Join the Army Against Alcohol-January 2018

[Guitarista]

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Congratulations on 28 freakin days Starty farty! Right on.

[starty]

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Thanks Mr G!

[starty]

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I am beginning to realise the old adage it works if you work it is so very true

[rustop59]

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I am beginning to realise the old adage it works if you work it is so very true

Very true Starty. Great note on which to start the week. Have work today so better get ready. Have a great week everyone.

[JackieClaire]

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Morning lovelies,
Is January the month that's actually longer than a whole year ??? Tried the nighty time sleepy sleep otc stuff.............may as well have eaten the cardboard box...........did eye Bess' xanax but decided against. Even the sight of the first snow drops brought more of a meh than ooh look spring is coming. So booked a vitamin D session.........okay a sunbed and getting my fringe cut. COPD check on Wednesday.............can't believe how much better my breathing is since I stopped the ciggies.

[MENTION=23019]tonyniceday[/MENTION] [MENTION=18049]RunningCourage[/MENTION] [MENTION=22456]starty[/MENTION]......you're all playing blinders...........keep at it.

[satz123]

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Morning Army - sorry was missing. Working all weekend & dealing with some shit in there. Ol bitchface reporting silly stuff again instead of just telling me like a normal 'team player' - FFS !! I'm on probation - so we'll see - but I may resign if the manager, her friend, takes her side.
There is a meeting this evening so I'll be back then to fill yiz in.

[RunningCourage]

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.....can't believe how much better my breathing is since I stopped the ciggies.

[MENTION=23019]tonyniceday[/MENTION] [MENTION=18049]RunningCourage[/MENTION] [MENTION=22456]starty[/MENTION]......you're all playing blinders...........keep at it.

that's one thing i don't miss - rollies, well not much. I have one about once a year - usually when i visit a close friend up north... But nah, don't miss 'em, and yes the breath you get back is second to none. btw - when did you stop? knew that Molls had, but not sure i realised you had too :good job:

Dunno know if i'm playing a blinder. Don't feel I am! Just limping one day to the next. I jump on quotes that might help keep me stick to it - such as starry's thoughts yesterday and other stuff written here. Helps give me and keep me focussed i think.

Schools out. I just bolted from the door. Doing prep at home. Sometimes at 3pm my brain just totally shuts down - or I just want to get out of the school. Happy to prep at home, though I do think I should do more of it at school so as I can maintain an element of separateness. But home comforts and all that are too nice. AND i have this continuing niggly tickly cough.

Hope yis are all having a not-so manic monday, but a sweet mellifluous monday instead -
[MENTION=9094]satz123[/MENTION] - how wis the meeting? Ol' bitchface sounds like a right royal bitch. I think anyone's a right royal bitch if they is reporting stuff about Doc Satzuma cos they must be jealous or summfink, because Dr Satzsuma must be one of the most kindest and funniest persons ever. Am sure Molls is good at kung-fu kicking and JC has a mean left hook i reckon...

Laters -

[mollyka]

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She's just a cow - have met a few in the workplace over the years and if the boss is ANY good she'll see it for what it is.... Let us know benjy d's

ARSEY! Two things to say - typing on tablet so necessary to keep brief - reading your posts the last few days and just had a niggly feeling that I couldn't put a name to - today I think I know what I'm thinking - tell me if I'm wrong - it's like you never really meet your own expectations? As if you feel you're 'not good enough'? At teaching, at socialising, at ....even at running.... Do you ever look at what you DO do? You sound like a smashing teacher - so you want to prep at home - nothing wrong with that surely?'you run - keep the body fit and subsequently that works on the mind.......- You were not happy how you were drinking - now you are almost a month dry and not making a song and dance bout it - you are a sweetheart - I know THAT first hand - and on and on and on......give yourself some credit our boy????I

2nd thing - I know you started this as dry January - as it's nearly up - have you decided yet - is that it or wha? Ignore if consider nosy - only reason I'm asking is that if you think you may carry on into Feb you'd prolly want to do the little head chat or not ;-)

[JackieClaire]

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Morning Army - sorry was missing. Working all weekend & dealing with some shit in there. Ol bitchface reporting silly stuff again instead of just telling me like a normal 'team player' - FFS !! I'm on probation - so we'll see - but I may resign if the manager, her friend, takes her side.
There is a meeting this evening so I'll be back then to fill yiz in.

Is that after you fill yer woman in???


[MENTION=18049]RunningCourage[/MENTION]..........limping, plodding, one foot in front of another is all we can do some days. Found this for the progress, not perfection...........
Focus on progress, not perfection - MyCuppaJo.com

Have a big think about what Molly says.

[starty]

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She's just a cow - have met a few in the workplace over the years and if the boss is ANY good she'll see it for what it is.... Let us know benjy d's

ARSEY! Two things to say - typing on tablet so necessary to keep brief - reading your posts the last few days and just had a niggly feeling that I couldn't put a name to - today I think I know what I'm thinking - tell me if I'm wrong - it's like you never really meet your own expectations? As if you feel you're 'not good enough'? At teaching, at socialising, at ....even at running.... Do you ever look at what you DO do? You sound like a smashing teacher - so you want to prep at home - nothing wrong with that surely?'you run - keep the body fit and subsequently that works on the mind.......- You were not happy how you were drinking - now you are almost a month dry and not making a song and dance bout it - you are a sweetheart - I know THAT first hand - and on and on and on......give yourself some credit our boy????I

2nd thing - I know you started this as dry January - as it's nearly up - have you decided yet - is that it or wha? Ignore if consider nosy - only reason I'm asking is that if you think you may carry on into Feb you'd prolly want to do the little head chat or not ;-)

I am guilty of this. Always wanting to be better than I am and it is exhausting. I am really working on dialling that back and just accepting myself and my life as it is. which in reality is bloody good but I always add a BUT in there. So I am working on enjoying the one foot in front of the other and even if it does seem like limping it doesnt really matter, it is still moving each day. RC the january weather prolly isnt helping so just limp a bit more and into Feb you might get a whole new perspective. I hope so

[RunningCourage]

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She's just a cow - have met a few in the workplace over the years and if the boss is ANY good she'll see it for what it is.... Let us know benjy d's

ARSEY! Two things to say - typing on tablet so necessary to keep brief - reading your posts the last few days and just had a niggly feeling that I couldn't put a name to - today I think I know what I'm thinking - tell me if I'm wrong - it's like you never really meet your own expectations? As if you feel you're 'not good enough'? At teaching, at socialising, at ....even at running.... Do you ever look at what you DO do? You sound like a smashing teacher - so you want to prep at home - nothing wrong with that surely?'you run - keep the body fit and subsequently that works on the mind.......- You were not happy how you were drinking - now you are almost a month dry and not making a song and dance bout it - you are a sweetheart - I know THAT first hand - and on and on and on......give yourself some credit our boy????I

2nd thing - I know you started this as dry January - as it's nearly up - have you decided yet - is that it or wha? Ignore if consider nosy - only reason I'm asking is that if you think you may carry on into Feb you'd prolly want to do the little head chat or not ;-)

You is like a mind reader - - yeah... suppose you're right maybe. Like, all my lessons I think in my heid are not good enough, i get guilt trips for leaving work at 3.30pm and not at 5pm (tho work at home as I say), running is... well, sure I can run quite long distances, but my mind says, i oughta be fitter, or oughta be ashamed them 50+ runners can beat me (some of there thighs are like HUGE!)... and relationships, well just think i'm done. Too tired, too old etc etc. And it's funny (funny curious, notsomuch funny haha) that almost everything i think of i think i'm not good enough, or lazy, or don't give enough time to (people, projects, things, my cat!)...

Shit.

Any wonder i drank?!

Actually was thinking about that today cos these last few days been aware of what that drink did - a balm, a bubbly semi-sweet-bitter, cold amber crunch of beer. And yes it did knock the edge of things but that is all it did. Nothing changed. The day ended, night came and I woke up again.

Yer not being nosey (well maybes a wee bit, but it's only natural and I don't mind!!) re Jan near the end. My plan is to keep going. ODATT and all that. Suppose I think there is things I need to do/change and just giving up and going back to where i was aint gonna help. What's the little head chat? Just giving myself another aim - like Dry-Feb? You prolly told me years ago and I just forgot...

Thanks Molls - really appreciate the post.
[MENTION=7008]JackieClaire[/MENTION] - gonna check out that link, ta!

[mollyka]

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Yeah that's all I mean bout the head chat - most of us who set a goal/deadline by essence of our liking of the aul gargle will even subconsciously get to the aim/goal/deadline ( e.g. My first 'sober' wanted to get the health check perfect - that was the aim - never thought about mebbe prolonging the sobriety despite achully really liking it) so was back with a glass of wine before I even knew I was doing it - that's all

AND as they say - if we don't think we're a bit great at shit HOW could we expect anyone else to think we're great ????? AND words of wisdom from a very wise man - instead of constantly telling ourselves ' I should do this/that or d'other -' say ' I could do this/that or d'other - but I choose not to':thumbsup:

[IamMary]

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Evening,
Great advice there Molly, think we should all be a bit less critical of ourselves. Social media, ads, celebrities. blah blah blah...theres no avoiding it, the constant striving for perfection in everything, its a big money making industry.
I love people who dont buy into that and can laugh at themselves.. an army of them here :biglaugh:

[RunningCourage]

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Morning troopers.

Thanks for great advice - should really copy and paste into a thread or summat.

up too early this morning - couldn't sleep and kept thinking if i get up I could read a paper forms masters... so did that... though I know it means by 3pm I'll be totally banjaxed.
[MENTION=22411]IamMary[/MENTION] - i's agrees with you how attractive i find people who don't buy into the social media / ads / selfies stuff... and can laugh at themselves... always have looked to these peeps as persons of inspiration. My dad and bro are both quite non-vain people who have a healthy attitude to life, esp my dad.

I got a lot of mum's genes :haha:

Looking positively, it's Tuesday. prolly off for a swim shortly, will hate it when I get in, feel great when I get out. It's how it goes. After today, tomorrow's a wee bit easier.

It's day 23 for me (and Tony)... not sure i believe the idea "21 days to break a habit" ... i don't think my habit's been broken. It feels more a self-imposed hiatus. Prolly gonna try for 50 days - effectively dry-feb - longer am at it, more normal it gets. BUT... just a thought... my last long 9-month AF time... was that a quit, or a hiatus? For it NOT to be a hiatus, methinks other things have to change. Not just not drinking. Indeed methinks the drinking is not the cause but the symptom.

Right folks - have a top tuesday - off out...

[rustop59]

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Morning all. Well done RC and Tony. This is a great place to get advice and to tease things out. On another bright note this is the last week of January. Glad it’s nearly over, long dreary month. Off to work so better get a move on. It’s dry so walking the doggies first.