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Do I let him hear it???
just want to pick some brains here...
After I threw the boyfriend of my RAD out Dec 16th....he phoned me and left a long rambling message on my phone ....where he asked my GrandSon to pack up the playstation 3, he had given him last year...because that bitch of a grandmother turned off his mother's phone, and now he couldn't get calls at the homeless shelter, so my GS was to pack up the playstation so mr. loser could buy one!! Then on the same message, he proceeded to call me all kind of names, and berate me for about 1 1/2 min. This is the same man who sold the 1st playstation for drugs
My grandson is turning 14, and very hostile to me now cause I threw his "father" :GrossL:out. (not really his father, just a boyfriend) . Anyway, I've taped the conversation and just wonder if I should let him hear it. He's getting older now...and God knows...he sure saw and heard a lot when he was just 11. I've had custody since that cluster*$&% in 2006. I've been keeping him pretty protected, monitoring friends, TV, on and on. I'm just upset that he even sticks up for that loser!!! And he's been making snide comments to me since I threw the loser out! But do you think that would traumatize him further...he'd been thru a lot 2 years ago.
After I threw the boyfriend of my RAD out Dec 16th....he phoned me and left a long rambling message on my phone ....where he asked my GrandSon to pack up the playstation 3, he had given him last year...because that bitch of a grandmother turned off his mother's phone, and now he couldn't get calls at the homeless shelter, so my GS was to pack up the playstation so mr. loser could buy one!! Then on the same message, he proceeded to call me all kind of names, and berate me for about 1 1/2 min. This is the same man who sold the 1st playstation for drugs
My grandson is turning 14, and very hostile to me now cause I threw his "father" :GrossL:out. (not really his father, just a boyfriend) . Anyway, I've taped the conversation and just wonder if I should let him hear it. He's getting older now...and God knows...he sure saw and heard a lot when he was just 11. I've had custody since that cluster*$&% in 2006. I've been keeping him pretty protected, monitoring friends, TV, on and on. I'm just upset that he even sticks up for that loser!!! And he's been making snide comments to me since I threw the loser out! But do you think that would traumatize him further...he'd been thru a lot 2 years ago.
Over and Over again
Hi Everyone,
Another Day 3 for me. Why do I do this over and over again? On Wednesday, I was late to pick my son up from daycare, because I stopped for a few with co-workers and had to wait an hour to sober up and eat before I could drive.
Puked my brains out on Thanksgiving and don't remember half of what I said to my family.
Had the shakes on Friday - such low blood sugar and severe hangover.
I'll go 7, 14, 27 (my tops) days and then screw it up.
This day 3, can't stop eating. I'm so depressed.
Majamama
Another Day 3 for me. Why do I do this over and over again? On Wednesday, I was late to pick my son up from daycare, because I stopped for a few with co-workers and had to wait an hour to sober up and eat before I could drive.
Puked my brains out on Thanksgiving and don't remember half of what I said to my family.
Had the shakes on Friday - such low blood sugar and severe hangover.
I'll go 7, 14, 27 (my tops) days and then screw it up.
This day 3, can't stop eating. I'm so depressed.
Majamama
I don’t know what I believe anymore….
Sometimes I don't know what to believe about addiction.
There is nothing we can do..we have no power...but if they threaten to hurt themselves we have to help them. which means that we are entering into their life.We have to give them the freedom to dig their own grave but when they say they want to die we have a moral obligation to do something. (don't misunderstand..I don't wish anyone to die but if I'm not powerful enough to cause someone to slowly kill themselves then how can I possibly do anything about a suicide threat?).then we tell each other to never lose hope even though we can't be in their lives. They will always hurt us....they need help. They don't think they are sick. Their brains physically function differently. They have choices. They have no choice. Their perceptions are altered. They have to admit they need help. They have to admit they are powerless yet they have to make a life saving decision with a chemically poisoned sick brain, mind and soul. They have to hit some mysterious rock bottom and meanwhile they are literally dying and we watch...or we don't watch because there is nothing we can do. No wonder its a roller coaster ride. Sometimes I feel like everything I thought I understood just loses its meaning. I read the posts on here and as much as we all try to help each other it seems we kind of contradict ourselves too.
There is nothing we can do..we have no power...but if they threaten to hurt themselves we have to help them. which means that we are entering into their life.We have to give them the freedom to dig their own grave but when they say they want to die we have a moral obligation to do something. (don't misunderstand..I don't wish anyone to die but if I'm not powerful enough to cause someone to slowly kill themselves then how can I possibly do anything about a suicide threat?).then we tell each other to never lose hope even though we can't be in their lives. They will always hurt us....they need help. They don't think they are sick. Their brains physically function differently. They have choices. They have no choice. Their perceptions are altered. They have to admit they need help. They have to admit they are powerless yet they have to make a life saving decision with a chemically poisoned sick brain, mind and soul. They have to hit some mysterious rock bottom and meanwhile they are literally dying and we watch...or we don't watch because there is nothing we can do. No wonder its a roller coaster ride. Sometimes I feel like everything I thought I understood just loses its meaning. I read the posts on here and as much as we all try to help each other it seems we kind of contradict ourselves too.
Talking to a Greater Power
If I place my shoes under my bed at night before bedtime, I have to get on my knees. Why not kill two birds with one stone while I am already there?
"When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? Do we owe an apology? Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with another person at once? Were we kind and loving toward all? What could we have done better? Were we thinking of ourselves most of the time? Or were we thinking of what we could do for others, of what we could pack into the stream of life? But we must be careful not to drift into worry, remorse or morbid reflection, for that would diminish our usefulness to others. After making our review we ask God's forgiveness and inquire what corrective measures should be taken."
When I get up in the morning, I need to retrieve my shoes before going to work. Since I am once again on my knees why not repeat the process from the night before?
"On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. Under these conditions we can employ our mental faculties with assurance, for after all God gave us brains to use. Our thought-life will be placed on a much higher plane when our thinking is cleared of wrong motives.
In thinking about our day we may face indecision. We may not be able to determine which course to take. Here we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle. We are often surprised how the right answers come after we have tried this for a while.
What used to be the hunch or the occasional inspiration gradually becomes a working part of the mind. Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that we are going to be inspired at all times. We might pay for this presumption in all sorts of absurd actions and ideas. Nevertheless, we find that our thinking will, as time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration. We come to rely upon it.
We usually conclude the period of meditation with a prayer that we be shown all through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given whatever we need to take care of such problems. We ask especially for freedom from self-will, and are careful to make no request for ourselves only. We may ask for ourselves, however, if others will be helped. We are careful never to pray for our own selfish ends. Many of us have wasted a lot of time doing that and it doesn't work. You can easily see why."
"When we retire at night, we constructively review our day. Were we resentful, selfish, dishonest or afraid? Do we owe an apology? Have we kept something to ourselves which should be discussed with another person at once? Were we kind and loving toward all? What could we have done better? Were we thinking of ourselves most of the time? Or were we thinking of what we could do for others, of what we could pack into the stream of life? But we must be careful not to drift into worry, remorse or morbid reflection, for that would diminish our usefulness to others. After making our review we ask God's forgiveness and inquire what corrective measures should be taken."
When I get up in the morning, I need to retrieve my shoes before going to work. Since I am once again on my knees why not repeat the process from the night before?
"On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. Under these conditions we can employ our mental faculties with assurance, for after all God gave us brains to use. Our thought-life will be placed on a much higher plane when our thinking is cleared of wrong motives.
In thinking about our day we may face indecision. We may not be able to determine which course to take. Here we ask God for inspiration, an intuitive thought or a decision. We relax and take it easy. We don't struggle. We are often surprised how the right answers come after we have tried this for a while.
What used to be the hunch or the occasional inspiration gradually becomes a working part of the mind. Being still inexperienced and having just made conscious contact with God, it is not probable that we are going to be inspired at all times. We might pay for this presumption in all sorts of absurd actions and ideas. Nevertheless, we find that our thinking will, as time passes, be more and more on the plane of inspiration. We come to rely upon it.
We usually conclude the period of meditation with a prayer that we be shown all through the day what our next step is to be, that we be given whatever we need to take care of such problems. We ask especially for freedom from self-will, and are careful to make no request for ourselves only. We may ask for ourselves, however, if others will be helped. We are careful never to pray for our own selfish ends. Many of us have wasted a lot of time doing that and it doesn't work. You can easily see why."
Brain shrinks even with a glass or two
Interesting article I found online about alcohol....
That after work glass of red wine may be less medicinal than you thought. Researchers have found that drinking even moderate amounts of alcohol shrinks the brain.
Brain volume naturally decreases by nearly 2 percent per decade as people age, but scientists had speculated that moderate alcohol intake could slow this process, by improving heart function and blood flow.
However, U.S. researchers have dealt a blow to that theory, finding a "significant negative linear relationship" between the amount of alcohol someone consumes and the space their brain takes up.
While men were more likely to drink alcohol, the researchers examined magnetic resonance imaging scans of drinkers' and non-drinkers' brains, and found the association was stronger in women. They speculated this could be due to women's smaller stature and greater tendency to feel alcohol's effects.
The study, which was based on an analysis of drinking habits and brain volume in nearly 2,000 U.S. adults between 1999 and 2001, found that while the brains of people who never touched alcohol occupied nearly 78.6 percent of their cranial space on average, this dropped to about 78.2 percent in people who previously drank but had since quit, and dropped again, to just under 77.8 percent, for moderate drinkers.
Heavy drinkers were lower still, at 77.2 percent.
"The public health effect of this study gives a clear message about the possible dangers of drinking alcohol," the authors concluded in the study, published yesterday in the Archives of Neurology. "This study suggests that, unlike the associations with cardiovascular disease, alcohol consumption does not have any protective effect on brain volume."
source : fox news
That after work glass of red wine may be less medicinal than you thought. Researchers have found that drinking even moderate amounts of alcohol shrinks the brain.
Brain volume naturally decreases by nearly 2 percent per decade as people age, but scientists had speculated that moderate alcohol intake could slow this process, by improving heart function and blood flow.
However, U.S. researchers have dealt a blow to that theory, finding a "significant negative linear relationship" between the amount of alcohol someone consumes and the space their brain takes up.
While men were more likely to drink alcohol, the researchers examined magnetic resonance imaging scans of drinkers' and non-drinkers' brains, and found the association was stronger in women. They speculated this could be due to women's smaller stature and greater tendency to feel alcohol's effects.
The study, which was based on an analysis of drinking habits and brain volume in nearly 2,000 U.S. adults between 1999 and 2001, found that while the brains of people who never touched alcohol occupied nearly 78.6 percent of their cranial space on average, this dropped to about 78.2 percent in people who previously drank but had since quit, and dropped again, to just under 77.8 percent, for moderate drinkers.
Heavy drinkers were lower still, at 77.2 percent.
"The public health effect of this study gives a clear message about the possible dangers of drinking alcohol," the authors concluded in the study, published yesterday in the Archives of Neurology. "This study suggests that, unlike the associations with cardiovascular disease, alcohol consumption does not have any protective effect on brain volume."
source : fox news
How long
Just wondering if anyone has any time tables on how long it takes for crack users to start getting their brains cells to start working again? I know that sounds silly, but you know what I mean!!! Ad has been in jail now for three weeks and I was just wondering when the brain starts to heal. I still have not heard from her but have been told that she has been taken to doctor. She is fine and was told that she is expecting twins and they are due in Dec. I am still raising her two kids. We are fine. God help the little babies. She goes before the judge on Oct. 14 to find out her sentence. Everyone else thinks the judge will let her out. I am not so sure. Guess we'll see. Love to all.
Can anti-depressants exacerbate the desire for alcohol?
DISCLAIMER: No medical advice please!
I've finally had some time to read a bit of Under the Influence (outstanding book by the way) and there is a section that describes seratonin.
The book states (pg. 38; paperback),
"The brains of alcohol seeking mice and rats, for example, contain higher levels of seratonin than the brains of alcohol-avoiding animals. Further, drinking alcohol increases seratonin concentrations in the brains of the animals that show a preference for alcohol but not in those which avoid it."
Anti-depressants (SSRIs - selective seratonin reuptake inhibitors) increase the amount of seratonin levels in the brain.
The reason I ask, is that I was hoping to solidify that fact that I'm an alcoholic by reading this book, but the more I read it, the more it's convincing me I'm not an alcoholic, just a problem drinker. I'm not excited about not being an alcoholic because alcohol has really destroyed parts of my life - but I may respond more to psychological treatment than an alcoholic - iff (if and only if) I am not an alcoholic.
I didn't start drinking heavily until I started taking anti-depressants and that's why I ask...I even postulated the correlation between the two before I knew the physiology behind it - that is what is so mind blowing to me.
I'm very confused by a book that I thought would make things clear - instead it is muddying the waters.
Thoughts?
I've finally had some time to read a bit of Under the Influence (outstanding book by the way) and there is a section that describes seratonin.
The book states (pg. 38; paperback),
"The brains of alcohol seeking mice and rats, for example, contain higher levels of seratonin than the brains of alcohol-avoiding animals. Further, drinking alcohol increases seratonin concentrations in the brains of the animals that show a preference for alcohol but not in those which avoid it."
Anti-depressants (SSRIs - selective seratonin reuptake inhibitors) increase the amount of seratonin levels in the brain.
The reason I ask, is that I was hoping to solidify that fact that I'm an alcoholic by reading this book, but the more I read it, the more it's convincing me I'm not an alcoholic, just a problem drinker. I'm not excited about not being an alcoholic because alcohol has really destroyed parts of my life - but I may respond more to psychological treatment than an alcoholic - iff (if and only if) I am not an alcoholic.
I didn't start drinking heavily until I started taking anti-depressants and that's why I ask...I even postulated the correlation between the two before I knew the physiology behind it - that is what is so mind blowing to me.
I'm very confused by a book that I thought would make things clear - instead it is muddying the waters.
Thoughts?
Big Book Quotes….Do You?
*~*~*~*~*^ Big Book Quote ^*~*~*~*~*
"On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We
consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to
direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-
pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. Under these conditions we
can employ our mental faculties with assurance, for after all God
gave us brains to use. Our thought-life will be placed on a much
higher plane when our thinking is cleared of wrong motives."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, First Edition
"On awakening let us think about the twenty-four hours ahead. We
consider our plans for the day. Before we begin, we ask God to
direct our thinking, especially asking that it be divorced from self-
pity, dishonest or self-seeking motives. Under these conditions we
can employ our mental faculties with assurance, for after all God
gave us brains to use. Our thought-life will be placed on a much
higher plane when our thinking is cleared of wrong motives."
~Alcoholics Anonymous, First Edition
