Army Ring in the New Year!!

[IamMary]

The craic is mighty Mers :haha:
The Universe is telling me something - lost my Mastercard-just as DD & I were going into town.
Now I can only spend what I actually have :rant:

Hate that.. Look harder! Heading in tomorrow, leave me something.

[IamMary]

Yes of course. I am spending the time now eating every bit of shite in the house.

Mr Starts has just announced......drum roll.......that he is quitting smoking......and booze!

Mr M said the same (doesn't smoke anymore). I don't believe him.

[starty]

Mr M said the same (doesn't smoke anymore). I don't believe him.

I believe him on the smokes.....I think I am not sure about the booze

[starty]

The nice thing tho bout the non-alkie partners quitting is that a 'relapse' isn't a problem --- leave them at it and enjoy the (hopefully) 90% of time that they are actually on the same planet as us -- mind you - after all this time I'd be gobsmacked if my fella went on the beer!!

Ha ha yes I agree. He is nowt like me. He is with smokes though

Why did Joe quit? Was he an alkie?

[JeffRob887]

Well we made it. Cannot believe quite how tough it was or how different I feel now that it is all over. A huge relief.

Time to ring in the new.....

I am considering giving up refined sugar for my new years resolution. I have heard that sugar causes cravings similar to alc or drugs so want to add another tool to my arsenal and get stronger over the coming months.
The benefits are supposed to be amazing including more energy and focus so looking forward to that.

I hope NS pops in with some advice for this Newbie

That's good to hear! Will be here to support you! Good luck and keep us updated!

[starty]

Hi there Jeff. Welcome to the army!

[Guitarista]

The craic is mighty Mers :haha:
The Universe is telling me something - lost my Mastercard-just as DD & I were going into town.
Now I can only spend what I actually have :rant:

:rotlf:

[starty]

morning Jeff - tell us about yourself ?

no -- deffo not an alkie -- he did 'like' drinking - we drank together -- boozing mates and it was fun -- he missed that - but he couldn't see any point in having an alcohol ethos in the house -- for so long while I was trying to stay quit -- musta been 2 years that I frequently relapsed prior to this quit - he could see that it didn't work - he was al ho ho ho and lets go to the pub etc etc.. now he can see that for what it was I'm guessing he doesn't know how I put up with it AT ALL --it just drifted along really and he never went back -- sometimes I wish he would -- it unwound him --- nowadays he has none of the tools he learned in aftercare or anything -- he's forgotten it all - so it's a bit like living with a dry drunk lately

Did he go to rehab too? That must be tough. The key to sobriety is being happy dry

[IamMary]

Molly your 4 years AF. Is this just something recent with him? Could it be something else?
What else has changed?

[JeffRob887]

Hi there Jeff. Welcome to the army!

Hi starty! Thank you for the warm welcome!

[JeffRob887]

[QUOTE=mollyka;1654162]morning Jeff - tell us about yourself ?

Hi mollyka! I am a writer in recoveryexperts.com and I'm a recovery advocate who helps individuals breakfree from their drug and alcohol problems. Good morning too!

[satz123]

[QUOTE=JeffRob887;1654172]

morning Jeff - tell us about yourself ?

Hi mollyka! I am a writer in recoveryexperts.com and I'm a recovery advocate who helps individuals breakfree from their drug and alcohol problems. Good morning too!

Jeff we are mostly all AF here eventually - some sooner than others - if a 'soldier' is down we help each other - it works

[JackieClaire]

Morning lovelies,

Hey there Jeff, how much does it cost?

[satz123]

Where is Tabbers ????

[JeffRob887]

[QUOTE=satz123;1654173]

Jeff we are mostly all AF here eventually - some sooner than others - if a 'soldier' is down we help each other - it works

Yep! I bet you're right! Salute to all of you guys who also help others in achieving recovery.