New Alcohol self help

Westywoodpecker

I'm not normally a materialistic person, but I'm surprised at how I'm looking forward to my granite top next Wednesday. It's costing a lot, but we've not been on holiday this yr After that we've more or less finished.

How are things with you??

mariauk

For Feelie :A

Tomorrow
Clouds fill the sky;
Your life darkens and the world disappears;
Everything becomes totally meaningless.
- But, as with time, the clouds will pass and
reveal the sun which was there all the time.
As you look into the sunlight, your face
shines again whilst your shadow appears behind you.
The future beckons as you hold out a
nervous and shaking hand.
One step at a time
- One day at a time
Slowly but surely your strength will grow
and slowly but surely life will grow.
There was a time when every day seemed like yesterday
But there will come a time when today greets tomorrow;
When your mirror becomes a window;
It is then that you will see your future
and not reflect on the past.
Have Faith, have Courage and have Hope
for you will survive.

© Derek Dobson 2005. Permission to use, copy and distribute any material on this site without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appear on all copies and the materials are not redistributed for profit.

gentlepurr

westy, i envy you your new kitchen, my kitchen in this house is so grotty, the original one from when the house was built, i'm waiting for some new doors to come up on the freebies board:rotfl:

xx

mariauk

Westywoodpecker wrote: »

I'm not normally a materialistic person, but I'm surprised at how I'm looking forward to my granite top next Wednesday. It's costing a lot, but we've not been on holiday this yr After that we've more or less finished.

How are things with you??

Sounds good to me, You will be out there screaming at the kids to keep it clean when it arrives Everything at this end is plodding along, I`m back to screaming at my teenager to get out her pit every morning to go to college. "But it`s cold" :rolleyes: I thought I had left all that behind when she left school

Thankfully my younger one takes after me and is up as soon as the alarm goes off :T

I`m off to bed now, Feelie hope you feel a bit brighter tomorrow, Night Westy and GP. Talk to you soon :A

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

gentlepurr

oops! sorry i went quiet on you all, i was desperately trying to join freecycle, what a palarva, lol! think ive finally done it right now, fingers x'd.

my eyes are closing here, so im off to bed too, night night all. feelie, heres to a better day for you tomorrow. Maria, what a lovely poem that is that you posted for feelie.

night night

xx

lewt

feelinggood wrote: »

10 months gone, and feeling miserable. Scares me when a craving comes up, but getting better at believing that it'll pass. The general down feeling is harder to deal with I find.

Hey Feelinggood, what an achievement getting to ten months :T i you've done amazingly well. Sorry to hear you were feeling down the other day. i have found that the feeling down days have got further and further apart since practising the steps however i do remember the hopeless feeling that they will never go, i used to forget how quick i could feel well again and think that the down feeling had lasted all through my sobirty. i also remember the rollor coaster emotions i fely up and down day in day out. it did get better as i grew through and it continues to as i continue to grow,. i found that i would also start to think that tomorrow would be the same and it wouldnt get better ever, real projectional fear. i like what 2Pac said in one of his songs, "after the dark comes the sunlight of a new day" i find i can use the solgan keep it in the day with emotions as well as the staying away from the drink.

lewt

Westywoodpecker wrote: »

I'm not too far from Blackpool Lewt. hope your enjoying yourself!!

Thread's gone quiet again , hope everyone's ok??

Hi, yeah it wasgood.ispent an obsence ammount of money though. but i spose tyhats what its for. we're looking at going somewhere a bit warmer soon. we went to dominican rep for our honey moon, and are thinking somewhere all inculsive again maybe eygipt.....

brodev

How does a bunny say it´s happy?:j :j :j :j :j :j :j :j
I´ve got my house. I´m off tonight to a meeting in Portimao where i shall have a double celebration. 1, Getting my house and 2, My AA birthday. 43 tomorrow.
I have been so wrapped up in my own thoughts recently that I have not taken time to read some of the comments. Lewt , enjoy your new home. Feely, How marvelous to have come this far. The cravings leave us eventually but the mental obsession has remained with me even now. Every now and then it slips in and surprises me. My new neighbour said that he would come round with a bottle of champagne and for an instant I thought "wouldn´t it be nice". That took me by surprise.
I still am not connected to the phone so my input to here will be intermittant.

mariauk

Congrats on the house Brodev :j :j :j :j :j :j

Please send some of the nice warm sunshine this way :A

lewt

43 is an emense time in recovery...... i dont even know how long 43 is really as im only 27..... nice one on getting so far....

I've had some good news today also. the place where i have been working is advertising for permanant staff theres 2 jobs. one os a full time support worker in the unit (what i'm doing now) and the other is a floating support for the service users out in the communinity.

I knew the full time one would be coming up but was worried that i wouldnt be able to go for it as i have 2 other commitments and the shifts change. so the other one even though it is only part time has been a real blessing in coming up. as its monday wendsday and friday and the comitments i have are on tuesdays and thurdays. then leaving the weekend to earn some extra...... funny the way these things work out when we have god in our life aint it