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Shout out to everyone!!

Archer7612Casual Contributor

Shout out to everyone!!

Hi everybody! Hope everyone is going OK. I feel better this morning compared to the last three mornings (thankfully). Amazing what a good night's sleep can do and I haven't had a sip of alcohol in a fortnight. I'm actually giving it up completely for this month as a fund-raiser! I noticed a few years ago, when I was in a not so good headspace, I was drinking more as a not so healthy coping mechanism. Thankfully I nipped it in the bud and things are so much better now 😃

Really hope everyone is doing OK on this lovely Saturday.

Archer7612

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tymeModerator

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Thanks for the update @Archer7612 ! Sounds great to be on top of things.

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balance37Senior Contributor

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@Archer7612 That's awesome to hear about the fortnight off alcohol. It was a major issue for me and it wasn't nipped in the bud unfortunately, perhaps because I didn't have as much insight and thought I could "just stop". But I actually ended up drinking more and more (tolerance and self medication from mental health issues). Still an ongoing battle, even though I haven't had a drink in 1.5 years, because getting help for trauma and MH is so much more difficult when you don't have something to "wash it all away". But it's worth it in the long run. For both your physical and mental health 🙂

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Shaz51Senior Contributor

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hello @balance37 , @Archer7612 , @tyme

how are you going today

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balance37Senior Contributor

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Hey @Shaz51 I'm going okay. Could be better I guess. Just doing a lot of medical tests at the moment, and I always find the wait worse than getting whatever result it is.

Hope you're well? 🙂

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Archer7612Casual Contributor

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Hey there! Hope everyone's going OK? It's very stressful waiting for medical results. I understand.

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tymeModerator

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Hey @Archer7612 @balance37 🙂

Great to see you both.

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