Baba,
Pappy recently posted on the 9,000 Posts topic that he was having a surgical procedure done...sounds pretty serious. It was a couple of days ago. I will be very relieved to see him back here posting that everything went alright and he is alright.
Thank you soooo much family for keep'n me in your thoughts and prayers ... I am alive still, thanks to you guys and this program ... I do have a ways to go before get'n back into shape ... I can barely talk which I think my wife is grateful for, LOL ...
Surgery was a bit more difficult than my surgeon expected ... in his words, my carotid artery was in pretty bad shape and it was lucky that we did the surgery right away ... a major 'stroke' was simply very near causing severe, irreparable damage ... and I thank God(my higher power) for go'n through what I am 'now', rather than the likely alternative ...
Doc said, "Stop smoke'n" or this won't be the last of surgeries like this ...
I am so glad you are back and got through that surgery and oh my! What an incision! I had no idea it would be that bad.
The board was just about dead while you were gone....it has livened up since you are back. Good luck with the quitting smoking. I need to quit myself and may try some of that medicine.
Despite what Einstein's quote that Marc rephrased says, you CAN get different results with repeated attempts. That's how most of use quit drinking, am I right?
If at first you don't succeed, try try again.
-- Edited by Jakamo on Thursday 24th of March 2016 10:51:22 PM
and to Marc ... I actually did stop smoke'n with Chantix but wound up in rehab where I was taunted by a young guy that smoked a lot ... rehab is a confusing, stressful situation that must 'break you down before rebuilding you to human status' the way I see it, and I picked up the cigs again and never looked back, concentrating my whole outlook on life in recovery from alcohol ... fig'rd I'd get back to battling the cigs after I lost the desire to drink ...
WELL, now's the time ... and PC is right ... I've known others that used our program to quit the cigs too ... if they can do it, so can I ... (but I fig'r if the meds will help, why not use them, aye???) ...
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It's like the other kinds of meds we have recently talked about on here....if they help, it is nobody's business but your own.
And Jakamo is right....you do carry this board. I noticed a huge difference when you were not able to get on here a couple of days. Coincidence?????? I think not. It has happened before.
Love you too, despite if we're 'joined at the hip' or not, LOL ... actually, I think all us alkies are 'joined at the hip' ... we know each other like no other group of people in history I think ...
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LOL, ... thought I ran everyone off ... yeah, I got behind on my regular posts last week due to the surgery, so I made up for lost time by post'n a backlog of stuff ...
and yeah, I know the board fluctuates, ... it's always been that way ... people have other stuff in their lives besides this board, it's just that I'm retired and most of the time, I have plenty of time to sit here and push a few buttons ... LOL ... Plus I love the people on this board, go fig'r ... ... ... (even the ones that can be a 'pain in the butt', LOL) ...
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I had to get ready to go in and see my Mom so I kind of did a little disappearing act too for a couple of days.
And the loving everyone despite, well...what you said, you have a gift and that is that you accept people for even their most overly-human qualities. That's a tough one for me. I am still learning, though, and open to listening. Tasha too has that gift like you, Pappy.
Nope, ... I didn't think that really ... you're a good Egg and I know you value our fellowship here too much to 'run off', LOL ... plus, I love your sense of humor, you know that, aye? ...
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Such a refreshing response rather than what I have heard from others in AA who would get upset at me for not doing what they told me to do. Thanks Roger. I know I have to get off these things and take better care of myself. I do agree with both you and Bones that God doesn't want me to put things into my body that are not good for me. This post and yours and Bone's responses must have had an effect on me. I did cut back on how much I smoked yesterday and instead of my typical 4-5 wake up cigs and the 8-10 cups of coffee, I had 2 cigs and 4 cups of coffee. Instead of the typical way too much sugar I ingest on a daily basis, yesterday I cut way back on that too. Thanks guys.
Fix'n to leave for the Doc's appt. ... hope he sez I'm fit enough to take the Chantix ... although it may be a little too soon after this surgery ... will see surgeon Fri. ... hope he clears me to drive again AND that I'm okay to take that stuff ... after all, he was the Doc that was adamant that I stop the cigs ...
Oh, and since I lost about 30lbs last year during the radiation treatment, and haven't gained it back, ... I'm good on the 'body weight' thingy ... Damn, if I do stop the smoke'n, I'll be perfect!!! ... LMAO at myself ... ha ...
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I hope everything worked out alright at your appointment yesterday Pappy. Don't get too perfect now, ya hear? I've known some perfect ones and they are not as down to earth and friendly as you are, fella.
Ha, ... not to worry, I learned along time ago that perfection, for me, is unattainable ... I've wasted a lot of time and money learn'n this lesson ... you pray to do the next 'right' thing and learn to accept the results ... and I'm now happy with that ...
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'Those who leave everything in God's hand will eventually see God's hand in everything.'
Amen to that. I think I tried to be the perfect AA'er. All that stuff I did to try and stay sober didn't keep me sober. And I believe my biggest problem after I relapsed was thinking I was a failure not only in my own eyes, also others in AA. And many of the reactions I received seemed to confirm this.
That's why I come here everyday now. I thank God for this board and folks like you, Pappy, who know it is unrealistic to believe we can possibly obtain perfection when we are only human.
Love you
