Army gates open july 2016

[JackieClaire]

Love it, Sugarbabe.
:woohoo2::dancegirl:

[NoSugar]

go as loud as you like -- still have THAT sense -- blind as a bat as my specs are just after snapping... ffs -- !

I always keep my old ones "just in case". I probably could let the ones that are 2 or 3 prescriptions out of date go at this point...:headscratch:

[satz123]

Morning Army.
I've given myself a slap and pulled myself together :yay:
Was going to take a rest from posting and now realise it's just laziness.
I owe my sobriety to MWO and the folks I've met here.

I've started to think and realised I'd have no support such as AA if I were to stop posting.
I've heard of 3 prominent posters who had long time sobriety, who distanced themselves and have allowed themselves to be sucked back into the pit.
I ain't adding to that number by being arrogant and thinking I know it all - NOPE !!

Off now to clinic with mother who typically seems to be getting better ........... :llama:

[IamMary]

Morning.
That scares me Satz, always has!! I think Molly drummed it into at the start, post post post every day... But yea, it's hard when it's so quite sometimes.. Plus you get a bit of confidence.
Had a drinking dream (strill lying in bed now!). It's was very boring, I decided to have 2 drinks and then I moved on, but I remember thinking, see.. Normal, no big deal.
Then I woke up!!

Great about your mam.

Morning everyone!! Get up!!

[Mick]

Off now to clinic with mother who typically seems to be getting better ........... :llama:[/QUOTE]

glad to hear it satzy

[JackieClaire]

Molls is on fire again

2# TWICE in the last few months I have heard of long term posters (hence long term sufferers of the effects of alcoholism) saying that they are 'embarrassed' to come back posting (on MWO?? on an alcoholics support forum?????) because they have relapsed..... WHAT???

Going to give an example of this from an experience I had at work on Tuesday.

A long term service user, I'll call him John, rang to see if there was anyone, anyone at all he could speak to. I've known this lad for a quite a long time and and I'm very fond of him. His mother is dying, he's disabled and his life is in general turmoil.

Fortunately we were quiet and he knew me so we could have a bit of a natter. He'd been on a two week binge, been to see his mother in hospital and the final breaking point he'd fallen down the stairs at the train station.

John's been in and out of the services over the years and at present not registered with us and he was saying he wouldn't even dare asked to be taken on again...........I asked why................he thought we'd think he was daft and he'd had enough chances............now this is a man who has DJayed (I think that's the word) in someone of the biggest clubs in Europe and his knowledge of music is encyclopedic and he thinks he's daft.

Anyway persuaded him to re-register, we'd work around him going on his hospital visits.

Anyway what I'm trying to say is there is no shame in coming back but its a damned shame if you don't.

[JackieClaire]

Its a great big advantage where I work to be an addict In fact now I'm getting to know a lot of the staff a majority have either had addiction in their families or were addicts themselves.

We're a luck generation of addicts we have many resources we can lay our hands on just through the internet.

The word addict might raise a few eyebrows.......but that's what we are addicted to alcohol. I got a virtual smack round the ear from someone whose addiction was heroin......the only difference is ours is legal...............their's is not.

[paulywogg]

Well I could"like""like"like",everything written but I'm assuming that the button is still banned? Satz,don't you dare take a break from posting! We need you here I read the thread every morning, usually it's where I start,I don't comment sometimes but I'm o listening, glad your mom is feeling better that must be a relief for both of you,Molly, it IS embarrassing to come back after a relapse, some people are judgemental even though they say they're not"oh this twat again?" Is what they're thinking,I know from experience cuz a certain member told me that she received PM's from other members about why she was even bothering to help me and another member who in my opinion needs to work on his own yard instead of worrying about everyone else ya know? I do think that it's powerlessness AFTER the first drink as well but I have the power not to drive over and buy the damn shit so I take comfort in that,you all helped me out when I was scared of Brady going to Portland and I had the afternoon to myself, if not for your help,I don't know if I'd have made it,also helped me with hubs'job transfer being a voice of reason and helping me sort it out,so much to say,so much to thank you all for too,and I do think that a lot of the people who leave are drinking, we fantasize that they're all off living happily sober and I'm sure some are but I'm damn sure a lot aren't, not saying if any of you left you'd drink just saying that about others,anyhoo,phones gonna explode with all this typing so I'm done....for now,have a greatday all

[satz123]

There ya go Pauly -I 'liked' you :hug: - sometimes you just gotta !!

As for those other two Molls & Jacks :welldone: both of you. :hug:

[JackieClaire]

Evening session now open.

Pauly, that has to be the longest post ever typed on a phone. I liked you too..

We should have a 'like in' same as a 'love in' but we keep our bras on and don't paint daisies on our faces and sing Bob Dylan songs.

[NoraC]

We should have a 'like in' same as a 'love in' but we keep our bras on and don't paint daisies on our faces and sing Bob Dylan songs.

Well - then, what's the point? :rotlf:

[JackieClaire]

Well - then, what's the point? :rotlf:

:harhar:

I'm vowing..............I might even get up 10 minutes earlier to do so.

[IamMary]

Evening... absolutely brilliant fiery posts, 'love it'..

Thanks Molly for having so much faith in us. On more that one occasion, this has saved me.. and not so long ago either. Sounds mad, but when I was on a bit of a ledge and starting to toy with the idea of 'just one', I didnt want to let the side down. I thought, I know Im not going to do this forever, but the army think I can, so I cant do it today - and over another hump I go.
So that does mean an awful lot.:hug:

I don't tell people I work with - that is because of their failure of understanding -- not mine -- they don't need to know because they don't need to know 'me' --- the real 'me' -- they only need to know that they have a good reliable work colleague and I am that...

This is exactly why I dont tell anyone.. yet. I will. Plus, as above, I dont have complete faith in myself yet.

Great story about that DJ Jacks.. keep us posted, hows he doing?

Pauly - I might have missed how your hubbys career path went? did he go back to plumbing?

[IamMary]

PS: YES, I vow. Pinky promise, which cant be broken EVER, according to my 7 year old (who knows everything).

[paulywogg]

Yes Mary,he went back to plumbing and I was pissed off about it, came here and these beauties did a wonderful thing by putting
my mind to rest,I was really scared I'd drink over the anxiety of it all,of course it's been a bit rocky for him so far but nothing like my mind had built up, he seems happier so far ,probably be happier when its not 115 degrees