :upset:

[anon]

Army thread Saturday 22 March

Good morning.

[sweetpea29]

Army thread Saturday 22 March

Good morning Dreamy, MrT, MrsA and all :hallo:

Oooooh Dreamy that's just the job for me this morn thank you muchness xxxx

:goodjob: on extra hour of sleep MrT- that'll be you all set for a day of pool cleaning, grocery shopping n cooking and maybe a wee nana nap too

Hey MrsA- how are you keeping this weather?

Work shouldn't be as mental today hopefully....less big wigs around at weekend messing things up for us workers!

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

Army thread Saturday 22 March

Morning folks, why is there a spoon stuck to the side of my cup?

[DreamThinkDo]

Army thread Saturday 22 March

:waving:

Anon, is today a couch day or a whizzy day?

Have a good day, Sweet!

[DreamThinkDo]

Army thread Saturday 22 March

Too early in the morning for such difficult questions, Tabs! Perhaps because there are no saucers? Morning, and how are you?

[anon]

Army thread Saturday 22 March

Everyone sounds good and positive this morning:goodjob:

Glad work is going to be less "mental" today Sweetie.

Clear blue sky day here so off for my usual Saturday 5k race/run before the weather changes.

[Tabbers (a.k.a. KTAB)]

Army thread Saturday 22 March

I'm ok thanks. Off into work for a couple of hours soon so I am. Then back to make a start on a fence that has been loosened by the wind, think I need a holiday.

[satz123]

Army thread Saturday 22 March

Mornin'

[lifechange]

Army thread Saturday 22 March

Morning everyone!! A wonderful Saturday to you all...:lilflower:

[lifechange]

Army thread Saturday 22 March

roxy, from yesterday, couldn't find the page in the NN, but I'd made myself a copy.. posted by Byrdie from KTAB (assuming it's the KTAB we know!--maybe from long ago) Hope it's ok that I re-post it...

Mar 21 at 3:23 PM
Letting Go....

Acceptance and denial seem to me to be key elements of moving on. How many of us have truly 100% accepted our alcoholism and let go of the niggling doubt that maybe somehow someday the clock could magically be turned back to a time when we were 'normal'?

As I see it, it is very simple, we have two choices, accept our problem, make the life changing changes necessary or continue to skirt the real issue. I have been clean now for a little while but a couple of weeks ago the friday night feeling hit and the thoughts of how nice a beer or two would be in the local and the cravings of course started. Two beers would have been nice and I am pretty sure I could have stopped at two but it would just have awoken the beast in me again and I would drink again the next day. Maybe its only me but food is somewhat similar, when I get in the mood for say a pizza or an indian meal and dont have it that night, the thought will sit there semi dormant but I will end up eating that food at some time over the next couple of days. I wonder if this is indicative of how the craving and reward centers of my brain are programmed.
Anyway I digress, I didnt drink on the friday but of course the thoughts werent far away and on saturday afternoon I was in the supermarket and found myself in front of the mountain of wine bottles, I picked one up and put it back down, I had allowed the thought to come to me 'hey about a bottle of wine to have with dinner?' I ran with it and then it came the 'maybe you should get two just in case' Then it hit me like a sledge hammer who was I kidding, this addiction wasnt going to go away, the alkie thinking was still there, the lying, the hiding the sneaky drinks were only a breath away. I stopped and bought a bottle of coke.

So I got to thinking about this, was there some part of me still clinging onto the idea that I can drink again? Obviously there is. So what do I do about it? I am back to the two choices, either I accept this or I dont. I believe it is very hard for us to accept that this is our life now and I think that is why so many here keep failing time after time, because they dont give it over totally, I am probably one of the biggest offenders.

If there is a big grey animal in the room with a tusk and a trunk it can only be an elephant. If I am still here posting on an alkie forum after nearly three years looking to help my problem drinking then I am an alcoholic, so if I am born 4 foot 6 with a one ear, green eyes and a big conk I cant change that can I? no more than I can change the fact of my alcoholism either but I can accept the fact. Ok, thats sorted, so without being over dramatic I can stop drinking or I can continue which would undoubtably take years off of my life and result in the quality of the years I have left a hollow shell of what they could be.

After true acceptance comes a sense of relief, a sense of peace and the first step on the path to gratitude for finding however we did the true escape and the right to lead a full and proper life without the ball and chain of AL chaffing the skin on our ankles.
Letting go sounds good to me, how about you?

Take care,
Johnny

[satz123]

Army thread Saturday 22 March

moan alert

Well nothing much to report chez Satz.
My week-ends are becoming tr?s boring - I need to liven them up a bit.
Tired and achy this morning .....

Mr S will be jangling his lead this morning I expect .... so along walk is imminent. :bigcry:
Probably a good idea to get out and blow off the cob webs.

I think I'm being brought out to dinner by DD this eve as she is away next weekend - happy days.
Fancy big juicy steak ........

[roxane]

Army thread Saturday 22 March

:l aww thanks LC, or should i call you elsie?

dreamy dont mean to awkward but can i have tea?