One Step at a Time - March 2014

[Lizann]

One Step at a Time - March 2014

Great post k9 as I am struggling with cravings again today. Somebody please tell me it gets better!
Hoping for a quiet weekend. Busy day at work and I just want to go to bed.. I'll check back later. Happy weekend!

[K9Lover]

One Step at a Time - March 2014

Liz - It DOES get better! Please don't go through what I just went through. Tuesday was hell for me. Remember the day after feeling. Neither one of us wants that ever again!!

[paulywogg]

One Step at a Time - March 2014

For reals Lizann,do not give in!!I was reading through my old posts from a year ago,sad,pathetic,emo,your worst day sober is Sooo better than being drunk,fricken wastse of time and$$,

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - March 2014

home from work and flopping.
be strong Lizz!!
I am tired as I was up at 5am cleaning up cat poop so Bret wouldn't see it. Agh!
Gonna make a sandwich and flop
and watch Bates Motel!

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - March 2014

x post Pauly
Hope Louie likes his tee pee. I remember getting one!

[IAD]

One Step at a Time - March 2014

Hi All ! Here's my daughter with her friend living the good life in Granada (West Indies) Yes I need to see this .........I freezing my ass off in Maryland. Vet school got to be harder than this . Ha!

[NoraC]

One Step at a Time - March 2014

IAD - Just love that pic. Boy, they are suffering aren't they? :H:H:H:H

[Glass Half Empty]

One Step at a Time - March 2014

Nice to see young people being happy, Tony!

Mama - it's funny you should mention Katy Perry. A couple of years ago I recruited a young girl as part of our graduate program and she's turned out to be a fantastic employee (sorry, but she couldn't be more different than Lady Gaga if she tried!). So yesterday she was desperate to get tickets to the KP concert in Oz later this year and she had to be online at exactly 1pm to try and get them. Well, by about 12:30, we were all getting frantic worrying that she'd miss out, so she had her own personal cheer squad all offering to cover her phone and repel any intruders that might want to talk to her at the crucial time. Luckily she was successful, so there was great excitement! I guess what I really liked is that she's the same age as G2, and I adore having those lovely young people in the office making sure us oldies don't get all grumpy and boring. :H

[Lizann]

One Step at a Time - March 2014

Who you calling old and grumpy glass?
iAd love the photo, as I too am freezing my butt off. BUT. I am going on a cruise with my boys a week from tomorrow. Nora, I think they're on a catamaran.
I actually woke up in a good mood today. Well see how long this lasts. Running some errands in a bit and maybe even run outside! Spring is right around the corner.
Let me just say thank you for all your support. I love you all!

[Nursie]

One Step at a Time - March 2014

Good Saturday Morning all!
I'm reading back and catching up on things while moving forward on my day 7. (Again).
I feel entirely at peace with it though. I am so glad to be back and knowing that I quit again is like a thousand pounds being lifted and now I can breathe.
The cravings will come.
They always do.
But I will kick their freakin ass.

Spring cleaning and homework today. Check in later!

[mama bear]

One Step at a Time - March 2014

NURSIE!! So good to see you again. Stick around, ok? We will help you.
Tony, that was a great pic! Reminds e of my honeymoon in St Croix. Bret and I went a catamaran ride. And drank their famous rum punch.
yeah, K9, Mad Men got a bit slow. I am loving Bates Motel.
Glass, can you please clone your young lady and send her to me? One of my maintenance team overheard bits of our "talk" the other day and could not believe I didn't fire her on the spot for the way she was talking to me. It's not quite that easy.
Piles of laundry to do....oh goodie.
hey Nora!!
I need to text Zen and see where she is hiding.
byyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Zenstyle]

One Step at a Time - March 2014

I'm here Mama... lengthy post to follow... I typed it up on Word in case I lost the bloody thing.

Hiya Nursie!

I'm sorry I've been a bit absent lately. Things haven't been good on the home front and I kept it to myself, both here and in "real life", as it's embarrassing and I had to process things first before I could talk about it.

We had an "incident" here a couple of weeks ago. Bill started drinking again (he was on the wagon because he becomes obnoxious and stupid when he drinks) and within a matter of 10 days or so he deteriorated into a nasty drunk again. That night we had a couple of friends over at my house (two guys) and Bill started a fight with one of them. The guy's fine, Bill came off the worst, but I was outraged and started shouting at him, which then resulted in him manhandling me... which then resulted in my calling the cops. The trailer park scene from hell. ( I didn't press charges but it's been documented and if it happens again he'll be in trouble.

I was a hair's breadth from throwing him out... the only thing that stopped me is I know how AL can change a person and alter their thinking. I've been very angry though and can hardly even look at him. He's been going out to movies at night time to give me space and I've been socializing on my own... he didn't go to the Keys with me last weekend and the nights I've been out since it happened, I've gone alone. I had a load of bruises from him pushing and grabbing me and, well, the whole thing is just disgusting.

To make matters worse, one of the guys that was here is Bill's effing client. More embarrassment and general feelings of WTF?

I'm trying to get over it as we can't continue like this. I'm going to a BBQ at a friend's house this afternoon and he's coming along. He won't be drinking... if he does it's curtains for us. In fact, if he decides to try drinking again at any point I'll probably have to finish with him. He's tried it three times now since he stopped, and it always ends in tears.

My mother was a nasty drunk and it seems a bit unfair that I'm saddled with another one... I suppose that's just bitter thinking but I'm feeling kinda bitter and jaded right now.

Anyway... in other news, I had a hormone panel done yesterday and I added on thyroid and insulin panels as I'm having a problem losing weight. I'll get the results next week but couldn't schedule a consultation to review said results with their Doc till the 18th as he's away. The place I went (Life Extension) follows a holistic approach and if anything is out of whack I'll probably try their suggestions first... if that doesn't work I'll look into bio-identical hormone therapy. If it's even necessary that is.

Time to go and mess up the juicer... wish these darn things weren't so hard to clean. Oh, and I found a wok yesterday at Home Goods... $16.95! Made a chicken stir fry for dinner last night and it worked great.

[paulywogg]

One Step at a Time - March 2014

Jeez Zen,that is a horrible thing to go through! booze does make people act so stupid,hi Nursie,yes stick aroundMama,i cant get into "bates motel"too dark and weird,ugh i wish i was a millionaire and could work only if i felt like it,which would be never probly,love the pic Tony,o.k confession,about 5 years ago hubs and i got into an argument,i called the cops and in NV someone has to go to jail in domestic disputes,well it was me,the worst 20 some odd hours of my life,i had never been to jail,shoot never even pulled over,it turned out ok,no charges filed,no court however when i google my name it shows up,so Zen,al absolutely changes people's common sense and actions,embarrasing

[Zenstyle]

One Step at a Time - March 2014

Hiya Pauly! Yeah, it was an upheaval all right... and I'm having a hard time putting it behind me. I got a letter from the police yesterday saying they're concerned about my safety, enclosing local community resource numbers. I'm impressed at their following up like that and the letter was really nicely worded but it made me feel like a frikken abused woman and that is VERY uncomfortable. I showed it to Bill last night and it really hit home. He doesn't remember what he did.

I started watching Bates Motel last night too Mama... so far so good.

[Zenstyle]

One Step at a Time - March 2014

Jeeze Pauly, I just read your edit. That's awful. I'm sure it's hard for you to forget that episode... one of those things that sticks with you. But it happens... it's not just you girlfriend... so try not to feel too badly about it.

Something similar happened to a friend of mine... she was sober and her husband was drunk and obnoxious and had been cursing at her for hours. She made him dinner and he kept asking her where "the fucking ketchup" was. It was there on the table in front of him and she eventually got fed up of him saying it and she squirted him with the ketchup. He called the cops and she spent a night in jail.

Bill would have died if he'd been hauled off to jail. I had no intentions of going through with it, I just wanted the police to give him a warning and now it's on record and he can't do it again without repercussions.