Chis,
LOL Now you REALLY sound like I did.. I WANT IT NOW!!! I think you are doing great my friend. You are listening, to ALL views on the matter, something I took a while to do myself.
Regards,
Tom
Hey all, I read through the locked post and sorry that the person who closed it had to take part atall.
I hope this one remains open because you are bringing up some brilliant points.
Take care, keep posting so I can keep reading .
Karen
I hope this one remains open because you are bringing up some brilliant points.
Take care, keep posting so I can keep reading .
Karen
I know exactly where youre coming from Chris.It was a LONG time coming for me.For many years i felt it was just easier being a victim,victim of everything,life sucked so bad,because of this that and theother thing i always had excuses for my unhappiness.I finally realised I am the ONE in control of my life,if im not happy,fix it,if somebody is bothering me,treating me other than i feel i should be treated,say so,and then eccpt nothing less than what i expect,regardless! Its the greatest feeling in the world to gain control of YOUR life,only WE call the shots in our life.And only WE can make our lives the way we want.Taking responsiblitiy into our own hands,and then accomplishing all the things we want,despite hardships is the hugest reward anybody could ever give themselves.Im so happy for you that you are discovering these things Chris,its very empowering .~KIM
Thanks Brit
Tommy and 12......thank you both, and you make me smile/laugh. Smiling is a good thing, something I didn't do too much of in my past. A former colleague of mine used to say (which I take the positive, although she was ribbing me at the time).......she said "when Chris is happy, everyone is happy" (in the office) How true. When I am in a good mood, I usually make people smile & laugh etc. etc. - but when I'm not.......yeah, let's just stop it there and say things were a wee bit different.
A buddy of mine used to say (and this was in my using days, WAY before I ever understood anything about addiction or recovery) that "those pills I was/am taking is messing with my head". Wow, how true was he eh? I never did tell him that, maybe one day. Don't know where I was going with that, just babbling.......
Tommy and 12......thank you both, and you make me smile/laugh. Smiling is a good thing, something I didn't do too much of in my past. A former colleague of mine used to say (which I take the positive, although she was ribbing me at the time).......she said "when Chris is happy, everyone is happy" (in the office) How true. When I am in a good mood, I usually make people smile & laugh etc. etc. - but when I'm not.......yeah, let's just stop it there and say things were a wee bit different.
A buddy of mine used to say (and this was in my using days, WAY before I ever understood anything about addiction or recovery) that "those pills I was/am taking is messing with my head". Wow, how true was he eh? I never did tell him that, maybe one day. Don't know where I was going with that, just babbling.......
You know what Chris,babble away,sometimes when you start off babbling you end up writing somethign very profound and you may disvcover some things about yourself,or a light bulb may go off and you actually learn some things from writing.It happens all the time for me.~KIM
Kim (and everyone else here)........you guys inspire me. I feel in some ways I have learned more in the last 2 weeks than in my 10 months of recovery. Just overwhleming, but in a good way. Just want to soak it all in, but am worried I'll forget it. Why I go back and read and reread till I am sick of reading.
I agree that we are in control of our own thoughts, behaviours etc., and agree that it's MUCH easier said than done........because I know when an 'opportunity' presents itself, the old Chris wants to jump right in there and attack (what's so common to me), but am learning and every time I don't - I give myself a perverbial pat on the back, and am just grateful that the stuff I am learning is finally sinking in. Not perfect though and will make mistakes, but I must make amends as best I can, learn from it, try not to beat myself up over it, let go and move on......and am sure (pray for it anyways) that my mistakes will become less frequent in time. And I can say, but I wanna see me DO IT. Walk that walk.....
Wow, am just babbling today.......sorry
I agree that we are in control of our own thoughts, behaviours etc., and agree that it's MUCH easier said than done........because I know when an 'opportunity' presents itself, the old Chris wants to jump right in there and attack (what's so common to me), but am learning and every time I don't - I give myself a perverbial pat on the back, and am just grateful that the stuff I am learning is finally sinking in. Not perfect though and will make mistakes, but I must make amends as best I can, learn from it, try not to beat myself up over it, let go and move on......and am sure (pray for it anyways) that my mistakes will become less frequent in time. And I can say, but I wanna see me DO IT. Walk that walk.....
Wow, am just babbling today.......sorry
I would like to make it very clear that the person that posted was dante. He gave me permission to post his remark...his personal remark only...No one elses replies were removed from there....no confidentiality was broken.I met Dante in a chatroom while waiting for someone else. he told me about that PA website, told me his history and what happened when he shared his opinion...
He has given me permission to post that and i will email him and let him know.
This just proves his theory. They came over here to an alternative message board and what spy? Try to round up more people for their PA Group? Now they are cutting out and removing information thqat may help others????
CAN ANYBODY SAY C-U-L-T????????????????
Elisabeth
He has given me permission to post that and i will email him and let him know.
This just proves his theory. They came over here to an alternative message board and what spy? Try to round up more people for their PA Group? Now they are cutting out and removing information thqat may help others????
CAN ANYBODY SAY C-U-L-T????????????????
Elisabeth
What have I missed? What Cult? Please explain.......
yeah, i'm major puzzled here myself...
how does anyone know whose permission you have to copy and paste things...
just because you say it, doesn't make it so, and seeing as you are going to email him after, i don't understand how you have this permission beforehand.
ps, i've been reading along here and thought that up to now there was an intelligent (intelligible) discussion going on
how does anyone know whose permission you have to copy and paste things...
just because you say it, doesn't make it so, and seeing as you are going to email him after, i don't understand how you have this permission beforehand.
ps, i've been reading along here and thought that up to now there was an intelligent (intelligible) discussion going on
Am I incorrect in saying anyhting posted on these forums are public information?
I read someone saying you cannot post from PA?? on this board??
Did not know that posts had copyrights.
Jeff
I read someone saying you cannot post from PA?? on this board??
Did not know that posts had copyrights.
Jeff
What does this Elisabeth have against my posts? lol She not like me? lol Like she posted her message right out of the blue. Where did she get that from? What is she even talking about???
She did this yesterday as well.......ruined a good thing.
Who is she, what does she want?
She did this yesterday as well.......ruined a good thing.
Who is she, what does she want?
Okay, someone please explain to me what happened here and why all of a sudden the topic changed?
Let me add my opinion here. I think that many of us addicts are genetically predisposed to addiction. My reasoning is that I have 2 alcoholic parents, who came from 2 alcoholic parents, each side...I have 3 sisters that are also addicts, to alcohol, drugs and spending. I think we all were addicts from the get-go, my second oldest sister has been in rehab 5 times, she's worked the steps, went to meetings, quit, started thinking she could handle drinking again.
one of the worst nights of my life is when she called me from connecticut to louisiana one night, hysterically drunk, paranoid and suicidal...
now she is smoking pot
Chris, I thought that this thread was going along great. sorry I chimed in with my thoughts on Elisabeth, that is why i took the time to finally post my opinion here..
one of the worst nights of my life is when she called me from connecticut to louisiana one night, hysterically drunk, paranoid and suicidal...
now she is smoking pot
Chris, I thought that this thread was going along great. sorry I chimed in with my thoughts on Elisabeth, that is why i took the time to finally post my opinion here..
I think the cat has Elizabeths tongue now........lol
I agree Chris, I think that a separate thread should have been devoted to Elisabeth's retort
Ask the Mod's Janet
about what was deleted jeff?
I think i found it on another post, not what was deleted, but the gist of it
I think i found it on another post, not what was deleted, but the gist of it
I think what Elizabeth just said, is she is going to email dante and tell him her post was removed, even though she had permission that no one believes??
That is how I took it.
Good question, if you post on a public forum, do you lose all rights in terms of having it cut/pasted elsewhere?
Can the Moderators or any of you who have been or are Mods on other boards answer this?
Or is it a matter being considerate (forum etiquette) of others|?
Thanks Brook
That is how I took it.
Good question, if you post on a public forum, do you lose all rights in terms of having it cut/pasted elsewhere?
Can the Moderators or any of you who have been or are Mods on other boards answer this?
Or is it a matter being considerate (forum etiquette) of others|?
Thanks Brook
<removed due to referencing posts made by another member in another forum who personally requested that we remove the information>
Thanks Sammy for that explanation.
IMHO this thread was the most profound, thought provoking thread on recovery that I've read on here in a long time until "Elizabeth/Ali" attempted to get the focus off of recovery. There was no anger being expressed or arguments, just an open discussion where everyone respected each other and each others opinions. We need more of these kind of recovery posts on here.
Chris and Tom I applaud you.
Sincerely,
Sharon
IMHO this thread was the most profound, thought provoking thread on recovery that I've read on here in a long time until "Elizabeth/Ali" attempted to get the focus off of recovery. There was no anger being expressed or arguments, just an open discussion where everyone respected each other and each others opinions. We need more of these kind of recovery posts on here.
Chris and Tom I applaud you.
Sincerely,
Sharon
