February Army Thread

[mollyka]

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Sending hugs to Ne Techie and Inchy...all having your own battles...in Inchy's case 2 battles at the same time...you re-named well....indeed platitudes are all that's available to me for you all....xxxx

'maoláin' is a thick shit as gaeilge but most of our curses have been translated due to our history...unfortunately English became our first language but many directly translated from Irish...'may you die roaring' and 'may your balls rot' are two that come to mind...we use swear words more in regular language than the British seem to...(that's NOT a boast!!) Whereas the BBC (British broadcaster) will apologise if a guest says 'shit' our broadcaster doesn't blink at f word or worse sometimes!

Inchy...I wonder do you need to come to terms with the funding issue ( in Aftercare a girl there used to be so upset about an issue that was not her fault that she couldn't get over 'but that's not FAIR!'...him in charge just quietly would say to her 'who ever told you life was fair?')...its hard to deal with sobriety when we have anger and hurt inside us? Just a thought..

I'm feeling your pain Ne when you say you're a mess...christ I became the ultimate mess at the end..still looking normal to the outside world but at home....inside and out I was and couldn't get to THAT point of ENOUGH...my family confronted me eventually and some miracle happened that day...it WAS enough...never touched a drop since ...and haven't wanted one for many years ....try find your ENOUGH ...it's inside you somewhere!!!!

[Battle_for_the_sun]

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Morning all,

Feeling much better this morning, lack of sleep and a brutal hangover does wonders to remind a person why they quit drinking. Back to the quit tomorrow I think, going to try and score some extra at home time from work and just lay low for a few days.

Molly - I've always found the reminder that life isn't fair infuriating, mostly because I'm renowned for comically bad luck which really isn't fair at all. Yesterday after two weeks of prepping for the inspection on my flat, reinstalling the stupidly placed smoke detector (directly above the oven, I moved it so it doesn't go off any time I cook) and waiting in all day the guy turns up right at the very end of the day, takes one picture in each room and doesn't even check the smoke alarm xD Told a friend who was like 'yeah that's a you moment'. My greatest hits include dousing myself in petrol and accidentally lobbing a pizza at a wall (both sober!) on the same day xD The lack of fairness is never the problem it's the fact I can't do anything about it that bothers me, I should've been better, I wasn't, and I can't do a thing to change it now. If I wait until that stops bothering me I'll probably never get it together though haha

[JackieClaire]

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Hello Army friends from the UK, Ireland, Scotland, Greece, USA, and points unknown. It been a very tough day but your posts today made me smile. Blessings x

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[MENTION=24768]Battle_for_the_sun[/MENTION]............I never got hangovers when I took up drinking 24/7 as I was never sober. Big article if you get the the time just type in Gen Z. Good news though................... younger people are turning their back on alcohol.

I drank every day with a Y in it and would start as soon as Mr. JC went to work (8am). I rarely went out unless it was to gather more alcohol.

[Battle_for_the_sun]

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:huggers:

[MENTION=24768]Battle_for_the_sun[/MENTION]............I never got hangovers when I took up drinking 24/7 as I was never sober. Big article if you get the the time just type in Gen Z. Good news though................... younger people are turning their back on alcohol.

I drank every day with a Y in it and would start as soon as Mr. JC went to work (8am). I rarely went out unless it was to gather more alcohol.

This is why I always say I'm weirdly lucky to have gotten into drugs - high all day, drunk all night, but I don't use either as heavily on its own. Not advisable obviously but it's saved me some grief nonetheless

[rustop59]

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This is why I always say I'm weirdly lucky to have gotten into drugs - high all day, drunk all night, but I don't use either as heavily on its own. Not advisable obviously but it's saved me some grief nonetheless

Evening all

In the short term Battle but as you get older it would take its toll on your body. Better knock if in the head sooner rather than later.

Waves to everyone else. Just in from work, need to get something to eat and have a read back.

[Battle_for_the_sun]

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you're very right rustop, hence tomorrow's day one, part three (third times the charm?)

[techie]

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Hello Friends. I so appreciate this forum and especially the support from all of you. I am taking two days off from radiation due to infection per oncologist. Having lab work tomorrow to determine cause. BTW, Happy Valentine’s Day to all you beautiful Arny folk. Blessings x

BTW, I came here primarily in November’09 due to a prescription drug addiction, Inchy. Why here? Because I drank with the meds and drove my life into a personal hell. I left that life over a dozen years ago. Remember, self care is how you take your power back. Blessings x

[rustop59]

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Good morning everyone

Good luck with day 1 Battle, you have all the army behind you.

Hope your infection soon clears Techie, wishing you much strength in your health battle.

Waves to everyone else. Today is car service day. Dropped it off and they gave me a car. Daughters car has engine light showing so need to take that in to get checked. She’s working nights so is in bed all day, being a good Mammy and doing it for her. Don’t want her breaking down in the middle of the night on M50.

[mollyka]

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A mammy's job is never done Rusters!
Good on you turning your life around Techie from 2 addictions ...one was bad enough. Hope the treatment all resumes successfully x

[Battle_for_the_sun]

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Afternoon/evening

After a week of wallowing I'm back to day 1, painkillerwise I'm over 24 hours out and sick as hell, just sitting in zoom calls with my camera off trying not to vom haha. I'm glad to be back, even if it means fighting through the early days again. Still studying, just under a pile of blankets.

Nice seeing you around more techie, waves to everyone else, thanks for putting up with me, but not putting up with my BS haha.

[Battle_for_the_sun]

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Being/Person/Non-specific gender-neutral/masculine aligned term - not a woman satz haha

[mollyka]

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Morning...up all night with sick doggie so going to bed now...had to shower vomit off myself etc....not pleasant! Shed load of visitors coming tomorrow for weekend so it'll be Chinese takeout I'd say...presuming Max is better...vet says he's fine....right????!!

[rustop59]

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Morning

Ah poor Max, you feel so sorry for them because they can’t tell you what is wrong but a bit like kids they do bounce back quickly.

Rather you than me with the visitors but if it’s your own kids it’s not too bad. Other visitors, no thank you but now Covid is over I bet they will all be making an appearance this summer!!
Will have to work on my escape plans, that place in Mayo needs loads doing and with no hot water or kitchen could not possibly have anyone to stay.

Grocery shopping today, my least favourite chore of the week but it has to be done so better get to it.

[JackieClaire]

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I'll just say greetings.
Missed yesterday as it just ran away with itself. Did manage the coffee morning at the church yesterday.
I'm sure that February is six months long.

Remember last summer our Mikey (the dog) was eating bees with no after effects.

Excitement of the day is I've just had my nails done.............a bright yellow.

[Battle_for_the_sun]

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Satz - I have never actually identified as my assigned gender at birth (female) - up until I was about 14/15 I didn't have the vocabulary to articulate what I was feeling, then when I learned about the idea of gender not being being binary I was so relieved there were other people but also super conscious that people would think it was a phase, or wouldn't respect me or whatever, cut to the pandemic a couple years ago when i was shielding and didn't have to worry about what anyone thought and after that experience I just couldn't stand the thought of going back to pretending to be something I wasn't, so I finally came out. That to say that whilst when you knew me before I wasn't 'out' and presented as female, I was never comfortable with it. The same will be true of most trans people, we don't change how we identify, we just change how we present publicly.

Molly - Poor Max! and poor you! I was up all night and all but obviously very different circumstances haha, another zoom call with the camera off tucked up in bed this morning.

Rustop - I'm with you on visitors haha, mind I have a one room flat, no family and a couple of friends so only time anybody shows up here is when one of the friends pops by with snacks for me and the guinea pigs or somebody wants to do something to the flat haha.

JC - dog I had when I was younger would eat anything, half the time without chewing xD A staf/pitbull cross - dumb as they come and a living garbage can haha - I believe he sampled bees on a few occasions. One of my guinea pigs, the baby one, tried eating my headphone cable the other day, I stopped him before he could reach it and told him it was a 'spicy noodle' xD if people could hear the way I talk to my boys they'd think I'd lost it haha.