Sheila wrote: ↑

14 Oct 2019 16:58

Reading Famous Five books

Excellent one, Sheila!

Swinging from trees. Did it as a kid, don't do it now. Maybe I should. (Once in a while, when the neighbours aren't looking...)

Thanks, TC!

For my son's phone call today. Though he is so many miles away i felt closer to him than ever, and the conversation was mutually loving. Free of drugs, a mature version of the boy i once knew. Thought this day would never come. Feel complete. That's truly lovely, Nicky \:)/ <:)> Grateful, everyone'...

Yes, I hope you have a good journey home too, Rachel ;)? Jjjj I think you’d like my central London group. They like dark. They also don’t mind my flights of fantasy - magical realism?! - that I sometimes write (wish I did more. I seem to be writing too much domestic dry humour stuff these days). My ...

J is for Jump Rope (or skipping) to... Cinderella dressed in yella Kissed a fella Or it might have been one like this... (Friends name) likes coffee, I like tea Friends name likes sitting on her boyfriends (boys name) knee. Something about sitting in trees too Mark and Annabel [or whichever names y...

Inciting the ire of many teachers with my impudence, inanity, and innappropriate behaviour

Hi John - and welcome! As SB says, please feel free to read around the forum and join in wherever and whenever you wish. Everyone's very friendly and there's a lot of advice and support to be found here. Many people find the First 7 Days sobriety challenge a useful place to start, but it's not oblig...

Topcat wrote: ↑

11 Oct 2019 17:40

Dig up worms to play with

...and then Eat worms

Eat soap - that was a friend, though, not me.
Dare one another to hold the Electric fence

How about...?

An A-Z of Things We Did As Children But Don't Do Now?

Amuse myself by telling my younger sister big, fat hairy fibs
Build camps
Collect completely pointless things: empty snail shells, spent shotgun cartridges and (a bad sign of things to come) wine corks

Morning \:)/ Hello to all, hopefully Rachel is in her apartment and that Danny you have had some sleep. The same wishes from me to Rachel and D, and I hope your day at work goes well, AJ ;)? Thanks, I do enjoy writing for those reasons, and also thinking about writing. I think it's good that you hav...

I hope things improve soon, Sally - recent events will certainly have taken their toll. Keep up the self-care and, yes - be glad that booze isn't there to make things worse <:)> Mackintosh, I hope the CBT goes well in a couple of weeks's time! I find that alcohol dampened this frustration which with...

As for writing, it’s something I would like to do and a creative writing module was one of my years study. What I hadn’t realised was that it’s actually quite hard work, always assuming it came naturally, that you were either a born writer or not. I am thinking of maybe a Masters in Creative writin...

Thank you jjjj, so excited. My mission now is to somehow get a camper van by June. I’m feeling like I’m too old to do the proper camping. I love camping but in a nice genteel campsite with my massive tent and my little luxuries. Sounds fab, Sleepy! :D I saw this the morning , and Paul McCartney's a...

fresh-start wrote: ↑

10 Oct 2019 07:50

I am 2 months AF today!

Nice work, Freshie!

Yeah, go Tad

I hope you feel better by the end of the day, Tarzan

I know this is belated, but well done for gettimg a Glasto ticket, Sleepy!

That's an interesting suggestion, thanks Drew

to all.

Thanks, LBNS - we'll have a chat about it

Cheers, Cowboy! The Wobble Board's a great suggestion

Rachel wrote: ↑

09 Oct 2019 16:31

I have to bare in mind my travel anxiety is making them seem worse than they are.

Definitely, Rachel. Try to stay calm, and I'm sure you'll get it all sorted

Realise it’s tricky though and hats off to all the amazing volunteers Thanks, Rose - everyone on BE's a 'volunteer' and everyone's a star (::) <:)> Sorry you're feeling lonely too, this afternoon. I know what you mean. I now have a part-time job in a shop, but most of my week is spent working from ...

I have always thought a "chat room" would be popular and extremely helpful on this site. I have suggested it a couple of times, probably years ago now, but can remember what the outcome was. Chat rooms were popular about 10 or 15 years ago. From what I can remember it's an open window that shows yo...