Ladies on a Mission: The Official Site

[Pavati]

Hi, All:

Mr. G likes to point this out a lot, and I just re-read it somewhere else, too, but I was reminded today that the only way out is THROUGH. That is a hard concept - it is so automatic to want to avoid pain and conflict. Thank goodness we are all sober to deal with the ups and downs of life.

Nar, I heard a radio story today about how much Alaska is suffering because of the crude oil prices. Basically they budgeted for it to stay at $110 a barrel all year long, and now it is down to $40. One third of all jobs in Alaska are directly tied to oil. There is so much that I didn't think about with oil prices going down - only that my commute got cheaper. I hope you get that job and that things turn around for you.

LB - So glad she apologized. I am glad you get to get out and walk now. That heat down there is SO HOT. Are you around the commemorations of Katrina? I know you don't live in NO, but wasn't the whole state affected?

Good to see you pop by, G. Thanks for the post, Pauly.

xo to all my Gloamers,
Pav

[narilly]

Hi everyone,
I am going away until next Tuesday so I might not be checking in. I am taking my daughter to University. It's about a 12 hour drive so I will be driving a lot.
LilB, it's starting to cool down here slowly. Pretty soon BAM it's gonna be cold. I can hardly imagine the Hot weather you are having.
Yes Pav, we too are getting slammed by low oil prices. It's one of those things, it's good for some people bad for others. The price will go back up, we are just not sure when.

Have a great day tomorrow everyone. Stay sober.

[Samstone]

Lots of leaving chatter
whatsa matter?
If you leave, then there won't be no gloamers
that's worse than losing my bloomers!!

[available]

Pav, just wanted to say happy 21 months, we have come a long long way.

Glad everyone is sounding well. Life just keeps getting better when we dont drink.

Ive been busy with gym, work and robert. Life seems pretty hectic and sometimes i wish it would slow down but when it does i will be sad. Oh well shit happens, its the amount that differs i say.

Where is SL? I hope she is ok.

I do read here daily and love to keep up with you all. Love the loamers.

[NoSugar]

Thanks for the poem, Sam. I hope the chatter increases around here soon!

Have a good, safe, trip with your daughter, Nar. I hope she's set for a great year of school.

We're taking off for a few days at a lake. Not the ocean, I'm afraid, but at least it's water and it is a much shorter drive!

Pav, my life has been so busy lately with some challenging things and many wonderful things. It crosses my mind more than once each day how impossible it all would have been before I quit. When I think of the excuses I would have been making to not do things at night or drive at night.. UGH!I would have missed so many opportunities.

Nice to see you, Ava. You and Pav are quite the pair. If either of you ever considered having a drink, I bet the thought of the other would stop you right away. What a positive tool you guys have!

Have a nice long weekend to those of you in the US. Take care of yourselves. xx NS

[little beagle]

NS I agree. Having a quit partner is a powerful tool. Especially in the early days. Helping someone and being helped when you need it. Well that goes for all of us.
Narilly have a safe trip. I hope your daughter has a great year.
Sam thanks for the poem. Great laugh for the night.
Yes Pav. We are rehashing Katrina in detail. It was crazy after that. The whole area was disrupted. Hubby and I actually left the state for 5 years because the housing prices shot up so much and the overcrowding. The traffic.
Hubby is scheduled for another counselor next Thursday. And he's taking Antabuse. We will see what happens this time.

[jane27]

Hi Gloamers,
Red is coming along great Lil, I'm glad to hear that hubs is moving in the right direction.
Love to all

[narilly]

Hi everyone, just checking in. Yes, Ava and Pav, you are lucky to have each other as quit partners. Both of you are doing so well.
NS, I am at a lake in BC right now. My brother has a cabin here. I have been having some drinking thoughts but then I don't drink so I just push the thoughts aside. That is another reason why I am posting right now. Being accountable really helps me to stay sober. Thanks for being here.

Glad it's going well Jane. Hello Sam!
Talk soon.

[treetops]

Stay strong Nar. They are just thoughts and they will pass!

[little beagle]

Well this weekend we figured out that Antabuse has no effects from cocaine. Maybe it blocks the brain receptors a bit. That's all. Counseling on Thursday and I'm going with him the first time. This counselor states she treats the whole family, not just the individual. I'm looking forward to that.
Jane I'm glad you have Red. I felt so bad that you didn't have a dog in your life.
Narilly enjoy the last of summer and your cabin visit. Nope we don't drink, so that's not a possibility. I had a great gingerale cherry juice tonight with our bbq on the patio.
Happy Labor Day and unhung Monday everyone.

[Pavati]

Hi, All:

Good night, gloamers. I had a long, busy, happy weekend. All with NO BOOZE! As the teens at my school would say - AMAZEBALLS!

LB - good luck with Thursday. I am sorry if you found out the hard way that antabuse had no effect.

Nar - good thing you don't drink. I hope BC is fun. I have a lot of friends who visited Canada this year - I've never been. It looks so beautiful!

Jane - We're due for a waffle from you...

Ava - Hooray to my quit twin. Yes, NS, coming and confessing to Ava would NOT be a good time. I haven't had a drinking dream in a while, but they all involve having to "confess" here, and that feels so crappy I am so relieved when I wake up. (SL is good)

NoSugar - I read something that said instead of saying we're busy we should just say "my life is full." And that is the truth. With a lot of great things, and some crappy things. Who has time for drinking?

Love to you all, gloamers, those I mentioned and those I missed.

xo
Pav

[treetops]

Quick check in just to let you all know that I am not running away. Just took a wee break from the site although I posted a few words here and there. Life has been full but unfortunately a lot of that has been dealing with other people's messes and I wouldn't wish that on anyone. Sounds like you have a full plate LB with your hubby - is his drug cocaine or is it AL and cocaine and other ones? That sounds like so much.
Hope everyone is doing well this day or evening as it may be. Its Tuesday evening here.

[available]

Hi loamers

Good to see you Tree, life throws us shit sometimes we just need to wade through it. I think 2015 has been full of crap but hoping next year is better.

LB thinking of you. We can only do so much cant we? I went to counselling when my son was coming off ICE and it was good for both of us as i was so angry and my son was angry at hurting me and what he had done with his life. I found it good to understand how he felt as i was still drinking heavily so had my own baggage. I remember being petrified that he would tell the counsellor about my "secret" but it was not about me. 8 months later i stopped al.

Nar rub some liquorice and you will be fine. ha ha. How did hubs go with the job?

Pav i could never let you down or myself by drinking, we have come way to far to think about drinking but those thoughts pop up at certain times still, this is why i am still here also. I dont want to be in that hole i was in.

Life for me has been ok, going to the gym, working, seeing Robert although my bursitis/impingement in my shoulder has come back. Steroid injection here i come. Having a slide night tomorrow night with Robert and his sister. All old slides of when he was a young lad, it will be a funny, sad and moving night but really looking forward to seeing what his fashion sense was like in the 60's and 70's. Dismal i can imagine.

Take care everyone and those i have missed xx

[treetops]

Morning Ava. We have sun on this side of the Tasman! Enjoy your slide evening for what is us and I am sure there will be lots of laughs as well as tears. But the thing is that you are spending this time with him now.
Off to work soon and I am being photographed for something so have to dress up. yuk!
Hugs to all

[NoSugar]

I was unexpectedly Internet-free at the lake. We wouldn't normally choose that, but ended up enjoying being unplugged very much. I came home to find myself buried in work but not so far behind on MWO. Is everyone cured or what :wink:?