tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921119446130836418.post5986529389641349528..comments2024-03-15T02:13:34.645+13:00Comments on Mrs D Is Going Without: Just quietly...Mrs Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13110933370498728198noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921119446130836418.post-74750522030091238742011-12-14T19:43:19.199+13:002011-12-14T19:43:19.199+13:00Hello Mrs D! Thanks for your comment and all I can...Hello Mrs D! Thanks for your comment and all I can say is I like your honesty too. We have have our own personal trials and battles and I think you are doing brilliantly fighting yours!Sammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12196141425469259485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921119446130836418.post-86339990655562292262011-12-14T10:01:40.154+13:002011-12-14T10:01:40.154+13:00Hi there ;) I found your blog after you left a co...Hi there ;) I found your blog after you left a comment on mine, and I have to say, how enlightening it has been! What a great blog! Okay, I'm a real "square" when it comes to Alcohol, have never ever been sloshed...and when I do drink any it's only a very small amount, so it's good to get a real understanding about what people are going through in their struggle with alcohol. Thanks for sharing ;) Juanita.Neetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881895043267581777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921119446130836418.post-4424025143724280312011-12-14T08:35:03.742+13:002011-12-14T08:35:03.742+13:00It's funny how as the dust settles after givin...It's funny how as the dust settles after giving alcohol away, we look around and see how everything just makes sense sober.<br />And there we were going around half shot trying to keep up!<br />I think the idea of all or nothing isn't such a bad way to go in so many areas of life.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02590086429820461738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921119446130836418.post-24505045203994132842011-12-13T04:22:38.838+13:002011-12-13T04:22:38.838+13:00Love this post, I can agree with the self-respect ...Love this post, I can agree with the self-respect stuff. I'm just over a year sober and I couldn't be happier. I scanned down and looked at the post before this one and had to laugh about the "alcoholic" stuff. I really had the same issue for a long time. I was a very very functional problem-drinker...nobody, even my husband, had any idea how much I was drinking. When I quit, at first I just told people that it was affecting my sleep (which it was-duh) but finally I got honest, with hubby anyway, about the problem I'd been having and he argued with me. Haha.<br />Anyway, having that much of a "high bottom" (AA talk) made it hard for me--I felt like I didn't fit in with my drinking friends anymore, but I felt weird at the AA meetings I tried. Surprisingly at over one year, I'm just now really considering starting to go to AA on a regular basis (not daily, but weekly anyway). I think that I'm a little lonely for people who "get it" and, even though my stories can't match most of theirs (thank God! haha!!) at least they understand the struggles I've had and how much being sober is changing me on the inside.<br /><br />Anyway, great blog!Luluhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02592736562971538177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921119446130836418.post-83926942376345545832011-12-12T22:10:29.699+13:002011-12-12T22:10:29.699+13:00Good on you! I didn't touch a drop all through...Good on you! I didn't touch a drop all through pregnancy and whilst breastfeeding and it was certainly different to be the only person who knew what they were talking about at any given function around 9pm even. You are right about the NZ culture - it is completely normal for wine o'clock to turn into an all night affair. <br /><br />Your blog is refreshing.<br /><br />Lien.<br /><a href="http://allnewadventures.com" rel="nofollow">http://allnewadventures.com</a>Lien - all new adventureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16764653242568317445noreply@blogger.com