~cattleman cafe~ & another 24...

[dill]

Cross post, Rava and Cowboy! Wish I could send you some of our rain, Cowboy.

Rava, glad you are here with us!

[Ginger999]

Today is my 11th anniversary with MWO! It's certainly not been with out slips but I'm still here trying and so are you, RavaJust think where we'd be if we hadn't been trying all these years. I shudder to think!

Jude, I'm so so so sorry about your sil. I hope the comfort care helps her transition be comfortable. I'll pray for that.

Took the greats to my friends house to bottle feed the 2 wk old baby goats. I WANT ONE! Well, not really. It was precious though.

Waves all! Busy day..... I'll take another day of freedom!

[Slo]

You had leftovers of Cowboy’s breakfast, Jude!

You are a rube, Dill, because you live in the country. But I agree with Jude: you’re not a curmudgeon!

Cancer is just the worst. I’m sorry that you’re SIL is coming to her end, Jude.

Rava, is your husband tolerant of your slips with alcohol?

I live near a different daughter, Ginger. I went over there this morning after I had bloodwork and was driving by. Read stories to Huxley, and sat outside with them in their beautiful yard. Bliss!

It’s hard to take care of a place when you’re as impaired as I currently am. Maybe a small apartment would be better for me. But I’m too sick & weak to move.

24 more hours AF!

[Rava]

Good morning Cafe. Today is a much better morning than yesterday. Slo, you asked if Mr R was tolerant with my slip. He is very supportive and knows that I am harder on my self than any else could be. Ginger you are right about where we would be if we had not been part of this group and working on sobriety. Probably with liver disease by now or dead. I am grateful for this group. I said to myself why not and proceeded to drink like I had never stopped. So my tolerance is quite low. That is a good thing tho I guess. If anyone can recommend a good book let me know. I think I may have read all the self help ones but you never know. Hello to Jude, Dill, Cowboy and Mul too. Thanks for your support!

[abcowboy]

4:59am in Alberta, I'll have another 24 please, and thanks...

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

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

[Jude58]

Good morning all! Thanks for your kind words about my sil. They are releasing her from the hospital today and she will be going home under hospice care. It's just so sad that after 6 months of debilitating chemotherapy, the end result is still the same. It just sucks all around.

Rava, back on the horse! The danger of a slip is that it can turn into a full blown relapse. Hopefully, things will be easier for you after moving north for the summer. There seems to be less temptation to drink when you're living there.

Cowboy, I'll send you all the rain you need as we're getting buckets of it.

Ginger, congrats on your 11th year on MWO!

24 more please...

[abcowboy]

We're all here for the same reason and we've become such good friends over the years. Strength in numbers they say and it always helps to have support from people who know what it's like.

[dill]

Jude, I am so sad about your SIL's prognosis. How cruel after all she has endured. My dear friend who I lost two years ago to cancer followed a similar course. Her cancer was just too aggressive and took her in the end.

I am grateful for this little group. I don't know where I would be without you.

24 more for all of us please and thank you.

[Slo]

Is that the friend that you used to drive to chemo, Dill? Is she the one who died?

I went out to my niece’s soccer game yesterday late afternoon, with others. It was such a beautiful day to be outside too! Finally nice weather! Winter felt too long this year.
My condition (the withdrawal of B6 from the nerves) causes feelings of terror, and it helps so much to be with other people.

Glad that you have a supportive husband, Rava.

I am grateful for all of you too.

[Ginger999]

Jude, I'm a big supporter of hospice care. Your sil is in good hands. I pray she makes a peaceful transition soon. She's suffered enough.

Slo, all my kids live near me, including grands and greats. I'm blessed but exhausted. Lol Seriously though, it's the best! I'm glad you got some Huxley time yesterday!

Rava, when is go time?

Hi Dill and ABC! I'll take another day

[Jude58]

Good morning cafe! Who wants to join me in another 24 hours of freedom? One day at a time...

[abcowboy]

4:58am in Alberta, 24 more please, and thanks...

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

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

[abcowboy]

It's good that you have some family to do things with Slo, and spending time outside with them is even better.

I'll join you Jude and the rest of the gang for 24 hours of freedom!

Still haven't got any of that rain you were going to send this way dill and Jude, maybe try sending again lol.

[Rava]

Good morning Cafe. I am back on the wagon since Monday and feel so much better. It is harder to drink up north because you have to actually drive to a liquor store to get wine and it’s not available in every grocery store or pharmacy. So that is a good thing. We leave early next week. Working on getting our food supply down and pulling flowers, etc. We have to have everything out of the porch, etc to properly prepare for hurricanes. Also just this week a husband and wife were canoeing and accidently canoed over an alligator which knocked them both off the canoe and killed the wife. And down the road from that an 89 year old man and his dog were killed by 3 bears. My goodness this is a wild place to be. We still love it here but have to be super careful of the wildlife. Rainy season is just starting and the storm clouds are ever present each day. Today I am thankful for my sobriety and this group of friends. Jude, hospice care is amazing. I hope your SIL has a peaceful transition. All she has been through, she should now be comfortable. I wish I could get my dad into hospice. Even mentioning the word Hospice, I am met with extreme hostility. Everyone has their own way of leaving this world. My choice would be comfort care. 24 more please and thank you.

[Ginger999]

RAVA!!! That's terrible. Hubby said he'd heard about the canoeing accident on the news. What general area are you in? I can't recall.

Going with little sis to an out of town dr appt so I need to get going! So grateful for all of you. I'll take another day of freedom!