Reaching for the stars - after a good kick up the ****!!!

[Byrdlady]

Reaching for the stars - after a good kick up the ****!!!

D, since you are 5 hours ahead of me, I consider you to be my barometer for the day! So if YOU are sunny, so am I. Hope you get all of your tasks completed, be sure to have some fun mixed in....hugs to all and continued success! B

[Wildflowers]

Reaching for the stars - after a good kick up the ****!!!

Hi,

I just wanted to wish both the twins Happy Belated Birthdays! :bday2:

Thank you for making me laugh & reminding me to get busy!... Tho I'm with Byrdie & I'm pooped out reading all the activities.

Loved her Addiction Head Post & Rinse & Repeat!. She's my i ~ i captain.

Your all doing great!...

Hope your feeling better Daisy & still have you, your Dad, & family in my prayers! :l

[scottish lass]

Reaching for the stars - after a good kick up the ****!!!

Quick check in, all good on my double digit day - thanks for counting Daisy! and glad you and Mauri and nipping at my ankles!
Byrd - I love your positive comments and so glad you are on here, I can't quite get back to the nest, maybe one day - but until then, it is lovely to have you here...

[mauritiusdodo]

Reaching for the stars - after a good kick up the ****!!!

Good morning Daisy how you doing? I feel a little better today although still full of cold DS is fine now, need to get out and about with him today feel like we havent done anything fun for ages!

What weekend plans do you have?

[Byrdlady]

Reaching for the stars - after a good kick up the ****!!!

Thanks SL! The nest is bustling...when you are ready we can use all hands on deck! Mauri and Daisy are kicking it...I'm so happy for them!
Sometimes it all does seem like 'what am I doing this for?' but if you'll read back your own posts and see how dark and how much dispair there was down in that rabbit hole you will quickly see how far you've come. The only way I know of to get out of that hole is to climb out and this is the way it's done! If you are having a bad day today, I will promise you that tomorrow will be a great one. I have never had 2 bad AL related days in a row. Be grateful for this day and for your health and that you are able to get out of bed without assistance! THIS is recovery and you are doing it! Well done to us all for getting out! XXOO, B

[scottish lass]

Reaching for the stars - after a good kick up the ****!!!

Day 12 - hanging in - sometimes by a thread, but so far managing....many many triggers and big blocks being put in my way, so not fair.....not enjoying this as much as I was to begin with, but I know I need it more to get thru all of this "stuff", and need that more than I need to enjoy the feelings of being AF.
Daisy and Mauri - how are you two doing? Hope you are hanging in too - Mauri, maybe your cold is getting better?? Daisy - not so tired or is it still there???
Hope all are good...off to watch more olympics - now I manage to smile at those, I just love Missy Franklin - what a lovely girl - hope my girls pick up how fabulous she is ....

[Byrdlady]

Reaching for the stars - after a good kick up the ****!!!

Daisy....calling Daisy.....roll call, Missy.....Hope all is well! XXOO, B

[mauritiusdodo]

Reaching for the stars - after a good kick up the ****!!!

Come back Daisy, whatever your situation we miss you

[daisy45]

Reaching for the stars - after a good kick up the ****!!!

Well, I was going to hide away and remove myself from the boards......I am so damned disappointed in myself and did not want to come here and admit, yet again......
A good friend has given me the nudge I needed to just come back and continue on...and that is what I intend to do...
When I mess up I don't just feel bad about me, but for others here who are in this with me...

[mauritiusdodo]

Reaching for the stars - after a good kick up the ****!!!

:l We are glad to have you back, we are all in the same boat (or have been at some point) that is what I love about this site, no one is here to judge just to help and encourage

PS I was going to slink away too but then I thought no- this site is a lifeline for me and without it I would have 0 sober days !!

[scottish lass]

Reaching for the stars - after a good kick up the ****!!!

The pair of you make me proud! I hid in January, and tried a couple of times to come back half heartedly - and had very little success. Eventually in July I decided that my pride has to sort itself out and I really need this place if I have any hope of doing this, so came back with my tail between my legs - and chose some threads really careful - and I found I did not need to slink back, I have been so welcomed and encourged - and you two are part of it, even as you both struggle you have encouraged me forward. Well done for coming back - never give up, I am not sure I have reached where I really want to be, but I do think one day it will work for all of us, something will click and we will find peace.
Have a good Monday Mauri:l and Daisy:l

[mauritiusdodo]

Reaching for the stars - after a good kick up the ****!!!

Aw SL that is sweet of you, you are a great help and encouragement to me too (and I am sure to Daisy) I have had a great Monday, been for my assessment and got more plans in place (counselling, group therapy and being allocated a key worker to help me) Also popped into town to get stuff for my DS's third birthday, we are having family round on Sunday so I need to make food and a cake, no idea what food to do yet but I have bought balloons, party blowers, paper plates, decorations etc... Need to keep off the evil grog this week in order to get everything done so I shall be relying on all you lovely people to help me keep on the straight and narrow

[scottish lass]

Reaching for the stars - after a good kick up the ****!!!

I hope the assessment and counselling works for you! I was just reading anotehr thread and Janet was talking about Allen Carrs book - I have thought about getting it and I think she has just persuaded me.
3rd birthday - fun! I know you struggle with your DS from time to time, but it will all be worth it - my girls are 11 and 13 and I am so enjoying them as little adults just now (have hit the nasty teen stuff yet!). I do envy you addressing your drinking while he is so young, I have missed so much of my girls growing up due to my drinking - I shudder when I realise all I have done and even more so, not done!! I woudl love to go back, but I just have to try really hard to make it right now while I have the chance to do so.
Well, off to shower to really start my day...
So glad you have had a great Monday Mauri....

[Byrdlady]

Reaching for the stars - after a good kick up the ****!!!

All, I was just saying over in the NN what a bear this thing is to control. Like SL says it WILL click for us all. I'm glad it did for me and I got over that rough edge...Why don't we start with a smaller goal of 7 days? Starting today? It is amazing to me how the rational mind operates vs Dick Head when drinking seems like such a good idea. (Dick Head=Addiction Head). I bet each of you are wondering what the hell you were thinking....How can this possibly be the same person who was making the decisions a couple days ago? It's just nuts. Climb right back up in here and give it another go...this time with feeling! We want to get you some good solid AF time in before the holidays are upon us!! You CAN DO THIS!! Byrdie

[mauritiusdodo]

Reaching for the stars - after a good kick up the ****!!!

SL I don't want my son to see me drinking as much as my DD did, that is one of my reasons for wanting to sort myself out, she is 18 now and thankfully hardly drinks at all but she knows how much I like a drink (or 10!)

Byrdie it is definitely a case of Jekyll and Hyde for me where AL is concerned!!

Just done a huge pile of ironing and now having a lime and soda and some smoked salmon for a treat then will be off to bed soon, am shattered after getting up at 5.15 yet again!!