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Sept 6, 2015 10:42:02 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2015 10:42:02 GMT -5
Where are you going lady? You and I go a long way back and I like you very much....stay.....and I'll stay...k? Sam That made me smile. Thanks, Sam. It isn't that I'm dropping out of the forum or anything like that. I'll still be around. But when this new place opened up, and I was preparing to jump in and become as active as I was in our old home, something stopped me. I started evaluating all the time I spent there over the past year -- hundreds of hours -- and how much it cost me in terms of lost productivity and my work getting behind. There were other costs too, which I won't go into here. I helped some people, and I'm happy I could do that. Going forward, though, I need to focus more on my own life and my work. P.S. I like you very much too. :-)
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Sept 6, 2015 21:36:34 GMT -5
Post by Sam on Sept 6, 2015 21:36:34 GMT -5
I am still trying to get used to this new sit up, so bear with me folks as I screw up.. Sam I thought that was so great. I'm not sure if I have reported this or what I have done but I'm talking about the picture of jack Nicholson and the son of a bitch. LOVE IT. they never say"daughter of a bitch" too long I suppose. Just son of a bitch. angelina/Tutu That's because women are so special, God must have been in a good mode when he created women.......most anyway!
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Sept 6, 2015 21:41:32 GMT -5
Post by Sam on Sept 6, 2015 21:41:32 GMT -5
So nice to see some of the Old Gang back together again!!! Sam, my cantankerous Old Friend how the hell are Ya?? PJ you and Sam has better stick around we need you round here!! Dana Glad to see you keeping this new place active waiting for some of the rest of us to get involved! Angelina, well I just miss you!!
Dave is here with us as I remember him saying once that we could hide but we could not get away.
This is all new but I think that we can make it a Home if we really want to.
RJ
Hey Mr. RJ neighbor.......I want my tomatoes, I keep eating the Baguettes I buy to do the exchange waiting for the harvest......BTW water company called, they said to remind you we're in a drought, I told them I'll talk to you Sam
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Sept 6, 2015 21:41:26 GMT -5
Post by jeyu0422 on Sept 6, 2015 21:41:26 GMT -5
Sam and PJ, I hope you both stay, because whether practicing the steps or not, I feel that the only way that we can pay back those who have helped us in our struggles to become sober is to pay that debt forward to those who will come after us seeking sobriety. I didn't know Dave. He died before my time here, while I was still drinking. But I have received the benefits of his experience, strength, and hope through those of you who did know him and were helped by him. That enables me, and others like me, to pass it to someone who may come here or elsewhere in need of help with their addiction to alcohol. Mark/Jeyu
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Sept 6, 2015 21:47:46 GMT -5
Post by Sam on Sept 6, 2015 21:47:46 GMT -5
No one guessed so I'll tell you who that is.....it's DAVE!! I thought I bring him here with us...RIP Dave. Sam
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Sept 6, 2015 21:56:04 GMT -5
Post by Sam on Sept 6, 2015 21:56:04 GMT -5
Sam and PJ, I hope you both stay, because whether practicing the steps or not, I feel that the only way that we can pay back those who have helped us in our struggles to become sober is to pay that debt forward to those who will come after us seeking sobriety. I didn't know Dave. He died before my time here, while I was still drinking. But I have received the benefits of his experience, strength, and hope through those of you who did know him and were helped by him. That enables me, and others like me, to pass it to someone who may come here or elsewhere in need of help with their addiction to alcohol. Mark/Jeyu JFDI Hey Mark, I was about to reply to your earlier post to me from yesterday (I don't get notifications, is that the way it is here or should I tweak my set up?). I've read some of your posts on the old forum and I am glad you are doing well, you and Brett and Angelina are some of the few that "got it" the first time, I am a thick headed dude and I didn't get it the first time, or may be I did but my love for drinking and the glamorous image engraved in my mind was so powerful I kept thinking well, may be this time I could control it and enjoy it at the same time, yeah right!!! All the best, Sam
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Sept 6, 2015 21:59:15 GMT -5
Post by Sam on Sept 6, 2015 21:59:15 GMT -5
Where are you going lady? You and I go a long way back and I like you very much....stay.....and I'll stay...k? Sam That made me smile. Thanks, Sam. It isn't that I'm dropping out of the forum or anything like that. I'll still be around. But when this new place opened up, and I was preparing to jump in and become as active as I was in our old home, something stopped me. I started evaluating all the time I spent there over the past year -- hundreds of hours -- and how much it cost me in terms of lost productivity and my work getting behind. There were other costs too, which I won't go into here. I helped some people, and I'm happy I could do that. Going forward, though, I need to focus more on my own life and my work. P.S. I like you very much too. :-) Do what you have to do PJ, perhaps taking a break is good, but always come back and don't do what I do, do what I say
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Sept 6, 2015 22:07:52 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2015 22:07:52 GMT -5
No one guessed so I'll tell you who that is.....it's DAVE!! I thought I bring him here with us...RIP Dave. Sam I thought your "Guess who this is?" was a rhetorical question, so I didn't bother answering. :-) I snatched that photo off Dave's Facebook page while he was in the hospital, not long before he died. I'm glad you brought him here with us. I've tried to convince JoeY to come back; maybe he'll like this new format and start posting again, which would be all kinds of awesome.
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Sept 6, 2015 22:11:58 GMT -5
Post by Sam on Sept 6, 2015 22:11:58 GMT -5
No one guessed so I'll tell you who that is.....it's DAVE!! I thought I bring him here with us...RIP Dave. Sam I thought your "Guess who this is?" was a rhetorical question, so I didn't bother answering. :-) I snatched that photo off Dave's Facebook page while he was in the hospital, not long before he died. I'm glad you brought him here with us. I've tried to convince JoeY to come back; maybe he'll like this new format and start posting again, which would be all kinds of awesome. Who would've thought that clown Dave would have so much wisdom. I did save that pic from your post on the other forum a while back, thanks!
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Sept 7, 2015 16:06:12 GMT -5
Post by bethanne711 on Sept 7, 2015 16:06:12 GMT -5
Hi Sam ! OMG it is awesome to hear from you again and that you are in a good place in your life. I am doing well other than recovering from a broken Tibia ( shin bone ) that happened on Aug 9. I had to have 2 surgeries. One to put an external fixator until the swelling went down and another to put the bone back together and seal it with a plate and several screws. I can only get around ( barely ) with a walker but I am grateful because it could have been much worse.
I hope to see more of you here. You are truly an inspiration. Take care, Beth
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Sept 7, 2015 16:35:21 GMT -5
Post by gladtoknowyou on Sept 7, 2015 16:35:21 GMT -5
So one quick baby step from my hiding place. I have 3 battles, now and forever. I decided to tackle them chronologically. Free from stimulants now for 8 weeks.(First substance abuse in a given day) Then stopped the alcohol. (Abuse #2) Wasn't prepared for the PAWS from the stimulant withdrawal. I was 8 days in to no booze. Total depression. Thought it was work related but not. Almost went back to square 1. Know this is where it begins so held off. But have had a relapse or 2 on the alcohol. On day 3 now. Addiction #3 is the sleep aids. I will get there. I have learned so much from everyone on these sites. Most of all I know it is totally my thinking that will determine my success. I hope that everyone keeps posting because there are so many of us that re-gain the drive and willpower from listening to you.
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Sept 7, 2015 17:44:37 GMT -5
Post by Mark_LA on Sept 7, 2015 17:44:37 GMT -5
Hi GTKY,
Glad you peeped out of hiding long enough to make a post. I know how hard that is!
The best course of action for you, of course, is to come clean with your doctor and undergo a medically supervised detox.
Short of that, if you don't mind my asking, just so I understand your addiction situation a bit better:
What stimulants and sleep aids have you been taking? Are they over-the-counter, or prescribed? If prescribed, have you been taking them in the quantity and frequency directed by a physician, or have you been taking more?
How much alcohol have you been drinking when you drank?
The reason I ask is that while the issues that underlie addiction are pretty much the same no matter the substance or the amount, the proper course of action in the short term to help you get through the initial withdrawal phase may be different depending on what you're taking and how much.
Glad you're taking the crucial step of asking for help! It makes all the difference, believe me!
Keep on posting when you can!
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Sept 7, 2015 19:24:29 GMT -5
Post by achilles1957 on Sept 7, 2015 19:24:29 GMT -5
So one quick baby step from my hiding place. I have 3 battles, now and forever. I decided to tackle them chronologically. Free from stimulants now for 8 weeks.(First substance abuse in a given day) Then stopped the alcohol. (Abuse #2) Wasn't prepared for the PAWS from the stimulant withdrawal. I was 8 days in to no booze. Total depression. Thought it was work related but not. Almost went back to square 1. Know this is where it begins so held off. But have had a relapse or 2 on the alcohol. On day 3 now. Addiction #3 is the sleep aids. I will get there. I have learned so much from everyone on these sites. Most of all I know it is totally my thinking that will determine my success. I hope that everyone keeps posting because there are so many of us that re-gain the drive and willpower from listening to you. Hi Gtky, Also "glad to know you" and glad to know you've come out of your hiding place.. hopefully now and forever ;-) When I've actively indulged in my addiction, hiding was all I knew. Shame and guilt drove me inside of myself and my despair. Once I finally bit the bullet and posted on this Forum, admitted to my dis-ease and accepted that I couldn't do it alone (though I alone could do it), that now I no longer feel the need to hide. I have nothing to feel ashamed of .. I guess my only shame now is not taking a pro-active approach to my alcoholism, as in "what a shame/bummer". I obviously wasn't ready at any other time although I really believed that I tried. I now know that I was destined to "slip/slide" until I'd had enough. I'm now a work in progress and hope to continue that progress till my last breath. Please don't lose that drive to live a better life .. there is no 'one moment' that can be improved upon by the addition of a substance/liquid. I believe there's a freedom inside me (and my connection to all the other "me's" on this crazy rock) that goes beyond, and releases me from, the prison that alcohol creates in my world. I so hope you keep posting and traveling onward and upward. Jenn
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Sept 7, 2015 21:03:31 GMT -5
Post by angelina1512 on Sept 7, 2015 21:03:31 GMT -5
Hey Gladtoknowyou,
im so glad you popped into say hello. I gave up writing for a while, just didn't think anything I wrote would make a difference and then you say it does. So thank you for that. Even if it's not what I write.
this lace gave me strength, I didn't even know about PAWS or HALT until I came here. The more knowledge I got the stronger I got as well. We all have a special place in our heart for this place, it changed all our lives. It also helped me have the courage to give up smoking.
so I hope you feel you can join in, no pressure. But it is nice to think we are not just talking amongst ourselves.
read up on PAWS, I found it very interesting. So many "normal" drinkers just don't get what we have to go through to become sober and stay sober.
i have made some wonderful friends here,and we are always happy to open our arms for someone who is going through what we once went through. It's a tough road but a doable road.
angelina/Tutu
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Sept 8, 2015 9:14:27 GMT -5
Post by Dana on Sept 8, 2015 9:14:27 GMT -5
I am doing well other than recovering from a broken Tibia ( shin bone ) that happened on Aug 9. I had to have 2 surgeries. One to put an external fixator until the swelling went down and another to put the bone back together and seal it with a plate and several screws. I can only get around ( barely ) with a walker but I am grateful because it could have been much worse. Oh my goodness Beth! What happened? Modern medicine is amazing isn't it... Sounds like they were able to fix a badly broken bone. Do you have physical therapy, or is it more of a: increase activity level as tolerated? Sending you healing wishes and good vibes. xo Dana
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