~cattleman cafe~ & another 24...

[dill]

Jude, I hope you have smoother sailing today! Good for you taking the positive approach and looking for things to be grateful for.

Slo and Mul, yes the brain zaps were horrendous. I even experience hallucinations. As I say, I'll never do anything like that ever again! Slo, thanks for the description of you PN and it's causes. I have mild PN related to degenerative disc disease.

Rava, my brother who lives on the pan handle had temps below freezing and snow! It was sad to see a grown man cry....LOL! Did you do ok through that cold snap?

Hi Cowboy and Ginger.

24 more for all of us here, please and thank you.

[Rava]

Good morning Cafe. Hope the temps are warming up for those up north! Ginger, I bet your sister is looking forward to seeing her doctor but not leaving you. You guys are lucky to spend that time together. I am wondering if breakfast is being delayed due to the cost of eggs??? Hope everyone has a good Sunday. 24 more please and thank you.

[abcowboy]

5:24am in Alberta, 24 for me and everyone else who needs them please, and thanks...

In the last 24 hours, these friends have joined in for 24 hours of wellness:
Jude58 dill Rava Ginger999 Mulburry Slo

Today is going to be a darn good day not to drink!

[abcowboy]

I'm here with breakfast, not to worry lol

[abcowboy]

Jude, it looks like you were up even before the chickens, never mind laying the eggs lol

Everything at the grocery store seems to have gotten so expensive Rava, I can't believe the cost of beef products!

Waving to the rest of the gang, have a peaceful Sunday y'all!

[Ginger999]

Those look amazing, ABC! I may need to make some for breakfast

Waves to all! I'll take another day of freedom

[Jude58]

Good morning cafe! I'm grateful for having a hangover free Monday!

24 more please.

[dill]

Cowboy, thanks for those marvelous pancakes yesterday. We'll be having those again here soon!

Yes Jude, a hangover fee Monday never gets old!

I'll take another day of freedom. 24 more for all of us here, please and thank you.

[abcowboy]

4:48am in Alberta, another 24 please, and thanks...

In the last 24 hours, these friends have joined in for 24 hours of wellness:
Jude58 dill Rava Ginger999

Today is going to be a darn good day not to drink!

[abcowboy]

I'll join y'all being grateful for a hangover free Monday!

[Rava]

Good morning Cafe. Jude, I am joining you in a hangover free Monday! 24 more please and thank you!

[Slo]

Good morning,

Yesterday I traveled, and got to spend time with family. With my sister, to go to our mother’s; then the three of us down to meet for lunch with my aunt & uncle. Then stopped by a brother’s house to drop something off, and got to spend a bit of time with him and a niece and nephew. It assuaged my loneliness, and replenished some oxytocin.

But was also the mixed bag of pain too, that family can bring. Like how the generational dysfunction & abuse has left so many of us scarred & traumatized and not functioning well.
Like how thanks to my mother’s rejection, my brother is now drowning in severe, chronic alcoholism; and I have realized of late that he is essentially gone…he isn’t choosing the path of trying to find a way out. It is so sad. But we all have to choose this for ourselves, and we can’t do it for anyone else.

Thanks for the reminder, Jude, to use the strategy of gratitude to try to rebalance when things aren’t going well. I hope you have a better day today.

I am committed to another 24 hours!

[Ginger999]

Slo, that sounds like a BIG day. I got tired just reading about it. So sorry for the trauma you and your brother had to endure. My thoughts go out to your brother and his situation.

Taking the new truck on a road trip. Hope all goes well! Grateful forvall if you. I'll take another day of freedom!

[Mulburry]

Slo, I was on lexapro years back and I never really felt it was helping me. In addition, it seemed to coincide with weight gain so I think it may've been causal. Anyway, I went off of it, but did it without doctor's guidance and oh my! That was a mistake. Definitely one I will not repeat. Tapering would have been the better choice for certain!

Jude, we are going to be in the 30s today! It's going to feel like Spring.

That sounds horrible Dill. I've considered anti-depressants a few times in the past, but the idea of having to get off them eventually and deal with withdrawals from that scared the hell out of me. Just because something is prescribed legally doesn't mean it can't have a profound effect on your brain, and also doesn't mean you can't develop a dependence on it (the opposite in fact). Dealing with a severe dependence on one psychoactive substance (ie alcohol) was enough for me for a lifetime, so no thank you. I'd rather just tough it out, and try to deal with my issues in other ways. Best of luck with your tapering Slo , and remember, there's never any downside to going more slowly, whereas there may be with going too fast.

We are also still in a gorgeous sunny (and relatively warm- 5c) weather stretch, with 2 more days to go. I was finally feeling good enough to get a short hike in today, and boy was it magnificent being up at the viewpoint with nothing but mountains and blue skies all around.

[Jude58]

Mulburry, sounds like you had a great hike with a wonderful view at the top. I live in a very hilly area but the Adirondack mountains are about an hours drive north of us. They are beautiful and I definitely need to get up there for some hiking when the weather improves.

Slo, dealing with family dynamics can be tricky, especially when you throw addiction into the mix. I would try to remember the good times and forget the bad as much as you can.

Who wants to join me in another 24 hours of freedom?