Join the Army Against Alcohol-January 2018

[RunningCourage]

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Morning troops

Gonna be late - but Tony, good to see you're taking it all in your stride - and I think that keep the antabuse up as the craving's a sneaky wee bastard. The devil's been attempting me a lot these past few days too... :grrrr:

Hi to a'body else. It's wet and windy out there.

(I'd stay in bed...)

[JackieClaire]

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Morning,
[MENTION=23019]tonyniceday[/MENTION]..........have you a Halifax or Nationwide up there in them there northern parts. They're pretty good.

I remember my first flat after the break up of my first marriage...........damp with slugs, someone had obviously done something dodgy with the gas as I put 50p in the day I moved in and never topped it up. Would have stayed and stayed for ever but my bezzie mate when she walked through the front door fell through the rotton floor boards. I don't think I've laughed so much since. Anyhoo looking at some of the places Jenny's looked at she's eventually found a wee bungalow with a huge garden.

Off into to town to meet a pal. We'll be playing the ever popular game who's daughter has been up to more crap than the others.

[rustop59]

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Morning troops

Gonna be late - but Tony, good to see you're taking it all in your stride - and I think that keep the antabuse up as the craving's a sneaky wee bastard. The devil's been attempting me a lot these past few days too... :grrrr:

Hi to a'body else. It's wet and windy out there.

(I'd stay in bed...)

Stir in bed RC but going to arise and walk the dogs. West coast was hit by storm last night but does not seem too bad here. Have daughter home so she’s keeping me busy, was chauffeuring last night. Started new crochet project, corner to corner blanket for end of her bed in really soft wool. Keep at it JC, I was where you were two years ago but flying now. Classes are great fun and learning all the time. Just did cushion cover and learned spike stitch and crab stitch. Get frustrated sometimes but it’s great when you have someone to show you. The banter is great too 😄😄, nearly as good as here!

[mollyka]

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Well if Jackie can't do crochet -- DEFFO I can't - so not gonna even try!!! baffled me since I was in a convent being taught it by nuns!!
Loved the story of the kid falling out of the buggy and running over him --- FFS - I'm sure I could go back and think of equally and FAR worse stories - but yeah -- not usually with the first!! Joe and I are just saying NOTHING -- yer right Stirly -- we know NUTTING!!!!
Good men Tony and Arsey --- it's really good RECOGNISING the potential triggers -- it nearly untriggers them if you know what I mean -- I remember many moons ago - bout 10 years getting a bathroom fitted upstairs -- OMG -- it was a nightmare -- leaks, floods, broken pipes, blocked drains, builders all over the gaff - no water..... I FELT like I was coping - but ALL the time in the back of my head... building building building;....... 'this is so unfair, I deserve and NEED a drink, can't do this without one....... yada yada yada......' and --- well you've guessed it..... in jig time downing a bottle.... think I'd a couple of months sobriety.. or that could have even been my 6 month one cos I knew it was disastrous that I drank.... but I did -- I didn't 'treat' the circumstances -- if we have an infection we usually need an antibiotic - if we are stressed/worried/feeling sorry for ourselves - we need to 'treat' our heads - be it with like minds at a meeting or reading addiction literature or maybe coming here MIGHT be enough for you (wasn't for me - never was for me) --

[anon]

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Good morning Army-- Loving all the posts and keep at it RC and Tony.
On mega antibiotics and starting to feel human again. Cough is still horrible but feeling so much better (Could have been the soup JC)
Supposed to be going on holiday on Saturday but will just have to see if this infection clears.
Thank you so much for the kind thoughts X

[stirly-girly]

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Good morning Army!!

Mrs. A - so glad to hear you're feeling better. Hope you'll be A-OK for your holiday!!

Tony - that was quite the day! Today can only be less exciting.

JackieClaire - crocheting is not that hard - it's only one hook, as opposed to knitting that has two needles and has plain and pearl and wool over and under and drop stitches and stitches together and knit into the back of and put stitches on a holder and, and, and. Geez - if you can knit those beautiful hats and baby jackets, surely you can crochet a square. And why on earth would you need and egg cozy for a creme egg??? Jenny's new place sounds wonderful. I hope she will be very happy there!!

Molly - luckily 2nd daughter-in-law and younger son are not so strict about the dirt thing. Baby Alvertos crawled all over and nobody blinked an eye. Mind you now that he's starting to walk, he's a handful. I babysat him two nights ago and he exhausted me in just 2 hours. Into everything - opens all the doors and drawers and then quickly toddles off somewhere else. And he loves to make noise as in banging things together. But he is a darling - happiest little guy I've ever seen!!

Rusty - maybe you could post a couple of pictures of things you've made. I love hand-made things no matter what they are. I don't think younger people these days really realize what goes into making things with your own hands. I knit a blanket for my older granddaughter and it took me weeks. They stuffed it away in a drawer to "keep it safe". I would have preferred they used it and washed it til it fell apart after all the work I put into it. Also sewed quilts for the other babies - hopefully they will get used in the Spring. If not - someone's going to get an earful this time!!

RC - wet and windy here, too. A gust even blew one of the big garbage bins out into the street!

Mary - I'll pass along the bit about the worms and protein. Will probably just make DIL keep her kids even further away from me!!!

Hey Jude!! :hiyacouldn't resist that)

Okay - Satzybum, K-tabbers and anyone I've missed - time to check in!!

Wishing you all a fab day!!!!

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

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Morning all, Stirly consider me checked in.

[JackieClaire]

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Evening

[MENTION=11158]stirly-girly[/MENTION].................its not so much the hook its my eight fingers and two thumbs that are getting in the way

Had two hot chocolates with my mate this morning. He's in good form. Mind but you .....came home and I've got a bunged up nose and feel really tired.

Molls, there's at least two of my relapses are connected with work men in and around the house. The anxiety was coming out of my ears..........still not keen but needs must. Had the garage roof repaired early on in my sobriety and I was hanging on by my finger nails..........felt like I should have been given a large gold medal afterwards.

[MENTION=5052]anon[/MENTION]............where are you off to? We've got a cottage booked in the Yorkshire Dales for April.

[mollyka]

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Evening folks!!! yes Jacks - similar... tho the bathroom was the worst!! this one is nearing it's end so I'm deffo seeing light at the end of the tunnel - AND - Jilly got a phonecall from the principal of one of the schools she did her work experience in - it's LITERALLY up the lane from us offering her a years work from Sept - and she can do her H-Dip at the same time... she's over the moon - really feel things are looking up now... so I'll stop whining --- PROMISE!!!!

Think I've already forgotten what everyone said so can't respond --- going to bed and may read back then --- xx

[RunningCourage]

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It's not workmen... but the issues with my flat and the leak and that i really want (need?) to sell it this year... had my dad on the phone, saying they'd help out and suddenly I was getting all angsty and stressed over it - too tired to rant about the thoughts and feelings running through my head - but it's as if I could;t keep perspective on it. My feelings ran before any logic / perspective got of it's backside to consider the situation objectively... and I say situation, but selling the flat is not yet a situation, just a plan. Anyway, the desire for a drink to take the edge off feelings multiplies fifty-fold.

Thought for the day. While losing my phone and trekking up the effin mountain in search of it, i was literally praying to find it... before bounding down believing there can;t be any god or any meaning to life or any higher anything, cos if there was i'd have found the doggone fone. But then, retrieving it today, I thought "hang on a minute - i've got more than just my phone back: i've had a few days in bed at night without gadgets and instead reading - having learned that maybe this may be a better thing to do before sleep - further, my phone APPEARS to be working with no apparent water damage (checked the insides where Apple say it changes colour if there is water damage)... so perhaps there IS a lesson/s in all this (I was struggling to find any lesson on Monday!)... AND i don't have to fork out £300 for a new phone".

I'm sure there is more lessons I can take from this episode. Like i'm a stress box. My emotions rule me more than reason (which i kinda don't like). etc

Feck. Sorry. My posts are so much about me.

Tomorrow's thursday folks, then one more sleep until the WEEKEND :yay:

[mollyka]

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latherin heart Arsey -- have just read back MILES and nowhere did I read you got your phone back!!! haha --- gonna have to read back again! look I'm delighted you got it. really am. And yeah - I have TRIED (and often fail) to see the positives in most situations - like you say when you didn't have the phone - reading etc.... it's a great thing to be able to do even some of the time - funnily enough - generally Joe is better at it than I am now - so he really benefitted from our recovery.. and c'mere -- if your Dad wants to help out with the apartment -- why don't you let him? I'm sure you help him with things too?
Anyway - back to RE-read...... xx

[mollyka]

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still can't find where you found your phone!!!!

[satz123]

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still can't find where you found your phone!!!!

Nope Molls - he never told us :rant:

[satz123]

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Evening Army Brats :checkin:


On the workmen ...... yes I can directly pinpoint my descent into drinking wine from a mug in the bedroom to a time when this 'effin painter was in the house.
He didn't paint one room at a time but took over the WHOLE house & was at it till 10pm some nights.
Took FOREVER ..... Jesus .... had to throw him out in the end.

[IamMary]

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Evening,
Wine from a mug in the bedroom, yes... and I wasn't even hiding from workmen, I didn't want to my kids to see..
Tony and Arsie, you know those cravings pass.. your both well on your way to total freedom. Well your living it now!
Tony, you look smashing with the new lenses

I concur, the chapter on 'reunited with my phone' is missing from these pages.

Glad your on the mend Anon..

shattered.com. night gang.