an honest mouse wrote on 03 Feb 2011 13:45:



I think the GYE version is:

"My child, there is a G-d above,
Who watches over us with love,
at times it may seem so hard to understand.

When darkness falls, when we feel lust,
we know, where we must place our trust,
remember that there's a Master Plan".

It also rhymes better with trust.

AHM you're doing great, keep it up.

ur-a-jew wrote on 03 Feb 2011 15:17:

yup! agreed 100%

hi!
just checking in
hope you are good

Hi ZS

to be honest (as my name indicates), im not doing that great - being busy all day at work, i dont find im able to give recovery proper attention and when something gets stressful, the old habit takes hold. I had the room to myself Friday, monday & yesterday and i used each opportunity to act out.

I have to make sure i can fit reaching out and speaking to my partner into my new, busier schedule.

I guess im just worried about being seen to go outside to make phonecalls all the time - which is stupid coz why aren't i worried about being caught acting out?!!  ???

bH tuesday and today so far i have been living with recovery and been more calm and serene (but i was never alone with the comp) - i see that if i know im gonna be in the room alone, i should tell my partner 1st and set up with him how im gonna reach out and how he should check on me etc...

the 1st acting out 10 days ago has just set off a new pattern - the 1st slip has such lasting consequences! - that's an important lesson to learn!

Dr bards here

Go out doors

Repeat LOUDLY:

FELL.  SHMELL

Take the next truck!

Feel better

Dr Bards Pea aitch deee

honesty is a good and important part of recovery on its own

listen to Doc Bards

today is the first day of the rest of our lives, let's make it a good one

I'm crazy about him, personally.....but - of course, I was always crazy, anyhow....

dov wrote on 10 Feb 2011 18:07:

tell us more about it
i wouldn't poke fun at the Rebbe's Rebbe but it's Adar...

ZEMMY IM CRAZIER IN REAL LIFE

ON THE FORUM I GOTTA BEHAVE

SHIDDUCHUM  HIGH SCHOOL  CHAVROOSAH TUMUL ETC

bardichev wrote on 10 Feb 2011 20:23:


And let us all say,

Oy vei.

Thanks you.

Hey, just dropping in to say hello. Remember, every second of being clean is an accomplishment that worthwhile all by itself. So be clean right now, for its own sake!

One day at a time, one hour at a time.

hi guys! today i put into paractice the lesson which i learnt yesterday, i knew i would be in the room alone with the computer at work - so on the way in, i called my partner to share with him that there was an opportunity ahead but i didnt want to take it because i want to remain sober!!

just knowing that he knows is keeping me and check and i know that if i feel temptation, he is only a call or a text away and bH i feel calm & serene - im ready for shabbos!

Sober
Happy
And
Better
Being
Old
Shampoo...OK, maybe I dropped the ball on the last two words.

Happy Adar!

great to hear you are doing good AHM,
we need partners friends and other people to share our struggle with
enjoy your shabbos

Dov, one day you should explain to us how being old shampoo measures up against being new shampoo...

and frankly, old shampoo, when there is barely any left in the bottle, is very hard to use, it just doesn't want to come out of the bottle.
the only redeeming thing i could find was that when there is very little left in the bottle there is a bigger chance than it will get left in the shower at the mikva and will be there for when you are absolutely desperate for some and forgot to bring any...

That reminds me....I am pretty sure I left my shampoo in the mikvah.

Darn those yekkis! They throw it all away after a month if you don't reclaim it!! Ahhhh!!!!!!