100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

[Byrdlady]

100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

Lav...I hope you don't have bifocals on top of that head injury....these dang specs make steps dangerous! Everything moves around! Getting old is NOT for sissies!! What a helpless feeling with those little lives depending on you to stay cool. I know you are doing all you can to keep them cool until this dang heat breaks. This weather has been crazy!!!

Cat, I can't imagine something on my face like that....I am constantly aware of aforementioned glasses and I have worn them since high school. (that's more than five years for you folks at home). Something on my face like that would drive me bonkers, my heart is going out to you...I hope you mend quickly!!!

Pinecone...you are a gem!! Always a stable voice of consistency in the nest. I was always so glad to see your posts! I know many times the Newbies think that I just don't 'get it' .....that's it's been so long since I suffered those first few days that I've forgotten how it is. Nothing could be further from the truth, that's why I stay. I know exactly how it is and am one drink from it all over again! Having your reassurance over there was always a blessing. Just stick around, we are all better off with you close!!!

NoSugar...when I read your idea of just making this thread active I thought, 'Oh yeah!!!" I was trying to point him to another thread! UGG, maybe sometimes I don't see the forest for the trees! Yer a geenyus!!
Hope everyone has a wonderful Sattidy!!! xxoo, Byrdie

[NoSugar]

100 Day Club members/Maintenance Thread

Pinecone, are you a man??? See how much I DO NOT KNOW :H !

[Byrdlady]

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NS!!!
:H:H:H

[Pinecone]

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You are all generous souls and I'm so happy to have you as colleagues in sobriety. I think shortly after getting through the first few months that I have kind of been lost on this site, not really sure how to "use" it. I really strongly feel the need to stay connected to here.

Nosugar, I guess I never really did post much in the way of an introduction. I was a binge drinker in college, but I knew that it was going to be a problem (not that it stopped me though). At some point in my early adult life I became a daily drinker, and that continued for a little over a decade. I really really wanted to quit when my wife and I had our baby but that is when I was horrified to discover I couldn't. I was two people. I would find any reason to go out to buy beer. Once I said I needed 9 volt batteries (maybe for a smoke detector or some bs like that)! I hated the thought of my child growing up with my drinking and not the real me. Then came a tipping point, in the form of a very powerful moment where I realized that it was harder to continue drinking than to quit. This was a very strange feeling and I still remember it like my few strongest memories. I wrote myself a letter, from the real me to the pathetic person I had become. Shortly after that I came here. This place has been a lifeline and I look up to so many people here.

[NoSugar]

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Hi, Pinecone, I just got back from the gym and found you here so now I'll be nosy, ok? :H

How long have you been AF? And how old is your child now?

My problem escalated after my two kids had the temerity to grow up and leave home so I'm happy to say they weren't exposed to the worst of it. I'm female (just in case you are as clueless as I was), mid-50s, interested in various crafts, cooking, exercise, health and nutrition, and not drinking. I work from home which is great for the flexibility that I love but bad for enabling a secret vice.

Ok, next mini-bio???

[Lavande]

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YES on the bifocals Byrdie
I generally remove them before I go anywhere near the steps. I will likely be paranoid the rest of my life. I am 100% sure that I could never take another hit like that - no kidding!

Pinecone, I understand what you mean about being two people. I spent nearly 30 years working in hospitals taking care of people suffering the ravages of drinking & smoking. Did it ever stop me? Nope! I certainly knew better but just went ahead & did it anyway. Feels kind of stupid now, guess it was. Glad we are all so much smarter now

NS, since we're being so honest here.......
I will be turning SIX OH in December :H
Same with me, I fell apart after the kids grew up & left home. There was no buffer left between me & my chronically depressed husband. I ended up depressed as hell myself. The thing is, I got better & he left. He couldn't handle my being happy, if that makes any sense.

[Pinecone]

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NoSugar, AF since 11/12/11 and our daughter is 3. I love being a daddy, gardening, excercising and the outdoors, especially hiking.

Lav, ditching that conflict is such a relief!

It's a lot of fun being "chatty" today, should have tried it earlier!

[NoSugar]

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Pinecone, Isn't it just wonderful that your daughter will always know you as the strong, loving, sober dad that she always could count on? You have given her, yourself, and your wife the greatest gift!

Lav, you are such a sage around here, you could've been 80 for all I knew! How did you get so wise if you're only going to be 60??? Isn't age weird? Whatever age I am, it seems younger (and less mature :H) than I had anticipated it would be. Now that I'm not poisoning myself, I might just start counting backwards!

That is sad that your husband was threatened by your happiness - much like several spouses seem to be threatened by people who choose to give up alcohol. Your good attitude about that, and life in general, have had a big effect me -I always think of you when I am deliberately being grateful. And there is so much to be grateful for now!

[Byrdlady]

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Don't even get me started on Lav!!!!! I owe that woman my life! I am so grateful for her it's not funny! She picked me up off the floor so many times and never gave up on me. She is one amazing lady!
Pinecone, I didn't know you had a little bitty one! Now we're gonna want to see pictures!!
It's been a great day! I was telling Ann Carolina earlier that there at the end I started drinking at 10:30 am on weekends....having a weekend like this where I met her downtown would have been unheard of 3 years ago. My life now is night and day better than what it was then. And I thought I was really giving something up! What a mess I was. I also told Ann that I thought I was a pretty high functioning ALK, like most of us when we come here, but I'm sure my story was unraveling. How can you be drunk 50% of the time and expect people NOT to notice? It makes me cringe. This place in general, and Lav in particular have made ALL the difference. THANK YOU! Byrdie

[Lavande]

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I might be 59 1/2 but I can chase two year olds like nobody's business :H:H
I am grateful that my grandkids will never know me as a smoker or drinker
The oldest is 4 1/2 now & I've loved every sober minute with him.

Glad you had a nice day with Ann Byrdie!
Also glad that I got under your skin when I did - you've cleaned up nicely :H

[Mick]

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59 and a half..and Phillys greatest authority on Thomas the Tank Engine and Elmos World!!!!!:H:H:H:H

[Lavande]

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You're not kidding Mick :H :H
I just finished up the Thomas quilt I've been working on for my youngest Thomas fan -
he just loves TWAINS :H :H

[Lavande]

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HEY KIDS!!!
Where is everyone??

[NoSugar]

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Lavande;1536872 wrote:
HEY KIDS!!!
Where is everyone??

I've been ranting and raving all over MWO. You might not want any of that noise in a nice thread like this :H!

[Lavande]

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That's OK NS
I was just wondering where the hell everyone went & didn't invite me :H:H