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    #496
    Re: International Army April 2020

    Originally posted by outofchances View Post
    Thanks. I'm currently (very slowly) working my way through the SMART handbook and website - and I agree they are great resources. There is something about their thinking on the whole subject that really rings true for me.
    I like a good hard pragmatic approach myself, with proper tools. That's what they do well. And they also have online meetings from memory.
    If your 8 year old self met you, would they be proud?
    Rejoined life 20/5/19

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      #497
      Re: International Army April 2020

      Originally posted by satz123 View Post
      Can you share website & where to get handbook Chancer - I will pass to my son 'Young Satz' as he is always looking for alternatives to AA - which does not resonate with him.
      We've tried everything else.
      He is 38 and wasting his life by drinking.
      Here you go lovely:
      https://www.smartrecovery.org
      SMART Recovery Toolbox - SMART Recovery
      If your 8 year old self met you, would they be proud?
      Rejoined life 20/5/19

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        #498
        Re: International Army April 2020

        Originally posted by JackieClaire View Post
        Morning from the heavy snot-filled head.........its getting better...........but typical me I wanted to take one anti-biotic and ten minutes later be running about like a loon, .........fit and healthy.....the impatience of an addict.
        Feel better soon, chook.
        I am going to leave you some home made chicken soup in the refridgi-marator.
        If your 8 year old self met you, would they be proud?
        Rejoined life 20/5/19

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          #499
          Re: International Army April 2020

          Originally posted by satz123 View Post
          Can you share website & where to get handbook Chancer - I will pass to my son 'Young Satz' as he is always looking for alternatives to AA - which does not resonate with him.
          We've tried everything else.
          He is 38 and wasting his life by drinking.
          It's on Amazon and you can get a Kindle version. I attended an online meeting and the facilitator offered to send me one on.

          SMART Recovery Ireland | Life Beyond Addiction

          This is the website for the Irish organisation. There are links to the tools the use and information about meetings and online meetings.

          Self-Help Addiction Recovery | SMART Recovery 4-Point Program(R) | Alternative to AA

          The is the website of the parent organisation, with more links, tools and information.

          SMART Self-Management And Recovery Training

          This is the link to the online community - similar to here, but the forums are not as active I find. I mostly use the journal facility. There are some very helpful people on there, just like here.

          I hope your son gets the help he needs and starts his journey on the road to recovery.

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            #500
            Re: International Army April 2020

            Evening all.. sounds like you're doing all the right things Mr Chancer!! on every level the first few weeks of what you are going through will be the hardest -- not only tackling maybe more than one addiction - but also dealing with a potential break-up --- or not... the uncertaintly is hard too. Your children will regain trust in you - take it from one who knows on that score - my two youngest were about 15 and 20 when I got sober finally...(is it EVER finally?? but you get my drift) and particularly the 20 year old was extremely bitter towards me - blaming me for everything and also hurting her 'perfect father' ( he self-confessedly is FAR from perfect!! ) - she is now pretty much my best friend... lives in our garden in a wee apt. with her daughter and the turnaround was phenomenal... and when you make your peace with them - you also will with your wife if that's what you want. Keep doing 'the next right thing' -- best advice I was given!

            Much cooler here today - worked up a storm in the garden in the last week and it's looking super -- very happy with it.. sorry you're sick again Jacks -- seems to be a litany of illness for you this year... take care of yourself...
            Contentedly sober since 27/12/2011
            contentedly NF since 8/04/14

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              #501
              Re: International Army April 2020

              Your comment about the idiot US president cracked me up, [MENTION=9094]satz123[/MENTION]. Here's a good response to him: A SPOONFUL OF CLOROX - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody - YouTube

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                #502
                Re: International Army April 2020

                Originally posted by NoSugar View Post
                Your comment about the idiot US president cracked me up, [MENTION=9094]satz123[/MENTION]. Here's a good response to him: A SPOONFUL OF CLOROX - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody - YouTube
                :hahaha:

                Oh dear NS I didn't call him an idiot out loud :egad: ..... maybe we shouldn't laugh - the poor man is 'in his dotage' as my mother used to say.

                dotage
                /ˈdəʊtɪdʒ/

                noun

                the period of life in which a person is old and weak.
                "you could live here and look after me in my dotage"
                Last edited by satz123; April 26, 2020, 11:06 AM.

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                  #503
                  Re: International Army April 2020

                  Hiya folks!!

                  Originally posted by satz123 View Post
                  PS got this from work this morning :

                  Your results from the Covid-19 test on Tuesday the 21st came back NEGATIVE.                   :yay:
                  Excellent news Satzy! Almost like another birthday present!!

                  [MENTION=8529]mollyka[/MENTION] - good to see you. Glad you got your garden looking super! I'm afraid ours is quite out of control. Waiting for the landlady to call someone to cut the weeds. Hopefully soon before we get a snake infestation or summat.

                  [MENTION=24493]outofchances[/MENTION] - again I am impressed by the way both you and your wife are handling the situation by keeping the lines of communication open. And it sounds like in spite of some heated conversations (which are bound to happen) that you are actually listening to each other. Well done. And some great advice given by the other ladies as far as your kids are concerned and your relationship with them in the future. Things have a way of working out even when we don't think they will. Stay strong!!

                  As for the US president - about the only thing I can say is that he should experiment on himself and see how it turns out. Jaysus. Has the man gone completely mad?
                  For every 60 seconds that you are angry, you lose a minute of happiness.
                  AF since 10/10/2015:yay:

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                    #504
                    Re: International Army April 2020

                    [MENTION=8529]mollyka[/MENTION]............the last two years ago when they found kidney trouble and C-diff years been a roller coaster. Must have shot my immune system to bits.

                    [MENTION=18725]NoSugar[/MENTION].............I :heartbeat: Randy Rainbow.

                    [MENTION=9094]satz123[/MENTION]...........of course I took a double dose. Isn't that an unspoken rule mad by nannas and Grandmas? Who all got to grand old ages without anti-biotics.

                    [MENTION=8529]mollyka[/MENTION]..glad you got your garden done, unfortunately, our plants are still to shoved in and there be storms a brewing........that should keep some of the buggers that are flouting the rules in.

                    [MENTION=11158]stirly-girly[/MENTION].......he seems to have taken a hissy fit and buggered off......just as ours comes back to work tomorrow. But at least ours knows what the inside of intensive care looks like.

                    .Does anyone remember when I used to say hello to everyone...........watch out I'll be writing your names on the back of an envelope like the good old days.
                    It could be worse, I could be filing.
                    AF since 7/7/2009

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                      #505
                      Re: International Army April 2020

                      I remember that Jacks...and I also remember trying to copy you cos it was an ART! Haven't it in me anymore...just about turn up now!
                      Contentedly sober since 27/12/2011
                      contentedly NF since 8/04/14

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                        #506
                        Re: International Army April 2020

                        Evening everyone. Well done Chancy you are achieving so much. Delighted you got the negative result Satz. Hope you are soon feeling better JC. Nothing much happening here. Had a nice loop walk and roast beef dinner. Work in the morning so going to have an early night.

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                          #507
                          Re: International Army April 2020

                          [MENTION=4040]fickle[/MENTION] when someone texts you later that night for the recipe, you know your on a winner! I increased it by half and they were still polished off, so thank you for that link yesterday :happy2:
                          We raised about 4k for the local Saint Vincent de Paul charity, so good result.
                          Lots of socially distant chatting after and a neighbour mentioned that she doesnt drink over the course of a conversation.. my ears popped up and I felt like high fiving her and asking her life story, but I was cool and I shrugged, yea me too, in my least squeaky excited voice (while interrupting her story!).

                          Originally posted by NoSugar View Post
                          : A SPOONFUL OF CLOROX - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody - YouTube
                          :belchha:

                          Molly, thats a lovely happy ending story.
                          AF - July 19th 2015 :happy2:

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                            #508
                            Re: International Army April 2020

                            Originally posted by NoSugar View Post
                            Your comment about the idiot US president cracked me up, @satz123. Here's a good response to him: A SPOONFUL OF CLOROX - A Randy Rainbow Song Parody - YouTube
                            God that's hilarious.

                            loooooong day here. Off to cook summat nice.
                            If your 8 year old self met you, would they be proud?
                            Rejoined life 20/5/19

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                              #509
                              Re: International Army April 2020

                              Morning and waves to the undies.
                              Don't need the back of an envelope today..................me and our Bridgee.:hug:

                              Jenny and I can still go hammer and tongs at it but she is my number one supporter and our relationship is fab. Its amazing the bond we have now............our last whatsaap of the night is a;ways........' another day done, rinse and repeat'
                              It could be worse, I could be filing.
                              AF since 7/7/2009

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                                #510
                                Re: International Army April 2020

                                Morning..add me to the envelope ;-)
                                Contentedly sober since 27/12/2011
                                contentedly NF since 8/04/14

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