ARMY GARRISON GATES NOW OPEN 11th JANAURY 2016

[JackieClaire]

I'm here.......I love my bed soooooooooo much.

[GlitzyB]

Morning army bitter cold here again i hate getting up and thoughts of going in to the bathroom for a shower its soo cold in there even with the heating on. I'm a corner house and thats the coldest room. Meeting a friend at 1.30 for lunch and then pick up some a few things in Tesco i could n't manage yesterday.:egad:

[satz123]

Morning army bitter cold here again i hate getting up and thoughts of going in to the bathroom for a shower its soo cold in there even with the heating on. I'm a corner house and thats the coldest room. Meeting a friend at 1.30 for lunch and then pick up some a few things in Tesco i could n't manage yesterday.:egad:

Same her Foxy - effin' freezing and my bedroom is the same - icebox

Chez Satz at the moment :

[NoSugar]

Just a quick update on my healthy diet. I really do feel better with less cravings when not noshing on sugar. I do have a fair bit of fruit in my smoothie and as a snack but that really is the only sweet stuff that I am having and I do feel a difference in my energy levels and my mood. Who would have thought it

I'll have to catch you while we're all awake - almost 7 am here.

Did you catch this documentary on TV in Ireland: RTÉ Television - Programmes - Factual - Sugar Crash ?
I've heard it is really good but unfortunately didn't watch it b/f it was taken off YouTube due to copyright violations. Those of you in UK might be able to see it, though.

[satz123]

I'll have to catch you while we're all awake - almost 7 am here.

Did you catch this documentary on TV in Ireland: RTÉ Television - Programmes - Factual - Sugar Crash ?
I've heard it is really good but unfortunately didn't watch it b/f it was taken off YouTube due to copyright violations. Those of you in UK might be able to see it, though.

Hey Sweets
Yes I saw it - it was presented by Eva Orsmond - I know her from a previous encounter - she is a great advocate of fighting children's obesity from a diet perspective -not just homing in on exercise.
it was very informative - but I have to say - nothing YOU haven't warned us about
SUGAR is in everything including savoury foods.
Ireland is heading to be the fattest nation in Europe.

[NoSugar]

I was buying canned peas (gross) for my grandson yesterday (finger-food as he learns to eat), read the label and found added sugar. So weird and unnecessary!

[starty]

Arvo chaps

An interesting article re internet support here Why thousands of people are choosing an internet forum to help them quit drinking alcohol - over AA

Thanks for the link NS, I will defo try and watch it

[IamMary]

Arvo chaps

An interesting article re internet support here Why thousands of people are choosing an internet forum to help them quit drinking alcohol - over AA

Thanks for the link NS, I will defo try and watch it

Thats very interesting Starty, very true. I honestly didnt know about any online forums before until I loaded up on books and found the sober recovery site - I must have stumbled on here while searching. I knew the times of the Local AA meetings and was getting closer to attending one, but it really scared the shit out of me.
As did bearing all here, but not as much. But the real beauty here is that its open all day every day! I would loose myself for hours, it was all so new - sure I hadnt a clue really and couldn't believe that my brain was wired the same as everyone else!

[IamMary]

Did you catch this documentary on TV in Ireland: RTÉ Television - Programmes - Factual - Sugar Crash ?
I've heard it is really good but unfortunately didn't watch it b/f it was taken off YouTube due to copyright violations. Those of you in UK might be able to see it, though.

This extension for Chrome gets around all these problems, mentioned before.
It just blocks your IP address and makes it look like your browsing from the country of your choice.

[IamMary]

afternoooooooon!!! ironically - I have grave reservations about online support sites for an awful big percentage of addicts... just can't imagine it is adequate for many -- and when you see folks round here struggling for years and years I sometimes wonder if they were getting stronger support - as in -- face to face - that maybe coming here is counterproductive for some.... and yes I KNOW it's adequate for lots of folks -- not least our lovely Jackie on this site with squazillion years... but there are so many (including myself) that it's not -- and it's fooling people into thinking they ARE doing something about it.... hard to beat face to face... imvvvvvvvho --- and this really is the lazy way out - non???

Hi Molly,

You are much more an expert than I am on this and you are absolutely right.. But, if it works and it does work for many, fantastic. For others, it could be a stepping stone. Also, its better than nothing if a person just wont go to AA. They might get the right advice on line, move closer to a permanent solution - the community part is huge.

[NoSugar]

This extension for Chrome gets around all these problems, mentioned before.
It just blocks your IP address and makes it look like your browsing from the country of your choice.

So you promise that downloading that won't crash my computer ???:egad:!!!

But, if it works and it does work for many, fantastic. For others, it could be a stepping stone. Also, its better than nothing if a person just wont go to AA. They might get the right advice on line, move closer to a permanent solution - the community part is huge.

I'm grateful that online support was available - there is no way I would have gone to AA and my life "appeared" to be ok - I'd never experienced any fall-out from drinking (other than the loss of my soul, of course...). Working from home helped me hide the problem and no one other than my husband really knew how many activities and interests I'd given up. And all that happened so gradually over time, it didn't really seem that odd to him, either. It seems to me, though, that an online forum like this generally works only for the people who use the heck out of it -- I had this site open on my computer almost all day everyday for months! I read current posts, old posts, and posted A LOT. I really don't see how it works for people just check in once in awhile.

[IamMary]

Agree with you both, its certainly appears to work if you put the same effort into not drinking as you did into drinking?? I was so glad I found that button which hides your on line status because I was embarrassed about the amount of time I was spending here.:blushing:

NS - I was the same as you, no one would have a clue, but my head was wreck and I was a car crash waiting to happen. The idea of AA scared me, but I would have gone in the end.. You probably would have too - if it came to it.

[IamMary]

[QUOTE=NoSugar;1657827]So you promise that downloading that won't crash my computer ???:egad:!!!

Never crashed mine:happy2:

[NoSugar]

I would like to think that I would have gotten over myself, admitted my problem more publicly, and gotten help but I wasn't there yet. Sometimes I even thought it would be a relief to get a DUI or something - to be forced out of the closet I was hiding in. It's hard to know if I ever would have put my ego aside -- but, like you, if a person has truly given an online forum a chance to work and it hasn't, something else is probably needed. I hate seeing people repeat the same experiment over and over again.

[NoSugar]

xpost, Mary -- I was relieved to go invisible, too! I felt like such a headcase (see...EGO EGO EGO!!).
I'll give that download a try - thanks!