The cutting out/cutting down alcohol thread (part 7)

Pippilongstocking

Lurkio wrote: »

:undecided :undecided :cool:

camp comedian from the..... eighties?

??????????????????I didn't remember him either Sir Lurks:rotfl:

ANd I'm NOT a child of the eighties:eek:

Morning Sir

69chick

:DI remember Duncan Norvell well Lurks, (I am old though born in 1969) wonder what he is doing these days!!

Just popping in to say I clocked up and af day yesterday Miss P.. Will be aiming for another one today, a big thing with me is to remove the association with drinking and the weekend, just so that I don't drink for the sake of it..

On the subject of AA and their methods (of which I have no real knowledge) I would just say that they have obviously done a fab job on our Graeme so there must be something in it...each to their own I say and like GC says we all need to find what works for us...

Also I do believe that nothing will work if we don't want it enough, I was like that with giving up smoking which I did many years ago, I had a few half hearted attempts but then when I really decided enough was enough I managed it with no help from patches/gum etc. that I had previously tried and hadn't made any difference as I didn't want to give up enough.....I also remember being worried that I would never lose the feeling of wanting to smoke when others were smoking or in social situations etc. but I can honestly hand on heart say that isn't the case and I never even think about it now...don't know if its the same with drinking but as it is a 'drug' I would imagine its quite possible to have a life without alcohol and not feel 'left out' or that we are 'missing something' ...

Sorry for the ramble and Happy Friday all :D

69chick

jo1972 wrote: »

The baby that crawls round and cries has been in the boot of my car for 3 weeks and because it seemed you couldn't turn it off without removing all the packaging, every time I've gone over a speed bump it started crying, I'm really surprised I've not been pulled over before now :rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I could picture you in your own sitcom Jo!!

Lurkio

fayjmck wrote: »

??????????????????I didn't remember him either Sir Lurks:rotfl:

ANd I'm NOT a child of the eighties:eek:

Morning Sir

Morning Doc - he was never THAT popular, strangely..... lol

69chick wrote: »

:DI remember Duncan Norvell well Lurks, (I am old though born in 1969) wonder what he is doing these days!!

:T :T :T :T :T

I thought I'd made it up for a while..... :rotfl:

jo1972 wrote: »

Oh, well, you know, I was born in the 80's

of course you were, jo1972 :rotfl:

yellowmonkey

I remember lurks...Mind you I was born in the 60's




Right really concerned when I read this but a lesson can be learnt. Never try to catch up from the bottom up . Read top post first and was thinking Holy Sh*t Jo :eek:. Then it all made sense when I read the second post. Which was the first IYSWIM

jo1972 wrote: »

The baby that crawls round and cries has been in the boot of my car for 3 weeks and because it seemed you couldn't turn it off without removing all the packaging, every time I've gone over a speed bump it started crying, I'm really surprised I've not been pulled over before now :rotfl:

jo1972 wrote: »

just as well as it's my DD2's 5th birthday today and she's been up playing with her toys since 6am. My big mistake this year, went a bit mad on the interactive stuff this year so I have a baby that's crying and crawling all over the place, a baby that's lying in a buggy and crying unless you stick a bottle in it's mouth,

Have a good one

brokepaolo

Morning!

treepotato, with regards to your post about the roles being reversed between me and mysister, you make a valid point and yes, obviously I would also be on the defensive side if someone who was succeeding in their battle with the drink more than I was made comments such as I made to my sister. But in fairness, when it comes to your own family, you have to be cruel to be kind. there's no point me tip-toeing around the issue anymore, the doctors have told my sister in no uncertain terms that she is destroying herself with alcohol and I'm sure they'd have told me the same thing had I gone to the doctors. I took, and am still taking the required steps to rid myself of the addiction, I'm far from being totally free of it but I have registered a modicum of success recently and I feel all the better for it. It upsets me to see my sister ignore the warning signs, and whilst I can fully understand how one can become blinkered and be in denial over this sort of problem, if everyone around you, especially your nearest and dearest, just tag along and don't point things out to you, you'll end up entrenching yourself further into that denial and carry on as though it's ok. I've been there and done exactly that but no one told me to stop drinking, so I carried on regardless. It was only when I realised that every single monday I was waking up feeling like death, shaking like a leaf and suffering from horrid anxiety attacks that I realised something needed to be done.

I know that by saying what I said to my sister it may have looked like I was being smug and condescending but my sister and I are very very close and she knew that my words were expressed merely out of concern and not out of malice. Ultimately, I just want my sister to be happy and confident because we need to be there for each other in times of need.

I used to be one hell of a lot worse than my sister is with alcohol not so long ago so to some extent I just hope that if I can crawl out of it, then she can too and we'll both be happier for it. It's not a race, I want us both to do it together.

69chick

TP1 - hope you have a good day today hun x

BP - you and your Sister are very lucky to have each other

Just cleaned the bathrooms and my twins have somehow managed to sit still for an hour whilst I did it (well whilst watching Nick Jr!!) we are now all eating toast and then off to Mr T's for the weekly shop (I havn't taken them both for a while so am praying for good behaviour)!!

Will not buy any alcohol as if it's in the house I find it hard to avoid, I prefer to leave it then if we want some later, its only 5 mins to the nearest Morrisons/Spar then I usually won't bother

Lovely day here today, hope all good with you all x

brokepaolo

treepotato1 wrote: »

paolo, I was drinking yesterday and shouldn't have said what i did at all.. I apologise unreservedly. Your relationship with your sister is none of my business, frankly.

many thanks for your response.

no need to apologise and as I said, I do agree with you and I did feel bad about my comment towards my sister but we've said one hell of a lot worse to each other over the years for it to have been taken as an offensive remark.

I had a few beers yesterday to drown my sorrow over Italy being eliminated from the world cup, it could have turned into a binge but I was good and went home and listened to some Paolo Conte songs instead, he's brilliant.

I have a half day today as I am helping my sister move into her new flat. I'm very excited about it because my sister's job requires her to be in Paris for up to a week once a month and I will house-sit for her during those times, so in effect, it's like having a part-time flat to myself from time to time.

I'm currently living in a shared house and while it's convenient in terms of being cheap, I really would rather live on my own. My aim is to have a place of my own once I've cleared my debts which should be in about a year and half's time.

fingers crossed.

Lurkio

way hey hey!!! :j :j

Challenge completed, marru

First time in a while I've done a Sun-Thurs, and feeling pretty darn pleased about it Need to hold this thought on Sunday/Monday

Hope we're all well today.

Marru

Challenge completed!

DecemberBaby

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I will be offline until Sunday evening, more stars then if you let me know how you did.