Join the Army Against Alcohol - February 2017

[satz123]

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Off to do an essay on feckin' James Joyce.
I thought now this'll be interesting - he was a Dub and I can relate to him.
Turns out he was a misogynist, a drunk, sex addict with a huge ego and sense of entitlement. I hate him.
Did all his writing about Dublin from the distance of Italy & Paris as a 'poor artist'.... FFS ! Give me a break.

But now must go say how wonderfully talented he was. yuk !

Rant over - :llama:

[Mick]

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Marnin all from a sun kissed Florida. .it rained a wee bit yesterday. ..

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Hotel is ace weather is cloudy today. ..so far not driven over anyone or anything....hope yiz are all well
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That's the voo from our room...bit better than looking at the bins!

[IamMary]

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WOW Mick, thats looks fantastic!! Even in the rain..

Off to do an essay on feckin' James Joyce.
I thought now this'll be interesting - he was a Dub and I can relate to him.
Turns out he was a misogynist, a drunk, sex addict with a huge ego and sense of entitlement. I hate him.

:biglaugh: hes looking down at you now:



Doris woke me up at 5am! We had a fun start with various bits of fencing, couple of old slates and the chicken coop door all down!

Night all..

[JackieClaire]

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Only one song that has to be played today.

YouTube

[mario]

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Morning

[mario]

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Sun is blaring out :-)

[mario]

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How is doris ?

[JackieClaire]

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Morning lovelies,

I'm touching wood here but I reckon we've been lucky in the North East............horrendous winds yesterday afternoon and absolutely hammering down with rain but but that could be a day in July when you live in the north. It was weirdly mild as well.

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

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Morning folks from a sun soaked (well its not raining) beautiful spring morning here in the old Emerald isle.

I was sitting here wondering to myself why the weekends were always so hard for me and I guess I was letting the monkey in my head tell me they were different because I was always drinking and so was everyone else, I would be going without, poor me, I deserved to drink along with everyone else didn't I?
Well firstly not everyone else drinks just a lot of people I know. I hung around with like minded people who always drank at weekends, big difference was most of them didn't continue for the rest of the week like yours truly. Pretty simple when I think about it and oh so obvious but then we are all guilty of seeing what we want to see I think. Well this weekend I deserve not to drink, I deserve to respect myself and those around me. That self respect has been hard won and a long time coming. I will protect it and my sobriety with every ounce of me being because I am worth more than detaching myself from reality and possibly ending the night laying in a pool of my own vomit.
Do be kind to ourselves folks.

[rustop59]

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Morning folks from a sun soaked (well its not raining) beautiful spring morning here in the old Emerald isle.

I was sitting here wondering to myself why the weekends were always so hard for me and I guess I was letting the monkey in my head tell me they were different because I was always drinking and so was everyone else, I would be going without, poor me, I deserved to drink along with everyone else didn't I?
Well firstly not everyone else drinks just a lot of people I know. I hung around with like minded people who always drank at weekends, big difference was most of them didn't continue for the rest of the week like yours truly. Pretty simple when I think about it and oh so obvious but then we are all guilty of seeing what we want to see I think. Well this weekend I deserve not to drink, I deserve to respect myself and those around me. That self respect has been hard won and a long time coming. I will protect it and my sobriety with every ounce of me being because I am worth more than detaching myself from reality and possibly ending the night laying in a pool of my own vomit.
Do be kind to ourselves folks.

Lovely words Ktab and so so true. No damage from Doris, few things blown around garden but that was it. . Sunny morning but not so nice now. Keeping busy, took up crochet last year and am really getting into it and enjoying it. Here's to a wonderful af weekend

[JackieClaire]

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Its lovely to watch you and read your words, Tabbers............have one of these :hug:

Just caught up with Taboo, crikey its gruesome...........just the way I like it.

Having lunch in town tomorrow with my friend I've known since infant school. She's having mega-problems with an ex. Getting horrendous texts and lurking about outside where she works and had to report him to the police. They're taking it very seriously.

[IamMary]

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Evening,
You really did escape Doris Jacks.. My kids cant wait for the next one, to see what they call it! Eric, Ella, Eithne, Edward...

I hung around with like minded people who always drank at weekends, big difference was most of them didn't continue for the rest of the week like yours truly. .

Well said Tabbers. Have you told your like minded people? Are you not socialising as much? I found this bit tricky (explaining my not drinking as much as actually not drinking).
The mad thing was though that people didnt really notice! Not that Im a party animal out every weekend, but on the occasions that we were out, no one looked that closely at the contents of my glass. And of course Ive grown into this sober me - even threw a few shapes on the dance floor a couple of times. Its equally cringe worthy, sober or drunk.

[IamMary]

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Evening JAcks - Dont know taboo, worth a watch??

Your poor buddy - was she with him long?

[JackieClaire]

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Yep, started off very slow but had my heart in my mouth.

Just 6 months or so. We had a bit of a laugh when she said........FFS.........I'm 60 not 16.

[IamMary]

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Yep, started off very slow but had my heart in my mouth.

Just 6 months or so. We had a bit of a laugh when she said........FFS.........I'm 60 not 16.

:happy2: yea, a little flattering maybe at the start. Not nice now..

Cousins funeral today, took his own life. Utterly heartbreaking. left so much behind. So much makes no sense.