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- Is it just me?I find it distasteful when I sign on here to find people posting wanting members of this site to participate in online surveys. I find their belief to come into the site and ask us to participate without first asking if we want to,...
- I haven't thought about this in years but a the moment is stuck in my head.When I was first diagnosed with cancer it seemed the front door bell did not stop ringing. Everyone wanted to be there. Then gradually some people drifted away and I...
- gone Sunday here in Aus so thought I might
- Seems a couple of people on here are getting colostomy bags so thought I might share a funny story about my gauci bag. Bit graphic sorry.Whilst I was in hospital just after the surgery and waiting to get used to the bag my daughter was flying out...
- Today I went to the doctors 5 years to the day after I had the cancer removed from my bowel.It was a humbling experience to sit across from him and here him say well G8 in this profession we say that once a patient hits the 5 year mark cancer free...
- When I first put the drink down I spent a lot of time telling people why things did not work for me because I was different and they just did not understand.I could list the reasons off why things would fail for me as easy as I drew breathe. The...
- Whilst in my cups if someone told me that alcohol was running my life and that alcohol was my master I would have thought they needed to visit the men in the white coats. No way was it running my life. Did not I have the trappings of life, home....
- Prior to my drinking I never felt complete, I always felt as if there was something missing as if there was a part of me not there.Then as a 13 yo boy I had a drink of marsarla and that enticing embrace of alcohol spread through me and this...
- There was a set of tyre ruts in the forest and at the bottom of each rut lived a beatle. In one was Bobby Beatle and in the other was Betty Beatle. Both Beatles were happy living in their rut believing the world consisted of steep sided cliffs...
- went to AA all I could hear was the stories of car crashes, bankruptcies, divorces, jail, institution etc etc. As I listened to these stories I thought this is not me I have not had any of these things happen to me, I can not be alcoholic. In...
- I am an alcoholic and that is what an alcoholic does isnt it??I know that before I stopped drinking this was a real battle in my head, though at the time I did not know I was alcoholic. Many days I would say I am not going to drink tonight only to...
- was I prepared to go to, to get sober.This was a question my sponsor asked me when I started to do the steps, what lengths G8 are you prepared to go to to get sober.At the time we were walking through the city and I replied 'I would do anything'At...
- me to know the truth about my drinking??Yes it was important for me to know if I was alcholic or not. The reason for this was I needed to remove all doubt that one day I may be able to drink again. When people told me it did not matter if I was...
- May I take this moment to wish one and all a happy new year. Hoping that it brings you all the joy and love that you deserves.G8
- about what might happen tomorrow I will not live today.To worry about tomorrow is to waste today. When I get concerns/worry about the future I stop and think OK what can I do about that worry now and once I have done everything I can think of I...