w8liftinglady, a challenge to you all as i battle sobriety and a failed relation

[tuolumnejim]

Now who would have thought? 

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w8liftinglady  (1000+ posts)       Sun Sep-14-08 02:28 AM
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a challenge to you all as i battle sobriety and a failed relationship
 if I can write weekly,with all my shit going on...so can you.Now is the time to make our platform chrystal-clear.
 

Hey DUmpmonkey if you can get yourself away from the hive, groupthink, and all the liberal hate of things not like you it would be a great starting place.

stillcool47 (1000+ posts)       Sun Sep-14-08 02:42 AM
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5. 16+ years here..
 but I swear if John McCain is selected I might have to re-think the whole thing. I volunteer at my Dem Headquarters. I think there are more of us than we realize who are planting the seeds that will bloom on November 4th.

Note to self, buy liquor stores in moonbat cities before November. 

[dandi]

w8liftinglady  (1000+ posts)       Sun Sep-14-08 02:28 AM
Original message
a challenge to you all as i battle sobriety and a failed relationship
 if I can write weekly,with all my shit going on...so can you.Now is the time to make our platform chrystal-clear.

She "battles sobriety"?

Does that mean she stays drunk all the time to stave off the evils of being sober?
 

[whiteguyPI]

I have followed the trials an tribulations of the OP for some time now.  She lives just south of the DFW area (Red Oak) and works as a nurse or in a patient care capacity if she is telling the truth about her profession.  She strikes me as someone who knows they have a serious problem (in her case drinking) but she hasn't hit bottom enough to do anything about it.  Where that bottom is will be different for everyone...I know because I've been there.  Although my issue was not drinking, my addiction still messed up my life to the point that I reached out for help.

The key is that you have to want the help.  The OP refuses to go to 12 Step meetings because...

w8liftinglady  (1000+ posts)       Sat Sep-13-08 10:58 PM
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14. aa is on my agenda..but not locally
 they are as right wing as they come

That right there is an excuse to keep drinking.  There are millions of AA meetings all over and no two meetings are ever the same...except for the fact that there is love and acceptance there.

It is also usually true that most alcoholics or addicts have more than one addiction which is probably the case with the OP as she posts numerous items about her relationship problems.

If the OP ever lurks here, I would invite her to PM me and I'll try and help her find some help in the DFW area.  It's always anonymous and the best part is when you hear those two important words..."I know"

[Carl]

I have nothing but support for someone that realizes a destructive addiction and does what they need to get past it.
Likely it will require professional and group support.

On the other hand this person has declared that politics trumps her problems and has sought support from a group that almost to a fault glorifies drug use and any other form of escapism.

It isn`t going to work and after reading the thread over there I question if the op wants it too.
Seemed more like a woe is me thing.

[NHSparky]

w8liftinglady  (1000+ posts)       Sun Sep-14-08 02:28 AM
Original message
a challenge to you all as i battle sobriety and a failed relationship
 if I can write weekly,with all my shit going on...so can you.Now is the time to make our platform chrystal-clear.

She "battles sobriety"?

Does that mean she stays drunk all the time to stave off the evils of being sober?
 

Sounds like me in my freshman year of college.

[DixieBelle]

Wouldn't the correct phrase be: as I battle alcoholism?

[MrsSmith]

I have followed the trials an tribulations of the OP for some time now.  She lives just south of the DFW area (Red Oak) and works as a nurse or in a patient care capacity if she is telling the truth about her profession.  She strikes me as someone who knows they have a serious problem (in her case drinking) but she hasn't hit bottom enough to do anything about it.  Where that bottom is will be different for everyone...I know because I've been there.  Although my issue was not drinking, my addiction still messed up my life to the point that I reached out for help.

The key is that you have to want the help.  The OP refuses to go to 12 Step meetings because...

w8liftinglady  (1000+ posts)       Sat Sep-13-08 10:58 PM
Response to Reply #12
14. aa is on my agenda..but not locally
 they are as right wing as they come

That right there is an excuse to keep drinking.  There are millions of AA meetings all over and no two meetings are ever the same...except for the fact that there is love and acceptance there.

It is also usually true that most alcoholics or addicts have more than one addiction which is probably the case with the OP as she posts numerous items about her relationship problems.

If the OP ever lurks here, I would invite her to PM me and I'll try and help her find some help in the DFW area.  It's always anonymous and the best part is when you hear those two important words..."I know"

It sounds like Step 1 is her stumbling block.  As any who've looked into 12 step programs know, Step 1 is the most necessary...but I have no doubt that it sounds "right-wing" to a moonbat.  I hope she does something about her problems before she causes a disaster at work.