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[narilly]

200 days here!

Yesterday am I was getting ready for work (5:30am) and I heard my son come home. I thought, oh yeah, he was out with his friends or maybe at his girlfriends and is sneaking in before I come downstairs. After work he was home and he said "mom look". I looked at his face and he had a huge fat lip with a big cut right under his nose about 2" long with some scratches on his face. He had fallen down when he was drinking and hurt himself. Frick!!!! I freaked out a bit but did not talk too much about it. My husband talked to him last night and my son said he had to be more careful and he realized that was stupid. I am not sure if he really understands how risky it is to drink that much and be downtown in Calgary or anywhere for that matter. So I will talk to him about it in the next few days and try to be factual and not too emotional- that doesnt work.

Pav, the Giants, they will win the next game!

AL is at every event for sure. I am skipping my Christmas party this year again. Not a big deal for me to skip it. There are 1500 people there at the Stampede Grounds and our team is not that tight so Whateva!

Talk to you all soon.

[DreamThinkDo]

Nar, well done on 200 days!

[scottish lass]

Interesting food for thought guys! So abcowboy- we are almost safe if we get to 5 yrs??? Argh - that settles the feelings of getting to a year, then what ....
Sorry about the giants Pav - was a a bored (oops - board) meeting last night at a SF hotel, and the game was on in the bar - walking past bar at the end was not hard as it was not a happy place!
Happy 200 Narilly - what is your treat going to be??
Feeling stress and anxiety due to school/daughter stuff so hanging around a bit more to keep on track...

[NoSugar]

Don't let those stats scare you! We are 100% safe as long as we don't take a drink - and that is 100% in our control. How many other things we fear can we guarantee we can protect ourselves from? It takes time and effort but we can do it.

Those "scary" statistics also do not include the many people who quit on their own or through an online forum such as MWO (and there are several of them!). The only available data are from AA (and those are shaky given the anonymity requirements of the organization) and from specific detox and rehab programs but even those lose track of people over time.

I work with statistical analyses everyday and I must say, I agree with Mark Twain:

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."

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[narilly]

Good point NS! Statistics is like accounting, both open up to interpretation. Look at Enron.

[available]

Happy 200th Nar, im running late will try and post at work.

have another date today, woo hoo. then he goes to new zealand, i seem to have a knack of making them run!

xx

[abcowboy]

Like I said SL, if I believed in stats I'd be dead, but for some unknown reason, I 'm still on the right side of the grass! lol And the stats do say that the numbers drop drastically if the person has some sort of support. I can't think of a better place to get that support! After a few weeks, then months of being AF, it does get easier, but the struggle never stops...the obsession to drink ends, but the thought of a drink is still there..maybe just one won't hurt.... maybe even two....pick up the gun, put a bullet in the chamber and spin it..maybe, maybe not, put the gun away and thank God for not picking it up! Being sober sounds so easy, and it is if you're not an alcoholic, but to us, it is a whole new way of life, one that we should embrace and never look back.... so my GLoamer friends, never forget where you came from, just don't let it get in the way of where you're headed! And to my Flames Fan cousin, remarkable, simply remarkable!

[scottish lass]

Yeah Pav! Good game - happy celebrating!!!!

[jane27]

Nar, Thinking of you on your big day 200 I'm very happy for you and grateful also to be in a homeroom class with you.

Got back from Texas after a nice birthday weekend get away. The weather in my sobriety frame of mind has been a little unpredictable and naturally that makes me uncomfortable. Trying to slow down and go back to the very basics. Did we lose the ability to add a comment to a post? Not sure if the only option is to include a quote from the post you want to comment on. I'm tired, lost and a little depressed. Have to go back and read your post about the other shoe dropping Pepper- because I have been on this manic quest to bullet proof the basement and get a new roof on the house before I run out of money all together. I guess I'm trying to make sure that I take care of what I can to ensure that the house is OK because if I don't we wind up waiting until something breaks or fails, and I cant live like that (if I don't have to). So scrambling to ensure safety & control and that all bases are covered I guess in preparation for the day that's coming up when I wont have any more money in the bank and am relying on hubs income.

My Dad seems very depressed and that's really unusual. All the stuff that comes with getting older like seeing more and more friends die, health issues....its weighing on me. My mother treating me as thought I'm dead to her, that's weighing on me. Sure am grateful for you guys and for the shout outs I got on FB for my birthday. And above all for my hubs.

Mammogram tomorrow and late lunch with a friend. Saw that Nursie's mother passed away- and she also recently got a cancer diagnosis. Her brother died a year or so ago. God that's a lot for one person to take in a short span of time. I will post again tomorrow. I'm hoping that a little consistent interacting on MWO will help me click back into it. Without it Im feeling like a row boat with no oars.
Love to you all. xoxo

[narilly]

Good morning.
GO GIANTS!! I bet you had fun last night Pav, and with no AL to boot!

Jane, thanks for the news on Nursie, that really sucks. Sometimes life can be so challenging.

Hey, gotta go, just stopped in to say HI!

xo

[jane27]

For better or better my ass is back in here. Mammogram at 1230 and have plans to meet up with Rahul for coffee this afternoon. Should be fun. Love and strength to all. When are Ava & Pav's 1 year mark? I know its coming up. xo

[NoSugar]

What makes you reluctant to be here, Jane? We love it when you are.

Meeing Rahul?? How fun does that sound!?! Say hi to our resident free verse poet (as opposed to our rhyming cowboy!) from me.

Let us know how it goes, xx - NS

PS Narilly, Belated happy 200! Keep doing what you've been doing and you'll be fine :hug:.

[abcowboy]

Jane, far better your ass is here instead of keeping a barstool warm! And Ava and Pav's birthdays are top secret, I know them, but if I told you, then I'd have to kill you! :hahaha: But if you really want to know..... I do enjoy fresh out of the oven cinnamon buns....

[SHADES_of_IDAHO]

That's a great idea. I wish u all well and sobriety rocks!

[NoSugar]

Thanks for your good wishes, Shades. You're right about sobriety - it's one of the things I value most in the world.