ARMY.............SERVING 24/7..........week beginning 13th July 2015

[JackieClaire]

I used to have hair about that long.

[roxane]

i think most people our age did, even the boys.

im reading the auto by julie walters and she had amazing hair. interesting read. not about her hair. she hasnt mentioned it. yet.

[JackieClaire]

Boys got whipped soundly at my school if their hair touched their collar.

[roxane]

bet they loved that. any excuse.

[JackieClaire]

tbh from what I can remember not a lot of them took a blind bit of notice.

[roxane]

computer booted me. froze completely. think i need to find a geek to sort it.

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

Good morning army folk. I had a sh**y yesterday, got myself in a right funk. Tbh I thought of the poisoned escape briefly but then the pain and self disgust that would follow.
It worries me that going forward in the weeks and months ahead the bad memories will fade and the rose tinted specs start telling me how nice a cold beer would taste. And indeed it probably would but it's a game of Russian roulette and I know beyond any doubt where it would lead me and in double quick time.
ODAT

[JackieClaire]

First things first, come here Tabbers and have a :huggers:

Blooming horrible feeling, isn't it..................but a million times better than the feeling you'd have had if you'd acted on the urges.

Can you conjure up the feeling/memory of the day that actually brought you back here.............picture it, remember it and file it in your memory under the title..........'Do I really want to do that again'.............

I have the one of those it has the look of pity on the face of the man behind the counter when I was trying to buy vodka at 6:50am.............its called on very rarely these days but it works.

Oh and we haven't had cliché of the day...............this too shall pass.

[satz123]

What the wans say Tabbers
What I did was saved it on a word document on my desktop to remind me of the last time I drank - like you - documented the disgust , the sickness etc.
Writing it down has etched it in my memory a bit more.

Cold beer - yes the thought struck me in Greece. Even 2 years on.
Then I REALLY thought about it.
One beer - then two - then never enough - .........................

Turned out I was just thirsty !!!!

[Bandit]

Hi all,
Quick check in from me as up to my tonsils today. Hoe u are feeling better Tabbers

[satz123]

Welcome back Molls - have yer watched BB yet ?

[Bandit]

Unexpected visitors had me busy Molls but they are gone now TG. Also, trying to get a bunch of job applications in. Sounds like u enjoyed Donegal.
Hi Satz and anyone else about

[JackieClaire]

Very late check in.
Welcome home Molls.
Lovely couple of hours this aftie with the Jenny and the son & heir. Both of them bouncing off each other with their banter......lovely to see :happy2:

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

Evening ladies, thanks for all of your posts of support and advice this morning. Really busy day and not long in so I won't stop long, I just wanted to check in. No thoughts of AL tonight thankfully and there can be no debate, I DONT DRINK.

[JackieClaire]

MInd you I was ready to thump the living daylights out of the S&H..............came in at some godforsaken hour..........obviously worse for wear and had left most of the contents of the fridge on the bench after his snack.................and he'd stuck a pair of scissors in the cornflakes box..............when he finally surfaced he explained it was because he is a......................wait for it...wait for it............

a cereal killer.