Hi there TC :\: <:)> Sorry to read you are recovering from surgery but wonderful that you are starting to get out doing what you love best, gently does it for now ;)? I haven't been out walking at all and want to get more motivated again. So going to aim for a short morning walk each day after a cup...

Happy : To be free from alcohol and to see the progress of others who have freed themselves too. Grateful : For friends, family, home and pets. Angry : Temporarily angry at a person who took advantage of my good nature in recent weeks. Wish i could recognise when people are not genuine. Never mind, ...

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Pickles ! Am late again for a special sober birthday, my apologies and please have my heartfelt congratulations on 8 years and 2 days sober ! \:)/ \:)/ (::) (::) <:)> <:)> download (81).jpg Eight years is a great acheivement and you have overcome so much in those years. Well done brave lady. Wishin...

Hi Moira :) <:)> Good to hear from you xx Sorry about your bf but its nice you are still friends and great that Jim is still a supportive friend to you ;)? I'm really pissed off, I waited 18 months for CBT and, because of the waiting list, they've cut the sessions to 5 instead of 20. I applied for p...

Hello Mountainhare, Lushy and all <:)> <:)> Happy : Have taken in a lovely 13 year old black cat to add to my senior fur family :) Proud : For being sober and the better life and opportunities it has brought. Grateful : For my son's steady recovery from addiction, for my daughter and for family/frie...

Tai I just read of the loss of your brother and then also your father. May i add heartfelt condolences to you at this sad time, please take care xx

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Just wanted to wish our lovely mods Sheilaand Sandy huge congratulations on their respective anniversaries

Thank you for all you have done, and still do for the forum ladies

Hello Luna, Pickles and all

Hi everyone on this thread. How is everyone getting on ? Jake did you get your problem with Olanzapine sorted out ? I have Bipolar 1 and did have that medication for a year but it increased my appetite and i gained weight quickly so came off it. And yes, too high a dose does make you feel numb and i...

Hey Miss Havisham ;) <:)> <:)> Just want to send you all my love and good wishes Kim, along with the other good folks on this forum. It is surreal and painful times for you my friend, your writing shows your grief and sadness and my heart goes out to you it really does <:)> As for the future i guess...

Thank you TC

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Sending love and good wishes to all

Hello would just like to send Newts and Rachel love and congratulations on their respective sober anniversaries ;)? <:)> Sorry this is belated but it is still heartfelt, it is an amazing life change to be set free from alcohol. Not forgetting all the perseverance and grit you displayed in those earl...

Hello friends <:)> Lovely to read all your progress on here. Life is such a precious thing with so much beauty to be found, even amongst the uncertainty of our current pandemic. I felt so much anxiety in the first month of lockdown, especially as i had an unwanted lodger, a lovely new partner who i ...

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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...