Join the Army Against Alcohol-January 2018

[Jude58]

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Tony, you have a great attitude this morning and you seem to be in a much better place than you were a couple of weeks ago. I think that it's great that you are staying busy on your days off, just don't complain about it or satz will get after you again!:egad: Have fun working on your day off.....so worth it if it keeps you out of the pubs!

[rustop59]

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Tony, you have a great attitude this morning and you seem to be in a much better place than you were a couple of weeks ago. I think that it's great that you are staying busy on your days off, just don't complain about it or satz will get after you again!:egad: Have fun working on your day off.....so worth it if it keeps you out of the pubs!

Well said Jude. It’s great to see people get it together. Just in from work so need to get the dinner on and read back.

[RunningCourage]

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Yo

Quick wave and pop in...

Wishing it was Friday already.

Gotta go and prep -

[mollyka]

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Yo

Quick wave and pop in...

Wishing it was Friday already.

Gotta go and prep -

OMG so do I!!! (wish it was Friday!) Having a bit of a meltdown at the moment - decided I had to actually speak my mind to a few people (which can be exceedingly dangerous cos I've an AWFUL big mouth) - but seriously I've been so stressed it just isn't funny - not pleasant at work and sheer chaos at home - when I come home in the evening Jilly seems to think it's ok to land all her worries on me - I mentioned that she might go to IKEA and organise blinds for the new apt.... all of a sudden she is telling me how she hasn't a moment and she's assignments that she has to have done by this deadline and that deadline - and all this after she's telling me herself and the baby went off for the afternoon to meet a pal -- NO -- JUST NO -- you cannot imply that you will fail your exams because of a trip to IKEA while Joe and I are turning our lives upside down trying to organise somewhere for them to live.. so I more or less told her that... mmmm -- she's just gone to bed without a word... but d'ya know - I've just stretched myself so much the last few days that I don't give a fiddlers.... they can all feck off

[JackieClaire]

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Molly, lots of things I could say........but I do understand. Sick to the back teeth of Jenny's drama.
Lets get a good night's sleep.

[mollyka]

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Molly, lots of things I could say........but I do understand. Sick to the back teeth of Jenny's drama.
Lets get a good night's sleep.

Yes darlin- let's!!! I cannot live with this sense of entitlement in silence anymore - I got educated and fucked off to live in my own gaff - the end!
Night folks - sorry twas all about meeeeeeeee

[RunningCourage]

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OMG so do I!!! (wish it was Friday!) Having a bit of a meltdown at the moment - decided I had to actually speak my mind to a few people (which can be exceedingly dangerous cos I've an AWFUL big mouth) - but seriously I've been so stressed it just isn't funny - not pleasant at work and sheer chaos at home - when I come home in the evening Jilly seems to think it's ok to land all her worries on me - I mentioned that she might go to IKEA and organise blinds for the new apt.... all of a sudden she is telling me how she hasn't a moment and she's assignments that she has to have done by this deadline and that deadline - and all this after she's telling me herself and the baby went off for the afternoon to meet a pal -- NO -- JUST NO -- you cannot imply that you will fail your exams because of a trip to IKEA while Joe and I are turning our lives upside down trying to organise somewhere for them to live.. so I more or less told her that... mmmm -- she's just gone to bed without a word... but d'ya know - I've just stretched myself so much the last few days that I don't give a fiddlers.... they can all feck off

Gonna be quick cos shattered.com and been under a "f*** life" cloud all day :haha:

Funny you post this (not as in haha, as in thought-poking). Cos I've just been feeling shite all weekend - now, I'm not having to do all you have to Molls, yet what I've found, if i'm being completely honest, is that despite the problems with the leaks and damage to neighbours apartment in my flat up north, losing my phone on the side of mini-mountain (was up a 4th time this arvo - nothing but ravines of muddy ice) my mind says - "yeah, but it's only bricks and mortar, it's only money - a lot, perhaps, but you won't go bankrupt and nobody has died". Yep. Got that. Get that. And i try to have a little gratitude...

But though my mind thinks that, it aint how I feel. I know i'm not that bad - others are having a way harder time, more complex, difficult, hard-done-by, hard-paper-round lives - but still feel like "oh, FFS, I can;t be fucked with this" - I feel bad / angry with myself because I've wasted money through losing my phone, spending money i don't have on repairs (despite being very good in saving for landlord duties - only there have been too many of them these past 6 months, i have barely tuppence ha'penny!); this and issues at work, trying to motivate myself with my studies etc etc all compound and it's like.... arrrgggghhhh..... , and I just want someone to take ... to take this feeling away.

It goes. It always does. And it would be so easy to have a few beers to take the edge off it. But i pass. Just interesting how I (we all?) get caught up in our own lives (completely natural in some ways) but needs to keep working at how others are in their lives. That's the hard part maybe.

Molly, this is a very tired ramble... I think Jilly just let her own stress re deadlines get in the way of seeing what others are already doing to help her and that, yes, one afternoon in ikea aint gonna change the outcome of exams.

Please don't stretch yourself any more than you absolutely need to (cos you're quite tall already!)

Does that make any sense at all? I wish I was succinct, but is tired, so i will feck off to leaba now.

[mollyka]

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Ya know lovely arsey you make loads of sense - and getting sober doesn't save us from those sometimes overwhelming feelings of anger/irritation/fed-upness - but I DO know the few beers won't help and within that lies the key - knowing REALLY knowing it's not a solution or an option - yer dotes xxxxx

[IamMary]

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Evening,
Sorry for the nonsensical rambling post last night
[MENTION=11158]stirly-girly[/MENTION], [MENTION=7008]JackieClaire[/MENTION];
I meant a cake Topper like this:


But on an actual cake and with lots more stuff.. Well as I was driving, I was giving the honour of getting it to the restaurant in 1 piece, but it didnt really work out like that :egad:
It looked more like an ad about drink driving by the time I got there, legs all over and the body rolled down the side. Tiny beer bottles rolling around! anyway, wasnt a complete humpty dumpty.. restaurant helped fix him up. All so pissed by the end of the night that no one noticed 1 leg on backwards!

Molly if you dont speak your mind, we would all be door mats. Sometimes big hints dont cut it. I tie myself in knots for my kids, but the longer Im sober, I find myself being a tiny bit selfish..in a good way. Im less guilty now. That said, I still drop everything when they need me!

Hows Jenny [MENTION=7008]JackieClaire[/MENTION]? did they sort the dog?

I still amused about the arrow to RC's phone in the snow. Where is the fecking yolk??

[JackieClaire]

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Yes darlin- let's!!! I cannot live with this sense of entitlement in silence anymore - I got educated and fucked off to live in my own gaff - the end!
Night folks - sorry twas all about meeeeeeeee

OMG that's exactly it...........entitlement. Love you lots :heartbeat:

[MENTION=22411]IamMary[/MENTION].............I wouldn't even dream of attempting that. You're a brave woman.

And Jenny's got Buddy for now.

[RunningCourage]

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Morning folks.

Normally, I'd be out and at it. The gym open;s early on a Tuesday so usually jump in there for a quick run around before skool. But got an email last night from the Deputy saying i MIGHT be in another class as the teacher will likely be off sick... meaning that, as I don;t take that class, I am not too sure what they are to do. This is what i HATE about not having my own class. So, gonna pass on the gym (my legs are gubbed) and head earlier to prep...

Still thinking, "roll on friday" :haha:

I am not the greatest fan of motivational quotes - but sticking this one up (for me at least!)

"Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain."

Have a top tuesday peeps.

[rustop59]

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Good morning everyone. Off to the work house so quick check in. Hope you find your phone RC. Am glad Jenny has the dog. Will they share custody? Disadvantage of that is the constant interaction. Jesus Mary aren’t you glad you were doing that sober! Rant away Molly, that’s what we are here for. Wave to everyone else, catch you all later.

[mollyka]

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HAHA Mary's 'topper' calamity would DEFFO have been attributed to the drink! Also not great on motivational quotes Arsey but that's a good one - I've just been snubbed in my own kit hen this morn due to open mouth syndrome last night and thankfully I've refound some balls - told Joe if that attitude doesn't change post haste they can fuck off and find somewhere else to live - ENOUGH!! I had 3 children a job a 3 hour commute a mortgage a car loan a grumpy husband at her age and she has to do a fucking assignment and go to IKEA?????? Sorry using rusters' permission to rant ;-)
Morning everyone please rant as well and I won't feel so 'out there' haha!!!!

[anon]

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Great posts going on there--Love the "entitlement"
Still really poorly and now have a Lung infection plus Pleurisy. However, I do feel better than last week.

[stirly-girly]

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HAHA Mary's 'topper' calamity would DEFFO have been attributed to the drink! Also not great on motivational quotes Arsey but that's a good one - I've just been snubbed in my own kit hen this morn due to open mouth syndrome last night and thankfully I've refound some balls - told Joe if that attitude doesn't change post haste they can fuck off and find somewhere else to live - ENOUGH!! I had 3 children a job a 3 hour commute a mortgage a car loan a grumpy husband at her age and she has to do a fucking assignment and go to IKEA?????? Sorry using rusters' permission to rant ;-)
Morning everyone please rant as well and I won't feel so 'out there' haha!!!!

Good morning Troopers!!

Molls - you are perfectly within your rights to rant all you want. One of the good things about this thread - you can get it off your chest and people understand!!

Arsey - I like that quote. We had a thread at some point with daily quotes - Chillgirl started it and there were some very wise sayings in there. I heard something the other day and it really got me thinking. During a conversation someone said to me - the Dalai lama once said - why do people learn from pain and not from happiness? Seriously - why can we not learn from the things that make us feel good, make us happy, that we enjoy doing, rather than from our mistakes, bad choices, bad habits, whatever. Hmmmm.

Mary - that episode with the cake reminded me of something that had happened on my last trip to Canada. It was for my Mom's 65th birthday party and I was going to surprise her with my visit. I arrived two days before the party and joined my sisters in getting the preparations done. One of the things we did the night before the party was decorate the cake. Now my sisters had bought these lovely paper napkins with an ivy design and I was supposed to decorate the cake with trailing ivy to mach the napkins. Well, we each downed at least a bottle of white wine while I was decorating the cake, then we put it in the fridge and went to bed. I woke the next morning and the first thought that crossed my mind was - "Oh shit - I hope that cake really looks as good as it did to me last night after we'd finished off the wine! I got myself to the fridge and took a timid peek to see. Luckily it was okay but the ivy was trailing a bit more than necessary!

Jackie - glad to hear Jenny's got Buddy but I have to agree with Rusto about the interaction. Better if she doesn't see the ex at all IMVHO.

Hoping you all have a great day!

X-post Mrs. A. You have been poorly for some time now! Have you seen a doctor - gotten any medication? It sounds like you may need a dose of a very strong antibiotic for those lungs. Hope you're feeling much better soon... :heart: