You've guessed it, I'm snowed in, almost an impossibility in Ireland, and unable to get to meetings, decisions I made while drinking are coming back to haunt me. I employed two people over a year in duration and they pretty much didn't do what they were supposed to, whose to blame? I blame me, but am now turning it over to HP. I did not supervise them properly, never forget there is always someone to take advantage in that situation, booze was way more important, I am looking at hundred of euros of damage out my back yard, but I saved my christmas tree and decorations and have now calmed down, the tree meant a lot because my sobriety means more than all the junk as it can now be called out back. I will hire a skip and do a major dump of crap. I am now getting ready to decorate tree, Merry Xmas all, and a safe one for you,
Hey NC! Thats a great attitude. Alcoholism puts a lot of this in perspective. Sorry about the problems. Is a "skip" a "skid or skiploader" and the "major dump" is of agriculture losses that the snow caused? When things go wrong, I always tell myself the only thing that could make this 10 times worse is being drunk!!! I am stuck away from home over Christmas due to the work load and made more painful due to the snow in NYC a couple days ago. I am doing the same thing as you which is making the best of it, and actually feeling a bit Christmasy just based on the thankfulness I have of being sober and spiritual!! Tom
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I'm having some problems too, partly because of my alcoholism. I'm in the process of packing up to move out of our house which is in foreclosure. I'm still unemployed. My wife has pneumonia in addition to her permanent disability. Not exactly a Merry Christmas. But I always remember this:
There is no situation so bad that it cannot be made worse by adding alcohol.
(((( Jasper & Newcomer )))))) hang in there ..... dont take the first drink !! Pray, stay close to the God of Your understanding. Stay close to other AAers and share whats goin on in your head.
And yes ... when things get tuff for me, I gotta keep an attitude of gratitude for the plain and simple fact that I am sober. And sometimes all I gotta do is take a look around me , and I discover that things aren't really that bad after all.
God has blessed me with being sober ... for this I must remain grateful. My sponsor always says that a grateful alcoholic will not drink
Cindy went back into the hospital this afternoon; her infection took a turn for the worse. I hate that she will spend Christmas in the hospital while I must stay busy packing.
Thank God and AA that I am sober-- if I were drinking, nothing would get done!
I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
My week leading up to Xmas was crap. Got sick, had to go to doctor, car got towed, work was super stressful....blah blah. However, I did take time to note that these problems are uniquely different than the ones I had last year. Last year I was afraid of everything and would have been crying and thinking I can't handle life. Now, I just figure....hrm...could be worse and it's getting better as long as I show up and do the next right thing. Hang in there Lorna. I guess no snow is one benefit of living in South Florida. My family in Maryland just got hit by a blizzard.
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