Join the Army Agarinst Alcohol ..............Mad March 2017

[satz123]

Re: Join the Army Agarinst Alcohol ..............Mad March 2017

Morning/afternoon, y'all.

I'm lurking. And learning how to speak English, apparently. (Craic? How is that pronounced?)

Had to read back to get the gist of Mr. G. Glad to hear he's doing well, and a shout out to him. He's been here longer than Gawd, just like me and some of youse.

Can defo relate to the hierarchy in rehab. Where I went, there were two programs. One for "professionals" and then the rest of the peeps. Who looked up/down on the professionals, who looked down on the rest of the peeps. Such a waste of energy.

Love the sense(s) of humo(u)r. :hug:

Hi Ne :checkin:
Now we need to clear one thing up - We are Irish ....... nothing to do with England.
Craic is an Irish term.
Craic is pronounced as 'crack' - means fun over these parts.....

This is the day in the year we Irish get very smug !! :haha:

HAPPY ST PATRICKS's DAY TO ALL !!!

[satz123]

Re: Join the Army Agarinst Alcohol ..............Mad March 2017

Morning Ktab, was wondering where you were actually, Glad that you came/got through your week,Thats the thing about when we stop drinking, life still throws us its pitfalls & dangers, Its all in how we deal with them this time around, Glad your here & don't get to wet.

Agreed Mario. We need a different set of tools to deal with 'challenges' ( hate that word)
My go to is to tell people who annoy me to feck off and carry on in my little Satzy world. Life is too short to take on everyone's dramas & percieved huge issues.
If I can help at all I will give help - but I will not be dragged into the pity pot with anyone to wallow - that just adds to the issue. IMHO.
I will offer the positive side.

Feck others who bring us down - WE are the most important people in OUR world and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
We came into this time & space on our own and we'll leave on our own and in between we should do whatever it is that makes us happy & healthy. It's trying to be joyful in a world that constantly wants to bring us down.

Quitting drinking is one of the biggest things I've done for ME....... :yay:

[Ne/Neva Eva]

Re: Join the Army Agarinst Alcohol ..............Mad March 2017

Hi Ne :checkin:
Now we need to clear one thing up - We are Irish ....... nothing to do with England.

osteroops:

So does that mean I'm learning Irish?

I thought that JC was English? But y'all let her in anyway?

(My last name is Riley. Or was until I got married and my FIL guilt-tripped me into taking on a name with too many vowels and too many syllables. Damn Poles. Anyway. I thought my heritage was Irish for, well, my whole life. Found out at 42 that it's Scottish. Do I still get to [not anymore] celebrate St. Patrick's Day?)

[satz123]

Re: Join the Army Agarinst Alcohol ..............Mad March 2017

osteroops:

So does that mean I'm learning Irish?

I thought that JC was English? But y'all let her in anyway?

(My last name is Riley. Or was until I got married and my FIL guilt-tripped me into taking on a name with too many vowels and too many syllables. Damn Poles. Anyway. I thought my heritage was Irish for, well, my whole life. Found out at 42 that it's Scottish. Do I still get to [not anymore] celebrate St. Patrick's Day?)

Yep Ne you are learning Irishisms !!
JC and others on here live in the UK - and they were here before me :haha:
Mario, Molls, IamMary, Tabbs live on our own island accross the water. :thumbsup:

[abcowboy]

I hope no one takes offense to this, it's done in pure humour and appreciation!

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[satz123]

Re: Join the Army Agarinst Alcohol ..............Mad March 2017

I hope no one takes offense to this, it's done in pure humour and appreciation!

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[starty]

Re: Join the Army Agarinst Alcohol ..............Mad March 2017

Hi all, and a very happy Paddys day to all of you !

Tabbers sorry you hit a rough patch, if you cant get through it, sleep until it passes. That is my go to remedy

Was just remembering a special paddys day for me 28 years ago me and Mr S found our very first dog. He was a neglected stray and we had to report him to the police, wait for 28 days and if no one claimed he was ours Never looked back since that day with the doggers. We have looked after 9 more since then

[IamMary]

Re: Join the Army Agarinst Alcohol ..............Mad March 2017

Evening.
Lovely memory Starty.. how's it going with you, did you kick that dose at last??

Tabbers, good for you navigating through that week. Distraction by whatever means and move those thoughts along.. no place here anymore. I do love the word 'funk' though.

Local parades were terrible and the rain poured down but it was great fun, family lunch etc.. (no, I still don't want a glass of wine thank you )

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

Re: Join the Army Agarinst Alcohol ..............Mad March 2017

Good morning folks, thank you for your thoughts and words of encouragement. The long walk on the beach yesterday helped but it is back to work today so I will try to get out with puppy this evening.

[mario]

Re: Join the Army Agarinst Alcohol ..............Mad March 2017

A very quick hello & goodbye :-)

[rustop59]

Re: Join the Army Agarinst Alcohol ..............Mad March 2017

Good morning folks, thank you for your thoughts and words of encouragement. The long walk on the beach yesterday helped but it is back to work today so I will try to get out with puppy this evening.

Ah glad you are feeling better Tabs, getting out with the puppy will help. Hello and goodbye from me too, got lots on.

[IamMary]

Re: Join the Army Agarinst Alcohol ..............Mad March 2017

Morning all. Suns trying to shine here. Feels like a Sunday!
Off to walk the kids Back later.

[JackieClaire]

Re: Join the Army Agarinst Alcohol ..............Mad March 2017

and yeah -- today feels like it should be Monday... weird
oh and a certain somebody is on her way home yay!!!

That'll be me..............would have been back earlier but me flip flops got caught in the mud and Mr JC had to dig me out. It can't half rain in the Yorkshire moors...........can't understand why Cathy and Heathcliff spent that much time running about out there without at proper coat on.

It was wonderful, lovely wee cottage, central heating and a dish washer. Rain, wind and some sunny days.

What did we do.
7 episodes of Game of Thrones
Cheltenham every afternoon
Walked to viaduct (yes I walked)
Ferris Beuller's DVD watched for the 800th time.
Mr JC found many plaques to read.
Went into the local village............more plaque reading
Jenny came down to spend Sunday night with us ..............it was so lovely
Went into local town...........to drop Jenny off at the train station....no plaques but a timetable kept him happy .....Bess was sick on the platform.
2 pyjama days

and 9 days without a cigarette......some pangs but it passes.

Yep, Ne, I'm English through and through.

[satz123]

Re: Join the Army Agarinst Alcohol ..............Mad March 2017

Welcome back Jackerooney :yay:

Late check in here :checkin:

Mother going demented and young Satz back drinking - FFS !!!
I feel like a sandwich with one on each end.
I am NOT going to spend my days worrying about either of them - I will take ODAAT and deal ith it that way

[IamMary]

Re: Join the Army Agarinst Alcohol ..............Mad March 2017

just back from Ardgillen Mary -- it was full of wood anemones and bluebells -- just smashing.. and damn good cheesecake ;-)

Lovely Molly.. there only recently too. Have you done the fairy trail with your grandkids?
We hit the beach, pub grub and home.. good zonked.

and 9 days without a cigarette......some pangs but it passes.

Welcome back!! Sounds like you had a perfect week. 10 days in the morning! Well done you. No stopping you now. Whats the next challenge, off to buy lycra

Mother going demented and young Satz back drinking - FFS !!!
I feel like a sandwich with one on each end.
I am NOT going to spend my days worrying about either of them - I will take ODAAT and deal ith it that way

Ah no Satz.. you have the right attitude - you cant fix everything. Hang in there missus.:hug: