Hello AARRONB06 and welcome to BE. Just wanted to respond and wish you and your family well. There is a thread here on BE that may be of some help to read through : https://www.brighteyecounselling.co.uk/alcoholic-forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=295&start=400#p491345 (When loved ones drink and you don't) ...

Hi there fellow beyonders <:)> Sorry to read you had the dreaded Covid-19 Mooths, i hope you are feeling a lot better now. A very well done to you on approaching 18 months of sobriety and for giving up nicotine :) With so many activities and routines in limbo just now, I’m wondering if people are ta...

(some idiot stole my car from under my nose while I was packing it - I live in the sticks and so I just popped into the house for a moment. It was dark and I didn't know there was a drug addict trying to hitch a lift to town - and he saw the lights in the garage and the car with its doors open - an...

Aww thanks Mark, Luna and Pickles re the bike. It a funny thing really how good deeds often come to us after being wronged. Three different people actually wanted to gift me one of their bikes, and one was an electric too lol ! It was so kind and i now have a comfortable retro style ladies bike to s...

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Happy 7 th anniversary Trojan ! Hope you have had a good day

Hope everyone is well xx

:\: Trojan Hope i'm not too late in the day to bring you very good wishes and celebrations for your 7th sober anniversary \:)/ (::) ;)? <:)> Absolutely well done on this major life change and in all you have achieved in those 7 years ;)? Thank you all the help and support you have given to me and ma...

Thank you TC, Sheila and Freshie

Shadow, I apologise if I sounded glib with the "doctoring" remark. I in no way mean to suggest we can do this ourselves. What I meant is that we cannot have a professional doctor with us 24/7 (although I often have longed to get shunted into some rehab clinic where I can just focus on "getting bett...

Thanks Trojan, hope you are well

Hi Ruby, i'm very sorry to hear that too

Lushy, thinking of you and sending lots of love xx

Deanna

A belated (sorry !) congratulations on your 5 years sober

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7 1/2 years sober next month and feeling proud and relieved that my son says he is proud of me and he turns to me for guidance and reassurance with his own recovery. He is over 2 years in recovery now xx

Hello Mark and Luna <:)> <:)> Sorry to read of both your struggles, the mind and emotions can be so complex and hard to understand. Mark <:)> It's does sound like the trippiness is a reaction to psychological stress xx The elation you mention and heightened senses is actually a symptom of hypomania ...

Hello campers ! <:)> I understand about the uncertainty/restrictions TC because places are starting to open here too. I keep eating chips just because of the novelty of all the fish and chip shops being open ! Also how to stop going the wrong way with the arrows in the shops ? There is a worry that ...

PS : I'll PM you about emdr therapy xx

Hello Ruby <:)> <:)> Great to hear from you. And well done on all that fab volunteering. I've been very up and down but doing much better now thank you. It helps to have my home back to myself and to have got into a new structured routine. Feeling really happy after my partner turned up with a big b...

Also just wanted to send Winkler my very best wishes for passing her special one year milestone. Sincere apologies for missing this, but i wish you all the best in your continued journey

Plenty of cake all around today !