The giving up/cutting down alcohol support thread! Part 4

budget_babe

YM thanks for updating the scores mate xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Miss P hugs and lovely to hear from you, give our adorable piglet a hug and I hope you both have a fabby weekend. (()) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

SSA Happy Birthday for tomorrow :bdaycake: have a fabby day :T (()) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

My DS birthday is on Sunday, he has already had his present a new laptop. But I have sent him a Top Gear Cake through the post along with sparkly, wizzy candles. I just hope it gets there in one piece :eek: I have used oodles of bubble wrap though and lots of: Happy Birthday Confetti.

I thought it was nice though the lady at the post office remembered me sending my Easter goodies to my DS and they arrived intact, you have to use special delivery as she informed me of the horrors of first class mail and how they put them in rotating drums :eek:

As she put it: my cake would be mush :eek:

But my DS loves Top Gear so I hope it arrives in one piece and also it has removable stickers. How :cool: is that?
Anyways you can't buy your own birthday cake now can you

He is off on a Monopoly pub crawl tomorrow, so I shall see him in a couple of weeks as it will be his Dad's birthday then and we shall do a double celebration :T

I do miss him though :A

Night night everyone and God Bless
Budgie xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

JoJoB

6 AF free days now. Drank the last 2 nights though, but not to a huge excess. Could have easily carried on tonight but glad I reigned it in.

budget_babe

Oh and just two more things ......................

Ym I don't know if its because its late, but that eye is so creepy ............................ When will the lovely cuddly YM reappear? ((())) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Darling Jo, just one last thing ............... My MIl was quite big in the spirtualist church, (When she died they came in force, so to speak, at her funeral). But on the very night she was passing my Dh was at the hospital and I lay on my bed with the light on all night, as I was so worried that she would make an appearance :eek:

I really didn't want to have any experience of her or anything else

I just like nice fluffy things and as they say: Hot Chocolate for the soul :A:A

Big hugs xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Miss_Piggy_2

OH just gone to tesco for a paint roller as he didn't realise he didn't have one . Resisted the urge to ask for bottle of wine. Got to get up in morning, collect mum, and go and change grotesque pair of trainers OH got me yesterday :rotfl::rotfl:

Piglet in fine form.....today at SIL's he turned off TV by accident. I went in to turn it back on for him and he sighed, sat down and said "So sorry about this.....". He makes me laugh when I'm getting too serious....

On a bad note today.....turns out my Dad may have emphysmia (sp??). He's 59, very active but has recurrent chest infections. He smoked until my Mum had major heart attack 10 years ago. Scares me to death to think he may have this. My Dad is my rock in my life - someone I turn to when I have any trouble...and it worries me to death he may have something incurable. He's awaiting tests. Tonight I'm feeling a bit fragile. Dad, of course, is carrying on like normal. Climbing trees, river wading wih Piglet.

If its not one thing its another eh???

Miss P
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budget_babe

Just to say Miss P hugs and re the emphysmia (sp) my Dear Dad has this also, with medication he is ok.

Though I do know what you mean about him carrying on as normal, I have had the same with my Father, when he had his bowel cancer operation he was moving flag stones etc.

Upshot was I got a call at work as he was rushed into A and E :eek:

Some scar tissue had come loose, and did it make a jot of difference? No it didn't :eek:

Sometimes I feel I am the adult and he is the child ............

So I do know what you mean ......................

One thing though that makes you think, when my DS was very small aged three he was walking with my father in the countryside and my father fell over a tree branch.

My DS turned around and said: "Don't worry Grandad I was old once and look at me now I am brand new again"

Very strange and when my father had his cancer op it gave him some comfort, so there are things that we cannot understand ?........................... :A
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ps it does make you think ?

Miss_Piggy_2

budget_babe wrote: »

Just to say Miss P hugs and re the emphysmia my Dear Dad has this also, with medication he is ok.

Though I do know what you mean about him carrying on as normal, I have had the same with my Father, when he had his bowl cancer operation he was moving flag stones etc.

Upshot was I got a call at work as he was rushed into A and E :eek:

Some scar tissue had come loose, did it make a jot of difference? No it didn't :eek:

Sometimes I feel I am the adult and he is the child ............

So I do know what you mean ......................

One thing though that makes you think, when my DS was very small aged three he was walking with my father in the countryside and my father fell over a tree branch.

My DS turned around and said: "Don't worry Grandad I was old once and now I am brand new again"

Very strange and when my father had his cancer op it gave him some comfort ........................... :A
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Thank you Budgie. I can understand that. Piglet and my Dad are SO close its unbelievable sometimes. I never consider my dad getting old. My Mum yes (because of the heart attack) but never my Dad. To be honest, the pair of them are so active and act so young for their age that maybe I'm a bit complacent. The thought of either of them being seriously ill scares me to death and I don't know what I can do to help. Yes, its controllable with medication. But my dad is so STRONG it makes me cry to think of soemthing getting him this way.

In tears here.

Miss P
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budget_babe

Miss_Piggy wrote: »

Thank you Budgie. I can understand that. Piglet and my Dad are SO close its unbelievable sometimes. I never consider my dad getting old. My Mum yes (because of the heart attack) but never my Dad. To be honest, the pair of them are so active and act so young for their age that maybe I'm a bit complacent. The thought of either of them being seriously ill scares me to death and I don't know what I can do to help. Yes, its controllable with medication. But my dad is so STRONG it makes me cry to think of soemthing getting him this way.

In tears here.

Miss P
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Big hugs sweetheart and please don't cry, everything will work out just fine. You will see :A

But I do so understand what you are saying, but trust me it will work itself out :A

You are such a sensitive person and so lovely with it too, and you always find time for others and any problems they may have?

This is such a good quality angel :A

Many of us on here share the same aim, we should all try to think of others too,

But please try not to worry and I am sending you and our adorable piglet a very big Budgie hug (()) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

If ever you need anything then let me know? (())xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

So_Sad_Angel

Awww Miss P.....lots of <<hugs>> from me too.

Life is like this I`m afraid but at least now with diagnosis your Dad can be treated & be as well as he can be.

There are lots of us out there that live with chronic conditions under treatment & it makes you appreciate life so much more. I have done so much more with my life since I was told that I was ill....(I was only 37 at the time) but I think it was a `turning point` to `live every day` & not regret a second. Strangely enough I was just glad to know what it was.

Your Dad will be better with treatment as the infections will be less & less.

Try & get a good nights sleep....I hope when you see the sun shining in the morning you will feel a little better.

Angiexx

jo1972

Evening all,

A quick flying 5 minute post for me (won't be as big as Budgies )

DC, hope you are okay? x

Angie, happy birthday for tomorrow

Miss P, I hope your dad's okay hun x

Budge, you sound in much better spirits my dear, I hope things are now looking up for you xx

Hi to everyone else :wave:

Very very touch and go for me tonight, I intended to drink I think. Decided not to get any on the way home as I knew I was dropping OH at the station later in the evening. After I dropped him I intended to pick up the chinese :drool: then go to offy. Decided whilst waiting in the chinese that I didn't really fancy a drink, but would obviously buy some anyway :rolleyes:, evening on my own etc etc... then thought that I wouldn't actually be on my own as DD1 was in so I would have to hide it anyway. Funny that that didn't seem odd at the time (being in a drinking zone makes anything sound justifiable!), looking back it sounds ridiculous! Driving home and sped up when driving past the shop almost screaming like a mad woman. Got in had chinese then a magnum :cool: then coffee, phew not easy, but, YM, another one for me please, that's 11 whole days in a row :D:D

ETA: also to add that I had a chat with my dear ole departed dad in the car on the way home, had to apologise profusely (sp?) for being a t**t

ETA: also ETA that I had the chat out loud, with the window open, whilst at lights. Didn't realise there was a guy sat in the passenger seat of the car next to me listening to every word :rolleyes:

Gotta go, gotta sleep!

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RecoveringAlcoholic

Well done Jo.

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