Where are you?

dotti34 · 31-10-2020, 22:32

I was looking at some of the older threads on Accyweb the other day and it struck me how many of the fairer sex used to contribute but are now noticeable by their absence, so I am asking ‘where are you?’ I understand that a lot of people now contribute to other social media but we can do more than one thing at a time…at least that’s what we always tell the menfolk. So come on, have your say – something for you to do in these lockdown days.

Margaret Pilkington · 31-10-2020, 22:36

Dorothy...I have not gone anywhere.
I am here almost every day...though I guess there are some out there that wish I would get lost.

dotti34 · 01-11-2020, 07:05

...and thank goodness you are here, Margaret, contributing intelligent 'conversations' and comments. If people don't always agree with each other on this site so be it - would be boring if they did. A bit of controversy is what a forum is all about, well that's what I think, there should be more of it. I just think it's a shame that more people don't take part.

Restless · 04-11-2020, 20:43

Still working. Taking one day at a time. Spend a lot of time in Nelson at Jennifers(untill the pandemic happened) I have facebook. Use that more for messenger. I play a lot of games on the PC(thats pretty much all i do) Im in Clayton most of the time be it at home or at work or two and thro. Still sober- October is the last month i remember drinking so november marks 7 years !

cashman · 04-11-2020, 20:54

hey restless i had to stop drinking years back, was hard at first but now it dont bother me at all, even at the football, when its on lol

Margaret Pilkington · 04-11-2020, 21:05

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Originally Posted by Restless

Taking one day at a time.

Rob, that is all we are ever given..and for most it is as much as they can cope with.

Restless · 04-11-2020, 21:24

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Originally Posted by cashman

hey restless i had to stop drinking years back, was hard at first but now it dont bother me at all, even at the football, when its on lol

The only thing that got easier when my mother died was not drinking. I have had friends ask me if I wanted to drink during that time and i tell them never, not at all. Mum wouldn't want me to drink again- that i know as fact. For me to do so now would be disrepsecting her wishes and memory.

I had to stop for various reasons. I was self destructive. Too much so. Its funny just how much one can put away(straight whisky) when one does not care if they die from drinking it. When i quit i was on my 4th bottle in 3 days.

Margaret Pilkington · 04-11-2020, 21:29

Rob this just show strength of character.
It would be so easy to return to the bottle. but there are no solutions in the bottom of a glass...only more problems.
Well done...and well done for speaking about it.

dotti34 · 05-11-2020, 08:07

I endorse what Margaret has said re your strength of character, Restless - well done, keep up the good work.

Well done to Cashy also.

cashman · 05-11-2020, 10:31

looking back restless i reckon when i used to sup, it certainly intensified any problem i had, it sure didnt make it any easier.

taddy · 05-11-2020, 11:49

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Originally Posted by cashman

looking back restless i reckon when i used to sup, it certainly intensified any problem i had, it sure didnt make it any easier.

I quite agree with you Cashy but there's suppin, (to excess) and then there's enjoying a pint or two but making sure that the second option does not become the first option.
Stay happy but stay sober Taddy.

Margaret Pilkington · 05-11-2020, 13:57

It is a case of not letting the servant become the master...or is that too non-PC.

I have taken in more alcohol through my hand than down my gizzard recently...though, I have had to put a stop to that too....my hands, my poor hands are red, sore and a bit like me...cracked.

DaveinGermany · 05-11-2020, 18:56

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Originally Posted by Restless

Its funny just how much one can put away(straight whisky) when one does not care

Mate, if it works for you, good on yer. I think I may have been doing a surrogate for you by having a nip more now & then.

As to straight Whisky, it's not really is it, you used to drink that yukky American ditch water as I recall!

All the best Rob.

Restless · 07-11-2020, 07:19

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Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

you used to drink that yukky American ditch water as I recall!

All the best Rob.

yes i drank a lot of the american whiskies

monkey hanger · 07-11-2020, 09:10

packing up the booze is hard because everyone around you drinks and you are regarded by many as miserable if you do not. know for a fact that me and her in the kitchen were regarded like that when we lived in hemsby and were quite unpopular with a lot of the locals who were big drinkers. if you pack in the fags you get much more support for some reason.