Army Boot Camp 23/11/15

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have some cupcakes starty. thats chocolate. honest!

[Choices]

Geese just checking in to say goodnight... And everyone is already saying good morning! Congrats on 30 days Starty! Starting over was a totally different challenge my second time around. In some ways harder, but in other ways easier because I knew how good I was going to feel the more I stuck with it. Harder because it took a lot longer to decide to do it.. Until the decision was made for me. What I love about being sober is that when there is a problem in life, and if a craving pops up it feels so intense and scary.. But then if you just don't give into it, it magically goes away. Where as if you do give in and drink, that problem may or may not go away but then there is only more struggling.. It's such a yucky trap. Busy day here today, which is good. I can really tell how my energy level has picked up since ditching the drink. I'm really thankful for that. I'm in New Zealand JC.

[GlitzyB]

Morning army and once again congrats Starty. Oh temptation overload with lotsd of gooey chocolate cream cakes. We are spoilt for choice.

[NoSugar]

Congratulations on 30 days, Starty! It seems to me you're doing all the things that lead to success - and that rarely puts any of us on a straight path. I hope you're proud :smile:.

[paulywogg]

Hello Army,congratulations Starry!!! you and I are neck to neck,no going backwards now,mmm,not to sure about the cupcakes haha!! Have a great day everyone

[Mr Vervill]

Congrats on the 30 year Anniversary, JC, Just celebrated 29 with Mrs V Sunday.
And a BIG CONGRATS to Starty and Pauly on 30 days! More Cake!
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[IamMary]

Oh Mr V, the urge to eat all of those smarties is VERY strong!

Well done Starty (wrote smarty there by accident!), that is just Fantastic, your doing in through thick and thin. 30 days was the most I could ever get to before I found MWO, so it was always my wall.
YOu are over the wall:victorious:

[IamMary]

Late check in Army :checkin:
In work from 7.30 am then home dinner and out again to counselling group for young Satz.
I'm fecked.
But on a positive note I'm getting vibe from him of acceptance that he is addicted to alcohol. I think this was missing up to now and he sorta thought he was above it all and that AA etc was for 'real' alkies not him and he could deal with it.
He is settling in and getting to know the group.
Fingers crossed this is it for him ....

Delighted Satz to hear this Satz.
I can imagine how much more difficult it is for a younger person - at least when your older its more acceptable to be anti social or at least meeting people is not always in pubs. Has he a girl friend?

IS your work still bonkers?

[satz123]

Evening -
Got up fro gym this morning at 6.30 and then sat for the day - answered a few emailed then closed laptop & fell asleep.
May take tomorrow off : knackered :waaaa:

[Choices]

Morning everyone,

Well, when I first came to MWO it was 2010 and I lived in New Zealand but I had just moved here from Mexico... I'd lived in Mexico off and on for 10 years because that is where my mother lived. But I am an American. In my first year sober I went home to Mexico and the states and posted A LOT during that time... Mainly on Sunbeams Sober September, October, extra challenges.. Where I met you Molly along with anon and a bunch of really lovely ladies. That thread was great but then (as it sometimes happens). There was a bad apple.. And the whole thing fizzled out. I posted quite a bit up until 2012... Was sober for my wedding.. All good, fell pregnant on the honeymoon... And then just kinda stopped posting. My head space while pregnant was all about snips and snails, and ginger and spice, prams, tiny cloths.. Drinking was a distant memory. I still didn't think much of it the first year of my baby's life. It was taking my one year old home to meet my family in the states (mom is back there now) that I had no idea how vulnerable I would become towards taking another drink. I didn't drink the entire trip, didn't crave, watched family and friends drink.., no problem. I had a massive fight with my sister a day before I left that has turned into pretty much falling out with her.. And the fight continued on when she dropped me off at the airport... Traveling with a toddler is tough enough... Etc.. So when offered the free glass of wine on the plane, and getting my head prepared for a 12 hour flight sharing my seat with a screaming toddler... I caved and took the drink. I wasn't craving it... I just didn't say no. After close to 4 years sober. After that I was back drinking for 18 months.. Now I'm back again in MWO. So learned again, drinking and me are not a good mix!

[JackieClaire]

Hello luvverlies,
Thanks for updating us, Choices. :hug: Its good to know that we're only one drink away from a pile of heartache. If it happens again give the baby the drink...............I have my tongue firmly in my cheek when I say that.

[starty]

have some cupcakes starty. thats chocolate. honest!

Yummy. Just cleared up similar in the garden

[starty]

I feel all special today Thanks everyone.

Well I finished the day off with having a tooth out. And the dentist told me to take painkillers :sad:osteriors: However I did not :cuss:

Totally get that choices. The not craving but just not saying no when we should. Tricky business this addiction lark.

[Choices]

Morning everyone,

Well, when I first came to MWO it was 2010 and I lived in New Zealand but I had just moved here from Mexico... I'd lived in Mexico off and on for 10 years because that is where my mother lived. But I am an American. In my first year sober I went home to Mexico and the states and posted A LOT during that time... Mainly on Sunbeams Sober September, October, extra challenges.. Where I met you Molly along with anon and a bunch of really lovely ladies. That thread was great but then (as it sometimes happens). There was a bad apple.. And the whole thing fizzled out. I posted quite a bit up until 2012... Was sober for my wedding.. All good, fell pregnant on the honeymoon... And then just kinda stopped posting. My head space while pregnant was all about snips and snails, and ginger and spice, prams, tiny cloths.. Drinking was a distant memory. It was taking my one year old home to meet my family in the states (mom is back there now) that I had no idea how vulnerable I would become towards taking another drink. I didn't drink the entire trip, didn't crave, watched family and friends drink.., no problem. I had a massive fight with my sister a day before I left that has turned into pretty much falling out with her.. And it continued on when she dropped me off at the airport... Traveling with a toddler is tough enough... Etc.. So when offered the free glass of wine on the plane, and getting my head prepared for a 12 hour flight sharing my seat with a screaming toddler... I caved and took the drink. I wasn't craving it... I just didn't say no. After close to 4 years sober. After that I was back drinking for 18 months.. Now I'm back again in MWO. So learned again, drinking and me are not a good mix!

[JackieClaire]

Ahh Starty..............talk about being caught between a rock and a hard place.