First Army Thread of 2015

[Anjicia]

Morning Molly and all to come sorry if I left any one out still trying to wake up lol. Bye for now have to make tracks.

[JackieClaire]

I'm up..............not sure if I'm awake though.

[JackieClaire]

yer Granny's a bit pushy Jacks ??:

:harhar::harhar::harhar: Classic.

[satz123]

later darlin!! have a nice day --- I've a pile of chores just sitting looking at me and they really DO need doing -- but I just couldn't be arsed --- cannot BELIEVE how quiet mwo is --- it's a downward trend across all the threads it seems -- is it seasonal I wonder - tho you'd imagine this should be a busy time --- but I do think a lot disappeared with the transition to the new site ---- it's sad really --- there are some really smashing new people arriving and I'm dead impressed by some --- but not in numbers ---- can't make out what that's all about --- I wonder is it as a couple of members have alluded to -- the switch in emphasis from 'controlling' and 'moderating' -- to abstinence....?

GOOD GRIEF WOMAN! Wash your mouth out with soap :yikes:

[satz123]

But to be serious.
I think that would put a lot of new people off to think they had to go AF if they participate.
It's a scary thought and most are still in denial as to the extent they are in the 'pit'
It would have put me off - as I was not ready to go AF when I came here.
I wanted it to stop drinking at home - only.

[JackieClaire]

ooh opinion time......lets see if I'm awake enough to give one.

You see my join date is completely different from my actual first post............in fact there's 10 months between them. When I joined I was looking for a sort of indoor AA meeting.......one where ideas were shared, suggestions given stuff like that unlike AA where it was one person sharing and the ciggie breaks and coffee was where you got the best info...........so I found MWO.
Even back in Sept 2008 I wanted complete abstinence so after reading the community page felt that MWO wasn't for me..............I never wanted 2 drinks a night I wanted lots and lots and I'd admitted I was an alcoholic years before................so taking a load of supps and drugs (some of which are banned in the UK) just didn't appeal.

Fast forward 10 months when I'm sitting with Dr :heartbeat: and he tells me about a website called MWO ...........I say I thought it was for controlled drinking............he says the article in the Guardian say that although MWO started out as that there were many different ways to get and stay sober now.............and to give it a go.

I think what I'm trying to say is all things evolve and MWO has over the years evolved into a non-drinking community by finding your own way not anyone elses.

[JackieClaire]

When I was doing my controlled drinking I used to have to take a drinks diary in to my key worker..............he told me years later that they always doubled it.

[JackieClaire]

Fat chance............although when I get back to work at the addiction place on Tuesday............I'd better read up about harm reduction.

For drinkers all I can remember is make sure you can get home, never drink and drive, make sure a taxi's booked before you go out and make sure you're in well lit places.

And for injecting heroin users make sure they get clean needles and dispose of the old ones safely.

[JackieClaire]

I'll not be going anywhere for a while.

[JackieClaire]

depressing or WHAT?? BUT -- if you ARE doing all that and drinking or using much less --- has to be 'better' I s'pose?? laters xxx

The depressing bit is seeing people turning up, using the services, saying all the right words in the right places and knowing you're being bull-shitted left, right and centre.

[Eloise]

When I was doing my controlled drinking I used to have to take a drinks diary in to my key worker..............he told me years later that they always doubled it.

just to throw in a comment:
My version of 'controlled drinking' was:
me: "Let's have a glass of wine!"
me: "Coool, but just one."
me: "All done! "
me: "Let's have another one!"
me: "Okay, but just one!"
And that would go on all night.

Sure am glad those days are over.

[JackieClaire]

Eloise.how lovely to see you.:applouse:

Got me thinking about sharing a bottle with Mr JC.

'Let's share a bottle of wine'
'Go on then'
'Here's your thimble full...................the rest mysteriously disappeared when I took the cork out'

[JackieClaire]

Only kept miniature voddies upstairs.

I had an everlasting bottle of wine in the fridge which is in the utility room next to the hidey cupboard that I kept the bottle I topped it up with.

Dear lord, the bloody time and effort of sneaky drinking............

[roxane]

perhaps new people arent finding the site lately because, if i remember rightly, our host said that it cost a lot to get keystroked on google. she amy have stopped it.
i was talking to someone who has their own website, no forum, she puts phrases people might use to search in the back of the site, the admin part, and it fishes and the site pops up on their pc if they type those phrases. does that make sense, i didnt put it very well, it wouldnt be in an instruction manual that s for sure. the cost of running her site? £5 pm.

[JackieClaire]

Should hose them down in the garden and chuck a horse blanket on them before let them in the house..they'll be grand.

I shall now go through the 3 boxes that I just chucked stuff in on Christmas Eve...........

See you in a bit.