ok i know i just wanna say alot lately but, that ok--cuz you all love me and i know that, but what i wanted to say was--i am so greatfull for this board--i go and browse other boards--especially the families one, and im not trying to compare or anything, but i was reading through a some posts on another board (not to benamed) and on one they jumped a girls bu** over somethig small--and shell proabably never be heard from again, and it just made me realize how comfortable the people here make this board like i know no matter where im at in recovery or even if im just thining about wanting to be in recovery, wether im saying something stupid or something wonderfull i will be welcomed with love accepstance and above all good humor--thats awesome, sure we all have our ideas about how people should live recovery, but there really is no right or wrong way--we are all different and our addictions are different, and i dare not go any further with these thoughts as i dont want to stir anyone up but ido want you all to know what an integral part of my recovery depends on people (like you) who are willing to be open-minded and honest about themselves enough to let me be me and discovermy flaws for myself instead of pointing them out in a hurtfull 3way that will only inflict pain....uh oh there i went, andalot of this is coming from my own past...so anyways--thats it--FOR NOW wahahahaha:)
Wait a gon darn pickin minute, sister..........you cruise other boards.......you cheat on us............HAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amity, I love reading what you post..........your recovery helps our recovery i think............and your sincereity and gratefulness is the bestest.
May I as well say how grateful I am for this awesome place for us to share.......and to the people here............"A drink for all my friends".........y'all know where I stole that from.............hey, if it was another board they might say "That's not funny about drink".............no, but we all know where we're at I believe.............so we do jest............and y'all are dear to me as well.
Thanks, Amity for this thread...........I'm grateful as well.
Now Amity go spy on another board for us so we can say people are mean.......LOL......naw, I hope that poor girl is alright...........BTW, special thanks as well to our family memebers here who also always lift us up and care and count us as decent, upstanding citizens.
Amity, I love reading what you post..........your recovery helps our recovery i think............and your sincereity and gratefulness is the bestest.
May I as well say how grateful I am for this awesome place for us to share.......and to the people here............"A drink for all my friends".........y'all know where I stole that from.............hey, if it was another board they might say "That's not funny about drink".............no, but we all know where we're at I believe.............so we do jest............and y'all are dear to me as well.
Thanks, Amity for this thread...........I'm grateful as well.
Now Amity go spy on another board for us so we can say people are mean.......LOL......naw, I hope that poor girl is alright...........BTW, special thanks as well to our family memebers here who also always lift us up and care and count us as decent, upstanding citizens.
I could not agree more Amity. I am so very thankful for this board and the people here!. This is the only recovery board i read nearly daily. I drop by the others boards here but, it's RARE i leave a message. H was not my only drug problem however it tended to cause the MOST grief. When I 1st started into "recovery" kicking H i read a lot of other boards on the net they were very pro A.A or N.A that is the one thing i LOVE about this board is there is NOT a lot of talk about meetings sponcers exc. This board alone is my recovery outlet. EVEN thou i know their are people here that go that to meetings "A.A OR N.A"I feel it's not pushed here. This is a rather small group of regulars. I would like to see more new people "i know they are out there". I have spilled my guts on here about things i don't talk to ANYONE in my life about.
Cheers Bryn.
Cheers Bryn.
I think ZG is right - I open up on this board about myself a lot more than anyplace else- except maybe when I was in therapy
thanksall
jack
Edit to say- if I dont use spellcheck, & just post - boy do I mess up!
thanksall
jack
Edit to say- if I dont use spellcheck, & just post - boy do I mess up!
Part of this may come down to how people learn. Some learn best by spoken word, some by reading and some visual. Most are a combination of the three. I think those who learn best towards oral gravitate towards the AA/NA route. The written word will come to message boards.
As far as boards go. Again people are at different levels and some need different types of support. I have noticed that this board is more pat on the back and less kick in the butt than other boards on this site.
I have also noticed that family and loved ones who stay most stuck tend to go and stay on the board of their loved ones DOC. Not sure if it is because they don't want to face the fact that they have their own issues they need to address or what.
I will say I didn't face my own issues until a 1 line post to me. "Don't say it unless you mean it." That 1 line made me start to think about just what I was and wasn't doing with my daughter.
As far as boards go. Again people are at different levels and some need different types of support. I have noticed that this board is more pat on the back and less kick in the butt than other boards on this site.
I have also noticed that family and loved ones who stay most stuck tend to go and stay on the board of their loved ones DOC. Not sure if it is because they don't want to face the fact that they have their own issues they need to address or what.
I will say I didn't face my own issues until a 1 line post to me. "Don't say it unless you mean it." That 1 line made me start to think about just what I was and wasn't doing with my daughter.
Amity thanks for saying that....I too am grateful for the people here on this board...it was a place like you said that regardless of where I was or I am or Im thinking about recovery that it was ok to just be myself here...for that...I am so grateful...I wouldnt make it without that kind of tolerance and acceptance i find here....whether im saying something completly silly, stupid or Im angry or Im happy...you all let me just say it and accept me for me...Thanks Amity for saying what you did...i feel the same way :) :) !! Rock the board !!!
Yeah, it's funny how all the boards are so different...I have participated on many here and there was one time when I saw someone here who was feeling real blue...I think it was either Jack or Davey and I felt like I shouldn't pop on and reply because I wasn't one of the 'regulars'. I was the first to see the post and so wanted to reach out, but I waited for someone else to say something first then jumped on. Later, when I told him I wasn't sure about posting he said I was always welcome, especially if I was there to offer a kindness, which I was. I also saw on this board a few young women in pain due to their BF or spouse's addiction and the mother in me just HAD to be here to support them (whether with a lecture or a shoulder =). Since then I've been coming here a lot...the peeps here are very supportive and kind to one another and I feel a camraderie with all of you.
You rawk!
Peace~MomNMore
You rawk!
Peace~MomNMore
aaahhhhh--i am ready to break out and start singin cumbaya hahaha--life is good toady :)_I AM GOING TO TAKE THEM TO COURT NOW AND SUE THEM FOR MORE MONEY THEN EVER, AND THE ABUSE AND ANQUISH THEY HAVE PUT THROUGH, IT IS NOT OVER, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THIS COMPANY AND PUT THEM OUT OF BUSINESS, I WILL BRING MY HUSBANDS ASHES AND DEATH CERT TO THEM AND YOU TO PROVE HE IS GONE. NOT HAPPY WITH THE USA HELPING AMERICANS THAT ARE BORN AND RAISED HERE, IF YOU COME IN YOU GET AWAY WITH EVERYTHING BUT HONEST PEOPLE GETS CRAP......I WILL SEE ALL IN COURT I WILL GO THE MEDIA AND NEWSPAPERS AND ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO....
OMG--sosorryy bout that hahaah too perfect for real--I had accidentally hit insert (had no isea what that button did till now) and it posted something I had cut and pasted for work froma complaint--hahaha--those are not my words--i coulve edit it out, but i thought it was too funny!
OH MY WORD...............HAHAHA...........and we're the addicts?
Amity that is priceless...........some lady was mad alright...........you better treat me good and my husband's ashes or else cause I was born here........that just had me wetting my panties.............I'm sorry for laughing...poor lady.
Nice to see Hurt Dad popping in on us..............and M&M you are forever filled with human kindness................and we all are freakin great is all I'm sayin!
Amity that is priceless...........some lady was mad alright...........you better treat me good and my husband's ashes or else cause I was born here........that just had me wetting my panties.............I'm sorry for laughing...poor lady.
Nice to see Hurt Dad popping in on us..............and M&M you are forever filled with human kindness................and we all are freakin great is all I'm sayin!
LOL too funny. I WAS THINKING what? i was so confused
Browsing or "surfing" around these boards I notice a few differences.
We on this board Do as MomM said pat each other on the back a bit more than other boards. A bit softer approach than say the PP board. Although I notice much love over there ,there is some snipping that goes on - maybe because their are a lot more people/more personalities & lot more involved in NA/AA. - Just a different approach to reach out.
The Alcohol board seems the most serious . Not that others arent, but by comparison , these folks seem to me to talk about recovery more , and are involved with groups more than others.
Like I mentioned- different approaches. The heroin addict might have a bit more of an edge because of the stigma of the drug & treatments( Done) and the whole street thing & prefer a softer sell after dealing with what we had to deal with.
PP for the most part, has dealt above board ,with doctors, and prescriptions. Although many have had "funny doctors & "funny " scripts"- It seems that they can handle a harder comeback from their comrades a little easier
Alc-board- probably has had the longest & toughest road to hoe. Its legal ,always around, stores sell it , its at picnics ,holidays, etc,,,That I think is why they are the most serious- they dont have to go a bit out of their way to run into a test every day -Also they have a long history of success with AA & use it the most in reference.
- These are the 3- that I check out from time to time
Anyway- these are just 2 30 AM observations from a dopey addict ,so I wouldn't look at this post as anything but that*
loveyaall
jack
We on this board Do as MomM said pat each other on the back a bit more than other boards. A bit softer approach than say the PP board. Although I notice much love over there ,there is some snipping that goes on - maybe because their are a lot more people/more personalities & lot more involved in NA/AA. - Just a different approach to reach out.
The Alcohol board seems the most serious . Not that others arent, but by comparison , these folks seem to me to talk about recovery more , and are involved with groups more than others.
Like I mentioned- different approaches. The heroin addict might have a bit more of an edge because of the stigma of the drug & treatments( Done) and the whole street thing & prefer a softer sell after dealing with what we had to deal with.
PP for the most part, has dealt above board ,with doctors, and prescriptions. Although many have had "funny doctors & "funny " scripts"- It seems that they can handle a harder comeback from their comrades a little easier
Alc-board- probably has had the longest & toughest road to hoe. Its legal ,always around, stores sell it , its at picnics ,holidays, etc,,,That I think is why they are the most serious- they dont have to go a bit out of their way to run into a test every day -Also they have a long history of success with AA & use it the most in reference.
- These are the 3- that I check out from time to time
Anyway- these are just 2 30 AM observations from a dopey addict ,so I wouldn't look at this post as anything but that*
loveyaall
jack
Jack...nice one...excellent observations...makes a lot of sense that way.....
This post made me quite emotional actually!!! Dunno if you care what I think...but I have so much respect for you guys here who are actively doing something to get into and stay in recovery...I've only ever seen failure to do that in real life...and on top of that you take the time to help those like me who got caught up in it...I am more grateful than I can say for the help I received here from the moment I arrived all naive and enabling! The support you give to each other is amazing.
Thank you.
Maddy
Thank you.
Maddy
Yeah totally agree. Coming on this board has helped me soooo much, the people on here know that. Never experienced any serious bitchin or that on here thankfully, people are straight to the point but kind. In the process of getting a lap top so will be on alot more..
coumbaya m'lord ... hahahaha ( getting flashbacks of my days in the boy scouts)
coumbaya m'lord ... hahahaha ( getting flashbacks of my days in the boy scouts)
