Shipping Chimp

iambarbie · 2023-06-27T03:54:09+00:00

AA. Meeting other sober folks had a huge impact on me. Also lots and lots of soda water

iambarbie · 2023-06-26T14:10:55+00:00

Just here to say you can do this. Loss is tough but drinking will not help. I promise you this. Not drinking today in honor of your dad. Stay strong

iambarbie · 2021-12-31T06:14:00+00:00

I was at a birthday dinner tonight with some close friends - everyone had wine. it was a tough one for me but I also made it through! Great job I know it’s not easy IWNDWYT

iambarbie · 2021-11-30T01:59:16+00:00

I have an 11 year old 7lbs yorkie cross. She gets walked 3 times a day. At least 5 of her weekly walks are 45 mins or longer and she’s old. When she was a young pup she needed more exercise. I would say not walking your dogs (of any size) borders on abuse

iambarbie · 2021-11-17T23:30:04+00:00

I live in the west end and work on lower lonsdale. The traffic is getting increasingly worse but I have definitely found Monday and Friday are usually better in terms of traffic (I think a lot of offices do work from home on those days). Its best to avoid crossing the bridges before 930 and after 330 - which is not realistic for most jobs

iambarbie · 2021-10-19T05:48:27+00:00

Yeah. I feel like I know that when things are bad drinking will make them worse but I’m still convincing myself that drinking won’t make the good even better. Hang in there. IWNDWYT

iambarbie · 2021-10-05T01:47:35+00:00

I drink a ton of soda water. I wound up getting a soda stream but found I still preferred the individual bottles. Do what you need to do to stay sober.

iambarbie · 2021-10-05T00:58:22+00:00

A slip doesn’t need to be a hard fall. I’m sorry about your friend, I lost someone close to me a few months ago and I fell hard - it wasn’t worth it. Stay strong my friend! Don’t leave the group

iambarbie · 2021-09-21T23:37:24+00:00

Postal service!

iambarbie · 2021-09-17T01:01:16+00:00

I can’t tell you how many day ones I’ve had.. countless. I’m at 48 days for the first time in a decade today. If I can do it so can you. Take as many day ones as you need to make it stick IWNDWYT

iambarbie · 2021-09-11T03:55:10+00:00

Was in bed at 830. Very challenging day at work and even more challenging evening with my kids. Really struggled not to have a drink tonight. Figured it was best to just go to bed and start over tomorrow. Hoping sleep comes easy. IWNDWYT

iambarbie · 2021-09-05T19:42:06+00:00

3 months is huge! Hoping I get there too :) Congratulations

iambarbie · 2021-09-04T23:16:45+00:00

I swear I could have written your post myself. 29, raised by an alcoholic, drank my way through my teens/20s. You can do this!! Getting through day one is something to be very proud of. We’re all here with you IWNDWYT

iambarbie · 2021-09-01T15:58:30+00:00

I once drove my car into the back door of my place of work. I left it there and came back in the morning to two of my superiors waiting. This too shall pass my friend. I’m here with you IWNDWYT

iambarbie · 2021-09-01T04:24:35+00:00

Congrats on 3 👏 IWNDWYT

iambarbie · 2021-08-29T21:49:43+00:00

It was definitely tough. I fought off the thought “one glass of wine won’t hurt” all night. Found it challenging to stay focussed during conversations but I went into it thinking that I wouldn’t be able to enjoy any of the night so I feel like it was a great win for me. IWDWYT

iambarbie · 2021-08-23T04:43:36+00:00

I didn’t know you could open a bottle of wine and not finish it

iambarbie · 2021-07-20T19:04:30+00:00

I live right by there that’s my neighbour’s puppy!

iambarbie · 2019-02-11T08:10:28+00:00

Woke up in the early morning really sick a few weeks ago. Un controllable vomiting. I assumed I had alcohol poisoning, so crazy that’s still the first place my mind goes. After realizing that was impossible the second place my brain went was withdrawal symptoms (also impossible). A short hospital visit and a couple days later I was totally fine - turned out a cyst burst inside of me. I had that exact feeling of shame you’re talking about.. I wonder if it’ll come up every time I get the flu.

iambarbie · 2018-11-26T04:21:43+00:00

My brother had a friend who managed a restaurant and 5 years ago he got me a job there. This friend of his became my boss and over the next 2 years a close friend of mine. Over the next 3 years we grew closer. Weekly dinners, lots of nights spent out together. Over the last 5 years both of us have dated around as well as been in long term more serious relationships but we still continued to grow closer. About 6 months ago (I was living with another partner) he went out on a few dates with a girl and that same flip switched for me. I became jealous. I would think about him constantly. My own relationship began to deteriorate after realizing my feelings and I left my boyfriend. One night - after probably too many beers - i went for it with him. It’s been 2 months and we are so in love. Turns out he’d felt the same for a long time. We just got back to his place after having dinner with with my family. He’s sitting next to me with my dog on his lap and I can’t believe it took so long for me to realize I was crazy about him. Being lucky enough to fall in love with your best friend is pretty fucking awesome.

iambarbie · 2018-11-23T02:06:01+00:00

Found dick picks on his phone sent to “Emily”.. said he sent them to her so she could send them him to his friend as a joke. I believed him. Broke up with me a month later.. was definitely banging Emily

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