International Army February 2020

[mollyka]

Re: International Army February 2020

Morning and waves to the world.
I'm wary about comparisons.................if I could have drunk like Satz, that would have suited me down to the ground.
Gawd, you know when you wake up at 3/4am with the horrors.............I used to sneak downstairs and have a couple of voddies so Mr. JC wouldn't see my hands shaking in the morning. I can't even tell you how much or what I drank that last ten days after Mr JC's 50th.
I'm was very much like, Byrdie, anytime, anywhere.

Its not so much about how much, or when............. its the obsession. How many of us have sat watching someone with nursing one drink all night and wondered what was wrong with them...........not what is wrong with us???

Oh I was utterly obsessed.... BUT -- if that's all it is... without a doubt so was Joe - he's not an addict, and my best friend at the time - she wouldn't even go to the pictures if it wasn't a cinema near a pub.. but she wasn't an addict... both of them - their parents were alcoholics - I wonder is that a 'thing' -- and I agree - the quantity is pretty irrelevant.. many moons ago Joe used to make home-made wine in 5 gallon containers.. now back then - there was NO apparent problem -- neither in my head or in anyone elses - we were just having a good time - but as there was no access to measurement -- (just turned the tap for another near half pint glass!!!) god alone knows how much we drank.. it's quite possible that we drank as much then as I drank at the end... but the difference was absolutely in my head - the obsession as you say Jacks... wasn't doing a ' I drank less/more than...' back there - just thinking about different habits.
There's another thread here and bless the poor man - he thinks he's 'different' to us all --- how long will it take him to realise I wonder??

Good morning all!!

[mollyka]

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Bridgeeeeeeeee, I hate the banner :stompy2:

Daft quesrion of the day...........does anyone sit through the adverts when they've recorded something?...........and watch them?

I LOVE the banner --- DYING to start a thread HAH!!!
nope -- can't abide ads -- so no -- they are fast forwarded at a rate of knots!!

[rustop59]

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Good morning everyone. I hate the adds too and love fast forwarding when I have taped something. Started Blood Orange last night and agree with No Sugar, not really liking the main character that much. Probably like most of us at some stage, justifying the drinking as fun, selfish etc.

Agree it really is about the obsession and the in my case the inability to stop once I had that first drink. Once I don’t have that first one all is well. The one or two people in my crochet group who take a drink, it literally is the one drink or two at the very most. Just walked my doggies and now have to take the pup out to try and train him on the lead. He is very quick to learn but is approaching his teen years so needs a bit of manners put on him.

[mollyka]

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HAHA --- good luck with the teenager doggie:welldone:

Not in the cliché sense of 'one drink, what's the point?' -- but genuinely -- why do people drink who have one drink? Is it that they truly like the taste? If I like the taste of anything (ice-cream, chocolate etc.) I eat/drink nice and quickly yum yum sort of way - I couldn't sit with the bar of chocolate in front of me and do the equivalent of 'sipping' it all night... do you know what I'm saying? Is it that they want to be like everyone else? It couldn't be that they get a buzz -- could they? One drink over 2 hours or whatever?? I just really mean the 'why?'

I don't even get the 'why' of a glass of orange tbh!

Back to work today - really beginning to not want to go to work.. not sure what I want to do -- Benjy getting a well paid job that she loves... same age as me... could I change up altogether I wonder... the money isn't the issue - it's not great but it's not bad... I'm just feeling a bit lonely I think... striving young fucks all around me with notions WAY beyond their abilities -- it's just making me a grumpy aul wan... and it's hard trying to hide it!!!

[JackieClaire]

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There you go, Molls, March the first is a Sunday...........no excuse you can get up really sharp and start the thread although Bridgeeeeee might get there before you.
Then you'd have a banner
Go on have a look round and see what's out there. I've been on Indeed (the job on-line recruitment place)...........put all your details in there. Like hours, within how many miles from home, experience etc. Now I don't have a car but I was sent details for a fork-lift driver in Alniwick..............48 miles from me and full time.

And I know, I know about yer man there. What do you say, I'm stuck.

I worked with a lad who was for want of a better word a coke-head.............he gave up the drink as well. He always said three pints in and all common sense went out the window. Trouble was the mixture made him violent.

I'm still ploughing through The Last of the Tudors. Philippa Gregory has lost her spark.............imho. But I'll finish the beggar.

The advert thing.............I'm going through a few things recorded from last year so far I've got ready for Brexit on the 31st October about five times and thought I'd better nip up to M&S for some Christmas nibbles.

You know, Rusty, its so hard to explain the yearning/want and gut churning need for another drink when the likes of us are trying the moderation route. It used to amaze me when people would leave half a drink.

I'm a tap water girl..............we pay a fortune for our water.

Decided today is an official pyjama day :happy2:

[mollyka]

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I agree bout Philippa Gregory -- no bite to her more recent books --- BUT --- try Tidelands -- I loved it - one of her more recent ones and a followyupper is due out this year as well -- give it a go!

haha - yeah - the odd time I'd forget something was recorded I was WELL confused bout the ads alright haha!

Problem with my job is that it ticks so many boxes -- my total commute for the day - there AND back is less than 10 minutes - it's literally down the road.... and I love the product (books) and I love the customers -- really enjoy working with the public... I sort of feel it'd be hard to beat -- I used to just LOVE it - but the love has waned with these clowns... and the fact that no one rewards hard work just big talk …. full of shite … if I could just put my head down and ignore them --- BUT IT'S HARD!!!!!

[JackieClaire]

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Here's a thought, Molly, can you go part-time where you are?
Mind you its hard being part-time.......... first thing springs to mind is you're left out of the gossip and people presume you know things.

I'll give those books ago but I've got a Ken Follet as well on the go. I keep forgetting which century I'm in.

[mollyka]

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haha --- re. the books!! and the centuries!

No - I wouldn't like part-time -- I see how left out the part-timers I work with are - and management sometimes treat them as if they are a nuisance - 'oh so-and-so doesn't work on Tuesdays so we have to get relief staff' with a big sigh sort of thing -- don't want to be sighed at !!! Besides all that - can't really afford to anyway - We lost all Joe's retirement money in the crash so we've little back up - so yeah - loads of reasons why not...

Speaking of which - must get my ass in gear and head into work - a good old transfer list could sort out a lot of my problems!!! laters xx

[abcowboy]

Bridgeeeeeeeee, I hate the banner

I agree [MENTION=7008]JackieClaire[/MENTION]! No wait, I don't hate the banner, but I find the color very annoying! I'm definitely not going to be starting any threads lol.

[satz123]

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If I like the taste of anything (ice-cream, chocolate etc.) I eat/drink nice and quickly yum yum sort of way - I couldn't sit with the bar of chocolate in front of me and do the equivalent of 'sipping' it all night... do you know what I'm saying? Is it that they want to be like everyone else? It couldn't be that they get a buzz -- could they? One drink over 2 hours or whatever?? I just really mean the 'why?'

I don't even get the 'why' of a glass of orange tbh!

:harhar: me too Molls .... FFS !

[brit]

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Good afternoon __Just read The Salt Path-- Brilliant book.

Mr A doing Ok although the hospital parking and surrounding area is horrific as some of the quarantine people are being discharged, so the palace is full of press and media.

I could never control my drinking as one drink was never enough and unhappily it was daily habit. I drank fast and furiously!

Hope all the new jobs are going OK?

[NoSugar]

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Really interesting that you didn't like the character in Blood Orange, NS. Can I ask why? Because I didn't either. You know how you sometimes feel as if you are 'supposed' to be on their side but you aren't?

It wasn't her drinking that bugged me the most (although I obviously didn't like it). I think it was her slavish devotion to her professional life at the expense of her family and her allowing Patrick to treat her as he did. Her addiction contributed to this but didn't seem to be the whole thing. I felt sorry for her, but I didn't like her. (These aren't spoilers --- this is how the book starts!). I usually have trouble with books or shows where there are NO likable, sympathetic (even if seriously flawed) characters. I need to care about someone! Nonetheless, I did end up liking this book because of the riveting plot turns.

Its not so much about how much, or when............. its the obsession. How many of us have sat watching someone with nursing one drink all night and wondered what was wrong with them...........not what is wrong with us???

I agree completely, JC. When I first joined MWO, my addict brain was trying to get me not to quit because I consumed less than many people posting here. Luckily I was able to realize that the facts that I thought about it all the time and was willing to sacrifice just about anything to get a fix every evening were the real issues. It had taken over my life and I was miserable.

[JackieClaire]

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[MENTION=21602]abcowboy[/MENTION]...............its what I would call mustard.

Molly's going to go ballistic when she gets in from work .............we've got the @@@@@@ back and working.

[MENTION=22839]brit[/MENTION]..........bet you're both glad that's over............:hug:

[MENTION=18725]NoSugar[/MENTION]........I might have to give this book go.

Tomorrow's Valentine Day..........a day we don't celebrate but evilly I like going up to the local supermarket around 6 pm and watch men frantically buying red roses & cards as they've forgotten all about it.

[mollyka]

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Well a POX on the whole shagging @@@@@@@@ lot of you:cuss: - they have the same affect on me as shagging RUTH!!!
NO -- nothing's as bad as Ruth so -- GOOD EVENING ALL!! my Blood Orange is due tomorrow so will get it on Sat when I go in.

Must read back -- got back as far as Jackie and her @@@@@@@'s and typed :happy2:

[IamMary]

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Well a POX on the whole shagging @@@@@@@@ lot of you:cuss: - they have the same affect on me as shagging RUTH!!!

:rotlf:

It wasn't her drinking that bugged me the most (although I obviously didn't like it). I think it was her slavish devotion to her professional life at the expense of her family and her allowing Patrick to treat her as he did. Her addiction contributed to this but didn't seem to be the whole thing. I felt sorry for her, but I didn't like her. (These aren't spoilers --- this is how the book starts!). I usually have trouble with books or shows where there are NO likable, sympathetic (even if seriously flawed) characters. I need to care about someone! Nonetheless, I did end up liking this book because of the riveting plot turns.

There was the woman on trial for murder, I cared for her! I was wondering if the author was anti men, none of the male characters were likable at all. I did enjoy it, but it didnt turn out the way I expected when I posted it up here!
I didnt completely dislike the protagonist, she has some redeeming characteristics, but she was very self absorbed.

Morning and waves to the world.
I'm wary about comparisons.................if I could have drunk like Satz, that would have suited me down to the ground.
Gawd, you know when you wake up at 3/4am with the horrors.............I used to sneak downstairs and have a couple of voddies so Mr. JC wouldn't see my hands shaking in the morning. I can't even tell you how much or what I drank that last ten days after Mr JC's 50th.
I'm was very much like, Byrdie, anytime, anywhere.

Its not so much about how much, or when............. its the obsession. How many of us have sat watching someone with nursing one drink all night and wondered what was wrong with them...........not what is wrong with us???

I drank like SAtz too, very controlled, certainly on school nights, but I couldn't go a night without. I think its because I was like this that it went on and on and on and the obsession got worse. I was sneaking drink from my mid 20s.
Yes, your last line there is spot on!!