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    Pooks

    Hi All :new:

    I was ok until I hit 8 or 9. Thats when the bullying started, even my 'best friend' joined in. One day kids just decided they didnt like me anymore and it stuck.
    As I got a wee bit older I developed early and was taller than everyone else...gee that was fun and so Iwent to secondary school. Hated every minute of it. Never popular, especially with females and bullied by kids I didnt even know (how does that happen eh!!).
    The only thing I had going for me by the time I was 14/15 was looking alot older and then the only people nice to me were older guys. I thought it great at the time but now I shudder thinking about it.
    Thats when all the drinking, smoking, you name it started. I really really hurt my parents. My dad hated me. I was being called all the names under the sun at home and going to school and getting the same.
    By the time I was 21 I ahd some kind of emotional/nervous breakdown, was still drinking, doing drugs, staying out all wkend but eventually the few mates I did have I lost through drunken arguments, dramas and embarressments. I did knock the pills and powder on the head but the booze stayed.
    Nowadays I just go to work, home drink, go to bed. Wkends the same. I have isolated myself through drinking. Im over weight, I bite my nails down to the quick, and have enough dvds to open my own rental store.
    I'm 33 at the end of march. Id love to be on my way to recovery by then. A bit slimmer, sleeping better and tidy nails. Just to be me and be ok with that. I think that would be the best birthday present I could give myself.
    Thanks for reading

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    Pooks

    Aw, Pooks, I really feel for you. You are here because you feel desperate and really, I feel, that is the best way to come here; you are craving the AF life you deserve - and you really do! You are ready for change and the only person who can make that happen is you.
    You will get loads of support here from people who know exactly where you are coming from. Make this your priority. Come to MWO every day and read as much as you can on these boards - there is always a post somewhere that you will relate to that will help you on your way.
    I see you have already checked into the Newbies Nest - great place to start and you'll likely stay there......
    Most of all Pooks, believe in yourself; you can do this; the weight will go down, your nails will grow, your eyes get brighter, confidence will grow; all of this comes naturally when AF.
    See you in the Newbies Nest.
    IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN
    Relapse starts long before the drink is drunk!!.Fresh Start!

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      #3
      Pooks

      Hiya pooks

      Just wanted to say Welcome!!! and really look forward to hearing from you more

      Take Care
      Patrice

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        #4
        Pooks

        A big :welcome: to you, Pooks!!! Great group of people, and you'll get a lot of support and wisdom from everyone.

        TDN
        "One day at a time."

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          #5
          Pooks

          Hi Daisy, Patrice and Three
          Thanks for your repsonses to my post. Jings I sound like a right misery and in the newbie threads, thats the downer from the drink and the wee hangover next day for you eh. But I did feel better for getting it out even though a bit of a bubble was had afterwards.
          Tomorrow is a new day and I have alot to be gratefulll for so a first step is going to be made even if its a small one.
          Thanks again x

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            #6
            Pooks

            Hi Pooks, you have everything on your side, and your whole life is ahead of you and not 3/4 gone in half a daze. You can have a good life. Make the most of it.
            make the least of the worst, and the most of the best - everyday.

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              #7
              Pooks

              hi jane, now that is weird about the knuckle thing. i'm trying to work that out. i am a picker though, pimples are a tragedy for me and take weeks to heal.

              what happened with your shrink, that is not good for the shrink to cancel normally the other way around.

              keep up the good work
              x
              AF free 1st December 2013 - 1st December 2022 - 9 years of freedom

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                #8
                Pooks

                welcome pooks and u r in the right place
                AF free 1st December 2013 - 1st December 2022 - 9 years of freedom

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                  #9
                  Pooks

                  First of all I love your name Pooks.. And you said something about making the small step. Well you did it. Posting here.. Congrats on that. Stay here and learn and gain stregnth..
                  Shiner

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                    #10
                    Pooks

                    Hi Pooks - you are not going to believe how many people here can relate to your story. Honey, we all self medicate with booze or whatever we can grab to make the pain go away....but once you stop hitting yourself over the head you will feel better - and you will be able to heal...and deal with your problems in an adult way - now that you are an adult.

                    Your problems will still be around - but there is a whole world of therapy available to you now, self help too that was not available to you as a child and teenager - you'll be fine!!!! And you'll be sober!! Yipppeee!!
                    Ask yourselves, would you rather be a non drinker with an occasional desire to drink or a drinker with a constant desire to stop doing it?
                    (quote from Bean )

                    Goal: Survival

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                      #11
                      Pooks

                      Thankyou all for your comments and positivity. X

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                        #12
                        Pooks

                        Welcome Pooks! I too am a bit over weight and do the same thing with my nails and cuticles. It used to be really bad, people used to ask me what happened, so I had to stop. But like Jane, I'm a bad picker. There used to be a commercial about a leftover turkey and the song was "pick, pick pick!" and my ex used to always sing that to me as a reminder that I was doing it again. I wanted to punch him in the neck.
                        Make sure you check out the tool box, and make sure you make a plan. And have an emergency plan too! Stick with us, all the cool kids are sober.
                        Day 1 again 11/5/19
                        Goal 1: 7 days :heartbeat:
                        Goal 2: 14 days :happy2:
                        Goal 3: 21 days :happy2:
                        11/27/19: messed up but back on track
                        12/14/19: bad doozy but back on track

                        One day at a time.

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                          #13
                          Pooks

                          Hi Pooks....you are in a great place at MWO. You will get strength and support from others that have dealt with the same pain. Booze does not make your problem go away it only makes it worse. Trust me I've learned the hard way. The longer I remain sober the stronger I feel and I find my self really dealing with issues that I always avoided in an adult way. You can too.

                          I rec'd wonderful advice from a dear friend that has been sober for 37 years. Walk away from the person that you were to the person that you want to be.

                          Good luck my friend!

                          :l

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                            #14
                            Pooks

                            Hi Pooks,

                            Thanks so much for sharing your story. It takes so much courage to do that, and helps so many others...everyone's stories do.

                            I completely understand the nail thing. I still bite mine to the quick, and used to do the knuckle picking, too, Jane. Now I just do the cuticles if I'm not careful.

                            LL

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                              #15
                              Pooks

                              I rec'd wonderful advice from a dear friend that has been sober for 37 years. Walk away from the person that you were to the person that you want to be.

                              Thanks Connie, thats great advice and going to use it as a daily affirmation. Im making up my own wee list of them.

                              Also good to hear othere people struggle with nail biting and picking, Im nearly 33 and feel really embarressed by it. I always check out other folks hands and never see any as bad as mine. Im glad Im not alone.

                              Hope everyone keeping well and thanks again for posting replies, means alot :thanks:

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